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SATURDAY, APRIL 17.
Todays Financial and Commercial News
AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET
Middling closed today at
1314 c.
Ten? steady.
Middling last year 12
9 16c.
Holiday on New York
Cotton Exchange.
CLOSING QUOTATIONS
Good ordinary 11 3-8
Strict good ordinary 11 7*#
Low middling ••• ••13 6'*
Strict iow middling 13 1-4
Middling .13 1-2
Strict middling 13 3-4
Good middling 14
Tinges, Ist 13 1-4
Tinges, 2nd 12 a-2
Previous Day’s Figures
Good ordinary 13 3-3
Strict Rood ordinary 11 7-S
Ixiw middling 12
Middling 13 1-2
Low Mldd ing 12 5-*
Strict middling 13 3-»
Good middling 14
Tinges, first 13 l-«
Tinges, second 12 6-3
Receipts For Week
Shim Up'*. Shin'
Suturd y 5:.l 190 1529
Monday .... -
Tuesday •••• ••••
Wednesday . . ——
Thursday. . . . - ———-
Friday
Totals 1632 977 6005
EXTRA CAR SERVICE
FOR EASTER SUNDAY
Three Cars Leave Monte Sano
Pavilion For the City at
Seven A. M. Split Schedules,
Nine to One.
On Easter Sunday, which will be to
morrow. the Augusta-Aiken Railway A-
Electric Corporation announces special
cars on the city lines. There will be
three caan to leave the site of the Monte
Sano pavilion about 7 o’clock for the
city, coming down the Summerville way,
while from 9 a. m. until 1 p. m. there
will he a split schedule operated from
O'Dowd's corner to Eighth and Broad.
There will also be extra cars on other
city lines.
The new gy-stem of. operation by
which the l.akc View cars run to the
Third street car barn instead of to East
Boundary and the Turpin Hill cars run
to East Boundary instead of Twelfth
and Broad, is said to be meeting with
much fav6r.
C of Ga.Ry
“The Right Way”
Current \i.,i>, meiiu.«i, 1 nils.)
UtcAKicKto
For Dublin. Savannah, Macon
and Florida points 7:30 am.
For Dublin and Savannah .. .. 2:30 p.m
Foi Gavannah, Macon. Colum
bus and Birmingham 9:20 p.m.
ARRIVALS
From Savannah, Macon, Co
lumbus and Birmingham ... 8:30 a.m.
From Dublin Savannah and
Florida points 12:30 p.m.
From Dublin Savannah. Ma
con and Florida points .. .. 7:50 pm.
All Trains Are Dally.
Train leaving Augusta 7:30 a. m and
arriving at 7:50 p m.. carries a through
Pullman Buffet Parlor Car between Au
gusta and Savannah, connecting at Mil
len with through train for Macon. Co
lumbus 81-mingham and Montgomery
Vestibuled electrlc-llghted, steam
heated Sleeping Cars. are carried on
night trains between Augusta and Sa
vannah. Ga.; connecting at Mlllen with
through Sleeping Cars to and from Ma
con Columbus and Atlanta.
For any Information as to fares,
schedules, etc... write or communicate
with. /
W W. HACKETT.
Trsre'ing Passenger Agent
Phone No. 62 719 Broad Street
Augusta. Ga.
CHARLESTON & WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY CO.
(Effective April 12, 1914.)
The following arrivals anil departures
cf trains. Union Station. Augusta. On.,
as well as connections with other com
panies are simply given as Information
and are not guaranteed.
Departures.
7:10 A. M., No. 5 Dally for Anderson
71 :00 A. M.. No. I—Dally for Greenwood,
Spartanburg, Greenville, Asheville.
4:26 P. M„ No. 3—Dally for Spartan
« burg, Greenville, etc.
6:30 A. M„ No. 46—Dally for Beaufort,
Port Koyal and Charleston.
2:00 P M.. No. 42—Daily for Beaufort,
Port Royal, Charleston, Savannah.
Arrivals.
1210 P. M., No. 2—Dally from Spartan
burg. Greenville, etc.
7:05 P. M, No. 4—Dally from Spartan
burg, Asheville.
12:25 P. M-. No. 41—Dally from Beau
fort, Port Royal, Charleston and
Savannah.
605 P. M., No. 45—Dally from Beau
fort, Port Royal and Charleston.
S no P M., No. 6—Dally from Anderson.
Through Pullman Parlor Buffet Cars
■will be operated between Augusta and
Asheville on trains Nos. 1 and 4, In con
nection with Sou. Ry. “CAROLINA
YfEECIAL" from Spartanburg.
ERNEST WILLIAMS,
General Passenger Agent.
529 Broadway, Augusta. Ga.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
'(Effective Jan uary 25, 1914.)
No. Arrive From—
• 2 Atlanta, Macon. Athens and
Washington 2:Sopm
•4 Atlanta 7:osam
U 2 Macon and Camak B:4sam
•28 Atlanta. Macon, Athens and
Washington 10:20pm
•92 Athens, Macon and Wash
ington 11:45am
Pullman Sleeper and Parlor Car Service.
Nos. 3 sndj4. Augusta and Atlanta.
Nos. 3 ana 4, Charleston and Atlanta.
Nos. 1, 2 77 and 28, Broiler Buffet Parlor Car, Augusta and Atlanta.
J. B BILL!)PS. G. P. A.,
C. C. M'MII.I.IN. A. G. P. A.
801 BROAD STREET. _ PHONES 267, 661 and 2266.
*
Comparative Receipts
1913. 1914.
Saturday ... ... 54? 417
Mondny ... —— ——
Tuesday ... ...
Wednesday
Total. 3139 2449
Stocks and Receipts
Stock In Augusta. 1913 60,688
Stock In Augusta, 1914 46.93 ft
Kcc. since Sept. 1. 1913 823,629
Kcc. .luce Sept. 1, 1914 356,055
Augusta Daily Receipts
1913. 1914.
Georgia Railroad 47 229
Southern Hallway Co 73 S 3
Augusta Southern 7 4
Augusta-Aiken Ry
Cen of Ou. It. R 105
Georgia and Florid# 30 6
C. and IV. C. Ry 98
A. C. L. R. R. ». 37
IVagon 6 4
Canal —— ——
Net receipts 283 433
Through 403 389
Total 486 822
Weekly Crop Movement, End
ing Friday, April 10, 1914.
1914. 1913. 1913.
Shipments .. 59,372 57.977 74.025
Stock . ... 110,667 78.327 191,13 ft
Receipts ... 557,392 547.991 375,274
Came In St. 121.497 147,785 192,795
crop In St. 12,742.368 12,064,731 14.042,827
Vis. Sup .. 5,649,820 4,988,039 5,391,232
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago.—Wheat rose oti seeding de
lays ft-om northwest, reports of possible
damage to the winter crop southwest
and expected falling off in world ship
ments. Opened firm 1-8 off to a shade
advance, followed by a decided upturn
all around.
A rush of selling caused a sudden
break in corn. Reports that Argentine
corn was being sold in Oklahoma formed
an element of weukness. Started 1-4
lower to shade up and later hardened a
IfTtlo then made a sharp descent.
Oats sagged. Provisions easy on slow
ness of demand. First sales ranged
from Thursday night's level to a de
cline of 2 1-2 with no sign of any Im
portant rally.
Need of rain in Nebraska and renewal
of talk about green bugs in one Okla
homa helped wheat. Closed steady 1-2
to 5-8 net higher.
Gam's depression increased on heavy
sale!* hy some of the larger speculators.
Closed Tiervous at 1-2 to 5-8 net decline.
WHEAT—
Open. High. Low. Close.
M;IV .... 90% 91% 9ft *4 91%
July .... S6'4 87 86*4 86%
CORN—
May .... 68*4 69 68*4 68*4
July .... 65% 68% 67% 67%
OATS--
Alay. . . . 38*4 68*4 38*4 35%
JiiflCX . . . 38*4 39*4 38% 38%
PORK—
May . . . .2095 2097% 2090 2092 ■
Jut*- ... .2095 2100 2092 2095
i.Ard—
May . . . .1502 1052 1050 1050
July . . . .1072 1072 3070 1070
RIBS—
May . . . .1115 1115 1112 1112
July . . . .1132 1135 3130 1132
Atlantic Coast Line
NOTE —These arrivals and departures
are given as Information. Arrivals and
connections are not guaranteed.
32 | | 35
2:30p Lv. Augusta Ar. 8:55s
5:10p Orangeburg 6:57a
6:45p Sumter 4:25s
8:00p Florence 3:03a
5:05a Richmond 6:35p
8:40a Washington, D. C. 3:05p
30:02a Baltimore, Md. 1:45p
12:23p W. Philadelphia 11:36a
2:31p Ar. New York Lv. 9:15a
Through Electric Lighted steel Pull
man Sleepers on each train to New York
daily.
Observation Broiler cars between Flor
ence and Augusta, and our own A. C. L
New Diners north of Florence.
T. B. WALKER,
Dlst. Pass. Agt.
829 Broad St. Phone 625.
Southern Railway
Premier Carrier of the South
Schedule Effective March 1, 1914.
N. B. —Schedule figures puolished onlt
as information rod are not guaranteed
Union Station, All Trains Dally
Trains Depart to
No.
IS Charleston, S. C 7:20a.m.
26 Savannah. Jacksonville 8:20a.m.
g Columbia, S. C 7:10a.m.
IS? Washington, New York .. ~2:65p.m.
82 Washington. New York .. ..8:06p.m.
22 Charleston
20 Columbia (:00p.m.
24 Charleston. Jacksonville ...11:46p m.
Trains Amv# Prom
No.
26 Charleston, Jacksonville ...B:2oam.
19 Columbia 10:00a.m.
131 Washington. New York . ..12:01p.m.
SI Washington, New York . ..12:15p m.
85 Charleston 2:16p.m.
29 Savannah, Jacksonville .... 7:00p.m.
7 Columbia 8:85p.m.
17 Charleston 10:60p.m.
Pullman Drawing Room and Compart
ment Sleeping Cars. Coaches, Dining Car
Service.
Phono 661 or 947 for Information and
Pullman Reservatlona.
MAGRTJDER DENT. Dlot. Pass. Agent,
Telephone 947 719 Broad St.
No. Depart To—
• 1 Atlanta, Macon, Athens and
Washington B:3oam
• 3 Atlanta 12:16nt
111 Camak and Macon 6:lspm
*27 Atlanta. Macon and Wash
ington B:lspm
•91 Athens and Washington 4:Sopm
• Dally. IDally except Sunday.
TIME SHOWN ABOVE IS EASTERN
(CITY) TIME.
NEW YORK SJTOCK MARKET
New York.—l'rlces on the slock ex
change closed weak today. Slackneaa
of demand caused a eluding of prices
The influence nf 11)1 poor showing of
triuln conditions In the steel corporu
t.on'e tonnage figures was felt through
out tli«> list with man effect on the
Moc.ks of ateel companies and rotated
concerns. New Haven weakened on the
February statement. Oil shares were
hammered down again.
The small amount of business trans
acted was almost entirely of the profes
sional scat. Room sentiment continued
to favor the short side although the gen
eral decline was not severe. A few of
the specialties broke severely but eom
paratlvty few of Die rtpresc ntatlves
shares sagged ns much as n point.
Bonds steady.
NEW YORK STOCK LIST
Last Sale
Amalgamated Copper 7514
American Agricultural ... 56*,
American Can 28
American Car mid Foundry 50
American Cities pfd 62
American Smelting 6814
American Tel. and Tel ~..12ft
American Tobacco .237
Atchison 96*4
Baltimore and Ohio 891,
Canadian Pacific 19814
Chesapeake and Ohio 52 T 4
Chicago. Mil. and St. Paul 99*4
Erie 29*4
Great Northern pfd ... 123**
Interhorough Metropolitan pfd ..... 61
Louisville A- Nashville 136
Mexican Petroleum 63
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 1514
New York Central 89 *s
N. Y.. N. 11. and Hartford 66*4
Northern Pacific 111*4
Pennsylvania ... 11014
Reading 165
Rep. Iron and Steel 2294
Rock Island Co. pfd 514
Seaboard Air Line 1914
Southern Pacific 93*
Tennessee Copper 34**
Texas Co 14114
Union Pacific 15s
United States Steel 6094
Ho pfd 13 0
Western Union 6214
LIVE STOCK MARKET
CHICAGO CATTLE RECEIPTS
Chicago, Ills. —Hogs: Receipts 9,000;
strong; hulk of sales XBOaS9O: light 870-
aS92 1-2; mixed 865a592 1-2; heavy 845-
aBB7 1-3; rough 845a555; pigs 750a860.
Cattle; Receipts 100; steady; beeves
710a796; Texas steers 730a535; Stockers
and feoderh 660a8t0; rows and heifers
375a86f1; calves 700a10.25.
Sheep: Receipts 2,500; steady; native
6Ma700; yearlings 580a750; lumhs, native
630a815.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Degrees
6 A. M 46
7 A. M, ..■.•••••••••*■•,.*•..45
8 A. M 50
9 A. M 55
10 A. M 60
11 A. M 64
12 noon 66
1 P. M 68
2 P. M 73
Strengthens Weak and Tired Women
"I was under a great strain nursing
a relative through three months' sick
ness.” writes Mrs. J. C. Van De Sande.
of Kirkland, 111., and "Electric Bitters
kept me from breaking down. I will
never be without It.” Do you feel tlrerl
and worn out? No appetite and food
won't digest? It Isn’t the spring
weather. You need Electric Bitters.
Start a month’s treatment today; noth
ing better for stomach, liver and kid
neys. The great spring tonic. Relief
or money back. 50c and SI.OO, at yo**£
Druggist.
MONF.Y MARKET
New York.—Call money nominal; no
loans.
Time lonns steady; 60 days 2 l-2a’
3-4; 90 days 2 3-4; six months 3.
Mercantile paper 3 1-2 to 4.
Sterling exchange firm; 60 days 485;
demand 486.85.
Commercial hills 484 3-8.
Government bonds heavy, Railroad
bonds steady.
Whenever You Need a General Tonlo
Take Grova’a
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic Is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because It contains the
well known tonic properties of QUIN
INE and IRON. Drives out Malaria,
enriches Blood. Builds up the WhoK
System. 60c. —(Advertisement.)
MORNING WITH THE RECORDER
There was a very small court this
morning, very sparsely attended. Only
the Judge, a few policemen and two
or three prisoners were present. All
the rest, —the, lawyers, witnesses, anil
what Is usually the audience,—-were
around the corner standing In the cue
buying tickets for the 1920 Min
strels. (Advert.)
As for these poor, wretched little ar
ticles, they are about to he abandoned.
Nothing funny ever happens around
there any more. The only things wor
thy of note are invariably denied pub
lication. People confront the terrified
and cringing Press with the most, hide
ous threats If he so much as hint at
their appearance In court. It has got
so that only the utterly destitute, the
half-witted, and the people who gel 00
days In the Stockade are safe to men
tion.
The agitation caused by the articles
of the past has not died down yes.
Vengeance is still abroad. Despite
the triple plate, bullet and acid proof
armor which the reporters In town
have been forced to adopt, their minds
are still far from easy. At night they
see shadows 1 urkln* behind every
lamp-post. They never pass an alley
hut visions of bloody headlines rise
up before their watery eyes.—VEILED
VAMPIRE THROWS VIAL OP VIT
RIOL. Or, —GRAZED CRIMINAL
cracks cranium.
Ho nothing doing for the present.
But he patient. Something may hap
pen again one of these days.
Now, today, with prayers for your
forebearance, let the following he an
other sad and depressing plea for char
ity. The success which attended the
last petition for help, and found a
home for the girl, makes It easier to
put this ease before you.
Susannah Campbell, a colored wom
an of about thirty, came up for idling
and loafing. She was about three
quarters blind. Her eyes were infect
ed and loathsome to behold. She had
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
NEGRESS STOLE
DIAMOND RINGS
Silver Purge Containing Three
Jeweled Rings Recovered
Yesterday From Thief.
A colored woman named Ora Wil
liams whs arrested yesterday morn
ing by Detectives Glover and Redd
lor having stolen about S9OO worth
of t'lothunds.
Slie went to the house of r lady ou
Mclntosh Street on the pretext ot
buying old clothes, an I while thd
Indy was not looking, stole a silver
pocket hook out of the top drawer
containing three diamond rings
valued respectively at about $l5O, S3OO
and s4.'id The pifM wl| missed a
few hoars after the woman's depart
ure, and from Information given to
the police at once, Ora Williams was
eaught. The rings were recovered,
through Ora’s confession, trom a
friend of her’s named Ella Butler, to
whom she had given them to keep.
Ora Is charged with larceny from
the house, and Klla with accessory
before the fact and with receiving
stolen goods.
They are in the county jail.
W. WALLACE CLARK
FOR LEGISLATURE
Thirty Men Gathered at Court
House and Nominated Him
For the Office. Want Rep
resentative Outside of City.
From various wectlonH of the county,
outside of the city of Augusta, thirty
men gathered at the Court House this
morning and nominated Mr. W. Wal
lace Clark for the legislature. It is the
desire of tlie people outside of the city
to have one of the representatives In
the legislature and they united on Mr.
Clark, who lives about eight miles from
tlie city on the Milledgcvllle Road.
Mr. \V. T. Hroome was chairman of
the meeting and Mr. I*. 11. Hoe was sec
retary. Mr. ('lark made a short ad
dress after his nomination. Mr. Clark
is a member of the Farmers Union.
DEATHS
DAVIS, MR. LEROY L.—Died tills
morning at 6:30 o’clock, at 1434
Walton Way, In the 26th year of
Ills ago. The funeral services will
lie held tomorrow afternoon at 3
o’clock at Barton's Chapel, eight
miles on the Doan’s Bridge road.
The interment will be in tho Kins
cemetery.
UNDERWOOD LEAVES
Orlando. Fla.—Congressman Oscar
W. Underwood left Friday night for
Washington. His wife, who has been
here for some weeks at the bedside
of her father, J. H. Woodward, of Bir
mingham. remn In ad-here. Mr. Wood
ward Is gradually growing weaker.
ACTING SPEAKER.
Waihington.—Represen tut Ive James
Hay, of the seventh Virginia district,
was named acting speaker of he house
today after Speaker Clark left for At
lantic City to spend Blaster.
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Regular Sunday services hy the
pastor, Rev. C. T. Walker, D.D. The
ordinance of Baptist t*J he adminis
tered following the morning service.
Mass meeting in Interest of Walker
Enptlst Institute following the Sunday
school service. Friends and visitors
arc cordially invited to attend the
services for the day. Prayer meeting
at 6 a. m. Preaching sctvlcc at 11 p.
m. Raptlst at 1 p. m. Sunday school
p. m. Ity Y. P. U. meeting at 7 p. m.
Preaching service at 8 p. m.
_ SPECIAL NOTICES
Attention, Camp 435, U. C. V.!
ATTEND REGULAR MEETING AT
Court House Monday, April Il3th, 8:30
p. 111. Arrangements to be made for
Reunion at Jacksonville.
By order of
GEO. F. LAMBACK,
W. A. CLARK. Capt. Commander.
been searching for work, and, of
course, could find none, because no
body could stand to look at her. The
Judge asked her about the cause of
her eye-trouble, whether It was this
disease or that, hut It whs neither,
she said, —It came from cold, and ca
tarrh in the head.
“I comes from Dillon, S. C„” she
said. “But I come hero sum Waynes
boro. I been here about two months."
"How did you get from Dillon to
Waynesboro?” asked the Judge.
“Went wld Mr. Todd’s show, —cir-
cus.”
“What were you?” asked the Judge.
"Hoochy-kooc hy dancer?”
"No, sir, Cook," she replied placidly.
“How did you get here?” he asked.
"Walked.”
"You’ve got no place to stay?”
"No, sir.”
"Are you hungry?”
"Yesslr, I shore Is."
"Well," said the Judge, "I’ll send
you up to the stockade for ten days,
so you can get something to cat and
get the doctor to look after your eyes.
You’ll get some rountry liarn and cow
peas. Like that?”
"Anything, Lord!” she said.
Ho she Is at the stockade now hut
In ten days will he on the loose
again. Hh' has two children In Dil
lon. aged three and six, and wants to
go home. The ticket from here to
Dillon Is 84.70. Can that he raised?
If you leave ten cents for Susannah
Campbell at The Herald Office, it will
he put In her box. It doesn’t matter
if there should he a few extra dimes,
she would be able to buy a pie on the
train.
And please don’t think that It will he
subscribed easily, without you. and
that you needn't bother. At that rate
she will not gel far. She has receiv
ed only two dimes so far. From two
young fellows In court, who suggested
the Idea of putting her case before the
public.
(Dillon papers please copy.)
The Case of Jenny Brice
By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
iIIOLOGVE.
Was Jennie Brico murdered?
If she were murdered, who war
guilty of the foul deed?
If she were not done away
with hy an assassin, what becam
of her?
Whence did she disappear?
These and a few other inter
esting questions arc raised a.
once in this very clever tale o'
mystery written by a womar
who is not only an adept a
writing Jiction of this charac
ter, but the possessor of a styU
that chains the infere.sf by Hi
clearness and directness an 11
wins by its rich humor.
Continued From Yesterdav
CHAPTER VI.
mITE newspapers were full of
the laid ley case, with Its eu
rl "" s H » l 'ill , "> and many sur
[vVj,22# l | prises. It was considered
unique 111 tunny ways. Mr. Pitman
had always read all the murder trials
and used to talk about the corpus de
Hot! and writs of habeas corpus, corpus
being the legal way. I believe, of spell
ing corpse. Hut ! came out of the I.iul
ley trial for It came to trial ultimately
—with only one point of law that I
was Niire of. That was that It Is
mighty hard to prove a man a tnur
deror Unless you ran show what hi
killed.
And that was the weakness in tin
I aid ley ease. There was a body, but II
could not be idenlltlod.
The police held Mr. I aid lev for a day
or two, and then, nothing appearing
they let. him go. Mr. Holcombe, who
was still occupying the second floor
front, almost wept with rage and de
spall when he rend the news In the
papers. He was still working on the
case In his curious* way, wandering
aloug the w harfs at night and writing
letters all over the country to leorr
about Philip Ladley's previous life and
bis wife’s. But he did not seem to gel
anywhere.
The newspapers hud been full of the
Jennie Brice disappearance, for dlaup
penrance It proved to be. Ho far a*
coaid be lenrned she had not left the
city that night, or since, and us hlic
was a striking looking woman, vary
blond, as I have said, with a full voice
and a languid manner, she could hard
ly have taken refuge anywhere with
out being discovered. The morning
after her disappearance a young wo
man, tall, like Jennie Brice, and fair,
had been seen In the Union station
But as she was accompanied hy a
young man, who bought her magazine*
and papers and hade her an excited
farewell, Heading Ills Jove to vurloui
members of a family and promising ti
feed the canary, this was uot seriously
considered. A sort of general alarm
went over the country. When she was
younger she had been pretty well
known at the Broadway tlieuters in
New York. One way or another, the
Liberty theater got a lot of free ad
vertlslag from the case, and, 1 believe.
Miss Hope’s salary was raised.
The police communicated with Jen
ule Brice’s people—she lih<l a sister In
Olean, N. Y., but she hud not heard
from her. The sister wrote—l heard
later-that Jennie had been unhappy
with Philip J/iidley, and afraid h<
would kill her. And Miss Hope told
the same story. But—there was no
corpus, us the luwyers say, and Anally
the police had to free Mr. laid ley.
Beyond making an attempt to gel
bail, and falling, bo had done nothing
Asked about Ills wife, he merely shrug
ged his shoulders and said she had left
him and would turn up all right. He
was unconcerned, smoked cigarettes
all day, ale and slept well and looked
better .since he had had nothing to
drink. And two or three days after
the arrest he sent for the manuscript
of his play.
Mr. Howell came for It ou the Thurs
dny of that week.
I was on my knees scrubbing the
parlor floor when he rang the bell.
I let him in, and it seemed to mo Unit
he looked tired and pale.
“Well, Mrs. Pitman,” he suld, smll
lng, “what did you find in The cellar
when the water went down?”
“I’m glad to say that I didn’t find
what I feared, Mr. Howell."
“Not even the onyx clock?"
“Not even the clock," I replied.
“And I feel ns If I’d lost n friend. A
clock is a lot of company.”
“Do you know whut I think?" he
said, looking at me closely. "I think
you put that clock away yourself in
the excitement und have forgotten ell
about It.”
“Nonsense."
“Think hard.” He was very much In
earnest. “You knew the water was
rising and the Ladleys would have
to be moved up to the second floor
front, where the clock stood. You
went In there and looked around to see
If the room was ready, and you saw
the clock. And knowing that the Lad
Ipvs quarreled now and then and were
apt to throw things”—
“Nothing but a soap dish, and that
only once."
“you the clock to the attic and
put It say. In an old trunk."
“I did nothing of the sort. I wen!
In, as you say, and I put up an old
splasher, because of the way ho throw
Ink about. Thru I wound the clock
put the key under It and went out."
"And the key Is gone, loo!" he said
thoughtfully. "I wish l could Hud that
clock, Mrs. Pitman."
"Ho do I."
“Ladley went out Sunday afternoon
about 3, didn’t lie- slid got hack at s?’
I turned and looked at him. “Yes
Mr. Howell," I said, "Perhaps yoi
know something about that."
“I?" He changed color. • Twenty
years of dunning boarders has mud
ine pretty sharp at reading faces, an
he lookisl as uncomfortable as If li
owed me money. "I!" I know thei
that 1 had been right about the void
it had been him.
"You!" I retorted. "You were her
Sunday morning and spent some tlm
with the Lad leys. I am the old sli
devil. I notice you didn’t toll you
friend, Mr. Holcoml*e, about bavin
been here on Sunday."
Ho was quick to recover. "I’ll tel
you nil about It, Mrs. Pi I man," he sab
smilingly. "You see, all my life, 1 him
wished for an onyx clock. It has licci
my ambition, my great desire. Leu*
Ing the house tbnt Suudny mornln
and bearing the ticking of the cloo.
upstairs I recognized It was an ony?
clock, clambered from my boat througl
an upper window and so reached ll
Tho cloek showed light, but aftci
stunning It with a chair"—
“Exactly!” I said. "Then the tbtni
Mrs. Ladley said she would not do wn
probably to wind the clock?"
lie dropped Ills bantering manner a I
once. "Mrs. Pitman." he said, “I
don’t know what you heard or did not
hear. But I want you to give me a
little time before you fell anybody that
I was here that Sunday morning. Am
In return I’ll And your clock.”
I hesitated, but. however put out hi
waa he didn’t look like a criminal
Besides, he was a friend of my niece’s
and blood Is thicker than flood water.
"There was nothing wrong about my
being here,” he went on, "but I don’t
want It known. Don’t spoil a good
atory, Mrs. Pitman."
I did not quite understand that, al
though those who followed the trtul
carefully may do so. Poor Mr. Howell!
I am sure he believed that It was only
a good story, lie got the description
of uiy onyx clock and wrote It down
and I gave him the manuscript for Mr.
Ladley. That was the lust I saw of
him for some time.
That Thursday proved to be an ex
citing day, for lato In the afternoon
Terry, digging the mud out of tho cel
lar, came across my missing gruy false
front near the coal vault and brought
It up, grinning, and Just before 8 Mr
Graves, the detective, rang the bell
and then let himself In. I found him
In the lower hull looking around.
“Well, Mrs. Pitman,” he said, "has
our friend come hack yet?"
"She was no friend of mine.”
“Not. she- Ladley. He’ll be out tills
evening, and he’ll probably be around
for Ills clothes."
I felt my knees waver, as they al
ways did when he *vas spoken of.
“He may want to stuy here," said
Mr. Graves. "In fact, I think that’s
Just what he will want"
"Not here,” 1 protested. "The very
thought of him makes me quake.”
“If he comes here belter take him In
I want, to know where he Is."
I tried to say thut 1 wouldn’t have
him, but the old habit of the ward as
sorted Itself. From taking a bottle of
beer or a sliee of pie to telling one
where one might or might not live the
poliee wore autocrats In that neighbor
* >
“Look anything like this?" ho asksd.
hood, and, respectable woman that 1
am, my neighbors’ fears of the front
office have Infected me.
“All right. Mr. Graves,” I said.
He pushed the parlor door open and
looked In, whistling. “This Is the
place, isn’t it?"
“Yes. But it was upstairs that lie”—
“I see. Tull woman, Mrs. Ladley?”
“Tall and blond. Very airy in her
manner.”
He nodded mid stood looking In and
whistling. "Never heard her speak of
a towu named Horner, did you?”
“Horner? No.”
"I see.” He turned and wnndered
out again Into the hall, still whistling.
At. the door, however, he stnp|*ed and
turned. "Look anything like this?"*he
asked and held out one of his- hands
wllli a small kodak picture on the
palm.
It was a snapshot of a children’*
frolic In a village street, with some
onlookers In the background. Around
one of the heads had been drawn a cir
cle In pencil. I took it to the gas Jet
ami looked tit It closely. It wits a tall
woman with a lint on, not unlike Jen
nie llrlce. She was looking over the
crowd, and 1 could see only her face,
and that in shadow. I shook my head.
"I thought not,” he said. "We have
a lot of atage pictures of her, but, what
with false hair and their being re
touched beyond recognition, they don’t
amount to much.” He started out and
on the doorstep to light a cigar.
“Take him In if he comes," he said.
"And keep your eyes open. Feed him
well and he won’t kill you I"
1 hud plenty to think of when I was
rooking Mr. Reynolds' supper—tho,
chance thut I might, have Mr. Ladley-)
again and the woman at Horner. Fbr
it hud come t/> me like a flash as Mr.
Graves left that the "Horn—” on the
paper slip might have been "nomer."
*••• • • • •
After all, there was nothing sensa
tional about Mr. lotdley’s return. He
came at S o'clock thut night, fresh
shnvod and with hla hair rat, 11 Ad, al
though he had a latchkey, he rang the
doorbell. 1 knew his ring, and I
thought it no harm to carry an old
razor of Mr. Pitman’s with the blade
open nnd folded bark on the handle,
tho way the colored_ people use them,
in my left hund.
But I saw at once that he meant no
mischief.
“Good evening,” he said, and put out
hla bund. I Jumped hack until I aaw
there was nothing in It and that he
only meant to shako hands. I didn't
do It. I might have to tuko him In
and make his bed and cook his meals,
but 1 did not have to sbuke hands
with him.
‘‘You, too!’’ he sold, looking at me
with what l suppose he meant, to bo u
reproachful look. But he could no
more put an expression of that sort
in bis eyes than a Ash could. "I sup
pose, then, there is no use asking if I
may have my old room—the front
room. I won’t need two.”
I didn't wunt him, and be must have
seen It. Hut I took him. "You may
have it, as fur as I’m concerned,” I
said. "But you’ll have to let the pa
per hanger in tomorrow.”
"Asauredly.” Ho camo Into the hall
and stood looking around him, and I
fancied he drew a breath of relief. “It
Isn’t much yet,” he said, “but It’s bet
ter to look at than six feet of mu ly
water."
"Or than stone walls,” I said.
Ho looked at tne and smiled “Or
than stone wulla,” ho repeater bow
lug, and went into Ills room.
Ho I had him again, und If I gave
him only the dull knives mi locked
up the breadknife the moment I had
flnlshod with it, who can blame me?
I took ull the precaution I could think
of hail Terry put an extra bolt on
every door anil hid the rat poieon and
the carbolic acid in the cellar.
Peter would not go near him. Ho
hobbled around on hla three legs, with
the splint tea ting a sort of tattoo on
the floor, hot he stayed bank In the
kitchen with me or In the yard.
It was Hunday night or early Mon
day morning tluit Jennie Brice disap
peared. On Thursday evening her hus
band came buck. On Friday the body
of a woman was washed ashore at
Beaver, but turned out to lie that of a
stewardess who had fallen overboard
from one of Ihe Olneinnatl packets.
Mr. Ladley himself showed me the ar
ticle In the morning paper when I took
In hla breakfast.
“Public hysteria has killed a man be
fore this," he said when I had read it
"Suppose that woman had been man
gled or the screw of the steamer had
cut her houd off! llow many people
do you suppose would have been will
ing to swear that it wus my—was Mrs.
Dudley V’
“Even without a head I should know
Mrs. Ludley,” I retorted.
Ho shrugged bis shoulders. "Let’s
trust she’s still alive, for my sake," he
said. "But I’m glad, anyhow, that this
woman had a head. You’ll allow me to
be glad, won’t you?”
"You can be anything you want as
far as I’rn concerned," I snapped and
went out.
Mr. Holcombe still retained the sec
ond story front room. I think, ultbough
he said nothing more about it, that he
was still “playing horse.” lie wrote
u good hit at the wushstand, and, from
the loose sheets of manuscript he left.
I believe actually tried to begin a play.
But mostly he wandered along the wa
ter front or stood on one or another
of the bridges, looking at the water
and thinking. It Is certain that he
tried to keep in the part by smoking
cigarettes, but he huted them, and
usually ended by throwing the ciga
rette away and lighting an old pipe he
carried.
To Be Continued Tomorrow
KEEP IT SAFE.
Maud—l’ve been losing quite a lot ors
my hair lately.
Marie- You should lock it UP, dear.—
Boston Transcript.
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