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SUNDAY. APRIL 19.
NEWS OF THE AUGUSTA CHURCHES
Beautiful Music Rendered in Most
of the Augusta Churches Last Sunday
To Many a Young Man, Away From Home and Loved Ones,
Music Has Been the Voice of Love and Duty, and Has
Lifted the Voung Fellow From the Gutter to the Top of
the Ladder.
Easter Sunday has come and gone.
While to many of us it is no more
sacred Ilian any other Lord's day; to
many of our people It Is the culmina
tion of a season of prayer and medita
tion; to all of us it la the ono Lord's
day oT all the year when we most ex
pect to enjoy good music. Last Sun
day our expectations were realized In
most of the Augusta churches.
Good music Is an essential In the
churches Good music Is difficult to
get in many of the churches. Some
how church choirs seldom work with
out friction. The most sensitive part
of church machinery is said to be the
church choir. M.u,> churches find it
impossible to keep an organized choir
There Is always a probability, if not
a possibility of the choir breaking up
Into factions. It it with pleasure that
we note the number of Augusta choirs
that arranged for special music on
Easter Sunday.
Power of Music.
If the average vocalist knew the
power of music, perhaps it would be
an easy matter to build and to hold a
first ra:e choir in most of churches.
The Influence of music is of a wide
range. Few things so solaces the
mind as music. When Saul, the
gloomy distempered King of Israel,
would rise to his best David must,
play upon his harp. Often music has
appealed to the best in men and
checked the rabble. In many cases
It hag encouraged the prisoners, and
to the sirk It has been a medicine far
more effective than herbs. To many
a young man, away from home and
loved ones, It has been the voice of
love an I duty and has lifted the
young fellow from the gutte rto the
top of the ladder.
Dignity and Power.
To say as much is not to point to
some new discovery, all agds oT the
world have understood it. Many of
the early legislators wrote their laws
tn verse, and sung them in public
place*. Much of ancient history is
written in the measures of lyric poet
ry. This method of publicity enables
tiie memory to retain the facts; the
ear was thereby Invited to attend to
all the details: the imagination was
aroused and threw around the law,
o r the story, the drapery of beauty,
dignity and power;/these laws amt
blsiorio events were then sung in the
public places and in the streets and
were thus mingled with the soul of
the nation. One of the many mis
Broadway Methodist Church Greatly Re
vived—Rev. Wm. Hill Was Heard By
Exceedingly Large Crowds
Rev. Mm. Hill, evangelist, who dirt
the preaching at Broadway Methodist
church during the simultaneous meet
ings, greatly pleased the pastor and
the ]>eople of the church and commun
ity. Dr. Verdell says that Mr. Hill is
a young fellow of deep consecration,
anil an earnest preacher of the gospel.
His messages have greatly revived the
membership of the church and added
a number to the church roll. The
meetings closed Wednesday of last
week, and Mr. Hill remained over a
few days in the city.
Mr. Hill married one of Augusta"s
most excellent young women, a Miss
Platt, whose father was superinten
dent of the King Manufacturing Co. It
is always a great pleasure for him to
visit the city and help the churches in
their fneetings. He and Mrs, Hill have
greatly enjoyed this particular visit.
“Where There Is a Will There Is a
Way.”
No Problem.
The problem of reaching the fron
tier folks has ever been a problem with
the church leaders. Commerce reaches
them, why not the missionary? In
many cases he did reach them but not
effectively. "The World's Work” for
April has a very interesting editorial
on "Traveling Churches On Hand And
Sea.” We copy it for the benefit of
those who may miss it:
“In manv and striking ways, the
church is learning to utilize more ful
ly the inethodr. of modern life. With
the extension of the great railroad
systems of the west and northwest
and the consequent growth of small
villages, a demand was made for some
means of reaching these rapidly grow
ing centers of population. To meet
this demand, there came into exis
tence, Borne years ago the chapel car,
combining in one car a chapel and a
Rev. Frank Hall Wright Will Open Union
Meeting Wednesday—Services Be Held
in New C. & W. C. Depot
Upv. Frank Hall Wright, the noted
evangelist, wili arrive In the city the
early part of this week, and will be
gin the union meetings Wednesday
evening in the handsome new depot
of the Charleston and Western Car
dint, Railway. The coming of Mr.
Wright has been thoroughly adver
tised from most of the pulpits in the
bitv and the dally papers have spoken
in highest terms of him as a man
and of thp wonderful work he has
done in other planes. To some of the
pastors he is well-known having lab
ored with them in other cities. They
are delighted that they shall hear
him again. They ask for him a cour
teous hearing, and assure the public
of his worth as man and minister.
Attractive Feature.
The choir will be an attractive
feature of the services. Mr. Chas.
Whitney, chairman of the committee
on arrangements, has contracted for
a choir loft with a seating capacity
for 200 people. This will be taken
bv those who sing and the preachers.
There will be seats arranged on the
floor to accommodate 2.000 or more.
The seats will be made comfortable
as possible. Ail other accommoda
tions Will he provided, and it is hop
ed no one will hesitate to attend.
Dr .1 R Sevier, chairman of the
committee on music, will measure up
sions of the churches of today is to
give the world the best music pos
sible.
No Heart in Service.
Many preachers have gone into the
churtli with forces all spent, and shai,
I say It, with his heart out of the ser
vice. Then the organ responded to
the trained hand, mind and heart, and
gave forth such sweet compulsion that
the soul was stirred and tired for the
service. Then the choir rose and
sung, and all the links that tie tne
hidden soul of harmony were untwist
ed. and the service, to minister and
people, throbbed wtth the conscious
ness of the presence of God.
The churches of Jesus Christ have
ever advocated music. On the eve
OT the supper the Master must have
sung: “I shall not die, but live, and de
clare the work of the l>ord x x x
This is the day which the hath
made; we will rejoice and be glad In
it.”
No other organization in the world
has developed such an extensive
hymnology as the followers of Jesu6.
and this hymnology lias done more to
•harmonize the contending sects of
Christendom than all the great
preachers and scholars of the Chris
tlan era.
Church Music.
One feels the soul taking on the
hue of the sweet music of the
churches, whether plaintive or joy
ous; and the heart readily responds
to the sentiment of the song. If It
appeals to his love of God, or country,
or self-sacrifice, he is made the stron
ger for It. The services of last Sun
day will show to the thinking people
how deep is the love for music in our
people, and the need for the churches
to make extra effort to obtain the
best.
Good music will draw more people
perhaps than a good strong preacher.
The love ot music is universal. Not
long since, while in one of the most
neglected sections of the city, I was
impressed with the muaic in an ofd
dilapidated house. It was not tha
voice of culture—lt was that of a
humble negro woman as she rooked
her child to sleep, but there was a
pathos about It which I shall never
forget. Go whore you will music Is
loved and cultivated. Our churches
should make mdre of it. We should
see to what extent we can develop
the love of music, good music, tn our
people.
parsonage, so that, the church, the
preacher and at the accessories for
services could be side-tracked in these
villages.
Bix Cars.
Today the American Baptist Publi
cation Society keeps six of these cars
constantly employed. Four colportage
automobiles are now carrying religion
to the homes in the outlying districts.
Many people on the Pacific Coast can
be reached for the present by water
transportation. A cruiser was built of
BUfflcigfit size to accommodate a mis
sionary* and his family, and if neces
sary to provide a chapel sufficiently
large to accommodate an audience of
fifty people. The first of thesi boats
was assigned to the Coos Bay region
of western Oregon and was named the
life line; the second is known as the
Osceola and operates in the waterways
of San Francisco Bay and the dike re
gion of the Sacramento and San Joa
quin rivers. Another boat is now being
built for service in Puget Sound, and
will serve 75,000 people along 2,000
miles of shore-line.”
More Modern.
The organizations which manage
the benevolences of the churches are
becoming more and more modern in
all of their methods. The chapel car
and the chapel boat are doing great
service for the vilages not yet in po
sition to keep a minister for the whole
or a part of his time. It enables the
missionary to cover-the ground quick
ly, as he must do where the field is
so large. He can keep up his family
life also. Who knows the privations
the missionary?
And, If the missionary have chil
dren, he is with them most of the
time to give them direction, and while
he is trying to save other's children
the risk of loosing his own is lessened.
The chapel car and the chapel boat
have come to stay till the last of the
frontier is settled and developed.
to his past record as a hustler, and
will give the city a splendid chorus
choir Two hundred voiceß should be
a very great inspiration, if they are
properly drilled And it is said that
Mr Wright's musical director is one
of the best in the country, while Mr.
Wricht himself is a soloist of rare
qualities. The public will have a
feaHt of good things unless all sign*
fall.
Handsome Building.
The Charleston and Western Caro
lina Railway depot is a very large,
handsome building located on the cor
ner of Ninth and Tatnall Streets, be
tween Reynolds Street and the river.
Tatnall Street is not genially known
to the public. It it now being extend
ed east two blocks, and Is between
Reynolds Street and the river run
ning parallel with both. The depot is
a very large building, two hundred
feet long and fifty feet wide. Of
course the railroad authorities will
reserve a portion of the building for
their use, hut this will give ample ac
commodations to all who attend.
This will locate the meetings In a
section of the city near the old ware
house occupied by Sam .lones when he
preached here many years ago. Mr.
.Jones, matchless man he was, had ail
Augusta to hear him. Those who
know Mr. Wright feci confident that
he will draw thousands to hear him.
He Is not of the rugged type of Mr.
Jones, neither has he the humor of
the great evangelist, but he Impresses
with ills goodness and earnestnss.
A Handicap.
The minister begins the meetings
with a handicap. The t'huutauqua
will come early In May and necessi
tate the closing of the meetings on
the 10th. This will give a little over
two weeks. Generally it takes two
weeks to get the meetings In good
swing. If that Is the ease here, it
will leave but four days to land the
net. The pastors are very eager
Simultaneous Meetings Closed Last Sun
day ?. M.—Great Satisfactory Re
sults in Most Churches
The simultaneous meetings came to
a close last Sunday evening. Moat
of the churches seem to have had
splendid results, Tne preaching in
all the churches was of a very high
order, ami will help tire cause no little.
There was no effort made to a seer
tain the number added to all the
churches, but ft must have been about
the average. The meetings ran
through two weeks slid the attendance
was very good.
Never before have the churches
come together in sueh a concert*!
manner. Naturally one asks: "Why
can't the preachers and the church
members get together on any problem
on w hich Christian men should speak ?'
During the whole of the simultaneous
services the preachers and the work
ers in the churches got together at
St. John's church at 15:HO o'clock. Not
in all these noon meetings was there a
dissenting voice. The rfiost beautiful
harmony prevailed. It is to be hoped
that we shall see the whole of the
church force* in the city united In the
work of winning the city to Christ
Delighted.
The pastors as a whole were gTeat
ly delighted with th way in which
the monitors of the churches assisted
in the campaign. For many years
the poachers in evangelistic services
have had to do most of the work. The
result has been a loss of power on
the part of the average church mem
ber. Recently the tendency has begun
to swing In th opposite direction, and
the churches have Increased in effi
ciency In proportion. Personal work
is now insisted upon in all congrega
The State Sunday School Convention
Has Now Completed Its Work and
Delegates Have Returned Home
Augusta sent a number of delegates
to the Sunday 8choo) Convention in
Milldegevllle last week. Tho meet
ings closed Thursday and all of the
delegates from Augusta have returned
to their homes and will make reports
to their schools today.
It was the best attended of any
convention of recent years. There
were more than 700 present and
every one seemed delighted with the
work of the body. Addresses were
made by specialists in Sunday school
work, among the speakers from Au
gusta were Dr. W. B. Dillard and Dr.
J. R. Sevier. They made a most fa
vorable impression on the delegates
and the people of Milledgevlllc. From
Augusta, also went Revs. A. D. Echols
and R. E. L. Harris. All the preach
ers have returned and will preach to
day as usual.
COLUMBIA DISTRICT
CONFERENCE MEETS
Will Be Held in Grace Meth
odist Church in North Au
gusta Next Week, Beginning
April the 23rd.
The District Conference of Colum
bia District will be held in Grace
Methodist Church next week begin
ning Thursday morning, April 23rd.
The people of North Augusta, Irre
spective of denominations, are open
ing their homes to entertain the dele
gates and visitors. This hearty re
sponse is very much appreciated by
the committee on entertainment.
Every Charge.
If all the members come, this con
ference should bring to North Au
gusta about 150 visitors. Every charge
In the district and every church In
every charge should bo represented.
Besides there will doubtless lie repre
sentatives from the four Methodist
colleges of the state, the Epworth
Orphanage, and other interests of the
church.
Rev. J. W. Kiigo, presiding elder of
the district, will preside over the con
ference. This will he his second visit
to North Augusta. He made a very
favorable Impression here on his first
visit in January.
Best Informed.
Rev. Mr. Kiigo is one of the best
informed men in his conference, and
looks well after every interest of the
church.
The public is Invited to all the ses
sions of the conference. And there
will be preachin' services every
morning and evening. The primary
object of the conference is devotional,
and while much business will be at
tended to, this object will be kept In
mind.
Rev. j. P. fnabet, of Lexington,
will preach the opening sermon on
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock.
Prison Evangelist to
Speak Twice During Day
Mr. Crabtree, traveling for the
Southern Presbyterian Church and the
Men and Religion Forward Movement,
investigating the prison status, will
give an unbiased description of the
conditions of the prisons which he
has visited during this winter, at the
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
therefore, that, all Christian people
begin with the meetings and make
them a sueecss from the Mrst
The 1 oral lon Is not all that could
he desired ns It) Is off to one side, hut
It should appeal esi cclally to the
buNineas men along It toad Street, Cot
ton Row and those who live In the
Tints «hmg Bnmd Street There are
many people, too. who live on the
streets hack of Itroad who will ap
preciate the services being held so
near them Those living south of
Broad caul tn the suburbs will find
the meetings near the ear lines. It
will Ilk dy he an ona\ matter for all
to reach the services who really want
to g\l
There will be two service* each
day. In the morning the meeting will
he held In Hi. Jolin'n Church It la
hoped to reach many of the Christian
people at the morning hour The
evening meetings will bo held in the
depot.
tions whtre modern methods have been
adopted. In the meetings Just closed
home forces were used to a great ex
tent and the pastors very much 111
the affections of their people.
Personal Work.
To the church members who took
part In the meetings have a great de
gree of self-confidence. They have
discovered that anyone who Is at all
in earnest can do personal work. If
this discovery should become gene
ral. It will mean much to all the
churches. It will mean & growing
revival and a more virile ministry. It
is too often the ease that the pastor
has to do nil the preaching, w-omliict
all the prayer services, visit all the
sick, comfort all the sorrowing, look
up nil the strangers, advertise Ills owu
meetings, call ail committee meetings
and do more for the public in gene
ral than any other man engaged in
a public capacity. It is to lie hoped
that we shall see the members of the
Churches actively engaged In some do
llar I m.nt hi the church activity.
Sowinn and Reaping Law.
The members who Joined the churches
got Just what they put into thc.m.
The law of sowing and reaping never
varies, one great hindrance to the
coming of the Kingdom Is that meet
ing of wide advertising and great In
gathering so often Increase the church
roll but reduce the spiritual life ami
force of the Christian community.
Members added under sueh calm, dis
passionate preaching as was heard In
mqst of the churches during the si
multaneous meetings will likely re
main true to their vows of consecra
tion.
Augusta Delegation.
The many delegates who went from
Augusta will* bring to their work
more zeal and wiser methods as the
result of the meetings.
There will come to all of the
churches the blessing of a broader un
derstanding of the benotit to her
church. One of the great benefits of
a meeting of the kind held in Mll
ledgevllle where all denominations
padtlcipate is the discovery of the
things in common, and a deepening of
brotherly love. It would bt a pity to
let anything come In to interfere wltn
these meetings. Let them come at
least once a year, and it will do more
to conserve our forces in this tine
as a Christian people than most any
one thing.
The delegates are all delighted
with the convention city, and the
hospitality of the people.
Greene Street, Presbyterian Church
at 11:15 o’clock this morning and
again this evening at the First Pres
byterian Church at B:3C o'clock.
The public Is cordially invited to
attend these meetings and a most In
teresting time Is promised.
Woodlawn Baptist Church
in Prosperous Condition
Pastor’s Salary Has Been In
creased Since He Began
Wook—Will Soon Erect
New House of Worship
The meetings at Woodlawn Baptist
church resulted in ten additions who
have been baptized by the pastor.
There are others to follow. The church
is in a very prosperous condition. They
have Increased the pastor’s salary
since he begun w-ork with them, and
will soon begin the erection of a new
house of worship
The Sunday school is flourishing. It
Is likely one of the largest schools In
the city. The accommodations for the
school is far too poor to meet the de
mands of Its present needs Mr. Har
ris is very eager to see the enterr-rlso
taken up at an early date. The Sun
day school sent, two delegates to th#
State Sunday School Convention, Mrs.
J W. Slhert and Miss Edna Verdery.
Rev. R. E. 1,. Harris went to the con
vention also as a delegate. He has re
turned to the city and will preaeh at
both services today,
Mrs. Harris, president of the Wo
man's Missionary Society, announces
a meeting of the organization Monday
at. 4p. m This is tho regular meeting
of the society and all members are
urged to attend.
WANTED-1.000 Men
—AT—
ST. LIKE M. E. CHURCH.
Dr. J. F. Roberts, Poster.
Service#: 11 a. m. a*d 8 p. m.
SUNDAY SCHOOL 3:30 P. M
BaracaClass-Philathea Class
A Cordial Invitation to AM.
The Case of Jenny Brice
By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
:oloove.
Was Jennie Brice murderedr
If she were murdered, who tec
guilty of the foul deed?
If she 'vtre not done awn
with by a : assassin, what beeani
of her?
Whence did she disappear?
These and n few other int t
eating questions ore raised •
once in this very clever tale .
mystery written by a wonu
who is not only an adept t
writing fiction of this chare:
ter, but the possessor of a Sty '
that chains the interest by .
clearness and directness an
wins by its rich humor.
0
Continued From Yesterday
“I said he ought to he nblc to fr!
n good story, but lie maintained tlint i<
newspaper could smell n faked story i
ntlle away, nml that, anyhow, nil fit
good stunts had been pulled off. I
ngreed yvifh hint. I remember saying
♦hut nothing but n railroad wreck c i
a murder hit the public very hard the •
days ami that 1 didn't fisd like wreck
itig the Pennsylvania limited.
“He leaned over the table and looked
tit nie. 'Well, how about a murder,
then?' ho said. 'Yon get the story fm
your paper and I gef some advertising
for the theater. Wo need It. that's
sure.'
"I laughed It off. nnd we separated
But at 2 o'clock Bronson called me up
again 1 met him in his utiice at the
theater, nnd he told tne that Jennlt
Brice, who was out of the cast tbnt
week, had asked for a week's vacation
She had heard of n farm at a town
called Horner, and she wanted to go
there to rest.
“‘Now tiie idea Is this,' he said
'She's living with Iter husband, and
be bas threatened Iter life more thim
once. It would be easy enough to
frame up something to look ns If he'd
made away ’with her. We’d get a
week of excitement, more advertising
than we'd ordinarily get in a year
You get a corking ncvis story and find
Jennie Brice, at the end, getting tin
credit for that. Jennie gets SIOO and
n rest, and l.adley, her husband, gets,
say. $200.'
“Mr. Bronson offered to put up the
money, and I agreed. The flood enme
Just then and wus aotisidcruhlc help.
It made a good setting. 1 went to my
city editor uud got nn assignment to
Interview Ladloy about this play of
Ills. Then Bronson and 1 went togeth
er to see the I.anleys on Sunday morn
ing. and us they needed money they
agreed. But l.adley insisted on SSO a
week extra If lie hud to go to jail. We
promised It. but we did not Intend to
let things go so far ns tbnt.
“In the I.adleva' room (lint Sunday
morning we worked It all out. The
hardest thing was to get Jennie Brice's
consent, but she agreed finally. We
arranged a list of clews to lie left
around, and l.adley was to go out la
the night and to he heard coming back
1 told him to quarrel with his wife
that afternoon, although 1 don’t be
lleve they needed to he asked to do It
—and I suggested also the shoe or slip
per to be fhund floating around.”
•'.lnst a moment." said Mr. Holcombe,
busy with liis notebook. "Did you Hiig
gest the onyx clock?”
"No, no clock was mentioned. The
—the clock has puzzled me.”
‘The towel?"
“Yes. I said no murder was com
plete without, blood, but he kicked on
that—said he didn’t mind the rest, hut
he'd be hanged If he was going to
slash himself. But, ns It happened, lie
cut tils wrist while cutting tin* boat
loose, am. go we had the towel.”
“Pillow slip?" asked Mr. Holcombe.
"Well, no. There was nothing said
about n pillowslip. Didn't lio say lie
burned it Accidentally?"
‘‘So he claimed." Mr. Holcombe
made another entry In his book.
“Then I said every murder had a
weapon. He was to have a pistol at
first, but none of us owned one. Mrs
Ladley undertook to get, a knife from
Mrs. Pitman's kitchen and to leave It
around, not In full vltjw, but where it
could be found.”
"A broken knife?"
“No; Just a knife."
"He was to throw the knife Into Ute
water?”
"That was not arranged. I only
gave him a general outline. He was
to add any Interesting details that
might occur to him. The Idea, of
course, was to give the police plenty
•to work on nnd Just when they thought
they had It all and when tiie theater
bad had a lot of booming and I had
got a good story, to produce Jennie
Brice safe and well. We were not to
appear In It »t all. It would have
worked perfectly, but we forgot to
count on one thing—Jennie Brice bated
her husband."
“Not really hated him!” cried Lida,
“Hated him! Hbe I* letting him
bang. She could save him by coming
forwnrd now, and she won’t do It
Hbe is biding so be will go to the gal
lows.” J
There was n pause at that. It seem
ed too Incredible, too Inhuman.
"Then early that Monday morning
you smuggled Jennie Brice out of the
dty ?”
"Yes; that was the only thing wt
bungled. We fixed the hour a little
too late, mi. . I w... sera u,» Miss It.
vey's uncle milking across the bridge
with a woman.”
"Why did you meet Iter openly nnd
take her to the train?”
Mr. Howell bent forward and smiled
•cross at the little titan. "One of your
own axioms, sir," be said. "Do the
nuturnl thing; upset the customary or
tier of events ns little as possible. Jen
nle Brice went to the train because
that was where she wanted to go. But
as Ladley was to protest that his wife
had left town, and ns the police would
be searching for a solitary woman, I
went with her. We went In a leisure
ly manner. I Imuglit her a mag-uni.
and a morning (taper, ssked the con
din tor to fix Iter window, and, tn gen
oral, acted tiie devoted husband see
Ing IdH wife oil on a trip. I even" h
■nulled—”l even promised to feed th
canary."
Lida took Iter hands away. "Did y-v
kiss Iter good by ?" she demanded
“Not even a chaste salute," he said
Ills spirits were rising It was, as of
ten ha|ipens, as If the mere eonfcsslo
removed the guilt. I have seen tltl
boys who Imve broken n window show
the same relief after telling about It.
“For a tlay or two Bronson and l
sat buck, enjoying the stir tip. Thine
turned out as we had expected. Bind
ness booim-d at the theater. I got n
good story, and some few kind word
front my city editor. Then the ex
plosion came. I got a letter from Jen
nle Brice saying she was going invnj
nnd that we need not try to find be:
I went to llorner, tint I had lost, trnc!
of lier completely. Even then, wo di 1
not believe things so bad as they turn
e-l out to Ih>. We thought, sin- was
giving us a Imd time, hut that sin
would show up.
"Ladley was in a blue funk for u
time. Bronson nnd I went t 6 hint. TV
told hint bow the thing had sllpp
O <b *3 c. Vx) I '
“She is hiding so he will go to th<
gallows.”
up. We didn't want to go to the po
lice nnd confess If we could help It
Finally he agreed to stick It out untl
she wns found, at SIOO it week. It tool
all we could beg, borrow nnd steul
But now—we have to come ont wttl
the story anyhow.”
Mr. Holcombe sut up und dosed hi
notebook with it snap. "I’m not sc
sure of that," he suld Impressively. "I
wonder if you realize, young man. that,
having provided it perfect defense foi
this man Ladley,, you provided him
with every possible Inducement to
nuke away with his wife. Secure In
your coining forward at the lust min
ute and confessing the hoax to save
him, was there anything he might not
have dared with Impunity?”
“But I tell you I look Jennlo Brice
out of town on Monday morning."
"Did you?” asked Holcombe sternly.
But at tlmt, the schoolteacher, hav
Ing come home und found old Inline
sound asleep in her cozy corner, set up
siidt n screaming for Hie police that
our meeting broke up. Nor would Mr.
Holcombe explain any further.
CHAPTER XIV.
HOLCOMBE wus tip very
I [VI I early the next morning. I
hjai heard him moving around
lOflHgP at 5 o'clock, nnd nttlhe hang
ed at my door and demanded to know
at wbnt time the neighborhood rose
He hud been up for an hour nud there
were no signs of life. He was more
cheerful after tie hud a cup of coffee,
commented on Lida's beauty nnd said
that Howell was a lucky chap.
"That Is wlmt worries me, Mr. Hol
combe," I said. "I inn helping the llf
fair along nnd—wbat If It turns out
badly r
He looked nt me over his glasses
"It isn’t likely to turn out budly," he
said. “I have never married, Mrs. Hu
man, and 1 have missed n great deal
out of life.”
“PerhHps you're better off If you
had married and lost your wife"— I
wns thinking of Mr. Pitman.
"Not nt. all,” he said with emphasis.
‘‘lt’s better to have married nnd lost
than never to hnve married nt nil. Ev
ery man needs a good woman, und it
doesn't mutter how old he is. The
older he is the more he needs her. I
am nearly sixty."
1 was rather startled, and I almost
SEVEN
drnp|ied lfit- t ri*-*t i-otiitoea. Hut the
next moment be bad got out his note
book and was going over tbe Items
again. "Pillowslip," *he said, "knife,
broken; on.vx clock- wouldn’t think so
milch of the clock If he hadn't been
so dsniuably anxious to hide the key,
the dtscreimncy In time ss revealed by
the trial yes. It Is as clear as a bell.
Mrs. I’Umsit. doe* that Maguire wo
man next door sleep all day?"
"Hilo's up now,’’ 1 Mil Id, looking out
the window.
He was in tbe hnll In n moment only
to come to tbe door later, bat In band.
“Is she tbe only other woman on the
street who keeps hoarders?"
"She's tbe only woman who doesn’t.”
I snapped ".she'll keep nnythlng tbnt
doesn't belong to her—except hoarders.”
"Mt
He lighted his corncob pipe nnd stood
pulling nt It nud watching me. Ho
made tne uneasy 1 thought be wits
going to continue the subject of every
man needing a wife.
But when lie s|Htke lie was back to
the crime again: “Did you ever work
n typewriter?” he asked
What with the surpr*ae. I wa» a lit
tle sharp. "I don't play any Instru
ment except an egg I-eater," I repll-vl
shortly, and went on clearing the table.
“I wonder do you remember about
the village Idiot and the horse? But
of course you do, Mrs. Pitman, you are
a woman of iuiHginnt'on. Don't you
think you could be A Ice Murray for
a few moments? Now think— you are
a stenographer with theatrical ambi
tions. You meet nn actor and you fall
In love w"*t him and he with you.”
“That’s hard to Imagine, that last”
"Not so hard.” he said gently. “Now
the actor Is going to put you on tbe
stage, perhaps In this new play, and
some day he Is going to marry you.”
"Is that what he promised the girl?”
“According to some letters her moth
er found, yea. The actor Is married,
but he tells you he will divorce the
wife. You ure to wait for him. and In
the inenntJine lie wants yon near him—
sway from the office, where other men
are apt to come In with letters to be
typed and to chuff you. You are a
pretty girl.”
"It Isn't necessary to overwork my
Imagination." I said, with a little bit
terness. 1 hud Iteen a pretty girl, but
work nnd worry—
“ Now you are going to New York
very soon, and in the meantime you
have cut yourself off front all your
people. You Imve no one hut this ntau.
What would you do? Where would
you go?"
“How old whs the girl?”
“Nineteen."
“I think,” 1 aald slowly, "that If I
were nineteen and In love with a man
and hiding I would hide ns near him
aa possible. I'd be likely to get a win
dow that could see his going out and
coming In a place so near that he
coukl come often to see me."
“Bravo!" he exclaimed. "Of course,
with your present wisdom and expe
rience. you would do nothing so fool
ish But this girl was In her teens.
She was not very far away, for he
probably aavv Iter that Sunday after
noon, when be was out for two hours.
Ami mm the going whs slow that day
and he bud much to tell and explain I
figure she was not far off. probubly In
this very neighborhood.”
During the remainder of that morn
ing I saw Mr. Holcomb* ut Intervals
going from bouse to bouse. Finally
he came back, flushed und excited.
"I found the house,” lie said, wiping
his glasses. “She was there, all right,
not so close ns we had thought, but
ns close ns she could get.”
“Anil can you trace her?” I asked.
Ills fu-e changed and saddened.
"Poor child!” lie said. "She is dead,
Mrs. Pitman!”
“Not she- at Sewlckiey!"
“No," be said patiently. "That was
Jennie Brice.”
"But-Mr. Howell’’—
"Mr. Howell Is a young ass,” he said
with Irritation. “He did not take Jen
nie Brice out of the city that morning.
If*? took Alice Murray in Jennie Brlce'»
clothing, and veiled."
Well, that is live years ago. Five
times since then the Allegheny river,
from beiug a mild an<l inoffensive
stream, carrying u few bouts and a
great den! of sewage, has become a
raging destroyer and has filled our
hearts with fear and our cellars with
mud.
A few days ago, ns I said at the be
ginning, we found Peter's body float
ing in the cellar, nnd ns soon as the
yard wns dry 1 burled hint. He bud
grown fut und lazy, but I shall miss
him.
Yesterday a rlvertuon fell off a barge
along tiie water front nnd was drown
ed. They drugged the river for Ills
body, but they did not find him. But
they found something—an onyx clock,
with the tattered remnant of a muslin
pillowslip wrapped around it It only
bore out the story as we had known It
for five roars.
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To Be Continued Tomorrow
Champion Woman Boxer
of France Can’t Have Bout
Paris The claim of Mile Curpentier,
who although -if the same name, bears
no relation to the great French boxer,
that she is the champion woman boxer
of France, will have to Bndlsputed, as
the proposed match in which she and
sev-ral other female '.oxers had prom
ised to appear been forbidden by
M. Hennlor., Prefect of Police.