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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
AGATHA WEBB.
BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN.
Copyrighted. 1892 ov S. S. koc'urs Co.
svSops1s OF PRECEDING cHAprEps

Just after ball at the Sutherland rnAnsion Agatha
webb aud her servant are found dead. and Philemon
growing drmentcd, is discovered aslocp at the din
ner table. trace Of blood On his slcsSe Md,
naming s6mnt TN. Webh nr6Inises, and disooyer.
G Iaodi on The grass Inc money drawer is found
empty, and robbery is added to the mystery. Fred
to witness his determination TO no abotter man aud
promises not 10 marrE Mis-. paga, 10y whom ne has
followed him the might Of the murder aud knew
@hgrc he had sG"r.te,i ihaMs.nd dollar IL, She
or b" prorlam"d as the murder,r OF Agatha
bills. and the keeper OF . small sore produce,
one thu! q stranEc man gave him lat" the
%"ic",Vc arrlV", 'gr from Boston and reports.
simple ease. Murdered for money. Fnd the man
y" " ii" ' %aCi "cthCT rrrdcrrE visit tho hollow
tree. The moncyi1 Gna. MattleI, Boston gam
ncni Of %amblng debt, lrcIrr'E scra'r's a
Z2 ssrF 9r IN" amount fr IMal nS ,SSn%r Tine
q tnom rlptchlnI TIE l3at Of bread, tho other
the mystery solved. but ypung Sweatwa'cr aston.
isles the "omltny by a new lain If evidence
This time Amabrl Page Is suspected Swcetwator
nds the "nIy whre he has e en- ~, Mas Iase
vrs and officers and tells what she saw the might Of
6n. DIR ronp 3 W @ '9 lust ' aha ana ~.
that later contc sion will nplicne Frederick II lie
Hrat H' wssb an" q lat" that Ht ME
sutherland discovers trCdcTlrk weeping over her
Philemon. AgHtia'4 husband Sw"ctwatsr suspects
and follows Frederick ana ~ thus discovered hv Mr.
sutherland Frederick place, package of old letters
into Agnes Halltdays hands and hIs fltACr seeks
explanation. Agatha W"bb's VIII ia opened and by
Its terms Mr.. Sutherland IL made executor and Fred
'riCk sole heir Of Il SlOO,OOD estate. SNretwat"r
reasons that Frederick ~ the murderer. Int because
Mr., Sutherland once saved his life Swccwutar - I'M
willing to give evidence, In order t. keep his
secret he plans to leave home. and. i'll suspicious
haste, pretending to he in search Of an important
witness. boards nm outgoing steamer bound for
Bran. He ia thrown overheard that night and
picked UP q! dawn by hshtng crew, which takes
him n New Bedford Food and clothing given
lin. and he 80, by delivering suspicious box.
An accidental cha. takes him on mission to Bos-
ton. The man he finds Is Wattlrs. tn" gambler. who
wishes Swcctwatrr 10 carry q mcssag" to none pther
than Fred"rirh sutherland at Sutherlandtown.
SwcCtwaDr learns tn" message, refuses to take IL.
and then 1nnkr" h4 way home. arriving On the
last day of the inquest. 70 til. surprise OF MI.
Frederick take. III" stand. declares that he
il the OF Agatha webb and that she died by
her own hand. AMI offers t. produce tn" proof OF
his remarkable statement The letters In Agnes Hal.
lidRv's poss"ssi brought t. the courtroom ami
read: They disclose The coHrtship Of Agatha wohh.
the deception of her father which led TO her
rage to Philemon Wchb and the curse she pro-
nouncrd on her offspring. The jury brings i'll its
verdict.
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showed T. at that moment a. never before in

showed T. at that moment AZ never before in
House on ita way to the train. a glimpse was
given Of his handsome head TO those who had
fGPed him and ID there
under his troubles. a likeness TO their beautiful
and commanding Agatha. q murmur broke
turned from his father, whose hard he was
in with one flash Vi bis eye. was about to speak
when sudden hubbub broke out In the d.
q 6e oNn t % S1d man Tss
high over his head. 1t was syeetwater.
from NE A,6 6s 'ta swe SfTs saoerFam
tn. "Gfs a" N si EHsG %ay to f tSs
oner will not leave town to-day Important
'' M h%a si .a% fSa Il wa. in Fred
the people behed his head fall forward and OBJ
ceived him in his arms they broke into a grsat
News" they. shrieked. News! Frederick
Sutherland is innocent! SEQ! The old man
has tainted from Joy. And CAPS went UP and
what grounds they had for S se or
Later they me. foSnd they were good and sub;
tia so who had passes By ss
corner of Agathas house lust as Betsy fell for
yard on ne wndoy s ard cabling to The
they were likely to put In was fortunate
enough TO receive In reply communication
from one OF the men who remembered the
words she shouted. They were in Swedish and
he recalled them we'll. They were:
Help. HlelD! Frun haller na alb doda
sig Hon har en- knit. Hielpl HELP
In English:
Help! help! nv Mistress kills herself. sho
has n knife. Help! help!
The impossible had occurred. Batsy, was
not dead. or at least her testimony still re-
manned and had come at Sweet waters beck
from the other side OF the sea to save her mis-
tresss son.
Sweetwater was a made man. And Fred
erick? In a week he was the Idol Of the to wn.
In year-but let Agnes's contented face and
happy smile show what he was then. Sweet
Agnes who first despised. then encouraged.
then loved him. and who. next to Agatha.
commanded the open worship of his heart.
Agatha is frat. must be first. rs any one can
see who beholds him on a certain anniversary
Of each Year. bury his face In the long grass
which covers the saddest and most passionate
heart which ever yielded to the pressure OF
lifes deepest tragedy.
THE END.
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CHAPTER XXXVI.

Frederick's arrest had been conducted so
quickly that no hint OF the matter reached the
village before the next morning. Then the
whole town broke into uproar and business
Was not only suspended. but the streets and
docks overfowcd with gesticulating men aud
excited women, CARRYING on in every corner
and across innumcrable doorsteps the endless
debate which such an action on the part OF tho
police necessarily opened
But the most aGitated face. though the still
est tongue. was not to DO seen in town that
morning. but In little cottage on an arid hill
slore overlooking, the sea. Here Sweetwater
ocean, and only from his flashing eve and the
firm set Of his lips could the mother. OF Sweet
water see that the crisis OF her sons life was
rOpih!y approaching and that on the outcome
Of this long broodlng rested not only his own
Dissatisfaction. but the interests OF the man
suddenly. from that far horizon upon which
SweetWaters eve rested with n look that was
almost q demand,'came an answer that flushed
him with hone AS great as II was unexpected
bounding to his feet. he confronted his mother
with eager eyes and out sire ched hands.
Give ne money, all the money we have in
the house. ! have an idea that may he worth
L it succeeds we save Frederick Sutherland !:
knapps srqrnful looks. But it won't fail /;
the inspiration came from the sea. and tho
XII. Is m ec% %as Re J no.
bur Il carried him presently into town and
landed him in the telegraph Office.
entered the village under the guardianship
OF The ,plice, was understandable. Mr.. Suther-
land had insisted upon gcrompanying him and
when that well. loved hgure and white head
were recognized. the thronG. which had RAP
idly collected in the thoroughtare leading 10
the dRpot, succumbed 10 the feelings occa-
stoned by this devotion. and fell into a wonder
Frederick had never looked better. There
Is something In the extremity OF fate which
brings out mans best characteristics. and
this man. having much that was good In him.
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Aristocrntic Fruit cnke.

about five or six years ago, as 1 re-
member it," said a travelling man who rep
resents a noted fancy grocery house OF
New York, according to the New Orleans
Times-Democrat, "our firm received a
small, tightly soldered tin box, accompan-
led by a letter, from a lady in Savannah
Ga. The box had evidently been secured
from some druggist, for it was stamped
'Sulph Quinine' on the outside, but it con-
tanned a section of a most delicious aro-
matte fruit cake. The letter said, in sub
stance, that the writer had achieved some
reputation among her friends for her cake
and it had occurred to her that it might
be salable during the Christmas holidays
In the North. Would the house care to
give her a small trial order? The propo-
sition was charmingly naive, and one
could see at a glance that il came from
a gentlewoman. The senior partner hap
pened to be in the office at the time, and
he Immediately proceeded to sample the
enclosure. That's the finest fruit cake
1 ever tasted in my life he declared,
and you may rest assured the lady who
baked it belongs to some aristocratic old
Southern family Just then the late Coz
Kip dropped in and the old man called
him over to try a slice. He also became
enthusiastic and at once ordered half a
dozen cakes. To make long story short,
a reply was sent by return mail, offering
to take any number up to 100 and making
some stipulations as to size and so on. We
also furnished the boxes. The cakes sup
Piled us weighed four and one-half pounds
apiece and we paid $3.50 apiece for them,
net The lady herself turned out to be
exactly what the boss described-a mem
Der of a very excellent old family-and
she sent us 100 cakes regularly every De-
cember up to last year, when she got mar
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4 Youthful DipIomat.

United States Senator John c. Spoone r
of wisconsin has ideas of domestic disci-
plne as well as foreign relations, says the
Philadelphia Post. Several years ago his
young son, aged 6, importuned him for
money, after the manner of small boys
What do you want 20 do with it?" ask
ed his father.
oh nothing" responded the boy in
definitely.
You have plenty of spending money,
and l buy you everything you need or
ought to want. Unless there is some spe-
cial reason, can't let you have it, There
isn't any reason, is there?"
mot exactly, but l want it. You know
how it is, papa; you were a little boy
once"
This appeal failed to move the Senator :
heart and silence followed that lasted
an hour or more. During this time the
father read and the son thought. At
length he said:
Papa
Eyes. my SON.
Suppose I was to meet a highwayman
on a lonely street late at night"
Yes, my SON.
And suppose ne should pull out pistol
and say. Little boy! Your money or your
lifer What could 1 dor?
Ten minutes later the Senator'S son was
whistllng to his chum outside his churn s
window. with a new silver half-dollar in
his pocket.
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PERSONAL.

DIR. Powell. a member of the Virginia
house from Brunswick, is in appearance
an Uncle Sam Of real life. He is a little
heavy for the part, but his color, his chin
Whiskers and his stern expression irresisti-
bly, suggest the figure Of Uncle Sam in the
cartoons.
"A grandson Of Joseph Jefferson is ac-
counted one of the most promising of
young English composers. He is Harry
Farjeon, the son Of the novelist. He has
won several of the most va ued prizes at
the Royal Academy of Music. With his
sister as his libre ttist, he has written a
successful musical play.
IA 16-year-old girl with the rather Gu
rious name of Melesin K. sowles lives at
Prospect, Wis, where her father is pastor
of Baptist church. Several times during
the absence of her father Miss Sowles
has occupied his pulpit and has always
given satisfaction 10 her hearers. Since
she was 10 years Old the girl has taken
the deepest interest in things theological.
--Revs. A. E. Wright and Alice Wright
have resigned their joint pastorate of the
Prospect flights Universalist Church or
Brooklyn because there is not a large
enough field for two pastors. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright We're married Immediately upon
LIOll a iEeO-OgIcal semi AIRY
and have held TWO other joint pastora.es,
one in Morrisville, Vt, and another in
Brooklyn.
In introducing a welt known lecturer
at the Temple, Broad and Berks streets,
the other night DR. George A. Peltz, the
associate pastor of the church could not
resist The temptation 10 spring little joke
at the expense of the audience. u am
sure that each member of this gathering,
he said, will have a deep personal interest
in the subject 20 he discussed here to-
night; for l see that the tickets presented
at the door read: Lecture by DIR. Henson.
Of Chicago on 'Grumblers.' Admit one. "
William H. Fleming, of Augusta, Ga,
is about the only man in the House of
Representatives who has dared TO befriend
Mr.. Roberts, even in small way. Flem-
ing is a Democrat and is never more hap
by than when fighting on the side of the
under dog. He is good lawyer, and while
he has not had the temerity 70 say any
thing in Roberts behalf on the floor of the
House, he has kept close track of the
case and given him advice and cited legal
presidents which he believed to have a
bearing on the matter. Save for this sist-
ance the man from Utah is conduc ling his
own defense.
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BRIGHT BITS.

-Hatton-Would you call Dawber a
great artist? Tackton-Yes-to his face
Boston Transcript
THAT fellow Jawley is broker, isn't
he?" Yes" HAS he got any money!"
Yes; he's got mine. Harlem Life.
Success Assured.-Old Lawyer-How
are you getting along? Young Lawyer
have one client Old Lawyer-Is he
wealthy? Young Lawyer-Ie was.-Chi-
cago News.
How did you come out with your lit
tie flyer in the stock market?"
THAT wasn't flyer answered the mo-
rose friend. THAT was sinker." Wash
ington Star.
Rather Mean.-Ida-LittIe Bobby's pa
rents are close. May-Extremelyl Why,
they actually rejoice because his birthday
falls on Christmas. and they don't have to
buy an extra cake.-Chicago News.
A Observation-Disclosures These charges
are all humbug. Fried-Can you disprove
EN-? Politician-Can I? Why, look here
he says bowed the knee to Baal when
1 don't even know the man!-Puck.
Say, my uncle OATS visitin' us has
got a wooden leg''
ugh, OATS nuthin'! When I was down
ter New York l saw man dat was all
wood in front of a cigar store. Judge.
-''You are not Opaque are you?" sar-
castically asked one man of another who
was standing in front of him at the the
ater Faith, an Ohm not replied the
other ITS O'Brien thot OF am."-Chi-
cago News.
Don't worry" said the man who be-
ieves that economic difficulties will be set
tied in the natural course of events, "the
trusts Will take care of themselves" 81
know it," said the world-weary friend.
That's what they have been doing all
these years. Washington Star.
A Worthy Object.-The Daughter
Don't you think, mamma, it's running a
great risk for me to refuse him the first
time? He might not ask me again, and
YOU know 1 mustn't let him go. The
Mother-It is worth risking, my dear, for
YOU will have the satisfaction of referring
to the matter every day during your whole
married life.-Puck.
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DR.. Robert Koch, the German bacteri-
o.ogist, is in Java studying malaria. He
is working under the auspices of the Ger
man government, which has provided him
with every means he can suggest to en-
able him 10 go to the bottom OF his sub
ject. That the discovery OF a specific for
malaria would be a boon to the world
needs hardly to be stated. The disease
is the bane Of all warm countries, and
even in temperate and equable climates
1t numbers its victims by the tens of thou
sands every year. Notwithstanding it
has been known to medical science for
centuries, only of recent years have doc
tors regarded it as possibly a germ dis
ease. Now however, it is a pretty gener-
ally accepted theory that malaria is caused
BY a specific germ, which finds its way
into the blood. To isolate and study this
bacillus, and at the same time find some
thing that will destroy ii in the blood of
the living animal, without destroying the
life of the patient by the treatment, is the
purpose of the visit of DR.. Koch to Java.
Java is an extremely malarious island
of the Dutch East Indies. 1t is also in
tested with monkeys, or orang outangs. 1t
has been ascertained that, notwithstand-
ing the monkeys live in the malarlous
swamps, they do not suffer from the dis
ease; that is, in their wild state. They
are capable OF contracting the disease,
and. according to an account in the New
York Journal, DR.. Koch succeeded in
inoculating several of them with malaria
bacilli and producing in them well de-
fined cases of malarial fever. Then, after
the fever had developed the monkeys were
permitted to go into the woods, where they
evidently found natures remedy for the
complaint since they shortly afterwards
got wen. DR.. Koch clings to the old the
DRY that wherever disease origina ties,
nature has placed near at hand-where
civilization has not interfered with her
workings remedy for that disease. The
monkeys Of Java evidently know what the
specific is, and DR.. Koch hopes to make
them lead him to it. and demonstrate to
him that it is really the herb, root or other
substance of which mankind stands so
much in need,
A rather odd theoretical possibility that
the doctor is now studying is that there
are certain insects which inoculate with
the specific just as there are insects
which inoculate with the poison. 1t has
been shown that mosquitoes are pernicious
distributors of malarial poison. DR.. Koch
has had some of his monkeys infected
through the means of mosquito bites 1t
may be, he says, that there are other in
sects that project into the blood when
they bite the remedy that is needed to
eliminate the evil bacilli deposited by the
mosquito. This theory, however, yet
lacks tangible backing. Meantime, the
scientist is able to report progress" in
his Investigations. II is the wish of the
world that he may be eminently success
II
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-25
Flight of Childish Fancy.

The operations of a child's mind are of
perennial interest, and here. says the Out
look. is a charming instance of fairy the
ology from 5-year-old boy. On being told
that something which interested him had
happened before he was born. he was nov
ed 10 say that he thought he remembered
il all the same, and accounted for his ante
natal existence In this way: you see
mother, ] was a berry on bush In heaven
at that time There was lot OF us. Jesus
came TO see US every day He watched US
grow ripe. l didn't need to be picked;
fell down. But I couldn't walk. had such
a long stalk sticking 70 my head. Jesus
picked of the stalk, and l walked away. -
But" asked his mother, "how did Won
know your way down TO me?' "Oh, Jesus
let out a star, and I followed H." This
flight OF child fancy IL tumble OF tho
nurses theology and the boys wistful Or
servati0n Of an apple tree IN The garden
The puitins together II his own. and IL
looks as " lac might some day be aE au-
thor.
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sAvANNAH,s GREAT NEED.

1t is becoming clearer every day, to
those who give thoughtful attention TO
the actual condition Of affairs in this city,
that if the city is to continue to grow
means must be provided by which people
can earn living. The city's commerce
will no doubt continue to increase, but it
viii not afford employment for any con-
siderable part of those who would like to
make their homes here. All the time eff
forts are being made by merchants to les
sen the cost of handling merchandise. Not
nearly so many people get a living out of
cotton now as there did when the port
received less than half as many bales.
Comparatively little cotton stops here now
TO be handled by factors. 1t is shipped
from the interior direct to the steamers
which are to carry it abroad.
The question of bringing the railways on
Bay street Is being discussed. This means
that fewer people will be needed to handle
the merchandise that will be shipped out
of and into the city. Every movement that
is made 20 reduce the cost of handling
merchandise cuts numbers of people out
of the opportunity to make a living.
And new ways of earning a living are
not being presented. 1t is time those who
are interested in this city began to give
this subject careful consideration. Fac
tories are needed. II is all nonsense to
say that factories will not prosper here.
They will do as well here as elsewhere.
There may be some disadvantages, but
these are offset by advantages.
This idea that factories cannot be made
to pay here grows out of the fact that two
or three factories established here failed.
But why did they fail? Was it not be-
cause they were managed in an unbusi-
nesslilSe way? But there are a good many
small factories here which are prospecting
They are good evidence mat manufacture
ing will pay here.
All the towns. in South, Georgia are
building factories of one kind and another.
They realize the benefits that factories
bring, and their people are putting their
money in them. Valdosta and Quitman
are to have cotton factories in the near
future. and they are talking about erect
ing sugar mills. Other South Georgia
towns are showing similar spirit of en-
terprise.
If Savannah is to grow she must provide
the means for maintaining a larger popu-
lation. Her commerce will not support
many more than the number now here,
even though its volume should increase
greatly every year. The business men
and property holders of the city should
get together and talk this matter over.
The need for doing something towards
building factories is imperative.
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nature Performed the Cure.

II was a question as to natures share in
curing a person that made the doctor
thoughtful again. He was looking hard
through the smoke when he answered:
1T is difficult to tell" he said, "just
to what extent nature will help a man
out. In diseases SUCH as typhoid fever
and the like men always got well, as I
have said, if they were strong enough,
apart from what the doctor did for them
They do not know If they can fight the
disease, and if they don't they die. Ma
lure helps them there. In appendicitis, as
type of a surgical case, nature cannot
be relied upon. Appendicitis allowed to
take is course is likely to kill. 1t must
be arrested and defeated by the surgeon.
On the other hand, l win tell you the
story OF an experience last summer which
shows how wonderfully nature helps in
some cases. / was spending my vacation
IN Canada and was called to see a man
who had been very i'll for some time past.
L went with a friend, a local physician,
who had an idea what was the matter
with him. We were told when we arrived
at the house, which was a remote farm.
The man was resting for the first time,
Certain things had happened which made
1t possible to investigate what the mat
ter with him was. We discovered Ma
ture had performed for him an operation
as skilfully and wonderfully as the most
famous surgeon could have done ID. All
the time he was lying in bed she was at
work in this wonderful way, and he has
been In perfect good health ever since it
happened. That was one case in which
1t was possible to rely on nature and be
cured. Malarial fever, acquired in certain
places, can be cured by certain natural
remedies, but if a patient got precisely
the same fever, which shows itself in ex-
actly the same way, somewhere else, this
drug would have no effect on him."
The doctor answered the last question
decidedly. THE most that medicine can
do to-day in the treatment of disease-the
greatest thing it can do-is to find out
what a man died of. That is its greatest
advance. Sometimes that can be discov-
cred only with the greatest difficulty and
patience. There are still times when it
seems impossible. Medicine has advanced
so far that men rarely die now without
the cause of their death becoming known
In the cure of diseases no forward step has
been made, in spite of all the investiga-
tons Of men of every nation, and | am
not quite sure that any ever will be- With
surgery the matter is, of course, entirely
different. Every doctor knows the limita-
tons of his skill and knows which of his
patients it will be possible for him to re-
lieve. He knows that the proportion is
very small one, but 1t is not his business
to tell that to the people who apply to him
for treatment. They usually get just what
they come for, so his conscience is clear.
No. 1 never say these things before any
of the medical societies. One reason. is
that they might not make me very pop
ular and another is that every doctor
knows them Already