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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-11

The Ohio judge who decided that woman before him who would not tell her age was 'as old as she look ed' may not be as wise as Solomon was, but he will do for these times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-11

George Bernard Shaw says his first nine years of literary work brought him only $S.90. And yet some think that he has always been overpaid,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-11

Massachusetts expected to realize $75,00O from the re-registration tax of $5 on each automobile in the 'State, reckoning that there were at least 15,- 000 of them. The records of the Highway commission show that only 9,250 have been registered, and it Is believed that the reports are nearly all in.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-11
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.

It is thought that the last power extension of the Niagara Falls power plants has been made. Public senti- ment is opposing further use of the great cataract for industrial purposes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-11

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Yssued Thursday. One Dollar q Year.
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TELEPHONES,

EDITORIAL ROOM. 664. BUSINESS OFFICE. s9S1.
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month";
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Hot Springs Results.

Hot Springs, February 22.-Aunt Rose,
opening at to !, and backed to TO o,
won the first race at Oaklawn today by
six lengths High Bear and kitue Plat
were the only favorites to win. The
weather was cloudy and track fast. sum
mary:
First race, four furlongs-Aunt Rose,
115 tShfllingD. to 3, won; Aunt Hala,
1l5 Cd. Austim, to ., second; Fare, l0t
CEnglander) to /, third Time, AS.
Second race, four furlongs-Lady Haps-
burg, 30 tSkirvin), to |, won; Dandy
Dancer. 10l tShreve), 7 to 2, second; Flair
ney. 10l Cd. Austin), II to l, third. Time,
AS 80.
Third race. six furlongs-Sir Nagrant
III ID. AUSTIN, to :, won; June Time,
107 CEnglander), 10 to |, second: Ballad
1d tKeatingl. 10 to l, third. Time. lii
Fourth race. mile and seventy yards
High Bear 1o6 tShillng), > to l, won;
Bottles 81 dearborn, to l. second;
Florizel 100 (slddyin), 10 l, third. Time,
/ IA.
Fifth race, MILF. p, Mayberry, 100 (E.
Rice) 10 10 |, won: Tomochichi. 100 eng
lander). to l, second; Skyward, 104
(Swain), to !. third Time. ZAP 10.
Sixth race. mile and one-quarter-l<itty
Plat 101 O.. Walsh. TO 5, won; Ben
digo. los ID AUSTIN, to l, second;
Match, l04 tIinglandep Is to |, third.
Time. los Is.
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Tales of the Ex-Tanks-By Clar-
ence Louis Cullen.
Mrs. Darrell--By FoXcroft Davis.
Soldiers of Fortune-By Richard
Harding Davis.
A Friend of Caesar-By Vim.
Storms Davis.
Uther and Igraine--By Warwick
Deeping.
The Hound of the Baskervilles-
By A. Conan Doyle.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster-By
Edward Eggleston.
The Master of Warlock BY
George Cary Eggleston.
Janice Meredith-By Paul Leices-
ter Ford.
The Honorable Peter Sterling-By
Paul Leicester Ford
The Custom of the Country-By
Mrs. Hugh Fraser
The Damnation of Theron Ware
BY Harold Frederick.
The Golden Hope-By Robert H.
Fuller.
The Knitting of the Soul-By
Maude Clark Gay.
The Filigree Ball--By Anna Kath-
crime Greene.
My Lady and Allan Dark-By
Chas. d. Gibson.
The Cardinals Snuff Box--By Rob-
ert Herrick.
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CONCESSION GAINED BY
PLEADINGS OF Mr.. BAUGH
Season Opens on April 10, But Game
Is Played Here on the 9th-Same
Old Schedue-Atlanta Enter.
tains Visitors Royalty

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loses nm esnfo.,,,ar n ,rbo srbo,,I, mo
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mon son'e'H openiils 'ne seasoH In ~
lanta. Birmingham playing nashville, Lit
tie Rock i'm Memphis and Shreveport in
Now Orleans ~. sns,fal ao-,eo,,,,,,+ ti,.,
season viii open with Atlanta in Biz
mingham on April IN order that Biz
mingham may have an opening date To
disnIa,, tho no,n4,t ~, Ia. 49, to-,
1es+ van
49,
ne H'eeuns Wits entirely harmonious
and no other business WAS transacted, eN-
cept allowing President Kayanaueh s1u4
instead of S5oo fo,. ,sffI.ial e,-,o,sas
,rto.., ,,..z.,,4 -.
"'90 P''9e'' at toudS ; meeting were
TIesluehl haNdhaash and Clark Miller
Little Rock: President Dickerson and
MaVor JoVncr Atlanta. Tom NIrrulIousr
.acrota,,- 1Ia,,aoa, ,,La,lf- ,,,f,.
-, Dao"' anu
9i''iI' Noi'InaH Vi Meihpinsi manager
MIque FINN and Director Peckham, Little
Rock. President r / Chambers Mani
gomery: President I5nIn Nashville. Nan
,o<.,. l,,,..t, -
ma" ne IahN' New orleans Pres
'"V"V bdusH anu Manager Vaughn, Biz
mlngham. Shreveport WAS not repre-
scented. Manager Fisher not arriving until
tonight The ,.isifo,.s attended 49,, a,,,a
Ia ,.;,, t.g,... a."
,, i,'i 1 contest carry TINS aft
1,.,,',ia, ''',p u'i5 li' we're elileI' aineu III a
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j: June a. =. 26; July %, 30. 81. Al Ne"
Orleans. April p. %, p, 2S; July o. >; u u
August 4, 8. {. At Shreveport, Apfll -
30; May 1. 1 June q, q, %; August !, =
3 At Atlanta. May %, 30 80, Oh 9uiy'
p. %. "A; September 9, TO- II. AT DIT.
mingham, June 6, T. S; July 10, 10. u,
September 4. ., Is. :. At Montgomery ) une
/ I =. Julv IS o. 20: September l.. H.
Il At Nashville May a, -, -, y; July
p. %. p. September .. >, -, "a
New Orleans-At Little Rock, April ~
so MAY /. ]. june - -, ~ At,sus1 l.
l3. Il. At Memphis. April IT, L. ~ ! u.le
30. July /. = 3: August II. 49, a. ~ ~
Shreveport, MAY >, 3, a. 4; June ~ .. %
August L. II. Il. At Atlanta, June D. a
:; .Inlr l.. IL. Il: September t. .. Z, =. At
Birmingham. June l. 3, A. ., July 10. ID
20; September >. . 3. AT Montgomery,
MAJ y. p - y: July %, %. -; sep tSiil-
be- q. 10 H. At Nashville, May y, ~. -,
81: July 20. y. =. September T. 10. II.
Shreveport-At Little Rock. April 10 ~
L. Is: July S. g. 10; August L. 10, u a.
Memphis. April %. p; July 4, .. o. = Au.
tnst = a N. II. At New Orleans, April
10. H. b. Il; July L. Is, "A; july ., - %.
Al Atlanta. May n %, 81 IS; July .,
9G. q. September .. >. 3. At Birmingham
MAY %. 80. 30, 81; July %, o. "a Seplehl-
her i. Is. a. At Montgomery, June D.
:. S: July 10. is. l.; September 4, ., q l.
At Nashville. June !. 3, a, b; July ~ ~
%: September q 10, II.
Atlanta-At Little Rock, May 49, a. L.
June 10. II. T.. T.: August %, 30, 81 AT
Memphis. May D. 10. II; June p, =, -
August is. ~, 70, p. At New Orleans
MAY 20 u -, %; June II, Is, "; august
~. a. .. At Shreveport, May IL, IL ls'
~: June a. 10. IL; August %. - y. AZ Al
Birmingham. April 10. l6 IT, IS; June -
2S. %; August ., 6, T. AT Mo ont 9,.ae,si
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23

For the Freedom of the Sea-By
Cyrus Townsend Brady.
The Two Captains-By Cyrus
Townsend Brady.
Foes in Law--By Rhoda Brough-
ton.
On the We-a Trail-By Carolyn
Brown.
The Making of a Marchioness-
BY Francis II. Burnett.
Tito-By William Henry Carson.
The bride of Jennico-By Egerton
Castle.
Young April-By Agnes and Eyer
ton Castle.
The Celebrity = BY Winston
Churchill.
The Crisis-By Winston Churchill.
The Master Christianity Marie
Corelli.
Temporal Poverty Marie Co
relli.
Cecilia-By L. Marion Crawford.
In the Palace of the King-By It.
Marion Crawford.
Mr.. Isaacs-By +. Marion Craw-
ford.
Sarclnesca-By t. Marion Craw-
ford.
The Heart of Rome-By +. Ma
rion Crawford.
Via Crucis-By F. Marion Craw
ford.
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The Real Worldly Robert Her
rick.
The Forest Lovers-By Morris
Hewlett.
Richard, -Nay-By Maui
rice Hewlett.
Rupert of Hentzau-By Anthony
Hope.
Raffles-By e, w. Hornung.
The Amateur Cracksman-By E.
w. Hornung.
The Law of the Landry Emer-
son Hough.
The Mississippi Bubble-By EN-
erson Hough.
The Landlord at Lions Head-By
w. d. Howells.
A Broken Sword-By Capt. Chas.
King.
Prisoners of the Sea--By Flor
ence NJ. Kingsley.
The Quest of the Golden Girl-By
Richard Megallienne.
Wolfville-By Alfred Henry Lewis.
Wolfville Days-By Alfred Henry
Lewis.
Wolfville Nights-By Alfred Hen
ry Lewis.
The Man on the Box-By Harold
MacGrath.
The Grey Cloak-By Harold Mac
Grath.
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
By Charles Major.
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Some Lace Specials

Oriental and net top all-over laces, the
most popular material for making
dresses and waists. zH0
Regular 81 values, at...............
Oriental all-over. in dainty fern leaf de-
signs, extensively used for fancy yokes
or complete waists. Regular QAO
SIPS wales, Special at ..............O
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Other Books in Our
39c Sale

A Dash for a Throne-By Arthur w.
Marchmont
By Right of sword-By Arthur w.
Marchmont
The Price of Freedonl-By Arthur w
Marchmont
If l Were King-By Justin Mccarthy.
Brewster's Millions-By George Barr Nc
Cutcheon.
Castle Craneycrow-By George Barr Nc
Cutcheon.
Graustark-By George Barr MeCutch-
con.
Barlash OF the Guards-By Henry steon
Merriman.
The Road Builders-By Samuel Merwin
Calumet "T<"-My Merwin- Webster.
In the Bishops Carriage-By Marion
Nicholson.
Zelda Dameron-By Meredith Nicholson.
The Ordeal of acknowledgements.
The heritage of Unrest-By Gwendolen
Overton.
Hope Hathaway-By Frances Parker.
A Singular Life-By Elizabeth Stewart
Phelps.
The Cosby David Graham Phillips.
Little Burr-By Charles FELTON, Pidgin.
Quincy Adams Sawyer-By Chas. FELTON,
Pidgn.
Hearts Courageous-By Halle Ermnie
Rives.
The Kindred of the WILDLY Chas. G.
D. Roberts.
The Helmet of Nivarre-By Bertha Run
kle
On the Face of the Waters-By Flora
Annie Steel.
Dracula-By Bran Stoker.
Alice of Old Vincennes-By Maurice
Thompson
Monsieur Veaueaire-By Booth Tarking-
ton.
The Gentleman from Indiana--By Booth
Harrington.
The Red Keggers-By Eugent Thwing.
Miss Petticoats-By Dwight Tilton.
Resurrection-By Tolstoy.
The King Of Diamonds-By Louis Tracy
The Pillar of Lightly Louis Tracy.
The Wing of the Morning-By Louis
Tracy
Marcella-By Mrs. Humphreys Ward.
The History of David Greive-By Mrs.
Humphrey Ward.
The Virginan-By Owen Wistar.
Children of the Ghetto-By Israel Gang
will
Lourdes-By Emil lola.
The Lighting Conductor-By c. n. and
A. NJ. Williamson.
The Man from Glengarry-By Ralph
Conner.
The Common LOFTY Robert Herrick.
MAIL ORDERS filed for any of the
above books on receipts of 10 cents extra
for postage
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Prisoners of Hope-by Mary Johnston.
My Lady of the North-by Randall Parrish
The Man of the Hourly Octave Thanet.
Eben Holden-by Irvine Bachelor.
The Sea Wolf-by Jack London.
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Leaders i'm Our Great 39c Book Sale

Richard Carvel-by Winston Churchill.
Nancy Stair-by Eiinor Mccartney Lane
Vashti-by Augusta J. Evans.
The Leavenworth Case-by Anna Rather
inc Greene.
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Special Offerings i'm
Wells

Black lace wells, all silk. in pretty Cham
tilly designs, 81 inches long, full E00
$1.00 values. Special at ........... OVN
Lace drapery wells in black, brown and
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regularly at S1.00. Special at.......s ON
Novelties in lace wells, made with chenille
borders and dotted meshes; extra length.
Regular $500 values. E0
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Cream lace wells, made in dainty patterns,
scalloped on both ends and sides with
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Novelties in face veilngs, comprising all
the new meshes and colors for the COM
ing season. Regular SOC values. goo
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Lot No. Five hundred combs, of
the latest Partisan designs, all good
sizes and made to sell for soc, 75c
and 81. In this special sale at
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Lot No. 2-Three hundred and
fifty combs of fine quality shell and
amber that would bring regularly
Il, $3.50 and 81. Manufacturer
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Other Books i'm Our
39c Sale

The ProdgaI Son-By Hall Game.
Adventures of Girard-By A. Conan
Doyle
The DelNerance-Bv Ellen Glasgow.
The Battieground-By Ellen Glasgow.
lie Voice of the People-By Ellen Glas-
None But the Braye-By Hamblen
Se.rs.
Irfelice-By Augusta Evans Wilson.
The Hearts Highway-By Mary Z. VIII
kins.
Rose,of the Worldly Agnes & Egerton
Castle.
That Printer of Udens-By Harold Belle
Wright
The Name of a Woman-By Arthur w.
Marchmont.
ihe Queens Advocate-By Arthur w.
Marchmont.
BY Snare of Lovely Arthur w.
Marchmont.
Marchmont.
Pilgrims Progress-By John Banyan.
To Have and to Hobby Mary john
ston.
Hearts and Masks-By Harold Mac
Grath,
The Sky Pilot-By Ralph Conner.
The Iron Brigade-By Charles King.
The House on the IIudson-By Francis
Powell.
The Bath Comedy-By Agnes and Eyer
ton Castle.
In Connection With the DeWilloughby
Calmly Burnett.
The Nagabond-By Frederick Palmer.
Letters of II Self-Made Merchant to His
Son-By George Horace Lorimer.
The Hit-By Frank Norris
The Eternal City-By Hall Caine.
Warwick of the Knobs-By John Lloyd.
st. Ehmo-By Augusta J. Evans.
The One WOman-By Thomas Dixon,
Jr.
Little Shepherd of Kingdom Comedy
John Fox, Jr.
The Leopard's Spots-By Thomas Dix
on, Jr.
The Christianity Hall Game.
For Love or Crown-By Arthur w.
Marchmont.
The yellow Holly-By Fergus Hume.
Barabbas-By Marie Corell
Fuel of lIre-By Ellen Thorneycroft
Fowler.
The Letter H-by Charles FELTON, Pdginn.
Lady of Quality-By francis Burnett.
The Cavalier-By George Cable.
Quest of Happiness-By Dwight Hills.
Fables in Sang-By George AIDE.
The Choir InVisibe-By James Lane
Allen.
The Conqueror-By Gertrude Atherton.
Oldheld-By Nancy Huston Banks.
Song of u Single Note-By Amelia
Barr.
A Chicago Prncess-By Robert Barr.
Abroad With the Jimmies-By Lillian
Bell
Who Goes Thereby b. *. Benson.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

TO care whether his goods were sold or
net. All he wanted was TO be alone.
Msanwhile the Duke, who had van
ished from WeIbeck. turned up there
again. simultaneously from Baker
street Druce disappeared. Then. short
ly. the Duke. vanished again from We'll
beck. Promptly TO Baker street Druce
returned
This hids-and -so~seck must have hu-
manized the furniture man., however IL
affected the Duke. Druce began to
come fn--whaf !s more. TO 20 out. He
went 20 the dentists, collected hats,
and a4 Hendon purchased r. house.
Presently he married, became a church
warden, incidentally the father of .
Boy. and, after years Of entire respecta-
bility. shuttisd only by. periodic and un-
explained ahseness. .nnaliy concluded to
die.
hen sc wax that the Duke returned
for gcod--or for bad---to Welbeck.
whore. full Of years and honors, uiti-
matsiy ne Departed this lits. As he
was ehildiess. or, at Least. Gs it was
SO supposed. the title aud estates then
passed 20 the present and sixth Duke
or Portland, who Il thu gFeat.greaEs
grandson al the thi,d
The New Claimant
During 4ha pregssss Of tAess events
the bcy that DSuoe left grew up, mar
risd and had son. rt was for the lat.
ter that. i've OF six years ago. the pres
snt action was bsgEn- he n claimant
70 the Por<ianA title and estates. For
the purpose sf the Buit q eempany was
formed and stocks issued a& q pound q
share These shaseS sell today at ts1
shflltags rTsraiuM.
Whether that 6fty per can't advances
10 warranted che trial Will decide But
II is due perhaps to &he extreme conf
dence OF the plaintiffs mother. This
lady. dAughter-ln-law OF the Baker
street man. contends that the Duke and
her husbar6's father were one ana the
sauna and that sevsraiiy aud jointly
they ecnnived at Q grand hocus pocus
beside which q harlequinade Is dull.
She also contends that when II occurred
20 prucA 20 die he effected his purpose
by the simple expedient Of filiing cof-.
M with lead. She further contends
that for q man to die he must be born,
and she has shown that there Is no dis
What IS more to the point. she has
shown that the certificate OF Druce's-
death IS not attested and she has dem
onstrated that after his supposed de-
misc he was encountered in a state OF
exceeding livellness. So strong. she al
leges. had his harlequin habits become
that one day, long after his shop folk
fancied him six feet under ground, he
shot up through trap door and
frightened them all into fits. But that,
while highly amusing, IL beside the
real issue. which Il this DEVILS identity
with the Duke.
everything being possible. IL may be
that the two were one Yet that 50
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

from day but not from fright Hs
could get away from every enc pet
never from himself.
Then the mole burrowed deeper. Ths
solicitors OF the Duke Of Portland re-
ceived instructions to transfer two hum
dred thousand pounds from his account
to that OF T. c. Druce.
II Is perhaps too good 10 be true:
but the Duke had a crime TO elude. To
stir the wits there is nothing like IL.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

made way with himself. swinging
meanwhile on q trapezs instead of tho
gailows. gyrating between WelbecS
and Baker street, exercising his rights
I'm one place and his legs IN the other.
appearing as duke at his seat and a
demon IN his shop, contrtving to b9
both a middle class suburbanite and a
peer OF the realm. a bachelor and q
married man, childless and father.
alive and dead--if all that Is not fiction
the career Of this amazing person was
a double shufne OF such maestrla that
in conJecturing his enjoyment OF Il the
writer's pen fairly splutters.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

doubted. ana for a >~,-A3on already ad-
vanced- The story is too good to be
true. Moreover, assuming that FUR
niture dealer could be wicked enough
to play jack-in-the-bo with himself.
1t does not follow that he was a duke.
though. of course, that is Just the sort
of thing that one would expect a duke
to do. On the other hand, If Portland
were Druce. and if the former made
way with his brother and the latter
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

Druee opened furniture shop IN Lon
don. Located in Baker street. recent
investigation has shown that It was
provided with underground passages,
unsupported exits, secret trap doors.
curious fact that the shopkecper avoid
ed his customers, avoided his assistants.
and that invariably 1t was his habit
to seclude himself In dim office at the
back OF the store He did not appear
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

Ansthss tf zaaxht AARe st4yssz 20 1ixht.
Had the peiica corns tie passages ana
exits led very Car. Escaps would have
been easy but also byie3 Barring ten-
ors and royals there are few people
less conceivable than q duke. It was
not OF pastures new that this man
dreamed but new personality. rot
OF fight but of safety. In the haunted
halls there was none. The sound OF
his own footballs alarmed There must
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
The Mole

Then, precisely as the .llusions had
evaporated. so did tho vision fade. But
a fact remained. At his feet was his
brother.
In the best OF families accidents viii
happen. In one OF the best one. had
occurred. At the time being that was
all there was 20 81. except. OF course.
the lying ia state. the baked meats, the
funeral, the coincideatai mourning, the
messages Of coincidence and regret. To
all the world II was an accident To
all. except TO a few. A few there were
that knew.
That was unfortunates Il was also
ominous and evocstfvc as well. It re-
summoned the vision. But this time.
instead or fading. the vision remained.
DO what he might the Duke could not
escape s. Always he saw the Judge,
one finger raised. Always be. heard
the significant words. That finger.
furnbling in his sleep, pulled at his.
sleeve. and awolEe him. Those words.
echoing in his heart. resounded every
where.
IN circumstances stlch as these an
other might have lost his reason More
adroitly the Duke lost his identity.
From peer he became q mole
= Beneath Weibeck Abbey he built an
other seat Below the grounds he laid
out gardens. He put chapel there.
passages, exits, a driveway five miles
long. Finally he put himself there.
From the outer air he descended TO
the under earth. But with him the
vision descended too. In the chapel it
was but the gallows he saw. On the
drive he heard but a hue ana cry. In
a cellar beneath a cellar he would hide
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03

have bean moments when he nlistook
them for those of the law. But while
the law might cry "Cain" at peer
of the realm, certainly, in so far as
the death OF Lord George was concern
ed, never would 1t arr1ign q stranger.
When that obvious deduction was
reached the order to the solicitors was
given. Then at once the vision van-
ished and so. too. did the Duke,
1t was at this junctuTe that Mr..
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
Poe Eclipsed

For that is what he did. Tie. butcher
had TO. be satisfied. with felony the
baronet with disappearing and the wo-
man with jail. Slfe duke eclipsed all
three. lie not only disappeared. he re-
appeared IN a furniture dealer, had
himself die and be buried and. popping
up through trap doors, frightened his
shop folk into dts.
Where. arc the 'ldetamorphoses OF
ovid" after that2 Where by comparison
are the Mysteries OF Udolpho?" Where.
FOR that matter. are Gaboriau. and Col
lins and. Poe2 The deviltries which they
evolved are nursery pranks beside the
satanic episodes Of this grand masque-
rade which revolvcs. precisely as Il
should. about q murder. IT does not
stop there either II. solves a mystery
and clucidates crime. On. the subter-
rancan passages OF Welbeck Abbey II
turns a Wclsbach light.
such at least is the plaintiffs conten-
tion. With the infinite vsTiety' Of her
allegations only a Circulating library
could successfully compete
Now for the promised details. Wei
beck Abbey is the seat OF the Dukes
OF Portland. Tho family name Of these
people is Bentinck. At Welbeck sixty
seven years ago Lord George Bentinck
6ied. Lord George was the brother OF
the then existing incumbent. The cir
cumstances connected with his death
constitute the central situation OF this
story Tney form the basis for the
superstructure OF the plaintiffs suit.
They give the rhyme and reason for the
Dukes double shufie.
IN England. among the middle
classes a duke IS a being ouasi-royal,
almost holy. Perhaps the chief differ
euce between a duke and a king lies
IN tie. fact that while a king can do
no wrong. a duke may. and usually
does. 10 the fullest extent OF his ability.
There are always exceptions. The
Duke OF Portland was one of them.
An transformations man, with a small
head and a large heart, he had q per-
fcct mania. for going TO the dentists;
another for collecting hats; 3 third for
attractive pctticoats. At one particular
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stage in his career one petticoat in
particular appeared 10 him especially
attractive. TO employ a. vulgarism he
nsdo Up TO *. So, too, did Lord
George.
Jealously. is a. very plebeian. emotion.
But imitation is flattery's most odious
form. SO odious was IL In this instance
that for the hrst time, perhaps. the
Dukes title went TO bis dimfnmtlve
head. The folerabiy amusing illusions
OF the middle glasses claimed him. He.
too, regarded himself as quasi-royal.
almost holy. In. token whereof he
raised q hand When IL fell Lord
George fell with IL. Tho episode OF
Cain aud Abel had been repeated. Lord
George was dead.
A moment before the Duke had not
been normal. he had been the primi-
tive being into whom anger will some
times turn q civilized man. Instantly
he was himself again. The illusions
evaporated. But as. quickly the sur
roundings changed He was no longer
at relbeck lie was in a great. Raunt
court A man was being tried there.
lie could see him. Hc knew who he
was he could see the Judge. ono
finger raised. He could hear the sig
nffics ut words: May God have mercy
on your soul"