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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

Lisa Drnmmond. infatuated with 1vor
Durdas learns he loves Diana Forest Lisa
overhears tho Foreign Secretary offer Dun
da, a mission TO Paris to carry state papers
to Maxine dc Renzie. French nctrcts. who
lis spy FOR England Dundas has onco
had Irritation with Maxine. Diana goes
- station and asks Dundas IL he Is going
To see Maxine He cannot deny 1t. Diana
declares al is over between chem. In the
train three strange men watch Dundt-. and
one tostles him on this boat At Paris. Dun
das meets Maxine and hands her the pack
age The police break in and seize the
paesage. which turns out to be q diamond
necklace instead OF the state papers which
Maxine has stolen from her lance, Raoul
in order TO gain money to replace u dia7,
mend necklace which had been stolen ttam
Racul.
Codensky in love with Maxine. spies upon
her and writes her he must her after
the play Raou and Dundas botn have
engagements 10 see her that night. and
Durdas has vaniy tried to md his travelling
companions. and hired French detective
70 look for the lost papers. and has met
Diana, who snubs him Numerically Max
Inc tells her story OF tho night at the the
atre, OF giving the diamonds to Kaoul In
a little bag. he not knowing what waA In
IL, or driving hono With Codensky. who tells
Ehee he knows OF the lost document, of his
proposal to have Raoul II she Will marry
him and then OF how Godensky begins TO
laugh. She Is frightened He tells her
that he has informed Raoul that no ID to
drive home with her. She orders him out
o. her car. When she reaches homo she
sses Il motor car across from her house and
~ ~ Y Is q girl Finally Ivor came but hard
~ had he entered the house when Raoui ar
riteu Maxlpe hid Iyor and Raoul entered
WILD with jealousy. Maxine determines to
make him think Godensky stole the treaty.
Raoul is satisfied, but Gays he saw a man
enter Just before he did. Maxine tells him
lss u the sweetheart of her maid. Kaonl IS
satisfied. but when asked about the dia-
nlonds discovers that they arc again lost.
tlvor tells OF being hidden In Maxinss room.
10 escapes, and finding strange note in
MS pocket reads 1t under lamp.post. IT
tells MIN that one OF the men In tho train,
he's taken his packet and. placed the dIa-g
ntcnds there instead. and that Ivor could
have his packet when tho diamonds were
returned. Ivor goes to the address given,
ana pushing open the door falls into a
dark room, He lights q candle and finds
the dead body OF his travelling compan-
ION In heap&of papers thrown about By
tho murderers he discovers the missing
paper. HIS clothes stained with tho
dead mans blood and he hears a footstep
on the stair. iIastiiy he hid tile paper in a
flt@er pot. Diana takes up the story, telling
how she still believed In Iyor. and wants
to help him.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER $. 1907.
When n man and n woinnn are
married their romance ceases ana
their history commenccs.-Rochc-
bruno.
no oun FARMER VISITORS.

In the California exhibit at the
Jamestown Exposition Is u specimen
of very large peanuts. Tho nuts are
perhaps double the size of the Vir-
ginia variety. and vet they We're
evolved and developed i'll three years
from Virginia paintings.
There is a valuable lesson in this
8or Virginia farmers. 1t cost the Cali
fornia planter no more to grow large
peanuts than 1t costs the Virginia
planter to grow small peanuts. We are
not able to grow as large peanuts in
Virginia soil as California lands are
capable OF producing. but the prnci-
pic is the same everywhere-the bet
ter the land the better the crop. other
conditions being equal. 1t costs no
more to grow fifty bushels of good
corn on am acre of rich land than it
costs to grow twenty bushels of infe-
rior corn on poor land. In fact. more
labor is required to make the poor land
yield twenty bushels than to make the
rich land yield fifty bushels And
every farmer knows that with n soil
rich and deep. his crop is not so liable
to be injured by adverse weather con.
ditions.
III costs little more to plant first
class seeds than inferior seeds; yet the
value of good seeds is enormous. We
know OF farmer in Virginia whose
seed corn is so good that he is selling
ii at Sits per busllel. Why may not
every farmer make seed corn just as
good? II is merely a matter Of attcn-
ton and Intelligent work.
ii costs no more to feed fine horse,
a fine hog or a finc COW, than it costs
to feed stock of common breed. But
the net results are enormously in favor
of the good stock.
These statements arc rudimcntary
and sclf-cvident, and It would appear
4 to be waste of space to print them.
But many OF our Virginia farmers act
as though they did not believe them to
he true. A revolution is needed in
Virginia agriculture. Our lands must
be made to yield more per acre That
is the solution of the labor problem.
The scarcer and higher farm labor be-
comes, the greater must be tho yield
OF each mans work. Our lands must
be enriched. our methods must be i'm
proved. our breed OF stock must be
bettered. The campaign of education
is on, and The Times Dispatch is de-
termined to keep the subject asitated
we do not wish to attack the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. but we believe
the money appropriated to that depart
nent could be used to better advan-
tage and be made to yield create,
results.
What do the farmers think?
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RAILROAD NEWS
FROM ALL POINTS
Pre- [,lr c,sident Finley Denies Talk8of
2eceivcrsllip for the II
Southern.

Rassergcr Officials said yesterday
that the rondsa entering Richmond had
made ~ every provision for handling lie
crowds fiel, VIII be here this week
for the State Fair and Horse Show.
Cheap excursion rates have been
granted and from reports sent III
by station agents tile travel will far
exceed that of last year. III I Will DO
q big rush. said an officer of tho
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Com
.pany but give the roads Il chance
and, see What they Will do. 1T has
been necessary to secure extra equip.
ment. for tlie heavy travel nowadays
TO and from the Jamestown Expo
lsltion ls not leaving any surplus Of
cars. Still, the transportation lines
Will be equal to the occasion and there
Will be ~ good service all tho week."
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by II. i yet rend II all. ! knew whero
10 so to find the house. and I knew
that the murder had been committed
in back room on tho top floor Also
j saw the picture Of tho window with
the balcony. 1vor was supposed--ac-
cording to Girard. the dctectiyc-to
i have tried in vain to escape by way
of this high balcony. OF, liearint.
sounds outside the door while busy III,
searching the dead mans room. Girard
said that he had seen him first. by
the light OF a bull's-eye lantern. which
he---Glrard-carrled, standing at bay
In tho open window There was I.
photograph OF this window, taken from
outside. There WAS the balcony; and
there was The balcony OF another win
dow with another balcony just like
1t. on the adjoining house. looked at
the picture. and Judged that there
would not be more than two feet OF
distance between the ratings OF those
two balconies.
That would be my way 10 get
thcre--if L can get there at ALL
said to myself. But there was hardly
any "if"sieft In my mind now. 1 meant
10 get there
BY this time IL was after 3 o'clock.
L left the Duval restaurant, and again
took a cab. The first thing j did was
to send petit bieu to Aunt Lillian.
lEayins that she wasn't to worry about
me. I'D been hipped and nervous. and
had gone out to sec a friend who WIS
Id just found out--stayins in Paris.
Perhaps should stop with tho friend
TO dinner; but at latest j should be
back by Q or 10So'clock. That would
save bother at the hotel (for Aunt
Lillian knew / had heaps OF American
friends who came every year to Paris.
yet no one would know where To
search for me. even if they were In
sclincd. Is
81 Next. I drove 10 street near the
Rue de la File Savage, and dismissed
my cab. ] asked for no directions.
but after onc.or two mistakes, found
the street I wanted. Instead OF going
10 tho house OF the murder. ] passed
onto the next house on the lleft-thn
house Of the balcony almost adjoining
Htlic dead mans
/ rang the bell for tho concierge.
and asked him II there were any rooms
to lot In the house. ! knew already
that there were, for I could SEQ the
advertisement OF "Chambres a louer"
staring me In the face; but ] spoke
French as badly as 1 could. making
three mistakes to every sentence. and
begged the man to talk slowly IN an
sswering me.
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Finley Denies Idle Itunor.

President Finley, Of the Southern
Hallway denies tho Wall street report
that the company is likely TO be placed
In the hands OF a receiver. The rll-
NOR was started after a bear attack
on Southern stocks, being merely n
scanard, sent forth by the bears to
cause further depression in the sccuri-
ties. Mr. Finley said that from M.
operating standpoint the road was in
n better position to get favorable re-
turns from operation this year than
last year. "Anybody with any knowl-
edge OF the Southern Railways fnan-
cial condition. he said. must know
that there is no reason for the talk
of a receivershlp. and as for the sug-
gcstioni that the property might be
put In the hands of receivers by tile
Federal courts, to thwart political at
tacks, that has never been thought
OF seriously by the management.
'''rhe cotton crop in our territory Is
a large one, and its transportation VIII
be handled more effectively than last
year. when the company was seriously
embarrassed by the congestion on It's
lines"
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CHAPTER XVI. continued.

80 1t seemed that8it was always or
her he thougllt-of Maxine de RenzIe:
And j, OF all people in the world, was
to help him, with her.
AS 1 thought Of this task he'd set
me. and lof all 1t meant, 1t appeared
more and more incredible that HI,
should have had the heart TO aals
such thing OF me. Bnt--it .'rnean.
more than his life And I would do
the thing, ii 1t could be done, because
Of my pride. n
As 1 drove away. from the prison, n
kind of fury grew In me and possessed
me. " / felt as n IL FL had fire instead or
blood in my Veins. Il had known
that death. or worse than death. watt
cd for. mo In the gllastly house to
which IvOr had sent me-, Il would still
have gone there. ei
My first thought was to 90 Instantly,
and get 1t oYcr-with success or fall
ure. But cumer thoughts prevailed
hadn't looked ut tho papers yet.
Ny only knowledge OF last nights
drea dful happenings had come from
Uncle Eric and Lord Robert West.
had said to myself that didn't Wish
to read tho ncwspaper accounts Of the
murder, and OF Iyor's supposed part
in it., I remembered now. however,
that + dids¬ even know in what
paEL3sO LII IT'S 81 ' llG AiSI uoc liuiNCh
was. recalled only the Namc of tho
street. because It was a curiouslyS grim
fone--lilSes tile tragedy that had been
acted 4 III It. ss RI. FIJI
II couldn't tell tile cabman to drive
mo to the street and house. That
would bc Il stupid thing to do
must search the pa pers, and i; ind 81 OUT
from them something about the neigl-i
sborhood, for there would surely be
plenty Of details of hat sort And ~
must de4this without first going back
10 the hotel, as 4 t might be very a a.
sncult to- get away again, 9 nces u wa S.
there. Now nobody " knew where AL
was, and j was FREQ % do las Il n leased,
no matt what The T& consequences
might be afterwards. st IL ss
83S Passing a 1uval restaurants I sud
denly ordered my mot or cab Ito STOP
Having paid and sent 4 away, \ went
asked for a cup of 5cnoco-3
late at one OF the l tile. deadly res
looking marble tables. Also L
i as kel to see an evening paper.
III was Ia shock TO find 1vors photo ~
graph, horribly reproduced, gazing at
mo from tho front pm ge, Tho photos
graph was an old one, which had neen@
a good deal shown in shop windows
much to Ivor's disgust, at about tho:
time! when lie turned from his great
aSpeaition, and published his really
Ewonderflls hook Il II had seen 1t be fore
met him; and as 4 must have been
on sale In. Paris AS we'll az London,l
IT had been on So EN- ouglls for tho rew
Dap eople II oSi Eet IA Then here l
came tl,es 81 tory. ,o he muir der, built
ltupt % ia sNa lcall t4n Nj n, sickened
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: .lI.Il.l7 Il7-'ll7- ~ I7----'-5- n
MERELY JOKING.

f1b0jNew York Itlea.
e Westerner visiting New York was held
iup by hiGhwayman with the Demand
Z. Give me Your money, or I'll blow your
brains out :"
/ BLOW away said the westerner. "You
can I've In New York without bralrs but you
can't without moncy.'--clirstian Register
He Knew.
Peniten, Old Lady: II have been n great
know it. g s. ~ b
cld.colorcd Servant: 81 lsnowed it all dc
time!"--Chrlstian Instructor.
Only II Triflc.
Professor" said n senior. trying 10 be
fof all know"
FRAY don, mention such tribe was
tho reply.-Christian Advocate.
Natures Knitting.
"Father. what are wrinkles?.'
"f'retEork. my son, fretwork.'. replied
pntcr famiiias. confidently In
qulrer.
Limits His Acquaintance.
husband CATER introducing a visitor to
his Wife,; Would you like to DO intro
Visitor: "1'hanks. This is quite sufri-
clent."-Flicgendc Blactter
a Manly Woman.
Teacher: OF what profession is your
fathcr?
Scholar: Am Obliged to tell youg'
Teacher: "Certainly''
Scholar: "IIe's tho bearded lady in a
skcw."-Floh Cvicnna).
a Clearer Vision.
Tom: 1T was Il case of love at INST
sight with me-.
Jack; Then why didn't You marry hero.
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Rhymes for { o-Dav.
SHORT THOUGHTS On srJIE IflsTDI,y
DIs lNtt lt) JlttN nv NJ "a

K 4, u j. 4
SHORT IIOttGH1s On ,t'IIE ItlsTOI,y
OF MI )IIlsNg ,i'lNliss.
a NJ tNrr1TtIolI or plntitudo elicits
SA little gratitude
~ From those WHO have to hGnrk6tl
While tile spenkel. gets it OFF;
1nanity's 81 vanity that drives men to
insanity; 81
4 We greet 1T With profanity tthougl,
stifled In II rongli,.
"a preference for Difference deserves Il
passing reference, III
& Andftllen. denrs, speed ME onward to
the next thought we can soc:
Bannllty's vocallties are pests to all
localities.
Nor will their snug sodalitics Ger
set much change OF. Nc.
veraos ,asa. T, pemposity. the habit q
Must have their share of censurc--
wfereon this becomes quito
clear: s
Tho Srarity of charity should wake no
low liilarity
No! Mark its great disparity, and
wipe away Il tear.
This canticle romantical, 1 know, is
quite podanticnl,
But still I trust my readers will nor
full to see It's charm:
.Defcnsible as sensible it's not--but IT'S
ostensiblcS
That 1t amt reprehenslble, and
doesn't do no harm.
Fl, IS. H.
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EErLYlsG TO OURS OF RECENT DATE.

/. & J Il 5t-f i ~
HE Richmond Tines Dispatch thinkx
II that we will recognize the nit.
lennium by tho fact that the Standard
OIL has paid Its fine. Bless IT'S heart! When
the millennium arrives there will be no
Standard OIL. and. consequently. the occasion,
TO- intng-and refning-will lave passed.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Single men must hang together. declares
the Richmond Times Dispatch. 1t would be
a saving OF rope to hang them ono u. Il
time.-san Antonio Light.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is suro
that II there is to be no war with Japan It
VIII not be the fault OF Captain Hobson,
j. Ham Lewis and Bob Taylor: they have
dcnc what they could In the way of forc-
telling the coming OF such an cvent.--Knox-
Vile Tribune.
Says the Washington Herald: IA story
Is going the rounds about an editor being
rotGed of i've diamonds 1 Five, diamonds
or the five of diamonds ?-Timcs- Dispatch
or course they We're paste -boards.-lrvington
5CNaD Citizen.
: Single men must hang together declares
the Richmond Times- Dispatch. But II they
have lived single lives. why should they not
lang Observation-Disclosures Post.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08
George r.. Alien ResiEnx.

George B. Allen. assistant general
passenger agent OF the Southern Rail-
way. with headquarters In Atlanta, has
resigned to engage In other business.
His successor has not been named. but
following the usual custom Of the
company. some capable man in the
service will be promoted. Mr. Allen
was with the Southern for many years.
Recentlyslie was transferred to Atlanta
from st. Louis. Before going to the
latter place he was district passenger
a gent at Charleston, S. G.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

THE South Carolina man VINO amused
himself by shooting United States
mailboS," insists the Atlanta Consti-
tuition. twill have to answer for the
dead letters" That's all right: but
1T certainly would not be fair to blame
him for the faint handwriting. too.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

John y. Rockefellers worst mistake
was in not being horn late enough to
perceive the Importance OF marrying
Miss Ida Tarbell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

The Republicans OF Roanoke city
have nominated n Legislative ticket
and adopted a platform, which declares
in favor of honest elections. keeping
the judiciary out of politics and fair
and square deal for the corporations.
The Republicans of Roanoke seem to
have stolen their platform from the
Democrats.
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& II more fathers name thcir baby
daughters after the speedy Lusitania
at will certainly behoove the big liner
TO slow down.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

Some give William II, Tuftthe credit
for making people long earnestly Tor
peace: some give it to Richmond r.
lIobson, &
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

DR.. Ingram is Il stranger to America
and naturally Interested In seeing as
much Of the country as possible, but
1t is herewith pointed out that he has
not made the mistake OF visiting any
such cities as Houston (TeX.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

Says the Houston Post: "Grantlund
Rice sings Under the wide and starry
sky Dig the grave and let me die"
Not in position to contradict this state
ment, we merely content ourselves with
remarkinE that gentleman by the
name of Robert Louis Stevenson sung
1t first.
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/ THE OYSTER INDUSTRY.

z. The Times Dispatch has never be-
lieved that Virginia received anything
like fair return from her oyster
beds. But IT Is gratifying to know that
under the operation of the present
Board Of Fisheries of which. w. Mo-
Donald Lee chairman, the revenues
are showing gratifying increase. The
present board has been in office year
and half, and has made II first-rate
record as the following table will
show:
Increase
over year
year Receipts. before.
1902 5s......5:... S.576........S 5,070
1903 .......... 63,074... 4,4aT
1901 ...,.....J. 72.713..... 9,639
1905 ...,....., 1.i16.... Decrease)
1906 ....,...... 74.623... 3,207
1907 .......: 99,4S0.......... 24,S5s
Tie board has received tho usual bi.
ennial appropriation of $4,000, with
an extra allowance OF $s.5l7,l0. half
OF the extra going for the purchase
Of new gasolene boats and added I'm
provements to the old steamers, while
the remainder has been needed for
cunning the new boat the Commodore
Maury. for which. BY oversight, there
had been no proyision made by I'll.
Legislature.
During the year ended September
90, 1907. the gross revenues OF State
amounted to sas.4so, and after deduct.
Ing the item OF ss.s17,1o, and $500,
for salaries and expenses the net pro
II hts ofsoperation wer. $4,000 In roun,
Y numbfts. while the net profits Of ,h'
Ss'ear before were s4plas making
total for two years of sl15,i2a. This
Ssis the exhibit made by tho Auditor q
q Public Accounts. and II reflects grea
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

The well-known Alfred Austin fami-
IL. OF Great Britain, have a hard winter
before them. Alfred is writing poem
one hundred Kilometres long.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

a llentuckian has married a Miss
Money and an Alabamian has spliced
up with Miss Dollars. Probably both
gentlemen Will have to fork over the
pay envelope in the same old way.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

OF course Count Laszlo Szechcnyi,
who is going to marry Miss Gladys
:Nanderbilt's s12,ooo.Ooo. may be per-
Isonally rather less like snecze than
his name would indicate
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5 Las but but not least, don't wait too
long to Chr!stmnsllop. 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

Exchange the Philippines for some
body's good money! Why, we'd have
as much show to sell Texas!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

Augustus HartJe, of bottomless Pitts
burg. announces that llc has new evil
dence on hand, sensations up his sleeve,
etc. Never was u divorce pro-
ceeding pursued with such determine
ton and hartjiness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-08

The Lord Bishop of London has LETT
Richmond, and left It solid for Arthur
~ Winnington-lngra
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Just as the new-fang lcd doctors have
showed us how to live a hundred years
without dying single time. tho cost
of living comes along and gums the
game