Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-09-29


| covering from your infatuatlon for this
man. You know how dearly l love you.
have never taken a step in life since
looked into your baby face that wasn't
for you and your happiness"
She only looked at him wistfully and her
eyes seemed to be dreaming,
II want you to have some pride. Gas
ton has attempted to kick me out of the
councils Of the party, and become the die
tator of the state. His course is one
Of violence and radicalism. / regard him
, as dangerous man, and l want you to
have nothing to do with him"
| She was gravely silent.
do you believe he has been faithfully
dreaming of you in your absence?" asked
the General.
Yes, I dor
''Then let me disabuse your mind. It is
not the way of strong men. He is abb
solutely absorbed in desperate political
struggle in which his personal ambitions
are first. I have seen him paying the
most devoted attentions to the daughter
] Of our rival down east, whose influences
he wants and 1t is rumored among his
friends that he has proposed to her.
"Who told you that?' she asked i'm
| petuously
IT had 1t first from Allan, but I've heard
| 1t since from others"
II do not believe a word OF It, she
declared.
That's because you're a woman and
| hold such silly ideals. tell you, he wants
! you only because he knows you are rlch'
and he wishes to brow-beat me. Such
man will try to whip you before you have
| been his wife five years. know that KIND
of man. Why can't you trust my judg-
| ment?"
81 had rather trust my hearts intui-
| lions, Papa. I cannot be deceived IN such
question"
well, you are being deceived. He Is
anything but a langulshing lover AT
| present he is a political tiger at bay. IN
| less you hold him to you by some pledge
he has given, he will forget you and
marry another In two years. l am man
and / know men. 1 thought l was des-
perately in love twice before 1 met your
mother. I got over both attacks without
scratch fell in love with her, married and
| have lived happily ever since. You nave
overestimated your own Importance 70
| him and your influence over him,
A great fear awed her into silence. For
| the first time in all her struggle with her
father the sense suddenly came into her
heart of her dependence on Gaston's love
| for the very desire to live, and Tor the
first time she realized the possibility of
losing him. What If he should press his
great ambitions to successful issue while
she stood irresolute and tortured him with
| her indecision? If he could win the
/ worlds applause without her, might ne
not when successful. cease TO need her
Her breast heaved with the tumult of
uncertainty. What If another woman saw
| and loved him, and drew near to him In
his hours of soul loneliness and struggle.
/ and he had learned to see her face with
| ioy! The conviction came crushing upon
i her that she had not responded bravery to
this powerful mans singular devotion into
| which he had poured without reserve MS
| 9 LOO 10
found her wanting in some dark hour IN
her absence? Her heart was in her throat
at the thought!
The General watched her keenly for sew
| eral moments, and thought at last ne mao
| broken the SPELL He believed he could
now tell her Of the cloud that hung over
! Castor.
II said. sallie, that I believed CASTOR
dangerous man. I did not speak lightly.
We have had terrible riots in lndepend-
ence while YOU were absent In which Gas
| ton was the leader Of an armed reVoIu-
| ton which overturned the city and county
government Two thousand men were IN
der arms for a week and several were
| killed and wounded on both sides. The re-
suits were good as a whole confess. we
have a decent government and we nave
security of property and life but such
methods will lead to civil war
Her face grew tense and she looked at
her father with GREATNESS interest," curing
this recital.
WAS he in danger in those riots? she
/ slowly asked.
carly day IL he continues his present meth
! DDS A mob of FIVE hundred negroes at
| temnted TO kill him. This was one of the
causes that led to the revolution,
she was on her feet now pale and tremo,
| ling with excitement
1 fc11a ga
NOW my dear. it's useless to get ex-
cited. The trouble is all over and new
mavor and police force are In charge OF
| INC CITY But he is resting under Sc
| rious cloud at present. He is held In jail
! at AshevilIe on charge of felony, ana a
4 charge of murder IS oelng presseu.
I'm Jail! in jailr' she cried increouiously
while her eyes filled with tears.
| Eyes. and Allan believes these ugly
| charges will be proved in the United
States court. and he will be convicted"
She did not seem to hear the last sent
| ence.
whom / have given my life, and you, my
| father. while was three thousand miles
away stood by and did not lift a hand to
! help him?"
HAS he not been my bitterest enemy.
| seeking to insult mel" Numbered the Cen
eral.
1 mo, he never 1nSulted you, OF SPOKE one
unlxind word about you in his life. Oh!
this is shameful God forgive me that
was not here!" Tears were streaming
| down her face.
You hold me responsible for the crazy
| Young scarnp's career?' cried the General
| Indignantly
mot another word to met she ex-
claimed. "You shall not abuse him in my
| presence"
The General was afraid of her when she
used the tone of voice in which she uttered
| that sentence. He had heard it but once
before. and that was when she told him
| she was a free woman tWenty-one years
| old and he had broken down. He looked
at her now. fearing to speak. At length
| he said
II have engaged a suite Of rooms for
you here at the Waldorf-Astoria, my dear
for the winter. I hope you will enjoy the
season. Let us change this painful sub
ject."
II do not want the rooms" she firmly
replied, IT am going to Asheville on the
first train"
The General stormed and ragged for an
hour, but she made no reply. Her mother
was suffering from the effects of the voy-
age and took no part in this storm.
"But your mother will not be able to
| accompany you. Surely you will not dis
grace me by visiting that man in jail!'
81 will And when he is released will
| return will visit Stella Holt I shall