Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-10
The Brass
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The cab which picked Maitland up at his
lodgings carried him but a few blocks TO
the club at which he had. the previous
evening. entertained his lawyer. Maitland
had selected IL as the one or all the clubs
of which he and Bannerman were men,
hers wherein he was least liKely to meet
the latter. Neither frequented, its sober
precincts BY habit Its severe and clas-
seal building on a corner Of Madison ave
nue. overlooking the square, is but the out
ward presentment Of an institution to be
a member Of which is a duty. but en-
pkatically no great pleasure. 10 the sons
OF a New York family Of any prominence.
But in its management the younger gem
GRAFTON holds no suffrage: ana IS not slow
70 declare that the PrimOrdiai Is rightly
named. characterizing the individual MEM
bers Of the board OF governors as sntedi-
luviaus. prehistoric monsters who have
never learned that laughter lends a
SAVIOR 70 existence. And so II is that the
younger generation. (which is understood
10 include Maitland and Bannerman),
while il religiously pays its dues and has
the name OF the Primordial engraved up
on its cards. shuns those deadly respect
able rooms and seeks it's comfort else
where.
Maitland found it dull and depressing
enough, that same evening. something be-
III.
1cun gfng-rOOrns were but sparsely tenan-
ted. other than by the ennuied corps of
servants: and the few members who had
lent the open doors the excuse OF their
uresence were Of the elderly type that
hides itself behind 8 newspaper In an
easy chair and snorts when addressed.
The young man srrolled disconsOlately
enougfh into the billiard room. thence
fdoxEed BY a specter OF loneliness) TO the
-
the dining room. where ne selected ia
BE end ordered an evening paper with
his meal
when the former was brought
him he sat up ana began
10 take a new interest in life.
The EIaring head lines that met his eye OF
the front page proved as bracing as a
slap in the face
The Maitland Jewels" he read, halt
aloud: "'DarIng Attempt at Burglary.
Mad MaiItnad Catches Handsome
Dan" Anisty in the Act OF Cracking His
safe at Maitland Manor. Which was
Which? Both Principals Disappear.
duh red glow suffused the readers
countenance; he compressed his lips, only
opening them once. and then to emit q
monosyIlabIe oath. which can hardly have
proved any considerable relief to his sur
charged emotional nature.
The news story was exploited as 6
beat: il could have been little else
since nine-tenths OF its exclusive de-
taIls'' had been born fJfil-winged from
the fecund imagination OF a busy re-
porter to whom Maitland had refused ar
interview while in his bath, some three
hours earlier. Maitland discovered with
relief that boiled down to essentials II
consisted simply OF the statement that
somebody presumably HIMSELF had
caught somebody presumably Anistyl
burgIarizing the library safe at Maitland
Manor that morning; that--one OF the
scmebOdies Cno one knew which, had
overpower,d the other and left him in
charge OF the butler, who had presently
permitted his prisoner TO escape and then
talked for publication
II was not to this so much that Matt
land objected IL was the illustrations
that alternately saddened and maddened
the young man: the said Illustrations com
prfsfng blurred half-tone reproductions Of
photographs taken on the Maitland estate
q diagram OF the library. as fanciful a:
the text Il illuminated. and TWO portraits
side by side. Of the heroes. himself and
Anfsty, excellent likenesses both OF tins
originals and Of each other
Mr. Maitland did not enjoy his dinner
Anxious and preoccupied. - tasted the
dishes mechanically: and when they had
all PASSED before him. took his thought,
and q cigar TO a gloomy corner of thu
smoking room. where he sat for two sOliC
hours. debating the matter pro and con
and arriving at no conclusion whatever
save that Higgins was doomed.
At I0:15 he began TO contemplate with
positive pleasure the prospect OF dischsrg-