Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-18

fugitive glimpse OF a face. no matter how
fair, to interfere with his own hard-won
peace of mind. He resolutely strove to
erase its blurred outline from his mem
DRY. to dismiss from his mind all recol-
lection Of its misty, sweet eyes. He was
no gallant adventurer among women. The
girl could be nothing TO him.
At last he entered the Night and Day
bank with his old good-humored. leisure
air AS far as his outward appearance
went he had not a care in the world.
The process Of opening an account was
not unduly complicated. He had neither
introduction nor references, but he had,
what was probably more to the point,
negotiable sight drafts for a very salts
factory sum. The Night and Day bank
asked him two or three pertinent ques-
tons. and requested that he record his
signature in its registers for future refer
ence.
He did so. subscribing himself in a
bold hand "A. Newman" Endorsed the
drafts in the same name, and, having
laid down the pen. produced from a
waistcoat pocket small chamois-leather
J lease.
/ I'D like to leave this with you, too"
he said carelessly to the banker, who
raised his eyebrows in quick surprise
when he saw what the case contained.
My dear Mr.. Newman he protested
gravely. You surely don't realize the
risk you run in carrying such valuables
! loose in your pockets. The least skilful
thief on Fifth avenue might easily have
relieved you OF them and-you no doubt
came through the crowd with your coat
wide open? It's very evident that you're
! a newcomer in New York.
1 His client smiled pleasantly.
| I've carried them loose in my pockets
! for over a year." he asserted, land in
I much more dangerous places than Fifth
: avenue. But the main point is that
/ they're safely here, and here 1 want them
to stay-if you'll keep them for me. There
are only two. and I'll take your receipt
! for a stated value OF $4,000 apiece, If
J you're agreeable"
| They're worth more than that, of
| course" said the banker, examining the
/ glorious Tose-colored diamonds which
! Quaintance had pushed across to him,
and their owner nodded.
Yes, a good deal more"
| Wen put them in safe deposit for you,
/ Mr.. Newman" suggested the man of
money, and Mr.. Newman" having pock-
eted the key to the box departed, on the
best of terms with the Night and Day
| bank and himself. He was pleased that
! the name he had given had passed I'M
| challenged. and was encouraged to believe
| that mis- old Identity was safely Inferred
with the past.
J so, let's see," he said very cheerfully
| to himself as he left the bank. 81 want to
/ wash the taste of ships food out of my
mouth. My Newman's' health in a bot
| tie of sparkling Burgundy. at some cool
/ spot on the seashore of Bohemia, would
just about nil the bill" Hs thought once
more and for the last time of the girl
with the troubled eyes he had seen on the
I steps of the bank.
/ Il wish she had just looked round, "
he unused regretfully. but it's too late
now to mouTn over that mischance. Fate
was too much for me after all. I don't
believe I'd know her again IL l saw her. "
lie laughed inwardly.
Romance is dead said he to him.
self. What an ass I am" He strolled
over TO and then down Broadway, brush
ing shoulders with blue-shaven actors
and smart sOubrets, we'll content to mix
with the mob. AS dusk began to come
down, and the blaze that IS Broadway
boast was deftly switched on, he called
to mind many nights he had spent In
Africa without so much as a fire for light
and company, and the present contrast
was by so much the more acceptable. He
wss glad OF the glare.
And now I'll dip into Martins" said
he to himself, as he turned into that IA.
nous restaurant.