Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-10

1 ing the butler That. at least, was action,
something that he could do; wherever else
he thought to move he found himself
baffied by the blank darkness Of mystery.
, or by his fear of publicity and ridicule.
! At 1920 he decided to move upon Green
felds at once. and telephone o'Hagan,
! advising him to profess ignorance of his
emloyer's whereabouts.
At 10:22, or in the midst of his admoni-
tions TO the janitor, he changed his mind
and decided to stay In New York; and in
structed the Irishmsn TO bring him
suitcase containing a few necessaries;
his intention being to stay out the night
at the club, and so avoid the matutinal
siege Of his lodgings by reporters and de-
! tectives.
1 At I0:z5 a club servant handed him the
lcard of a representative of the Evening
Journal. Maitland directed that the gen
y tleman be shown into the reception room.
] At I0:4s he siulked out Of the club by a
side entraice, jumped into cab and had
/ himself, driven TO the East 34th street
ferry. arriving there just i'm time to miss
I the last train for Greenfields.
4 Denied the shelter alike Of his lodgings
his club and his country home, the young
man in despair caused himself TO be con-
veyed to the Bartholdi hotel, where, pos
4 sessed OF a devil of folly, he preserved
his incognito by registering under the
name Of M. Daniels" And straightway
retired to his room.
;. But not to rest. The portion Of the
mentally harassed. sleeplessness. was his;
and for an hour or more he tossed upon
his bed upon which he had thrown HIM
self without troubling to undress). pom
ldering, 10 no profit of his. the hundred
: problems difficulties, and disadvantages
suggested or created by the events of the
past q hours'
j TIE gray girl, Anisty. the jewels. him
self; unhagging, his thoughts circumnav-
igated the world of his romance, touching
only at these four ports. and returning
always to linger longest in the harbor of
y sentiment
i The gray girl: strange that her
personality should have come to DOM
j mate his thoughts in a space of time
so brief! and upon grounds of intimacy
so slender! Who and what was
she? What cruel rigor Of circumstance
\ had impelled her to seek a livelihood in
ways so sinister? At whose door must
!, the blame be laid. against what flaw in
the body social should the indictment be
} drawn. that she should have been forced
| into the ranks of the powers that prey-a
\ girl of her youth and rare fiber. of her
:, cultivation, her charm. and beauty?
4 The sheer loneliness Of her. her grace
and gentleness. her ingenious sensitive
] ness, her wit: they combined to make
the thought of her. to him, at least, at
I once terrible and a delight. Remember
!. ing that once he had held her in HIS
I arms, had gazed into her starlit eyes. and
inhaled the impalpable fragrance of her.
he trembled. was both glad and afraid.
I And her ways so hedged about with
I perilsl While he must stand aside, i'm
|, potent, pillar OF the social order secure
in its shelter, and see her bounded and
driven by the forces of the law, harried
and worried like an unclean thing. forced.
as It might be, to resort to stratsgems
and expedients unthinkable, to preserve
her liberty.
u II was altogether intolerable. He could
not stand It. And yet-it was written
that their paths had crossed and parted
and were never again to touch. Or was
| IL? II must be so written: they
would never meet again. After all, her
!, concern with, her interest in, him. could
. have been nothing permanent. They had
. encountered under strange auspices, and
he had treated her with common decency.
for which she had repaid him in good
measure by permitting him to retain his
own property. Their account was even.
and she for ever done with him That
. must be her attitude. Why should it be
] anything else?
:! 'sOh, the devil!" exclaimed the young
? man in disgust. And rising. took his dis
: temper to the window.
/, Leaning on the sill. he thrust head and
shoulders far out over the garish abyss
OF metropolitan night. The hot breath OF
the city famed up in sitting waves into
his face. from the street below, upon whose
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