Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-15
Initials Only By Anna Katherine Creme
A Thrilling Mystery Story Of Modern Times

1 was surrounded. when q sound from the
road on the opposite side Of the hollow
brought his conjectures to a standstin and
sent him hurrying on to the nearest point
from which that road became visible.
A team was approaching lie could
| hear the heavy tread OF horses working
| their laborious way through trees whose
| obstructing branches swished before and
behind them. They were bringing in a
| load for this shed, whose uses he would
consequently soon understand Grateful
| for his good 1uck-for his was curiosity
which could not stand defeat-he took a
few steps into the wood, and from the
vantage point of a conceahng cluster Of
bushes, fixed his eyes upon the spot where
the road opened into the hollow
Something blue moved there and in an
other moment, TO his great amazement
there stepped into view the spirited form
OF Doris Scott, who II he had given the
matter a thought he would have supposed
10 be sitting just then by the bedside of
her patient. a half mile back on the road
She WAS dressed for the woods in
blue skirt and Jacket and moved like
leader In front of heavily laden wagon
now coming to a standstill before the
closely shut shed-if such we may call it,
Il have a key so she called out to
When I swing the doors wide, drive
straight In
Sweetwater took a look at the wagon
II was piled high with large wooden boxes
on more than one OF which he could see
scrawled the words. o. Brotherson. Der
by, Pa
This explained her presence but the
boxes toA nothing They were of all
sizes and shapes, and some Of them so
large that the assistance Of another man
was needed TO handle them sweetwater
was about to offer his services when
second man appeared from somewhere In
the rear, and the detectives attention
being thus released from the load ont Of
which he could make nothing, he allowed
IL 70 concentrate upon the young girl who
mad IT In charge and who, for many rea-
sons. was the one person of supreme i'm,
portance to him
She had swung open the two wide
doors, and now stood waiting for horse
and wagon to enter With locks fving
free-she wore no bonnet-she presented
picture of ever increasing interest IN
Sweetwater. Truly she was a very bean
c1ful girl, buoyant. healthy and sweet. as
UNLIKE as possible his preoonceived no
tlons OF Miss Challoner's humble LITTLE
protege Her brown hair of a rich cbes+
nut nue., was In itself wonder On no
mead, even in the great city he had inst
ieft had he seen such abundance, held
in such modest restraint Nature had
oeen partial to this little working girl and
given her the chevelure OF a queen.
But this was nothing No one saw This
aureoie when once the eye had rested IN
ner features and caught the full nohilttv
OF their expression and the lurking sweat
ness underlying her every look. She her
sen MADE the charm and whether placed
hlsh OF placed low, must ever attract tho
eye and afterwards lure the heart. nv an
individuality which hardly needed nerfec+
features IN which to express itself
Young vet, but gifted. as girls NJ ber
ciass otten are, with the incest Instincts
ana purest aspirations. she showed the
elevation of her thoughts both in her
glance and the poise with which she
awaited events. Sweetwater watched hoy
with admiration as she superintended tho
uhload1ng OF the wagon and the disnosa,
OF the various boxes on the floor within.
out as nothing she said during the process
was calculated to afford the least enlight-
eminent in regard TO their contents he
presently wearied of his inaction ana
turned back toward the highway oo,,,-
PORTING himself with the reflection that in
few short hours he would have her to
himself when nothing but blunder on
his part should hinder him from sounding
her young mind and getting such answers
TO his questions as the affair in which he
was so deeply interested. demanded.