Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-24
Copyright, 1911. Street &, Smith,
copyright, 1911, by Dodd, Mead &, Co }
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

TODAY s INSTALLMENT
For reply, the other pointed to a small
room quite unoccupied which opened out
OF the one in which they then stood Mr.
Challoner bowed and in an other moment
the door closed upon them, to the infinite
disappointment of the men about the
hearth.
what do you wish to ask" was Mr.
Challoners immediate inquiry.
This. | make no apologies and expect
in answer nothing more than an unequiv-
ocal yes or no. You tell me that you
of the other members Of your family-of
your deceased daughter, in fact" -.
NO"
She was acquainted with oswald
Brotherson?'
"She was
Without your knowledge
Entirely so
"Corresponded with him.
Not exactly
How. not exactly
He wrote to occasionally. She
wrote to him frequently she never
sent her letters
All
The exclamation was sharp, short and
conveyed little Yet with its escape, the
whole scaffoIdng of this mans hold upon
life and his own fate went down in indis-
tingulshable chaos. Mr. Challoner real
lied a sense of havoc though the eyes
bent upon his countenance had not wa
vered, nor the staIwart figure moved
II have read some of those letters, the
inventor finally acknowledged. The
police took great pains to place them
under my eye supposng them TO nave
been meant for me because of the initials
written on the wrapper But they were
meant for oswald. You believe that
now"
81 know it
And that is why found You in the
same house with him
1T is Providence has robbed me of my
daughter; if this brother Of yours
should prove to he the man !
am led to expect. shall ask him to
take that place in my heart and life which
was once hers.
A quick recoil a smothered exclamation
on the part of the man he addressed. A
barb had been hidden in this simple state
ment which had reached some deeply hid
den but vulnerable spot in Brotherson' S
breast. which had never been pierced be-
still rested piercingly upon that of Mr..
Challoner. but its light was fast fading
and speedily became lost in dimness in
which the other seemed to see eXtnguish-
ed the last unfaring embers of those in
ner fires which feed the aspiring sour 1t
was a sight no man could see unmiXed
Mr. Challoner turned sharply away, In
dread OF the abyss which the next word he
uttered might open between them.
Rut Orlando Brotherson possessed re-
sources of strength of which. possibly he
was not aware himself When Mr.. Chal-
Toner. still more affected by the silence
than bv the dread | have mentioned
furned 10 confront him again. it was TO
find his features composed and his glance
clear He had conquered all outward
manifestation Of the mysterious emotion
which for an instant laid his proud spirit
low,
you are considerate Of my brother
were the words with which he e-opened
This nainful conversations You will-not
find your confidence misplaced. Oswald is
a straightforward fellow, of few faults. "
81 believe il. No man can be so uni
yersallv beloved without some very sub
stantial claims to regard. am glad to
see that your opinion though given
somewhat coldly comedies with that of
his friends
Of am not given to eNageeration," was
the even reply.
The Aush which had come into Mr.
Challoner's cheek under the effort he had
made 10 sustain with untiinching heroism
this interview with the man he looked
unon as his mortal enemy. slowly faded
ont tin he looked the wrath Of himself
even to the unsympathetc eyes Of Or
lando Brothersou. A duty lay before him
which would tax to- its utmost extent his
already weakened seif-control Nothing
which had vet passed showed mat this
man realized the TACT that Oswald had
been kept in ignorance of Mis- Chailoner s