Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-13
Copyright 1911, Street & SMITH
,corvright. 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Coz
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

..r,-s will do what we can. But you must
-.aorstand that the matter is not simple
That. in fact, it contains mysteries
mich demand police investigation. We
j., not dare to trife with any of the facts.
Tho inspector. and. if not he. the coroner,
,,.,u have to be told about these letters
and will proba bly, ask to see them"
"They are the letters of a gentleman.
with one exception
,,yes that is understood" Then in
sudden heat and with an almost sublime
,rnst in his daughter notwithstanding the
snnIicity he had Just discovered; Nothing
mt the story told by letters. or the sight
AZ that sturdy paper cutter with its long
and very slender blade, will make me be-
Hove that she willingly took her own life.
Won do not know, can not know, the rare
daEcacv of her nature. She was lady
,brough and through. If she had medita-
,od deatb-if the breach suggested by the
one letter | have mentioned. should have
en- preved upon her spirits as to lead her
90 braal her old fathers heart and out
rage the feelings of all who knew her, she
could not, being the woman she was,
choose a public place for such an act-a
hotel writing room-in face OF lobby full
of burrying men. 1t was out of nature
Every one who knows her will tell you So
The deed was an accident-incredible-
but still an accident
Mr. Gryce had respect for this outburst
Making no attempt to answer 1t, he sug
gested with some hesitation, that Miss
CbeIIoner had been seen writing a letter
fatn al
the desk which ended so tragically. Was
this letter to one of her lady friends, as
reported. and was it as far from suggest
ing the awful tradegy which followed, as
he had been told?
at was a cheerful letter. Such a one
she often wrote to her little protegees
here and there. | judge that this was
written to some girl like that for the per-
son addressed was not known to her maid.
any more than she was to me. Il ex-
pressed an affectonate interest, and it
breathed encoura gement-encourag cement!
and she meditating her own death at the
moment Impossible! That letter should
exonerate her if nothing else does
Mr. Gryce recalled the incongruities,
the Inconsistencies and even the surprising
contradictions which had often marked
the conduct of men and women, in his
lengthy experience with the strange, the
sudden and the tragic things of life, and
slightly shook his head. He pitled Mr..
Chaoner, and admired even more his
courage in face of the appalling grief
which had overwhelmed him, but he dared
not encourage a false hope. The girl had
killed herself and with this weapon They
might not be able to prove it, but it
was nevertheless true, and this broken
old man would some day be obliged to &C
knowledge 1t. But the detective said
nothing Of this. and was very patient with
the further arguments the other advanced
to prove his point and the lofty character
of the girl, to whom, misled by appear
ance, the police seemed inclined to attrib-
ute the awful sin of self redistribution.
But when, the topic exhausted, Mr..
Challoner rose to leave the room. Mr..
Gryce showed where his own thoughts
still centered by asking him the date of
the correspondence discovered between his
daughter and her unknown admirer