Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
Initials Only" g By Anna katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story Of Mod4m Times

| that he might listen to the recital of my,
mountaineering with his daughter He
might possibly understand her better and
regard with more lenency the presumn-
uon into which | was led by my fg-
norance of the pride inherent in great
families.
Your wish can very easily be graft
hed' returned the official, pressing an
electric button on his desk Mr.. Chal-
Toner is in the adjoining room" Then,
as the door communicating with the room
he had mentioned swung atar and stood
so, DR.. Heath added without apparent
consciousness of the dramatic character of
TINS episode. You will not need to raise
your voice beyond its natural pitch He
can hear perfectly from where he sits
Ihank YOU. | am glad to speak in
ms presence, came in undisturbed self
possession from this not easily surprised
witness ! shall relate the facts exactly
as they occurred, adding nothing and con-
cealing nothing. If | mistook NV posi-
| ton, or Miss Chaloner's position. il Is
not for me to apologize. | never hid nv
business from her. nor the moderate ex-
| tent of my fortune. If she knew me at
all she knew me for what | am; a man
| OF the people who gories in work and
who has risen by it to Il position some
what unique in this city / feel no lack
of equality even with such a woman as
Miss Challoner"
| A most unnecessary preamble. no doubt.
ana OF doubtful efficacy in smoothing his
way to correct understanding with the
| deeply bereaved father. But he looked
! so handsome as he thus asserted him
self and made so much of his inches and
the noble poise of his head-though. cold
Of eye and always cold of manner-that
! those who saw, as well as heard him. for
gave this display of egotsm in consid-
Grafton Of its honesty and the dignity it
impaired to his person.
! Il first met Miss Challoner in the Berk-
shlres, he began, after a moment of
quiet listening for any possible sound
from the other room. Il had been or the
tramp, and had stopped at one of the
great hotels for a seven days rest |
| VIII acknowledge that | chose this spot
| at the instigatione of d relative who knew
my tastes and now perfectly they might
| be gratlfled there. That | should mingle
with the guests may not have been in his
| thought any more than it was in mine at
the beginning of my stay The panorama
Of beauty spread out before me on every
side was sufficient in itself for my enjoy
| ment and might have continued so to the
end if my attention had not been very
| torclbiy drawn on one memorable morn
ing to young ladY-Mi Challoner-by
| the very earnest look she gave me as /
was crossing the office from one veranda
/ to another. | must insist on this look
! even if it shock the delicacy of my lis
teners for without the interest ii awak-
ened in me, ! might not have noticed
the blush with which she turned aside TO
| join her friends on the veranda 1t was
| an overwhelming blush which could NOT
| have sprung from any slight embarrass-
| ment and, though / hate the preten-
! Sions of those cyclists who see in a
woman's smile more than il by right con-
Vels / could not help being moved by this
display of feeling IN 'One so gifted with
eevry grace and attribute of the perfect
woman With less caution than | usually
display, ] approached the desk where she
had been standing and, meeting the eyes
of the clerk, asked the young lady 5
name. He gave it, and waited for me
! to express the surprise he expected it to
evoke. But ! felt none and showed none.
| Other feelings seized me. ! had heard
| of this gracious woman from many
sources, in my life among the suffering
/ masses of New York, and now that / had
seen her and found her to be not only my
ideal of personal loveliness but seemingly
/ approachabe and not uninterested in my
| self, | allowed my fancy to soar and my
| heart to become touched. A fact which
| the clerk now cOnfided to me naturally
| deepened the impression. Miss ChalloneT
had seen my name in the guest book and
asked to have me pointed out to her.
| Perhaps she had heard my name spoken
in the same quarter where | had heard
hers We have never exchanged conf
! denCeS on the subject, and | can not say.
| | can only give you my reason for the
| interest | felt in Miss ChallOner and why
| | forgot, in the glamour of this episode,
| the aims and purposes of not unambi-
| tiouS life and the distance which the
| world and the so-called aristocratic class
| put between woman of her wealth and
standing and a simple worker like myself.
! 81 must be pardOned. She had smiled
! upon me once, and she smiled again.
| DAYS before we were formally presented,
| | caught her Softened look turned my
way. as we passed each other in hall or
| corridor. We were friends, or so it APP
| peared to me, before ever d word passed
| between us. and when fortune favored us
| and we were duly introduced. our minds
met in strange sympathy which made
this one interview memorable one to
| me. Unhappily as ! then considered 1t,
! our converse ton. interrupted frequently
| by passing acquaintance, was never re-
sumed. | exchanged a few words with
her by way of gOOd-by but nothing more.
| | came to New York, and she remained
in LenoX. A month after and she too
came to New York.
To Be Continued in Next Isaue