Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-16
Copyright, 1911, Street & Smith.)
Copyright, 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Co.
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

You have mentioned Miss Scott as the
oorAdant and the only confidant OF this
unhappy pair" said he. Would 1t be
oossibIe-can you make it possible for me
"a see herr"
II was a daring proposition: he I'M
Aers+ood this at once from the doctors
sxnression; and, fearing hasty rebuff
he proceeded to supplement his request
with a few added arguments, urged with
such unexpected address and show Of
reason that Dr. Fentons aspect visibly
softened and In the end he found himself
ready to promise that he would do what
he could to secure his visitor the in
taryieW he desired II he would come to
the house the next day at the time OF his
own morning visit.
This was as much as the young de-
tectjve could expect. and, having ex-
messed his thanks. he took his leave in
ANYTHING but a DISCONTINUED frame of
mind. With so powerful an advocate as
the doctor, he felt confident that he
should soon be able to conquer this young
girls reticence and learn all that was to
he learned from any one but Mr.. Broth
erson himself In the time which must
eapse between that happy hour and
+,a present. he would circulate and learn
ITh
manager. But he soon found that he
could not enter the Works without a
nsrnit and this he was hardly in a po-
sition TO demand; so he strolled about
,be village instead, and later wandered
AWAY into the forest
Struck by the inviting aspect of mar
row and little used road opening from
me highway shortly above the house
not
,ered. he strolled into the heart of the
srring woods It'll he came to a depres-
sion where a surprise awaited him, in
Me shape of peculiar structure rising
from its midst where 1t just fitted, or
so nearly fitted that one could hardly
walk about 1t without brushing the sur
rounding tree trunks. OF an oval shape,
with its door facing the approach, II
nestled there, a wonder to the eye and the
occasion of considerable speculation to his
Inouiring mind It had not been long
built as was shown very plainly by
the fresh appearance of the implanted
boards of which it was constructed; and
while it boasted OF q door, as I've already
said there were no evidences visible Of
any other break in the smooth, neatly
finished walls. A wooden ellipse with a
roof but no windows; such It appeared
and such it proved to be. A mystery
IN Sweetwaters eyes, and like all mys
teries interesting. For what purpose
had It been built and why this isolation7
1t was too flimsy for a reservoir and too
expensive for the wild freak of a crank.
A nearer view increased his curiosity.
In the projection OF the roof over the
curvng sides he found fresh food for in
curry AS he examined 1t in the walk
he made around the whole structure, he
came 10 a place where something like a
hinge became visible and further on an
other. The roof was not simply roof;
It was also I'D capable of being raised
for the air and light which the lack of
windows necessitated. This was an odd
discovery indeed, giving to the uncanny
structure the appearance of huge box,
the cover of which could be raised or
lowered at pleasure. And again he asked
himself for what 1t could be intended?
What enterprise, even of the great Works
could demand a secrecy so absolute that
such pains as these should be taken to
shut out all possibility Of a prying eye
Nothing in his experience supplied him
with an answer.
He was still looking up at these hinges,
with glance which took in at the same
time the nearness and extreme height of
the trees by which this sylvan mystery