Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-15
Copyright, 1911, Street &, Smith.l
copyright 1911, by Dodd, Mead g. Coz
TO-DAY S INsTALLMENT,

"You have mentioned Miss Scott as the
confident and the only Confidant OF this
unhappy pair" said he Would 1t be
possible-can you make it possible for me
to see herr"
1t was q daring proposition: ne I'M
derstood this at once nom the doctor
expression and, fearing a hasty rebufr,
be proceeded to supplement his request
with a few added arguments. urged with
such unexpected address and show OF
reason that DIT. Fenton's aspect Visloly
softened and IN the end he found himself
ready to promise that he would DO what
he could to secure his visitor the IN
terview 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-
tective could expect, and. having ex-
pressed his thanks, he took his leave IN
anything but a disconnected frame OF
mind. With so powerful an advocate as
the doctor. he felt confident that he
should soon be able 10 conquer this young
girls reticence and learn all that was to
be learned from any one but MIR. Broth
erson himself In the time which must
elapse between that happy hour and
the present, ne would circulate and learn
what he could about the prospective
manager But he soon found that he
could not enter the Works without a
permit and this he was hardly in po-
sition to demand, so he srolled about
the village instead, and later wandered
away into the forest
Struck by the inviting aspect Of a mar
row and little used road opening from
the highway shortly above the house
where his interests were just then cen
tered. he strolled into the heart of the
spring woods ill he came to q depres-
sion where n surprise awaited him, IN
the shape Of a peculiar structure rising
from its midst where 1t lust fitted, or
so nearly fitted that one could hardly
walk about II without brushing the sur
rounding tree trunks OF an oval shape,
with rs door facing the approach, IT
nestled there, a wonder to the eve and the
occasion OF considerable speculation to his
fnouiring mind It had not been long
built as was shown very plainly by
the fresh appearance OF the implanted
boards OF which 1t was constructed and
while 1t boosted of 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. mystery
to Sweetwater's eyes, and, like all mys-
teries. interesting. For what purpose
had II been built and why this isolation?
II was too fiimsy for q reservoir and too
expensive for the wild freak of a crank.
A nearer view increased his curiosity.
In tho projection Of the roof over the
ourving sides he found fresh food for in
aufry AS he examined 1t In the walk
he made around the whole structure, he
came to place where something like a
hinge becsme Visible and further on an
other The roof was not simply a roof;
II WAS also nd Capable Of being raised
for the air and light which the lack OF
windows necessttated This was an odd
discovery indeed, giving TO the uncanny
structure the appearance of a huge box,
the cover OF which could be raised or
lowered at pleasure And again he asked
himself for what II could be intended ?
What enterprise, even OF the great Works.
could demand secrecy so absolute that
such pains these should be taken 70
shut out all possibility of prying eye.
Nothing in his experience supplied him
with an answer.
He was stil looking up at these hinges,
with a glance which took In at the same
time the nearnesS and extreme height OF
the trees by which this sylvan mystery