Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-21
Copyright, 1911, Street & Smith,
Copyright, 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Co.
TODAY'S INsTALLMENT.

TO-DAY s INSTALLMENT.
Excuse me. / had rather not. / am
aware that they were bitter and should
be the cause Of great regret. was angry
when | wrote them.
THAT is evident But the cause Of
your anger is not so clear, Mr.. Brother
son Miss Chaloner was a woman Of
lofty character. or such was the univer-
sal opinion Of her friends What could
she nave done TO a gentleman like your
self to draw forth such TRADE
You ask that"
II am obliged 20. There is mystery
surrounding her death-the kind of mys-
terry which demands perfect frankness on
the part Of all who were near her on that
evening. or whose relations to her were
in amy way peculiar You acknowledge
that your friendship was OF such a guard
ed nature THAI # surprised you greatly
TO hear il recognized. Yet you could
write ner "a letter of this nature Why?
Because" the word came giibly; but
the next one was long in following Be
cause" he repeated. letting the fire Of
some strong feeling disturb for moment
his dignifCd reserve, II offered myself 10
Miss Challoner. and she dismissed me
with great disdain,
All, and SO YOU thought threat was
due ner?''
"A threato"
These words contain threat 90 they
not7'
They may 4 was hardly master Of
myself al the time I may have eX-
pressed myself in an unfortunate man
ner.
Read the words, Mr. Brotherson. /
really must insist that YOU do so"
There was no hesitancy now. Rising
he leaned over the table and read the
few words the other had spread out for
his perussI. Then ne slowly rose to his
fun height. as. he answered. with some
slight display Of conjunction:
u remember it perfectly now II is
not a letter 20 be proud Of 7 hope"
pray finish, Mr. Brotherson."
That you are not seeking to establish
a connection between this letter and her
violent DEATH"
Letters of this sort are often very
m4schevous, Mr. Brothersou. The harsh
ness with which this is written might
easily arouse emotions Of d most un-
happy nature in the breast OF a woman
as sensitive as Miss Chaloner'
Pardon me, Or. Heath; can moi fiat
ter myself so far You overrate my in
fiuence with the lady you name
You believe, then, that she was sin
eere in her rejection of your addresses
4 start, too slight to be noted by any
one but the watChful Sweetwater, showed
that this question had gone home. But
the self poise ana mentral control of this
man were perfect. and in an instant he
was facing the coroner again, with a
dignity which gave no clew to the dis
turbance into which his thought had Just
been thrown. Nor was this disturbance
apparent in his tones when he made his
reply.
~ have never allowed myself TO thinl,
otherwise. 1 have seen no reason why /
should. The suggestion You would convey
by such a question is hardly welcome,
now. ! pray You to be careful in your
judgment OF such a woman's impulses.
They often spring from sources not to
be sounded even by her dearest friends.
lust. but how cold, DIT Heath, eve
ing him with admiration rather than
sympathy. hesitdted now 90 proceed. while
Swettwatcr, pceruS up from mis- papers,
Sought 'u vain for some eNiGyuD, Of The
bereaved lover in the impressive but
wholly dispassionate figure Of hnu who
had just spoken. Had pride got the bet
ter of his heart or had that organ al
ways been subordinate to the win in
this man of Instincts $50 VARYING that at
one time ne impressed YOU simply as a
typical gentleman of leisure. al another
as no more thau a fiery agitator with
powers absorbed by. If not limited to the
cause NE Advocated, ana again-and this
seemed d.y most contradictory of all
Just the arG,Nt inventor Twins in a tene.
meur with Science for his goddess aud
Work ALWAYS urutT his hand" As the