Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-20
TODAY IS INSTALLMENT.

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excuse me. / had rather not. | am
aware that they were bitter and should
he the cause of great regret. was angry
when I wrote them
"That is evident. But the cause OF
vour anger is not so clear, Mr., Brother
con Miss Challoner was a woman of
Ioftv character or such was the univer-
cal opinion of her friends What could
She have done to a gentleman like your
self TO draw forth such a trade"
"You ask that?"
81 am obliged to- There is mystery
surrounding her death-the kind of mys
tory which demands perfect frankness on
the part of all who were near her on that
evening. or whose relations to her were
in any way peculiar You acknowledge
that YOUR friendship was Of such a guard
ed nature that it surprised YOU greatly
ia hear it recognized. Yet you could
write her letter of this nature. Why"
because the word came glibly: bat
The next one was long in following. Be
cause" he repeated, letting the fire OF
some strong feeling disturb for a moment
his dignfffed reserve. 81 offered myself TO
Miss ChaHoner, and she dismissed me
with great disdain.'
All. and so you thought threat was
due herr"
IS threat?"
These words contain q threat, do they
not"
"They may. was hardly master of
myself at the time. | may have eX-
pressed myself in an unfortunate man
rer."
Read the words, Mr. Brotherson. !
really must insist that You do So.
There was no hestancy now. Rising,
he leaned over the table and read the
few words the other had spread out for
his perusal. Then he slowly rose to his
full height, as he ANSWERED, with some
slight display of conjunction:
- remember it perfectly now 1t is
not letter to be proud of hope"
pray finish, Mr.. Brotherson."
That you are not seeking to establish
connection between this letter and her
violent death?"
Letters of this sort are often very
mischievous, Mr.. Brotherson. The harsh
ness with which this is written might
easily arouse emotions OF a most un-
happy nature in the breast of d woman
as sensitive as Miss Challoner."
Pardon me, DR.. Heath; I can not fat
ter myself so far. You oyerrate my in
fuence with the lady you name"
cere in her rejection of your addresses .
start, too slight to be noted by any
one but the watchful Sweetwater, showed
that this question had gone home. But
the self-pose and mentral control of this
man were perfect and in an instant he
was facing the coroner again, with
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:
Il have never allowed myself to think
otherwise. I have seen no reason why
should, The suggestion you would convey
by such a question is hardly welcome,
row. l pray you to be careful in your
judgment of such u womans impulses.
They often spring from sources not to
be sounded even by her dearest friends"
Just; but how cold! DR. Heath, eye
ing him with admiration rather than
sympathy, hesitated how to proceed; while
Sweetwater, peering up from his papers,
sought in vain for some evidence of the
bereaved lover in the impressive but
wholly dispassionate figure Of him VINO
had just spoken. Had pride got the bet
Ter Of his heart? or had that organ al
ways been subordinate to the will in
u,ls man Of instincts so varying that at
one time he impressed you simply as a
typical gentleman of leisure, at another
as no more than fiery agitator with
81 powers absorbed by, if not limited to the
Suse he advocated; and again-and this
femed the most contradictory Of all
aust the ardent inventor, living in a tene-
(ment, with Science for his goddess and
! work always under his hand? As the
Young detective weighed these POSSIBLE
les and marveled over the contradictions
lhey offered, he forgot the papers now ly-
zig quit under his hand. He was too
Interested to remember his own part
something which could not often be said
Of Sweetwater
Meantime, the coroner had collected
jas thoughts. With an apology for the
extremely personal nature of his inquiry,
ne asked Mr., Brotherson if he would OBJ
yeet to giving him some further details
t, his acquaintanceshp with Miss Chal-
I0her where he first met her and under
"Aal circumstances their friendship had
Gyeoped
NOT al all was the ready reply. 81
nave nothing TO conceal in the matter |
o'ly wish that her father was present