Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-23
Initials Only" y By Anna katherine Creme
A Thrilling Mystery Story 9 Moden Times

paradise Away. then, Image Of light
Let the faculties thou hast dszed act
again. There is more than Fates caprice
in Challoner's interest in a man he never
saw Ghosts Of old memories rise and de-
mand hearing Facts, trivial and
commonplace enough to have been
lost In Oblivion with the day
which gave them birth. throng aga IN from
the past, proving that nought dies with
out "A possibility Of resurrection. Their
power over this broodng man is shown
by the force with which his fingers crush
against his bowed forehead. Oswald and
Challonerl Had he found the connecting
INK? Had il been-could it have been
Edith? The preposterous is sometimes
true, could II be true in this case:
He recalled the letters read to him as
hers In that room Of his in Brooklyn lie
had hardly noted them then. he was so
sure OF their being forgeries gotten up
by the police to mislead him. Could they
have been real. the illusions Of her mind,
the brea things of her heart, directed to
an actual o. b., and that o. B., his
brother? They had not been meant for
him He had read enough of the mawkish
lines TO be sure of that. None OF the al
lusions fitted in with the facts Of their
mutual intercourse But they might with
those Of another man; they might with
the possible acts and affections Of Oswald
whose temperament was wholly different
( from his and who might have loved her,
should it ever he shown that they had
met ana known each other. And this
was not an impossibiity oswald had
been East, Oswald had even been in the
Berkshires before himself oswald
Why II was Oswald who had suggested
1 that he should go there-go where she
still was Why this second coincidence,
if there were no tie the Challoners and
oswald were as far apart as they seemed
and as conventlonalities would naturally
place them. oswald was a sentimental
list, but very reserved about his senti-
mentalities. II these suppostlon were
true, he had had sentmentalists mo-
tive for what he did. AS Orlando realized
this, he rose from his seat, aghast ct the
possibilities confronting him from this
line Of thought. Should he contemplate
them? Risk his reason by dwelling on
superstition which might have no founda-
ton in fact? No. His brain was too full
his purposes too important for any un-
necessary strain 10 be put upon his facul-
ties No thinking investigation first
Mr. Challoner should be able to settle this
question. He would see him, Even at
this late hour he ought to be able to find
him IN one OF the rooms below; and, by
the force of an irresistible demand learn
in moment whether he had to do with
a mere chmera of his own overwrought
fancy. or with fact which would call
into play all the resources of an hitherto
unconquered and undaunted nature
There was a od-fire burning in the
sitting room that night, and around Ii was
grouped a number of men with their
papers and pipes Mr. Brotherson. enter
ing ma turally looked that way for the
man he was in search Of. and was disap
pointed not 10 find him there; but on
casting his glances elsewhere. he was re-
ieved to sec him standing in one Of the
windows overlooking the street. His back
was to the room and he seemed to be lost
in fit of abstraction
AS Orlando crossed to him, he d.time
to observe how much whittier was this
mans head than in the last Interview he
had held with him in the coroner's office
in New York But this evidence of grief
in one with whom he had little, if any
thing. in common, neither touched his
feelings nor deferred mis- step. The awak-
ening of his heart to now and profound
emotions had not softened him toward the
sufferings Of others if those others stood
without the pale he had previously raised
as the legitimate boundary of Just man 9
sympathies,
He was. as | have SAID, an eXtraordi-
nary specimen of manly vigor in body and
in mind and his presence in any com
pany always attracted attention and
reused il It never satisfied curiously
Conversation accordingly ceased as he
strobe up to Mr. Challoners side. so that
his words were quite audible as he ad-
dressed that gentleman with a somewhat
curt
You see me again, Mr., Challoner.
May l beg of you few minutes further
conversation will not detain you
long.
The grey head turned. and the many
eyes watching showed surprise al the ex-
preston OF dislike and repulsiOn with
which this New York gentleman met the
request thus emphatcally urged. But his
answer was courteous enough. II Mr.
Brotherson knew a place where they
would be left undisturbed he would lis
ten to him II he would be very brief,
. To Be Continued in Next Isaus.