Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-03
.,,,,rioht. 1911, Street & smith,
lC1? ig.t 1911, by Dodd, Mead 4; Co.
ToDAY'S INSTALLMENT.


..,rstsr was disguised, and was
olt,.,,,frg in high Indignation from his
w.. Nc point when something occurred
startliug enough nature to hold him
OF VAS in a most GREATNESS eX-
p' 7,,o hole which in the darkness of the
l' ,rrss always family visible even
80 - tro light was not very strong in the
" ,..3,ino room, had suddenly become
o.att and shining lCophole, with a sug-
OI.e!. If movement in the space beyond.
h,,r, which had hid this hole on
, Nv. side had been taken down
d. -,,o hook in all those hundreds whose
NV threatened Sweetwater's schemes,
if not himself
r. an instant the thwarted detective
,,..,n,5 for the angry shout or the smoth-
a.s oatb which would naturally follow
~. 5fgcoyerv by Brotherson of this at
. ,.,s interrerence with his privacy
p,,t oil was still on his side of the wall.
n,,stIirg Of leaves could be heard, as
=, I,,.r,,to~ searched for the poem he
-,,te5 lint nothing more. In withdraw
mo the book, he had failed to notlce the
na1o in the plaster back of it. But he
Gould hardly fail to see it when he came
70 mt the book back. Meantime, sus-
rarse for SweetWater.
II v.ar several minutes before he heard
Ny grotnerson's voice again, then 1t was
IN triumphant repetition of the lines
which had escaped his memory. They
,,ore great words surely and SweetWatcr
rsve~ forgot them, an impression so forci-
Me that he was able to repeat them,
months afterward to Mr.. Gryce, did not
rrerent him from noting the tone in
which they were uttered nor the thud
which followed as the book was thrown
down unon the floor
'srooI"' The word rang out in bitter
irony from his irate neighbours lips.
"What does he know of woman Woman!
Let him court rich one and see-but
that's all over and done with. No more
barning on that string, and no more read
ing Of poetry. I'll never" The rest was
lost in his throat and was quite unintel
ligibe to the anxious listener.
Sef-revealng words. which an instant
before would have aroused Sweetwater's
deepest interest! But they had suddenly
lost all force for the unhappy listener.
The sight of that hole still shining bright
" before his eyes had distracted his
thoughts and reused his livelest appre-
tensions. If that book should be allowed
to lie where It had fallen, then he was in
for a period Of uncertainty he shrank
from contemplating. Any moment his
neghbor might look up and catch sight
Of this hole bored in the backing of the
shelves before him. Could the man who
had been guilty of submitting him to this
outrage stand the strain of waiting indeff-
nitey for the moment of discovery? He
doubted it, if the suspense lasted too long.
Shifting his position, he placed his eye
where his ear had been He could see
very little. The space before him. limited
as it was to the width of the one volume
withdrawn precluded his seeing anght
hut what lay directly before him Hap
PLY 1t was in this narrow line of vision
that Mr., Brotherson stood. He had re-
sumed work upon his model and was so
placed that while his face was not visible,
his hands were, and as Sweetwater
watched these hands and noticed the del
lcacy Of their manipulation, he was
enough Of workman to realize that work
50 fine called for an undivided attention.
lie need not fear the gaze shifting, while
those hands moved as walily as they did
now
Relieved for the moment, he left his
post and sitting down on the edge of his
cot gave himself up to thought.
iIa deserved this micbance. Had lie
pronted properly by NJ Gryce's teach
l1gs he would not have been caught like
u0Is, he would have calculated not upon
'ne nne hundred ard ninety-nine chances
o. mat book being left alone, but upon
me lhousandth one of its being the very
one TO be singled out and removed. Had
ne cone ihis-had he taken pains to so
iousaen and discolor the opening he had
mace laat it would look like an ancient
,al mole instead of showing a clean
O'Ie' he would have some answer to give