Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-30
Initials OnIy" Y By Anna katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story Of Nfodevn Times

cutting off the greater portion of the lily
lit interior TO offer you my services.
Mr. Brotherson. have no other motive
for this intrusion than to be of use. l am
deeply Interested in your invention. to
the development Of which have already
you propose sympathetic help which you
could hardly find in any other person liv-
! ing"
J The silence which settled down at the
completion Of these words had weight
which made that of the previous moment
seem light and all athrob with sound.
| The man within had not yet caught his
! breath; the man without held his, in an
anxiety which had little to do with the
direction of the weapon, into which he
| looked Then an owl hooted far away in
the forest and Orlando, slowly lowering
his arm, asked in an oddly constrained
tone.
How long have you been In town."
The answer cut clean through any lin
gering hope he may have had.
i-NVi SlIlCe the gay your brother was
told the story OF his great misfortune"
"Ah! stin a your old tricks! 1 thought
you had quit that business as unproft
able"
don't know. | never expect quick re-
turns He who holds on for a rise some
times reaps unlooked-for profits"
The arm and fist of Orlando Brotherson
ached to hurl this fellow back into the
heart of the midnight woods
But they remained qulescent and he
spoke instead:
1 have buried the business. You will
never resuscitate it through me"
Sweetwater smiled. There was no mirth
III ms smile though there was lightness
IN ms tone as he said:
men let us go back to the matter in
| hand. You need helper; where are YOU
going to find one if you don't take meq,
a groWl from Brotherson's set Inns
Never had he looked more dangerous than
| IN the one burning instant following this
caring repetition of the detectives out
rageous request. But as he noted how
Slght was the figure opposing him from
the other side Of the threshold he was
s"ayed by his natural admiration of pluck
III lhe physically weak, and lost his
threatening attitude, only to assume one
"hlch sweetwater secretly found It even
harder to meet
GU are fool, was the singing re-
mark he heard flung at him. DO Won
want to play the police officer here and
arrest me in mid air?''
MT brotherson, YOU understand me as
niue as | am supposed to understand Won
rumble as my place is in society and. |
may add IN the department whose inter-
estS serve, there are in me two men
one YOU know passably well-the detec
tive whose methods, only indifferent1y
clever show that he has very mucb 70
learn. OF the other-the workman ac-
qualnted with hammer and saw. but with
some knowledge too Of higher mathe-
mates and the principles upon which
great mechanical inventions depend. Won
KNOW little. and must imagine much I
was Playing the gawky when | helped
you IN the old house in Brooklyn | was
interested in your alrship-Oh, l recog-
| hlzed IT for what it was. Notwithstanding
! us oddltN and lack of ostensible means
FOR hying-but l was not caught in the
Whirl of its idea; the idea by which Won
doubtless expect, and with very good rea
son too, to revolutionize the science of
aviation. But since then I've been think
ing 1t over. and am so filled with your
own hopes that either | must have a hand
IN the finishing and sailing of the one
You nave yourself constructed. or 60 to
work myself on the hints you have I'M
consciously given me, and make a car of
my own"
Audacity often succeeds where subtlier
means fail Orlando with a curious twist
of his strong lip took hold of the detec-
ives arm and drew him in. shutting and
locking the door carefully behind him.
Now said he, you shall tell me what
you think you have discovered. to make
any IDEAS of your own available in the
manufacture of a superior self propelling
airship."
To Be Continued in Next Issue.