Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

WdS Aeelihe IounO Ed1th harrington.
There was noise of the rushing of many
vaguely, vet distinctly. as one sees OBJ
jects through an inverted opera glass.
Betty, you are not playing with me?
Is this your revenge?"
| Illogically enough her sisters agita-
ton helped to calm Bettys own
| Dear it is the awful truth" she said
| He's herein your boudoir-theres no
time to lose. See him and get rid of
him-Tony may come back at any mo-
ment
Mechanically Edith moved slowly to-
ward the door Betty held open for her
Darling be brave" the girl whispered
With her hand pressed against her
breast, she watched the graceful figure
| in its clinging draperies pass out of the
room and through the beautiful hall
which seemed to serve as an ironic
comment on the deceitfulness of riches.
Beautiful. exquisitely clad. surrounded
by all that taste and money could pro-
cure, there was no more wretched or
terrified woman in the whole of London's
grim population than Edith Darlington
at that moment
Upstairs outside her boudor door.
Edith Darlington paused: the shrill
r, ~
a moment she paused outside the door.
sick at heart, half blind with a return
of the faintuess that had assaulted her in
the library. Then. with the courage of
despair, she opened the door and went in.
The interview.
At her entrance man rose from the
piano where he had been striking a Sc
ries of excruciating chords
do
beyond my poor skill he said with a
| bow
Edith stared at him Then the voice
betrayed itself
Madam" she demanded. hoarsely.
what do you WANT"
Hush Levasseur raised a deprecat-
ing hand. do YOU mind making fast
that door before we begin our converse
ton am presuming, of course, that
you wish 1t to remain private"
Mrs Darlington, with loathing in her
eyes, turned toward the door. but he
was before her
! Permit me- He bowed politely as he
turned the key and sloned 1t in his
pocket Now he contt,~.od. suavelv.
we are free from unnecessary Interrupt
ton have taken the liberty. YOU OBJ
! serve. Of ascertaining that there was no
other mode of entrance. I trust YOU will
! forgive the intrusion into your other
apartments
He made a little gesture towards the
door that led to her bed room The suite
of rooms consisted of a sitting room. q
bed room and a dressing room comuni-
eating with Anthony Barringtons room
That door was locked she had locked 1t
( herself last night They were free of in
terruption, certainly-but for how long?
At any moment Anthony might return.
and when he returned Her imagin-
alton showed the house surrounded by
force of police: disaster was upon her and
she knew it-yet only as a woman tied
and bound by the chains OF nightmare
might have done without power 10 move
or cry out. or save herself
He sat down near her and leaned for
ward a smile on his face Maddened I'M
der his scrutiny, she found her voice.
a Frantic Appeal
How dare you come here" she said.
weakly
The man shrugged his shoulders
you never had much regard for the
amenities CT life my dear Edith. real.
" tactful woman would have begun wit
SOME wel-turned compliment upon my
success in evading
she made a quick, fierce exclamation Of
disgust. but he interrupted her with a
swift movement of his hand smiling a
her still with that look she could not UNI
derstand, which yet in spite Of herself.
moved her to appeal TO him.
Edmond. if you have no mercy on
yourself and think of what the conse-
quences of discovery to Yourself mean
for the sake of my child have mercy on
me"
The man rose abruptly. ignoring her
appeal
You do well to say it is madness
brought me here, he said. II don't know
what it is about you, Edith, but the very
sight of YOU stirs up fend in me. Ten
minutes ago with Betty. | felt like an
angel now. for two straws I'd go down
stairs and give my name and history to
your butler
She stared at him in stupefed surprise,
vet something in his words helped TO
steady her nerves little
Did you, may one ask, adopt that sin
gularly unbecoming costume, run no in
consdera BILE risk, and force yourself into
this house merely to tell me what
know-thst YOU i1aSe me-" she asked, and
her tone matched his own in insolence
He did not answer for a moment.
81 am a fool" he said at last ANY
man with an ounce of sense in his com
position, coming to woman TO ask what
I am going TO ask, would have had the
common decency to at least veil his feel
ings. Yet 7 blurt out the truth. and place
myself a your mercy at the same time.
Edith I'm done, admit it. At this
moment my life is as completely in your
hands as was the life of sisers in the
hands of Jsel
What ran I dOp"
The Rack.
And they talk Of womens witt he
groahed Then. Edith. I've treated you
abominaly now ! ask you to show the
spark of the divine which exists, So they
say, in every woman towards the man
she first loved. MY dear'-he laid one
soft. warm hand on hers. and she uuiv-
ered-"we can't get away from that
was the first man And Barrington-for
all his virtue, ability and worth-it's
rough on him that years and years agone
those grim old sisters should have woven
1t into their pattern that he was to play
second fiddle
He smiled into her eyes and Mrs. Bar
rington drew away her hand suddenly,
with 2 little sound OF pain and fear
Continued Tomorrow.