Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-28
Initials Only = By Anna Katherine Green Green
A 1h'thtHg Mystery Story of Nofe,u Tymee
Copyright, 1911, Street & Sinith.)
ronyrlght, 1911, by Dodd, Mead < Coz
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

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off is lrue Other men nave followed
,nst such unworthy impulses-and been
ashamed and sorry afterwards was
r,y and | was ashamed, and as soon as
mi, first anger was over went to tell her
co But she mistook my purpose and
And what?
orlando hesitated. Even his iron nature
,..rrbled before the misery he saw-a
misery he was destined TO augment ra tn
man soothe With pains altogether out
,e loeping with his character. he sought
The. rscesses of his darkened mind for
words less bitter and less abrupt than
,r,se which sprang invountarily to his
Inns But be did not find them Though
a. cilicd his brother and wished to show
,raf he did nothing but the stern Ian
,.l2gc suitable to the stern fact he wished
n, Ymuart would leave his lips
and ended the pitiful struggle of the
,..menr with one quick. unprecedented
biov. was what he said There Is no
,arer explanation possible for this act
oswald Bitter as 1t is for me to ac-
knowledge it, am thus far guilty of this
beloved womans death. But as God
hears noe. from the moment | first saw
her. TO ne moment | saw her last | did
moi know. nor did l for moment dream
that SHE was anything to you or to any
other man OF my stamp and station
thought she despised my country birth.
nv mechanical attempts, my lack Of aris-
t.cratic pretensons and traditions
"Edith?"
Sow that know she had other Iea
SONS for her contempt-that the words
Size wrote We're in rebuke to the brother
rather than TO the man, ! feel my guilt
and deplord nay anger | can not say
more. should but insult your grief by
any lengthy expressions of regret and
sorroW.'
eroan OF intolerable anguish from the
sick mans lips and then the quick thrust
Of his reawakened intelligence rising SUI
rerior to the overthrow Of all his hopes.
For Il woman of Ediths principle tc
seek death in a moment of desperation
lie proyocation must have been very
-7oat TEL me il Pm to, hate YOU through
Nfa-lea through all eternity-or if I must
sock n some unimaginable failure of my
own character or conduct the cause OF
her utu}erable despair
"Oswaid"' The tone was controlling
and yet that Of one strong man to all
otner is il for us TO read TIC heart OF
any woman, least of all of woman of her
rUSCcDJDlltleS ana Keen inner ne Inc
wish To end all comes to some natures
like a lightning flash from a clear sky. il
comes, it goes. often without leaving q
sign. But if a weapon chances to be neal
deere II was in hand)-then death fol-
lows the impulse which. given an instant
Of thought, would have vanished in q
back sweep of other emotions. Chance
was the real accessory to this death
by suicide. oswald, let US realize ii as
such and accept our sorrow as a mutual
burden ana turn TO what remains to us
of life and labor Work is griefs only
consolation. Then let us work.
But Of AL his oswald had caught but
The one worG.
Chance" ha repeated. Orlando be-
Heve in Gcd."
Then seek your comfort there 1 tind
it in harnessing the winds in forcing the
powers If nature to do my bidding
The other did not speak. and the ST.
'eaee grew heavy. 1t was broken. when il
WIS broken, by a cry from OSWALD:
No more" said he. mo more" Then
IN yearning accent, Send Doris to me
Orlando started. This name coming 81
close upon that word Comfort produced d
strange effect upon him. But another
look at oswald and he was ready 10 dc
his bidding. The bitter ordeal was over
let him have his solace if it was in heI
power 10 give ii to him.
Orlando. upon leaving his brothers
room. did not stop to deliver that broth
"rs message directly to Doris: he left
ms for Truda to do, and retired tmme-
diatclN TO his hangar in the woods. Lock
hs himself in. he Slightly raised the root
ana then sat down before the car which
was rapidly taking on shape and assum-
ing That individuality and appearance OF
NHnuen' life which hitherto he had only
seen in dreams. But his eye which had
never failed 70 llindle at this sight be
lore Shone duly in the semi gloom. The
alr car could wait; he would first have
t'' hour in this solitude of his own max
ms The gaze he dreaded, the words
rom which he shrank could not penetrate
here. He might even shout her name
aloud, ana only these windowless walls
would respond He was alone with his
past, his present and his future.
None.
uajse when the precipice yawns before
Inn The gulf can be spanned: he feels
himself forceful enough for that: but his
eyes must take their measurement of il
hrst; he must know its depths and posi-
o.e dangers. Only fool would ignore
.hese sleeps of Jagged rock, and he was
h" tool, only 4 man to whom the uneX-
p''led had happened, d man who ha,
seen his way clear to the horizon anc
"th had come up against this. Love
-,ur-e-ns