Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-05

ture mat you ca not AFFORD me the priv
ilege Of sharing it as yet with others. why
not spare me untn you can? | have gone
through much, Mr.. Brotherson.'
You have" came in steady assent as
the man thus addressed stepped to the
door he had indicated and quietly closed
H. But" he continued, as he crossed
back to his former position. would It be
easier fer you to go through the night
now in anticipation of what / have to
reveal than TO hear II at once from my
lips while am in teh mood TO speak"
The answer was slow in coming. The
courage which had upheld this rapidly
aging man through so many trying in
tervlews seemed inadequate for the test
put so cruelty upon H. He faltered and
sank heavily into a chair. while the stern
man watching him gave no signs of re-
sponsive sympathy or even interest only
a patient and icy-tempered resolve.
- can not live in uncertainty" such
were finally Mr.. Challoner's words. What
you have to say concerns Edith The
pause he made was indnitesimal in length,
but 1t was long enough for a quick dis
clalIner. But no such disclaimer came.
y VIII hear it, came in reluctant finish,
Mr. Brotherson took step forward.
Ills manner was cold as the heart
which lay Ike a stone in his bosom.
'Will You pardon me II | ask you to
risc'' said he. II have my weaknesses
too lie gave no sign of them -
can not speak down from such a height
TO the man am bound to hurt
As if answering to the constrain OF a
will quite outside his own. Mr.. Chal-
Toner rose, Their heads were now more
nearly ON a level and Mr. Brotherson's
voice remained low as he proceeded with
quiet intensity;
There has been time and it may
exist yet, God knows'-wAen you thought
me IN some unknown and secret way the
murderer of your daughter. do not
quarrel with the suspicion; it vas iusti-
fed. Mr. Challoner. / did kill your daugh-
ter, and with this hand / can no longer
deny IT,"
The wretched father swayed. following
the gesture Of the hand thus held out;
but he did not fall, nor did sound leave
his lips
Brotherson went coldly on:
81 did il because | regarded her treat
ment OF my suit as lnsolent / have no
mercy for any such display of intol-
GRANGE on the part Of the rich and the
fortunate. | hated her for It; hated her
class, herself and all she stood for To
strike the dealer of such a hurt | felt
to be my right. Though a man of
small beginnings and Of a stock which
such as YOU call common, / have a pride
which few of your blood can equal Il
could not work, or sleep or eat with such
a sting IN my breast as she had planted
there To rid myself OF IT, / determined
to Kill her, and ! did. How? oh. that
was easy though it has proved a great
stumbling block to the detectives. as |
an ordinary bullet MY charge was a
small tclcle made deliberately for the
purpose, 1t had strength enough to pene-
trate, but it left no trace behind II. A
bullet OF ice for heart OF ice, | had said
in the torment of my rage. But the word
was without knowledge, MIR, Challoner |
see it now; have seen It for two whole
weeks did not misjudge her condemna-
ton OF me, but | misjudged its cause
1t was not to the comparatively poor.
comparatively obscure man she sought to
show contempt, but to the brother of
Oswald whose claims she saw insulted
woman | should have respected, not
killed \ woman of no pride of station;
woman who loved man not only of my
own class, but of my own blood--a won-
an to aVenge whose unmerited death |
Sland here before you a self condemned
L,
Toner. That is the way | look at things
Though no sentimentalst, and dead to
all beliefs save the eternal truths of
science, have that in me which win not
ct me profit, now that | know myself
unworthy, by the great success | have
earned Hence this confession Mr. Chal.
Toner II has not come easily, nor do
shut my eyes In the least to the
results which must follow. But | can
not do differently. Tomorrow. YOU may
telegraph TO New York Till then | de-
sire to be left undisturbed have many
things to dispose of in the interim"
Mr. Challoner very white by now.
pointed to the door before he sank again
into his chair, Brotherson took It for
dismissal and stepped slowly back. Then
their eyes met again and Mr.. Challoner
spoke his first word:
There was another-a poor woman
she died suddenly-and her wound was |
not unlike that inflicted upon Edith Did |
Nou-"
II did" The answer came without |
tremor You may say and so may |
others that | was less justified in this at
tack than in the other but do not see
1t that way theory does not always
work in practice ! wished to test the
woman | saw before me across the court
was hard working and with nothing In
life "a look forward to. so"
\ cry OF bitter execration from MI.
Challoner cut him short Turning with a
shrug he was about to lift his hand to
the door when he gave a violent start
and fell hastily back before a quickly en-
tering figure OF such passion and fury as
neither OF these men had ever seen be-
fore
Il was Oswald, oswald the kindly,
oswald the lover Of men and the adorer
OF women oswald, with the words OF the
dastardly confession he had partly over
heard soaring hot within his brain! Os-
valid, raised in a moment from the de-
spending invalid to a terrifying minis
trant Of retributive Justice
Orlando could scarcely raise his hand
before the others was upon his throat
Murderer doubly-dy murderer of |
innocent women" was Kissed in the
strong mans ears. Not with the law
bat with me YOU must reckon. and may |
God in the spirit of my mother nerve my |
arm!'