Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-02
CHAPTER ".
WHITE MOTH.

Crittenden offered no objection when
Cynthia consulted his wishes with q
shyIy formal glance which for some rea-
son pleased him uncommonly. She herself
seemed ready enough to fall in with the
Red mans offer, and since they had
missed the last boat for New York a
motor ride seemed infinitely preferable
10 its only alternative, the trip by troll
ley OF elevated. ia cars crowded to the
point OF suffocatiOn with the dregs OF
Coney Islands floating population
so presently this singularly assorted
trio passed through the hotel TO the
carriage entrance
Here a staIwart person not less i'm
posingly invested in livery than in the
habit OF authority consented TO accept
OF AIr. Rhode a quarter of a dollar to-
gether with the numbered ticket for his
waiting car. and went languidly away
to sort out that particular vehicle from
what seemed little less than half a
hundred others. ell parked III a shadowy
reservation TO one side OF the carriage
drive.
Then the Inventor of Occupations
suddenly discovered his cigar magazine
10 be quite empty, and after snOrting
InEitigable disdain OF the cigarette
Crfttenden gravely offered, hurried OF
TO lay in a fresh supply Of his preferred
deadly black projectiles with brilliantly
Illustrated stoInachers.
Il wanted to ask you" Cynthia be-
Ean. the moment they were alone
and I wanted to tell you," Critten-
Gen interrupted We may not have an
other chance This man
Rhode ] know practically nothing about;
he seems 10 be a rather unusual type,
and I wouldn't advise anybody to trust
him out OF hand But Madame Savaran
is quite another proposition. / don't
know her personally, but 1 do know a
little something about her; in fact al
most everybody in New York does; she S
a-weu, an original But she'll prob
ably tell you all about herself, II you
get the Job. and there isn't time now.
There's no reason whatever
why you shouldn't engage yourself to
her. fl you want Especially since
you're in no way bound to Rhode. Don't
forget ne has done nothing but give you
advance advice of the opportunity. OF
course-thers's no question but-I-he
bas-ah ="
Crittenden's words were trailing of in
10 hopeless indifference even as his voice
zen 10 an inarticulate humble. Cynthia,
who had been listening attenuvely enough
while idly watching the arrival Of a be-
lated but evidently high-spirited motor
20 the carriage landing. turned TO look
wouderingly at her companion
she surprised him in "A state Of ut
ter CONSERVATION. stamnering 10 a full
stop. Even in the semi-dusl1 OF the We
randa the hue Of pallor replacing the
healthy color in his dark face was no.
ticeable, while tie eyes she had thought
SO kind ard pleasant were cold and star
ing. Just as the gently humorous lines
OF his mouth had hardened into a set
thin line Of lips She thought his ap-
pcarance that Of one to whom an in
eradica bic afTrOnt has suddenly been or
rered. Judging from the struggle TO re-
tain his self-command that obviously was
taking place within the man.
naturally she sought the source OF
this unpresa ged change. and with 4 WON
ans unerring instinct found it IN an
other woman-one OF the newly-arri Wins
party.
There were four OF this comparative
men in dinner clothes and two women
ali I'm white. OF these last the first "a
be helped from the body Of the car was
Just then coming up the steps OF the
vCranda.
Even though she were thought toe
lstrikiugly attired. Cynthia thought her
Tavishingly eautiful-thought so even