Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
Initials Only = By Anna Katherine Green
4 Ihr1lltng Myste,y Story of Moderu Timer

Inc words were plain enough, but the
stricken listener did not take tber, IN
They carried no meaning 10 him How
should they? The very idea she sought
10 impress upon him by this seemingly
careless allusion was an incredible one.
one found It her dreadful task 70 taI,
MIN the hard, bare truth.
our brother" said she. was de-
So'ed TO Miss Chaloner, too. He even
"~n'eu 10 marry her. l can not keen
oacN this fact 1t is known everywhere.
"iio oy eVerybodyNbut you"
Oflando?" His lips took an iron,c.,
curve as he uttered the word. This vas
" ..,t Souls glrls imaginative fancy to him.
why orlando never knew her. nevsr
saw her, never"
He met her at Lenox"
name produced its effect. He
s'Sred' made an effort to think. ren.atad
over 10 himself; then suddenly los,
30 A1oio hpoh the idea which that word
oussesteo' struggled again for II sa,za6
out: anu shouteo
AeS' yes. l remember. | sent HIM
again. ii'iio pialk
Ioor Doris, frightened to her very sori
looked olindly about for help: but she aid
iiot quit his side; she did not dare "a
ior ms lips had reopened; the continuity
oi ms thoughts had returned: he was CO.
/ ing to speak. "e WIS 81
sent him there The words
came IN sort of shout. 'I was
80 hungry to hear of her and 7
.hought he might mention her in his LET.
eer' insane. insane! He saw her and
w nat s mat You said about his loving berp
tie couldn have loved her: he's not Of
'ne loving sort. They've deceiyed Won
WIN strange tales. They've deoeived tho
"hole world with fancies and mad dreams
f1e may have admired her, but loved her
no or II he had, he would have respect
ed my claims
he did not know them"
laugh; laugh which paied Doris
oheeA' men his tones grew even again
memory came back and he muttered
family %
That is true l said nothing to him.
ne mao the right to court her-and he
uiu, you say; wrote to her; imposed him
sell upon her, drove her mad with i'm
poftuhitles she was forced to rebuke; and
ana What else? There is something
else. Tell me; will know It ALL"
He was standing now, his feebleness all
gone passion in every lineament and his
eye alive and feverish. with emotion
Tell me-" he repeated with unrestrained
vehemence. Tell me all. XIII me with
sorrow but save me from being unjust"
He wrote her letter; it frightened
her. He followed 1t up by visit"
Doris paused; the sentence hung sus-
pended. She had heard q step-a hand on
the door.
Orlando had entered the room.
Alone.
Oswald had heard nothing, seen nothing
But he took note of Doris silence, and
turning towards her in frenzy saw what
had happened, and so was in a measure
prepared for the stern. short sentence
which now rang through the room:
Wait, Miss Scott! you tell the story
badly. Let him listen to me. From my
mouth only shall he hear the stern and
seemingly unnatural part l played in this
| family tragedy"
The face OF Oswald hardened. Those
plant features-beloved for their gracious
kindliness-set themselves in lines which
altered them almost beyond recognition;
but his voice was not without some Of its
natural sweetness, as after q long and
| nOlloW look dt lne OtnSFs composed 0OOn-
| tenance, he abruptly exclaimed:
Speak l am bound to listen; you are
my brother"
Orlando turned towards Doris. She was
slipping away.
Don't go" said he
But she was gone.
| Slowly he turned back,
Oswald raised his hand and checked the
words with which he would have begun
| his story.
! Never mind the beginnings" said he
! Doris has told all that. You saw Miss
! Challoner in Lenox-admired her-offered
yourself to her and afterwards wrote her
! a threatening letter because she rejected
| you"
To Be Continued in Next Issus.