Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-15
Initials Only" By Anna Katherine GIsns
A Thrilling Mystery Story Of Modern Times

road on the opposite side of the hollow
brought his conjectures to a standstill and
sent him hurrying on to the nearest point
from which that road became visible
A team was approaching He could
hear the heavy tread of horses working
their laborious way through trees whose
obstructing branches swished before and
behind them. They were bringing in a
load for this shed, whose uses he would
consequently soon understand. Grateful
for his good ldck-for his was q curiosity
which could not stand defeat-he took a
few steps into the wood and from the
vantage point of a coDoealins cluster Of
bushes, fixed his eyes upon the spot where
the road opened into the hollow.
Something blue moved there, and in an
other moment. to his great Amusement.
there stepped into view the spirited form
of Doris Scott, who If he had given the
matter a thought he would have supposed
to be sitting just then by the bedside of
her patient, a half mile back on the road
She was dressed for the woods in a
blue skirt and jacket and moved like a
leader in front of a heavily laden wagon
now coming TO a standstin before the
closely shut shed-if such We may call It.
II have key so she called out to
When I swing the doors wide, drive
straight in"
Sweetwater took look at the wagon
1t was piled high with large wooden boxes
on more than one Of which he could see
scrawled the words: o. Brotherson, Der
by Pa
This explained her presence. but the
boxes told nothing They were of all
sizes and shapes. and some of them so
large that the assistance OF another man
was needed to handle them. Sweetwater
was about TO offer his services when
second man appeared from somewhere in
the rear, and the detectives attention
being thus released from the load out of
which he could make nothing. he allowed
II to concentrate upon the young girl who
had it IN charge and who, for many rea-
sons, was the one person of supreme i'm
portanoe to him.
She had swung open the two wide
doors. and now stood waiting for horse
and wagon to enter With locks flylng
free-she wore no bonnet-she presented
picture of ever increasing interest to
Sweetwater Truly she was a very beau
uful girl, buoyant, healthy and sweet; as
unlike as possible his preconcelved no
tons OF Miss Challoner's humble LITTLE
protese Tier brown hair of rich chest
nut hue. was in itself a wonder. On no
head, even in the great city he had lust
lett, had he seen such abundance held
IN such modest restraint Nature had
oeen partial to this little working girl and
given her the ohevelure of a queen
But this was nothing No one saw this
aureoie when once the eye had rested on
her features and caught the fun nobility
OF thelr expression and the lurking sweet
ness underlying her every hook. She her
SER made the charm and whether nIaopd
high or placed low, must ever attract tho
eye and afterwards lure the heart. by an
ilioiV'duaiity which hardly needed perfect
features In which to express itself.
Young yet but gifted, as girls Of her
class often are, with the incest ,nstino+s
and purest aspirations, she showed the
elevation OF her thoughts both in her
glance and the poise with which she
awaited events. Sweetwater watched her
WIN admiration as she superiutended the
unioadlng OF the wagon and the disposal
or the various boxes on the floor within g.
out as nothing she said during the process
was calculated to afford the least enliglrt
eminent In regard to their contents. he
presently wearied of his lnaction and
turned back toward the highway. COM
PORTING himself with the reflection that in
re" short hours he would have her to
himself when nothing but a blunder on
his part should hinder him from sounding
her young mind and getting such answers
TO his questions as the affair in which he
was so deeply interested. demanded.