Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-01
Initials qnly" Anna katherine G.ss4
A ThrAtg Mystery Ssh @ Mod1N Times


h But the clang of iron on iron
VI id have attended the flash and CLEAN |
Oh hose unexpected fires. and here all
" still save for that steady throb
n er heard in Olympus or the halls of
" halla, the pant OF the motor eager for !
fl iht in the upper air
rs they listened in trance of burn |
rI hope which o5literated all else this
II Sc and all others near and distant was
$ denly last in loud CHATTER of with
ind and twisting boughs which set the
foiest in roar and seemed to heave the
air about them.
= wind had swooped down from the
ehst. bending everything before it and rat
Ting the huge oval on which their eyes
Were fixed as though it would tear it
from its hinges
|he three caught at each others hands
I in iismay The storm had come just on
! the verge of the enterprise. and no one
might guess the result
win he dare? WIN he dare" whis-
persd Doris, and oswald answered. though
II seemed next to impossible that he could /
have heard her:
"He will dare Bat will he survive il?
| Nj. Challoner" he suddenly shouted in
| that gentleman's ear, what time is il
now?"
| MT Challoner, disergaglng himself from
| Teir mutual grasp. kuelt down by the
| Fntern to consult mis- watch
w zone minute to g." he shouted back
N fhe forest was now a pandemonium
treat boughs, split from their parent
lEruhks fell crashing to the ground in all
directions. The scream Of the wind
lrouSed echoes which repeated themselves.
pore there ard everywhere No rain had
Fallen Yet but Che sight Of the clouds skul-
,irying pell-meT through the glare thrown
'Iup from the shed created such havoc in
llhe already oversuaned minds of the
three onlookers that they hardly needed,
| when with catter and crash which a
another time would haye startled them
into flight. the sWayiug oval before them
was whirlod from its hinges and thrown
back against The trees already bending
unGer the onslaught Of the tempest De-
structiou seemed the natural accompau-
ment of the moment. and the only prayer
which spraug 10 Oswald's lips was that
the motor whose throb vet fingered in
their blood Trough no longer taken in by
| the "ar, would either refuse tc work OF
prove insufficient to lift the heavy car into
! mis- seething tunut of warning forces
His brothers life hung in the balance
2 gainet his fame. and he could not but
! choose life for him. Yet. as the multi
tudiuuu, sounds about him Welded for
moment To- that blother's shout, and he
| knew That tie moment had come which
would soon settle ALL he found himself
staring at the elliptical edge OF the han
| gar with an anticipation which held in
it as much terror as JOY. for the end Of
a great hope or the begir 'r" II a great
| triumph was compressed into this trem-
| bling instant and if
Great Cod he sees IT, They all see
il! Plainly against that portion of the
disc which still lifted itself above the
| further wall. a curious moving mass APP
pears. lengthens. takes on shape, then
shoots suddenly aloft. clearing the en-
| crcling tops of the bending twisting and
| tormented trees, straight into the heart of
/ the gale, where, for one breathless mo-
ment, it whirls madly about like thing
| dlstraUght. then in slow but triumphant
! obedience TO the master hand that guides
| 1t, steadies and mounts maiestically up
| ward until ii is lost to their view in
the depths Of impenetrable darkness.
! Orlando BrOtherSOn has accomplished
mechanism which can send an air
| car straight up from its mOuring place.
As the three watchers realize this, Os-
! Wald utters a cry of triumph, and Doris
| throws herself into Mr.. Challoner's arms
| Then they all stand transtiNed again.
| waiting for a descent which may never
But bark. a new sound mingling its
clatter with all the others 1t is the rain
! Quick, maddening, drenching, it comes;
enveloping them in wet in a moment
| Can they hold their faces up against it?
And the wind. Surely it must toss thai
! aerial messenger before it and fling it
back to earth, a broken and despised toy
"Orlando?' went up in shrek Or
lando@"
oh. for ray of light in those far-off
heavens! For a lulI in the tremendous
| sounds shiVering the heavens and shaking
| the earth. But the tempest RACES on. and
they can only wait, 1--WE minutes. ten min
utos. looking, hoping. fearing. without
| thought of self and almost without
thought Of each other. till suddenly as it
! had come. the rain ceases and the wind
| with one final wall of rage and defeat
rushes away into the west, leaving behind
| il sudden silence which, to their terrified
| hearts. seems almost more dreadful to
| bear than the accumulated noises of the
| moment just gone.
To Be Continued in Next Issue