The evening world., 1912-05-20

thAy had found q company whose ooslr
ness It was to lend money Wiling TO 60
cept At. Nothing wes said about rsdue-
ing the interest. Il wss not until the
was made known 10 BID that the com.
pany; had reduced tAs iutersst from six
TO four pet cent, ~
ss. a:s nssss ~ "a az ess IN vino n:
were In my confidence became ~ In
tsrested almost a. I. told them that
under no circumstances were the Turs
pins to know anything about me; that
everything must b done through them.
They understood the necessity Of -
orscy. - told them that the bsnsAca.
arses Of th&s act would reject Il and
force . foreclosure he'd they any reason
10 suspect that the intsr1e had been
reduced through Aay desire to AAs1st
them In any way. 6atisdsd that had
done something for Mas Ellen. I deter
mined to leave for the West y W0s
while golng to ta1eo my train Inst .
circumstance oo1urrsd that delayed my
departure for several days moro !
was late and Wa 6urylng throuSA ~
depot when I ran fairly b The arms Of
Bud.
did not recognise him at first. ana Il
was only whom stepped back with .
conventional apology that I saw tbs
strong outlines Of his face and knew II
to Dc that Of Ms Ellen's brother. II
was only a momentary glimpse had Of
him, but he looked older and moro care
worn. It seemed to me. He, seemed pre-
occupied and did not recognize me. for.
lowering my face. hurried past HIM
and reached the waitins-room. aban-
doned all intention of TALKING the truih
that day. FOR at onos inspected that
nay secret had become 1moWn ard TINT
Bud hAA coma 70 AtlAA4A N1th the de-
tsrmipat1pn Of either haviAe III tr1Qsfsr
revoked or slss eorcing. me 10 a6esut|
the former interest on the m0s<gaGs.
BY . 0rouftoas route rsaahsd my
hotel end. sending for . messenger. a.
patched note a. once TO tse company
informing the Officials OF. the arrival Of
Mr. Turpin.
The next day learned that Bud+
th!n1cing the Transaction somewhat
queer. had come TO Atlanta 70 see shout
II himself. and ] strongly believed that
Miss Ellen had urged him to II 10 satisfy
herself that I was In no way connected
with the benefit which those q the
Pinas would derive from the reduction
OF tho interest. Bud demanded to know
70 whom his family was indebted for
this unlocked for place of Generosity.
Ny agent told MN mat these mort
gages had bsooms very vaiuabis and
70 secure ~ many % thsm - possible
and to reduce the interest on thsm 70
four per ssn<. eatssasd that chs matter
wac . bUaasas Transaction, Bud isft
for the Pihss aosip. and. ! hAd reason
20 behave. VIM . Hshtsr heart.
Lost IN the bs0kSround snA EN-
sratuisfsnG myself on the Suocass OF
my scheme. J wsndsvsd into the West
The fscs Of Ellen was ever before ne
Night ana dAy. the picture Of her. sisA
In a simple bingham froot. hsr sleeves
rolled up. end Der hand pointing In ths
direction OF the ia sAsmorisA bN1Gs,
tried 20 Tssums my writing, but my pea
seemed 10 drop from my ringers or else
my MIND refused 10 rsspond 20 my will.
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fsp on my srms ana I would ~ fo1
houfs dreaming % ths rtnss ana Aiss
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