Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-13
By Louis joseph Vance
Author Oft he Brass BOtOL
"No Mans Land, " Etc.

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ing him properly miserable for year.
more or less"
| The old lady paused to rejoice with
/ unnatural glee over the discontinue of
! the Red Man; and Cynthia, fascinated.
interjected an excusabio query.
as she living, madame-your daugh-
/ teri"
"Of course. We never die, we Bless
| ingtons. But she's no good. have
nothing to do with her, beyond giving
her money when she's broke. .
But no matter: l never talk of her, To
get back to my husband: we had 1t hot
and heavy. right and left savarann'
Rhode, and myself. Rhode wished to
prevent his talking: he's slow, that one;
he'd never guessed what Savaran was
up to when he asked for me in his pa
thetic whisper. And in the end | had
TO put the hulking red brute out Of the
room; and he let me do It.. Just fancy
that! He was afraid of me, the great
coward.
Then Savaran told me something
about his affairs. 1t seems he had not
wasted the stolen money; and that was
like him: he never by any chance did
what one would expect. He actually
had the face TO insist ii was my temper
that made him drink, and that once
free of 1t he Strengthened out went on
the water-wagon and into the restaur.
ant business i'm Boston. and positively
made money. My $4,000 grew 10 S2O.Oc
IN as many years. Meanwhile he nad
got acquainted with George Rhode.
through my daughter. somehow-ld
never suspected she ever saw her Ia
Al, 80 NH
scheme to make cent per cent by
questionable means TO say the least
auestionable) Savaran sold out his bus
mess. retired on a quarter Of his cap
itaI and put the rest OF ii into Rhote
venture. On the eve OF its inception lie
fell i'll; the matter had to be postponed.
against Rhodes wishes. Delays sXAsp-
Grated that devil So they began to
Highland | inherited $4,000 interest
in their plant"
The semi-occasional and always alb
rupt descents into current slang when
were apt to punctuate the volu5le on
ward how of Madame's vivaciods mar
rative. as cascades a mountain torrsnt.
we're always mystifying to Cynthia. She
had not the slightest notion or what 4
plant" might be any more than she uT-
,.erstood the term 'water-wagon' say"
by a process of connotation in ttsel.
vague and unsatisfactory. But she was
too interested to interrupt. even ha>
the manner of Madame been such as to
make interruption seem advisable
which II was not. So, after nnlshins
her cigarette and extinguishing its
glowing tip upon the ash-tray. Madame
Savaran took up her tale.
.'The dickens of ii was, the money
was tied up; 1 couldn't get it out with
out losing most of 1t. And by every
right II was mine, though yoked to a
scamp for a rogues march. Savaran
was a 6end for cunning; he got even
with both of us by that move And then
he turned his back to US and died
chuckling. 1t was as good as any play.
$50 here am /, on the verge of step
ming off into the unknown with my
arm crooked through a rascaPs-tor l
wouldn't trust George Rhode out Of
nv sight with a dollar Of my money.
And here are you sent me by him to
be NV comfort and delight-heu bite
his cigar in two when he finds out how
things stand with you and me- NOT
that I'm not fond of you for your own
sweet self already, my dear; but 1t
doesn't lessen my Joy in you to know
all this will make George Rhode run
round In circles. : AND mere are
the two OF US SltlAuS aAo J@SDSA AA4S
like a couple of old women at meet
ing of the Dorcas circle, when we
ought to be up and hustling, getting
our things packed. We must be on
board by 9 tonight, you know, though
the steamer doesn't sail till morning.
'But-Madame Savaran-" Cynthia
protested in bewilderment.
That lady had got out of her chair
with every apparent intention of being
an exceedingly busy woman in the I'M
mediate future and of expecting Gym
thia to stand by her without further
parley. But she wasn't disposed to be
unreasonable-as she comprehended the
meaning of that term.
Eyes, my dear?" said she, pausing.
"Of course 1 don't want to hurry you,
but we really have a great deal to
get through with, and it's all the fault
of that double-faced Sidonie. for most
of the packing's finished, and it's only
the odds and ends we must attend to,
but, of course
Here she stopped short and laughed
outright at Cynthia's dazed expression.
Am / talking your head of, my dear,
and never permitting you to get a word
in edgewise? There, I'll try to be
sensible. What is it you wish to say?'
THE steamer" Cynthia pleaded in
breath-"you say We must be on board
tonight-what steamer? And where is
she going?"
Her name is CydoIia, and as for her
destination you know as much as l, my
dear-or very nearly. Rhode won't say,
beyond that she's clearing for Rio de
Janeiro; and that may be tue. But
when you've known George Rhode as
long as have you'll take everything
he says with several grains of salt He
ia 20
know"
as that the only reason you have
for believing his intention to be dis
honest?' asked the girl.
Il need no other; know the man. He
declares the Cydonia is bound on a per-
fectly legitimate business venture, carry
ing a valuable cargo to it's market; l say
the mans as crooked as the off hind leg
of a mongrel hound-pup, and therefore
wouldn't turn his hand to anything on
the level. Besides, he had Savaran with
him TO start with; and Savaran was a
scoundrel If ever there was one. And
even he intimated the speculation was off
color, though he was despicable enough
to stop at that and refer me to Rhode
for further particulars. And then Rhode
has fought tooth and nail against my
coming; and that's more proof. If he
is going to turn an honest trick, why
should he object to my company? Thank
goodness. I'm too old to have the wool
drawn over my eyes by a clumsy rip
like Georgia.