Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-03
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
.D,nvright, 1911. Street & smith,
,.righ1 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Coz
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Polnsettias.

Polnsettias.
"A remarkable man.
=, was not my husband speaking, but
va nasserby However, I looked up
georgia with a smile, and found him
,,o.ing down at me with much the same
,...,o~ We had often spoken of the odd
..r.ees one hears in the street, and how
,rteresting it would be sometimes to hear
= rtfIa more of the conversation.
..rbat's a case in point" he laughed
=. he guided me through the crowd of
Aoa-ergoers which invariably block this
nav, Of Broadway at the hour OF s. I'VE
shau never know whose eulogy we have
,r. heard. A remarkable mani There
are not many of them.
oNo was my somewhat Indifferent re-
.l,. II was a keen winter night and snow
aos hacked upon the walks in a way
80 throw into sharp relief the figures of
spcb pedestrians as happened to be
Waking alone. But 1t seems to me that,
60 far as general appearance goes, the
me in front answers your description
most admirably"
pointed to man hurrying around the
corner Just ahead of US
Yes. he's remarkably well built. l
noticed him when he came out of the
Clermont'
This was a hotel we had just passed.
A Strange Sight.
Put It's not only that. It's his
height. his very striking features, his
expression-" l stopped suddenly, grip
ming Georges arm impulsively in a sur
-Ea u nod
the corner Immediately behind the man
Of whom we were speaking and so had
him still in full view.
What's he doing?" | asked, in q low
whisper We were only a few feet be
hind Look, look don't you call that
curious"
Ny husband stared, then uttered low
Rather" The man ahead of us, pre-
senting in every respect the appearance
Of a gentleman, had suddenly stopped to
the curb and was washing his hands in
the snow, furtivey, but with a vigor and
purpose which could not fail to arouse
the strangest conjectures in any chance
onlooker
"Pnate!' escaped my lips, in a sort of
nervous chuckle. But George shook his
head at me.
q don't like it," he mHttered, with I'M
usual gravity. Did you see his face?'
Then as the man rose and hurried away
from us down the street, II should like
to follow him | do believe"
But here we became aware Of quick
rush and sudden clamor around the cor
ner We had Just left, and, turning quick
", saw that something had occurred on
Broadway which was fast causing tu-
mutt
What's the natter" I cried. What
can have happened? Let'c go see. George
Perhaps it has something to do with our
man"
My husband, with a final glance down
the street at the fast disappearing figure
Welded to my Importantly. and possibly
to some new curiosity of his own.
A Tragedy.
I'd like to stop that man first" said
he. But what excuse have I? He may
be nothing but a crank, with some crack
Drained idea in his head. Wen soon
know; for there's certainly something
wrong there on Broadway"
He came out of the Clermont." l sug-
gested
1 know, If the excitement isn't there.
what we've just seen is simply a coin
cldence Then, as we retraced our steps
TO the corner-"Whatever we hear or
Sec don't say anything about this man
IL after eight, remember. and we prom
Sed Adela that we would be at the house
before nine"
I'll be quiet"
Remember"
1t was the last word he had time to
speak before we found ourselves in the
must OF a crowd of men and women,
loSting one another in curiosity or in