Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
rnnAY,s INsTALLMENT.

TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
I,4ub Darlington smiled vaguely at the
otnr she was faint with fatigue but
A aid not dare lay down her precious
-7on Her arms ached; it seemed as
,qh some great hand had riveted an
- hand round her temples. which throb-
Ia in vain in their attempt to burst it,
~ onlv relief she could find was in pac-
the room. and presently this. too. be-.
torture. for her limos ached and
suaved beneath her.
inward night a change for the worse
rod Edith Darlington thought the
MA had fallen asleep and would have
,.i4 Vim down. but the nurse looked grave
,5 telephoned for the doctor, who lived
ani, few streets away. He arrived al
ost Immediately and at once relieved
Edith Of her burden
"-be little chap is unconscious, he
said soothingly. He won know you
ought to have rest Mrs harrington.
e. smiled reassurngly, but Edith,
rsadlne the truth in his eyes, felt despair
s,,rge over her in a black food.
SUI .s' he worse?" she asked, hoarsely
MS hard to say. The next few hours
will show.
lexington. lowering grimly in the back
arl,,nd he expressed a desire for a con-
sl' ~ am not quite satished-rd like to
AN in Merton: he's the great man where
cbndren are concerned. Great heaven!
y. nut out his hand and grIpped Bar
.,a+on who reeIed as he stood, like a
drunken man.
If am all right" Darlington said, has
a., "tt's the child He's the only one
the only thing have. You'll save him.
Heldon?'
No was trembling violently, the doctor
sau.. lust like a frightened horse, he said
n himself Fancy man of his physique
MIN such nerves-worse than a woman.
THAT'S all right" he said aloud II the
chiIa's 70 be saved by human means,
werton's the man. I'll telephone for him
Al once Words aren't much good Mr'
harrington, but while there's life there's
hope
Edith harrington had fallen asleep.
Old Mama as she stood by the couch
looking down at her, hesitated to waken
ber she looked so utterly exhausted and
distressed. like a dead woman who had
died in pain, as she lay there with her
hair outspread over the loose white wrap
ner she had flung about her She did not
have to waken her AS though some mes
sage from the old woman's eyes spoke
IN her brain. Edith harrington started up
with a cry
rs he worse?"
NV dearie-my dearie" The old wom-
an shook her head and caught her mis-
tress hand In her soft, wrinkled one.
ITS no kindness to deceive you, I'm
thinning The lambs dying, | fear My
little lamb-my little black haired lamb
Dying! Oh, no, no, no! Mamma he
can't be DYING
The old woman turned away.
See for yourself, ma am she said
THE masters there and the two doc
tors. and he's near the end. I've seen too
many go to de mistaken-aye that
have.
Edith Darlington sat up, twisting the
great coil of her hair with twtching fin
gers
Near the end, Oh, heaven, near the
end" she repeated. in a dull voice.
Let me pin up your hair deare =
The old woman spoke to her as she might
have spoken to a child. There's the two
doctors there, and death and decency not
to be forgot"
She pinned Mrs. Barrington's hair into
an ungainly knot at the back of her head.
and led her out by the arm.
How hot the nursery was. For a mo-
ment Edith's dazed eyes could distin-
guish nothing in the dmness of the
shaded light She saw first vaguely the
figures of the two men, and then-her
husband The child she could not see
h." was in his cot
A the sounds of her entrance the doc
tors turned, and Edith, standing there,
saw the stranger this famous special
is' in the diseases of women and chill
dren whose name was familiar to her. as
r was TO most women in London saw
him and recognized him, Recognized
there, in the man standing by the side
~ Her diving child. the man she had
last seen in the little village by the sea
where levasseur had played his brutal
ifek upon her and trapped her into the
marriage that was no marriage at all
'br. Merton" She heard the whisper
of name
Doctor? This was no doctor! This was
tne pseudo clergyman who had married
0er' acting in concert with the BLACKBOARD
VINO had ruined her life. The blood rushed
10 Edith 6arrirotons face and she took
step forward. This mans presence was
~ outrage here.
Mrs Darlington" Dr. Heldon had