Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-15
Initials Only" y By Anna katherine Creme
A Thrilling Mystery Story Of Modvu Times
copyright, 1911. Street & Smith.l
,Conyright. 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Coz
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

oyou have mentioned Miss Scott as the
,,rAdant and the only confdant of this
,,nbanpy pair" said he Would it be
1.ssihle-,can you make it possible for me
10 see herr
=, was a daring proposition: he un-
.,-s+ood this at once from the doctors
.vnrasslon; and, fearing a hasty rebuff.
10 proceeded to supplement his request
,ritb a few added arguments urged with
..cb unexpected address and show of
raoson that DR. Fenton's aspect visibly
tened and in the end he found himself
s7, n nromise that he would do what
80 could to secure his visitor the in
.o-,,evv he desired if he would come to
i've house the next day at the time of his
own morning visit
This was as much as the young de-
tecriye could expect, and, having ex
,ressed his thanks, he took his leave in
or,,thing but a disconnected frame of
mind With so powerful an advocate as
The doctor, he felt confident that he
should soon be able to conquer this young
Girls reticence and learn all that was to
he learned from any one but Mr.. Broth
orsor himself In the time which must
eIaDse between that happy hour and
tho nresent he would circulate and learn
What he could about the prospective
manager. But he soon found that he
Gould not enter the Works without
cerroit and this he was hardly in a po-
sftion to demand; so he strolled about
r,a village instead, and later wandered
away into the forest
Struck by the inviting aspect of a mar
row and little used road opening from
the highway shortly above the house
where his interests were just then cen
,ered he strolled into the heart of the
snrfrg woods till he came to a depres
sion where a surprise awaited him, in
tho shane Of a peculiar structure rising
from its midst where 1t Just fitted, or
81 nearly fitted that one could hardly
wal, about it without brushing the sur
rounding tree trunks. OF an oval shape
with its door facing the approach, It
nestled there a wonder to the eye and the
occasion of cOnsiderab Bile speculation to his
'narfrjng mind 1t had not been long
built. as was shown very plainly by
the fresh appearance of the Imprinted
boards of which it was constructed; and
while ii boosted of a door, as I've already
said. there were no evidences visible of
any other break in the smooth, neatly
finished walls. A wooden ellipse with a
roof but no windows such 1t appeared
and such it proved to be. A mystery
to Sweetwaters eyes, and. like all mys-
teries. interesting. For what purpose
had it been built and why this isolation?
II was too fiimsy for a reservoir and too
expensive for the wild freak of a crank.
nearer view increased his curiosity.
In the projection of the roof over the
curving sides he found fresh food for in
quiry AS he examined it in the walk
he made around the whole structure, he
came to a place where something like q
hinge became visible and further on an
other The roof was not simply roof;
It was also a lid capable of being raised
for the air and light which the lack of
windows necessitated. This was an odd
discovery indeed, giving to the uncanny
structure the appearance of huge box,
the cover of which could he raised or
lowered at pleasure. And again he asked
himself for what il could be intended
What enterprise, even of the great Works,
could demand a secrecy so absolute that
such pains as these should be taken to
shut out all possibility of a prying eye.
Nothing in his experience supplied him
with an answer.
he was still looking up at these hinges,
with glance which took in at the same
time the nearness and extreme height of
the trees by which this sylvan mystery