Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
Copyright. 1904, n Edward j. clods.I
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.

In HILIP walked on roses during
those glorious days. He hah
4 found his mate His life was
complete. How bright the world, and
how fair the future
The only disagreeable incident mar
ring the utter Joy of existence, and
that only for an instant. was his en-
counter with I.angdon at Mrs. Ather-
leys pretty fiat in Mount street.
Grenier. endowed by nature with an
occasional retrospective glimpse of a
nobler character, read him correctly
when he said that Arson would never
condescend to name the intruder in
the presence Of the woman he loved
But he did ask servant who 1t
was with whom he had just been con-
versing in the entrance hail, and the
5irl said the gentleman was Mr.
Langdon No; Mrs Atherley did not
know him well. He was brought to her
lat home" on previous Wednesday by
friend.
Obviously Evelyn could not have
more than a passing acquaintance with
the man, or she would have recognized
in the park, the terror Of difficult sit
uation, was enough to account for her
failure in this respect. nor was Philip
then aware that a her previous meet
ing with Lady Morland's son she enter
tanned curious suspicion, instantly
dispelled by his glib manner. that
Langdon was the man who sought to
thrust his unwelcome attentions upon
her.
Mount street-how came Mrs. Ather-
ley and her daughter to return to the
precincts of Mayfair? That was a lit
tie secret between Philip and Lord
Nanstone
When Evelyn shyly endeavored to
make her new adfnirer understand that
there could be no intimacy between q
millionaire and a young lady who was
embarking on a professional career
she thought so, be it recorded; this is
no canon of art--he seemingly disre-
garded the hint, but interviewed Lord
Vanstone next morning
The conversation was stormy on one
side and emphatic on the other. Philip
had heard sufficient of Mrs. Atherley's
history by judiciouS inquiry to enable
him to place somo unpleasant facts
before his lordship.
! When the facts had been thrust down
the aristocratic gorge, Arson turned to
| pleasanter topics. He informed Lord
Vanstone, who bore the title as the third
son of a marquis, that his nieces's flu
ture was more important than his lord
/ fHr
her sake. and willingly withal,
| Various firms OF solicitors set to work
| and, marvellous to relate, Lord Vanstone
/ was able to write and inform his half
sister that certain speeulations in which
/ he had invested her fortune were trying
| out well. cash payment of $4,000
would be made to her al once, and she
/ possessed an assured income of at least
| 81 500 per annum during the remainder
of her life
| The poor lady had heard these fairy
! tales before; indeed some such story OF
more gorgeous proportions had con-
verified her consols into waste paper
A Welcome Check.
But lawyer, not Lord vanstone's,
! sent her check for the larger amount,
and, at a subsequent interview, affirmed
| the statements made by her unreliable
| rela tive.
SO she went back to her caste. and
her caste welcomed her with open arms,
and the dear woman thanked Providence
! for the decree that her daughter might
now accept the attentions of any man
no matter how rich he might be, for she
saw the drift Of Philips wishes, and, il
Evelyn were married to him. surely ali
their previous trials might be deemed
| fortunate.
She little dreamed that imperious
| Philip had ordered matters his own way
1t was not to his thinking that his
/ bride should come to him from the gen.
| teel obscurity of Mazda Crescent He
/ would give her Il great position, worthy
! Of the highest in the land. and it was