Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
The Most Exciting Serial
of the Year.
SERlALlzED
By ]. w. McCONAUGHY
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT
Copyright. 1913, by Star Coz


to fight a coward-and that's what this
ghost is! It's a coward, like every other
spook. Did you ever hear OF any spirit
that walked in the daytime? Never!
They sneak and dodge and hide in crum-
bling and deserted places. l tell you that
men are not half so afraid of spirits as
spirits are Of men. Face the supernatu-
raj. and it is beaten before the fight be-
gins. Spooks. horse thieves and peevish
wildcats can all be tanned by the same
little charm"
He stopped in a dead silence. The 9TH
ers were staring at him intently, but
with highly different expressions.
Charm" repeated the Duke, vaguely.
What IS it," asked the Princess,
breathlessly.
Unostentatiously. Jarvis produced his
pistol, handling II as one might handle
/ a familiar pencil. To one reared in a
! community where firearms are never
seen excepting in the windows of the
hardware store the sight of a pistol oc-
casions either panic or the utmost indif-
ference, depending entirely on the de-
gree of ignorance or natural timidity
common and serves the same purpose
as the rapier Of medieval Europe it is a
known and fixed quantity. To one ma
tive to those localities the interest in
the appearance Of the pistol is directed
entirely toward the man who displays
it-what manner Of man he is and what
is his manner of handling the weapon.
The Duke had never seen a pistol ex-
cepting once or twice on the field of
honor and strapped to the thigh of a
cavalry man. He was an utter stranger
TO the type of man to whom a a. cali
Der revolver is a shield sword Conse-
quently though any ten-year-old boy
from the lower Ohio Valley could have
told him at one glance that Warren
Jarvis carried a revolver. Because it
was a protection and not a menace, as
it is to be unused. the appearance of
the weapon seemed TO amuse him, rath-
er than otherwise.
A Joke.
II had been hoping, Mr.. Warren" he
said with light scorn, that you had
some subtle method of handling this
problem. But no! You propose to meet
the forces OF the supernatural with fire.
arms! I may tell you that this specter
has been fired at before without the
highest effect"
Jarvis smiled and nodded as he re-
turned the pistol to his pocket
quite likely" Your Excellency.
have seen rifle fire that had not the
slightest effect on a wildcat-for the
very good reason that the shooting was
wilder than the cat"
The Duke made gesture as II waiv-
ing all responsibility.
Il am sorry for you, Mr.. Warren.
You viii find the ghost more real than
the treasure"
But the treasure is real. Carlosl" ex-
claimed the Princess, with spirit.
Would l have crossed the ocean for
this locket unless l knew? Why. with
this paer total stranger, anybody who
had never seen the castle. could walk
right up to the place and point out the
very stone that hides it,"
For the barest fraction of a second
the glances of the two men crossed like
foils
Pretty dangerous sort of paper to
have around" observed Jarvis, slowly.
Look out that somebody doesn't get
there ahead of you"
Yes, It is a dangerous paper" CHM
ed in the Duke in the same time, IF
it leads any one into the castle"
The young man laughed, silently and
naturally.
We'll. Your Excellency. I'd go a long
way for the fun of unraveling a good
mystery with a little spice of danger
thrown in"
Dangerous Ground.
The Duke nodded as If he understood
and sympathized with the feeling. Then.