Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-06
,Gopyngnt, 1904. by Edward J. clOds.)
To-DAY's INSTALLMENT

~ HILIp walked on roses during
those glorious days. He had
II 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 Langdon at Mrs. Ather-
ley's pretty fat 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 a servant who it
was with whom he had just been con-
versing in the entrance hall, and the
girl said the gentleman was a Mr..
Langdon. No; Mrs Atherley did not
know him well. He was brought to her
''at home" on previous Wednesday by
a friend.
Obviously Evelyn could not have
more than 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 a 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
| Vanstone.
When Evelyn shyly endeavored to
make her new admirer understand that
| there could be no intimacy between a
millionaire and a young lady who was
embarkng on a professional career
she thought so, be 1t 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 some 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 fu-
ture was more important than his lord
/ to- ~ Z
/ 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 speculations in which
! he had invested her fortune were trying
out well. A cash payment OF $4,000
would be made TO her at once, and she
possessed an assured income of at least
G1,600 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-
verted her consols into waste paper.
A Welcome Check.
But lawyer, not Lord vanstone's,
/ Seut nST d CIlSCh IOE int ger dIlOuLls
and, at subsequent interview, affirmed
the statements made by her unreliable
relative
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 he for she
saw the drift of Philips wishes, and, if
Evelyn were married to him. surely all
their previous trials might be deemed
! fortunate.
She little dreamed that imperious
Philip had ordered matters his own way.
II was not to his thinking that his
! bride should come to him from the gem
| teel obscurity Of Mazda Crescent He
I would give her great position, worthy
Of the highest in the land. and it was