Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-16

man unless sec some way OF getting the bet
ter OF him. did what he bade me- though l
hated dreadfully to leave the spot and Its wo-
fu mystery. even for 60 short q time as was
required.
run up 70 the second story" he called out,
ma passed by the PROSTATE figure OF the
cleaner. Tell them what you want from the
window. or We will have the whole street in
here"
So ran upstairs-I had always wished to
visit this house. but had never been encour-
aged to do by the Misses Van Burnam-and
making my way into the front room. the door
OF which stood wide open, ! rushed to the win
dow and hailed the crowd, which by this time
extended far out beyond the curbstone
AN oflcer!" called out, "a police officer
An accident has occurred and the man In charge
here wants the Coroner and a detective from
Police Headquarters"
who's hurt?" us It n man" rs It
woman" shouted up one or two; and Let us
int" shouted others; but the sight Of boy
rushing off to meet an advancing policeman
satisfied me that help would soon be forthcom-
ing, SO drew In my head and looked about me
for the next neceSsity-water.
I was in a lady's bed chamber, probably that
Of the edeot Miss Van Burnam; but was
bed chamber which had not been occupied for
some months. and naturally 1t lacked the very
articles which would have been OF assistance
TO me In the present emergency. No eau de
Cologne on the bureau, no camphor on the man
tel-sheR But there was water in the pipes
something had hardly hoped for), and a mug
on the wnshEtand, SO ] filed the mug and ran
with 1t to the door stumbling, as | did, over
some small object which l presently perceived
to be little round pin-cushion. Picking 1t up.
for hate anything like disorder, placed 1t on
q table near by, and continued my way.
The woman was still lying at the foot Of the
stairs l dashed the water in her face and she
Immediately came to.
Sitting up, she was about 30 open her lips
when she checked herself; a fact which struck
odd tr0A all ~
to become apparent.
Meantime ! sto glance into the parlor.
The officer standing where | had left him,
looking down on the PROSTATE figure before him.
There was no sign of feeling in his heavy
countensnce and he had not opened shutter.
nor, SO far | could see, disarranged an OBJ
jeCt IN the room
The mysterious character OF the whole az
fair fascinated me in spite of myself, and leav-
ing the now fully aroused woman in the hall.
| was halfway across the paror floor when
the latter stopped me with shrill cry.
Don't leave me! | have never anything
before so horrible The poor dear! The poor
dear! Why don't he take those dreadful things
off her?
She alluded not only to tho piece of furniture
which had fallen upon the PROSTATE woman
and which can best be described as cabinet
with closets below and shelves above, but to
the various articles Of bric-abrao which had
tumbled from the shelves and which now lay
In broken pieces about her.
He Will dc So; they will do SO very soon" I
replied He is waiting for SEINE one with more
authority than himself; for the Coroner, II you
know what that means"
But what If she's alive, Those things will
crush her. Let US take them OF III help
I'm not too weak to help
"Do you know who this person Isl" | asked
for her voice had more feeiAg in II than
thought natural to the occasion. dreadful as
i was