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

II HILIP walked on roses during
those glorious days. He had
l. 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-
leys 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 a previous Wednesday by
a friend.
Obviously Evelyn could not have
more than passing acquaintance with
the man, OF she would have recognized
him herself Her agitation that night
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 toy the
precincts of Mayfair? That was a lit
tie secret between Philip and Lord
Vangtone.
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
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' 5
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
Vanstons, who bore the title as the third
son of a marquis, that his niecess fu-
ture was more important than his lord
| ships dignity. He must eat mud for
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
Ell, 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-
verted her consols into waste paper.
A Welcome Check.
But lawyer, not Lord Vanstone' s,
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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 be, for she
saw the drift of Philips wishes, and, il
/ Evelyn were married to him. surely al
! their previous trials might be deemed
| fortunate.
She little dreamed that imperious
Philip had ordered matters his own way
It was not to his thinking that his
! bride should come to him from the gen.
! teel obscurity of Mazda Crescent He
I would give her great position, worthy
Of the highest in the land. and it was
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