Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-07

TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT

TODAY = EN-.
This suggestion, OF course, appeaIcd
20 Philip. Nothing could be more de-
lightful lie whispered no EyeNns
car that he would hug her for the idea
at the frsf available opportunity
one morning. o uay Of June rain. a
a letter reached Philip. II bore tho print
cd superscriptiou. "The Hall Roltham,
Devon" but this was struck out and
another address substituted. II was
written in a scrawling. wavering hand,
The caHgraphy ~ a man old ana very
.l II read
IVY Dear Philip: ! am dying at the
point OF DEATH so ! use no labored
words TO explain why address you In
such manner. want 60 tell you how
Bitterly ! regret the injustice showed
20 your dear mother and my sister. II,
Of your charity, you Will come 70 my
bedside, and assure a feeble old man Of
your forgiveness, can meet the coming
ordeal strong In the certainty that Mary
Arson viii not refuse what you have
given in her behalf Your sorrowlng
uncle, PHILIP MoRLAND."
With this piteous epistle was inclosed
another:
"Desr Mr.. Arson: / join my earnest
supplication 10 my husbands that you
will console his last hours with a visit
He bames himself for what has hap
psned In the past Yet the fault was
more mine than hls-fsr more, For his
sake / willingly admit II. And have
been punished for my sin. Ruined in
~ A
door, am indeed sorrowins woman.
Yours faithfully.
LOUISA MoRLANp."
The angular Italian handwriting OF
the second letter recalled a faded script
I'm his safe a. that moment The ad-
dress in each case was village on tho
Yorkshire coast a remote and inacees-
sible place according 10 Philips unsided
recollection OF the map Grange
House" might he farm or a broken
down manor and Lady Morland's ad-
mission Of reduced circumstances indl-
Gated that they had chosen the locality
for ecouomy's sake.
These appeals brought a frown OF In
decision TO Anson's brow. His uncle,
and his uncle's wife had unquestionably
been the means Of shortening and EN-
differing his mothers life. The man
might have acted in ignorance; the
woman did not
Yet what could he do2 Refuse
dying relatives request, They, or one
of them, refused his mothers pitiful de-
nand for little pecuniary help at a
time when they were rich.
And what dire mischance could have
sunk them into poverty. Little more
than two months had passed since Sir
Philip Morland was inquiring for his
philips Whereabouts through Messrs,
sharpe & Smith with view toward
making him his heir.
Was the inquiry Lazy Morland's last
ruse 60 save an eucumbered estate?
Why was all pretense OF doubt as to
his relationship swept aside so com
pIetely"
He glanced again at the address on
the letter. and asked servant 20
bring him a railway guide Then he
4scertsined that If he would reach
scarsdale that day he must leave Lon
uon not later than noon. There was
tourney Of nearly seven hours uy rail-,
No chance Of returning the same night,
lie went to the library and rang up
sharpe q smith on the telephone,
clerk assured him that Mr. sharpe
who attended TO sir Philtp Morland's
affairs had been summoned TO Devon
shire the previous day
ITO Devopshirc'' cried Philip "a
have just received letters from Sir
Philip aud Lady Morland from York
shire"
Another Letter,
Mr. sharpe himself Is puzzled about
The matter. sir Lady Morland wrote
from Yorkshire, but told him to pro
coed TO Devonshire without delay
Has there been some unexpected de-
velopment affecting the estate?'
y am sorry, str. but you will see l
can hardly answer any further Ques-
tons"
OF course the clerk was right Phil
ip had hardly quilted tho telephone
when note reached him by hand from
Evelyn Please come az once. Must
see You"
He was at Mount street in three
minutes
Evelyn looked serious and began 10y
holding cut letter 10 him. He recog
nized Lady Morland's writing.
philip those people-who behaved
SO badly 90 your mother"
Have they dared TO trouble YOU"
oh, II is so sad. Your uncle is dy-
ius. They are wretchedly poor. an un-
3oreseen collapse see. -
nnh'I LET Y0IIR HAIR