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

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~ 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-
ley's pretty fat In Mount street.
Grenier, endowed by nature with an
occasional retrospective glimpse of
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 q servant who 1t
was with whom he had just been con-
versing in the entrance hall. and the
girl said the gentleman was a Mr..
L.angdon. No; Mrs. Atherley did not
know him well. He was brought to her
lat home" on a previous Wednesday by
a friend.
Obviously Evelyn could not have
more than a passing acquaintance with
the man, or she would have recognized
him herself. Her agitation that night
in the park, the terror of a 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 Morlands 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 adTnirer understand that
there could be no intimacy between a
millionaire and 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'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 marquis, that his nieces's fu-
M
ships dignity. He must eat mud for
her sake. and willingly withal.
Various firms of solicitors set to work
and, marvellous to relate, Lord Vanstona
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
&l,6o0 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 a lawyer, not Lord Vanstones
sent her check for the larger amount,
and, at a 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, 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.
1t was not to his thinking that his
bride should come TO him from the gem
teel obscurity of Mazda Crescent He
would give her a great position, worthy
Of the highest in the land and it was