Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-17
THE KING OF
DIAMONDS
BY LOUIS TRACY.
Copyright, 1904, by Edward j. Clode.)
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.

TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
| mo, father" said John, with frank
smile Neither Of us takes drink.
Come home with US, We have a room
ready for YOU
| 81 have lodgings"
you can 60 there tomorrow and get
your belongings"
| YES. Jump into this cab" urged
Willie. I'VE live in Westminster, 1t is
not very far
Mason was fascinated by the boys
pleasant assumption Of authority. They
| spoke like young gentlemen. with the
accent that betolens good education.
He yielded without protest.
| They sat three abreast in a hanson.
and the vehicle scurried off toward the
| Westminster Bridge road.
| Mason was in the center. His giant
| form leaned over the closed doors OF
the cab. but he turned his head with
interested eagerness as one or the other
! of his sons addressed him,
| 81 suppose, father, you are wondering
how we came to meet in such place"
said John.
'Tt might puzzle me if found time
to think"
| "welI, the superintendent arranged
everything. Unfortunately, he was
away on. his holidays when-when you
were released-or we would have met
you then. and his deputy was not aware
| Of the circumstances As soon as the
| superintendent returned he wrote to
I the Governor, and was very much an
noyed to find that you had slipped away
| in the meantime"
HE wouldn't be so annoyed if he was
there himself" growleh Mason. good
| humoredly.
"Oh, John didn't mean that, father"
| broke in Willie. THE annoyance was
his and ours. You see, we had not
known very long where you were. We
didn't even know you were alive
| "Of course. OF course. Somebody has
been looking after you well That's
clear enough. They wouldn't be always
telling a pair of boys that their father
was in Portland"
ut gave us such a shock when we
heard the truth" said downright John,
But we were so glad to hear that our
|
soon see him." explained the younger.
when did you hear frst?"
about four months ago. Just before
we took our present situations. We
are saddlers and ornamental leather
workers. Between us we earn quite a
decent living, Don't we, John?"
I'm fifteen weeks we have saved
| enough to pay for half our furniture
besides keeping ourselves well. There's
| plenty to eat, dad You won't starve,
| big as you are
I They all laughed. The cab was pass
ing st. Thomas Hospital Across the
bridge noble prospect met their eyes
London had glamor for Mason that
night it never held before.
80 Robinson wrote to Bradley, know
| ing that I would report myself to-day
and Bradley arranged
Who is Robinson. father" interrupt
ed John.
A Shock.
1.-THE superintendent. to be sure. He
used to be inspector at Whitechapel''
He is not the man we mean. We
are talking of Mr.. Giles. superintend-
ent Of the Mary Arson Home"
The two boys felt their fathers start
Of dismay, Of positive alright. They
wondered what had happened to give
him such a shock. Peering at him
sideways from the corners Of the han
som. they could see the quick panor
of his swarthy face.
you forget. john" put IN the adroit
! fot
about our lives as we know about his
until very recently. When we reach
our fat we must begin at the beginning
and tell him everything"
There isn't much to tell" cried
John. when poor mother died, we
were taken care of by a gentleman
whom Mr.. Philip asked to look after
us. Mother was nursed and tended
with the utmost kindness, but her life
could not be saved. After the home
was built we were among the first
batch OF inmates. II ever a young man
has done good in this world. 1t is Mr..
Philip Arson. See what he did for US
We were rescued from the workhouse
taught well and fed well, and given
such instruction In a first class trade
that even at our age we can earn five
he has done for US he does for hun
dreds OF others. God bless Philip An
SON. say''
/ "Ameni" said his brother.
The voices OF his sons reached Ma
sons tortured brain like sounds heard
remote but distinct. through a long
tunnel His great frame seemed to
collapse In an instant he became an
old man. He set his teeth and damned
his elbows against the woodwork OF the
cab, but, strive as he would, with his
| immense physical strength and his
logged will, he shook with palsy.