Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-28
BY LOUIS TRAC
This Week s Installment
u LVOIO IhAC1.
tCopyright. 1904, by Edward ] Clode }

wouldn't talk of anything else," vol
o" "gedginr r bS ., tb Bradley @ae ta ano
Philip S'"is' saW
spector. ''Ao IA
Yes, | must The company which
tnem down on the first Of next month"
WHAT is your nameY
An! l think 1 remember hearing
too" i"'''
Yes, all that, and more"
OF. course, that accounts for your
manners and appearance. Have you
found some friends?''
~ The inspectors glance royed from the
servlceable portmanteau to Philips tidy
garments, and it. was his business TO
make rapid deductions
res. most fortuna tely"
5. Anybody connected with Sharpe &,
, smith? the constable put in. !. -:
sharpe Smith! Who are they?'
Don't you know? Their young man
certainly didn't seem to know much
mere twice looking for you. The first
time was, let me see. last Monday,
about 4 o'clock. / was on duty in tho
main road, and he asked me for some
Information. We came and looked in,
but your door was locked. The man on
this beat this afternoon told me that
the same clerk was making further in
qurleS, to-day, so as soon as I came on
night duty l strolled into the news to
md out if you were at home. That
is how | happened to see YOU
He turned toward the inspector
He was packing his bag at the mo-
ment, sir, and Mason had evidently been
scared from the window by my foot
steps in the arch"
The inspector pursed out his under
The whole thing is perfectly clear"
he said. Boy, have you got a
No" said Philip, surprised by this
Bradley he hasn't got a watch"
observed the inspector. He again ad-
dressed Philip,
Where are you going tomorrow"
will be known to Mrs. Wrigley, the
Bush
i:tAh! The constable says you do not
wish to be mixed up in the arrest of
Mason. There is no need for you to
appear in court, but--er=-in such cases
as yours, the-er-police like to show
theIr-er-ap preciation Of your SER
vices. That is so, Bradley, isn't it?"
yes, sir. If it hadn't been for him
me fairly cornered."
You had no time to summon as
siStance?'
IT barely heard he was here, before
he was trying to get out the other
way. You heard him, Anson?'
Philip looked the policeman squarely
in the eyes.
The cabman knew little, and O'Brien
less, of the tremendous avoirdupois of
nt.ln ha Cpa Crn
suffering horse may have had his pri-
waite views, but he did not express
them.
Saying good bye to the pensioner in
none overheard his direction to the
driver. In about three-Quarters Of an
hour he numbered into Charing Cross
Station without soul in the East End
being aware of his destination
Where to, Sir?' asked porter who
opened the door for him.
Il only want these. bags to be taken
to the luggage room," said Philip. "You
had better get some one to help you
with these two. They are very heavy.
They contain specimens of iron ore"
The man took pull at the solid one.
''By gum he grinned. You're right.
That would surprise anybody who tried
to pick it up and run away win IT..
to say it is not going very far-only
TO a laboratory for analysis.
He saw his belongings wheeled away
on q barrow before he paid the cabman
literally. He only gave the porter six
pence. The man believed that Philip
was a clerk in charge of the minerals.
He was grateful for even SO smalr
sum.
On leaving the station, with the re-
eeipt for his luggag sc in his pocket, Phil
the Strand, on it's way back to Fen
church street. He smiled. The tie be
tween East and West was severed. No
matter what else might happen to it,
his meteor had left Johnson's News for
ever.
1t was now a few minutes past 8,
but he still had a good deal to do be-
fore he presented himself at lsaacste1n's
at II.
II was necessary to change his skin
contemplated was complete. He was
ACQUAINTED with a large QUILTING en-
pori1m in Ludgate Hill which exactly
suited his requirements, so ne RODE
thither on bus.
passing Somerset House he recalled
the Jews remark about getting his let
ter stamped" He did not know
what stamping meant in legal sense,
but he guessed that 1t implied the al
fixing Of seal of some sort. There
was no need to hurry over it, he
thought.
A Big Chance.
He had now in his pocket about. + 9s
Half ar, hour later he was wearing q
new tweed suit, new hat and new boots;
He had acquired a stock of linen and
underclothing, an umbrella and an over
coat, Some of these articles, together
with his discarded clothes, were packed
in two new leather portmanteaus; on
which his initials would be painted py
noon, when he would call for them.
He paid, 926 for the lot. and the man
who waited on him tried in vain to
fempt him to spend more. Philip knew
exactly what he wanted. He adhered
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