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


This suggestion, Of course, appealed
to Philip Nothing could he more de
lightful. lie whispered In Fvelyu's
ear that he would hug her for The idea
a. the first available opportunity.
one morning. a day Of June rain. "a
letter reached Philip. II bore the print
ed supersuriptiou, THE Hall BelthaW.
Devon but this was struck out and
another address substituted II was
written in a scrawllng, wsvering hand.
Tho caligraphy OF a man old and very
ill., II read:
IVY Dear Philip: am dying al the
point OF death, SO I use no iabored
words TO explain why address you In
such manner. want 10 tell you how
bitterly regret the Injustice I showed
TO your dear mother and my sister. ~,
Of your charity. you Will come 10 my
bedside, and assure q feeble old man Of
your forgiveness, I can meet the coming
ordeal strong In the certainty that Mary
Arson Will not refuse what you have
given In her behalf Your sorrowing
uRcle, PHILIP MoRLAND,"
with this piteous epistle was inclosed
another:
"Dear Mr. Anscu; I Join my earnest
srppicaton TO my husbands that you
will console hts last hours with visit.
Ne blames himself for what has hap
pened In the past Yet the fault was
more mine than his--far more. For his
sake I willingly admit Il. And I have
been punished for my sin. Ruined In
fortune, with my husband at dsath's
I
Yours faithfully.
LOUISA MoRLAND."
The angular Italian handwriting Of
the second letter recalled a faded script
in his safe At that moment The ad-
dress in each case was a village on the
Yorkshire coast, a remote and inacces-
sible place according to Philips unsided
recollection Of the map. Grange
House" might be farm or a broken
down manor and Lady Morland's ad-
mission Of reduced circumstances indi-
Gated that they had chosen the locality
for economys 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 do? Refuse
diving relatives request! They. or one
OF them. refused his mothers pitiful de-
rnand for little pecuniary help at
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
Philip whereabouts through Messrs,
sharpe & Smith with a view toward
making him his heir.
Was the inquiry Lady Morand's last
ruse to save an encountered 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 a servant 70
bring him a railway guide. Then he
ascertained that il he would reach
Scarsdale that day he must leave Lon
don not later Than noon. There was a
journey Of nearly seven hours ny rail
No chance of returning the same night.
He went to the library and rang up
4 clerk assured him that Mr.. sharpe.
who attended to Sir Philip Morland's
affairs. had been summoned to Devon
shire the previous day.
ITO Devoushirc" cried Philip. II
have Just received letters from Sir
Philip and 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
veed to pevoushire without delay"
Has there been some unexpected de
velopment affecting the estate?"
u am sorry, sir. but you win see l
an hardly answer any further ques-
tions'
OF course the clerk was right Phil.
ip had hardly quilted the telephone
when a note reached him by hand from
Evelyn: Please come at once Must
see YOU
He was at Mount street in three
minutes
Eveyn looked serious and began by
holding cut a letter to him. He recog
uized Lady Morland's writing
"Phnlp-those peope-who behaved
so badly 20 your mother
Have they dared To trouble you?'
OH 81 IS SO sad. y our uncle is dy-
Hg. They are wrrtchedly poor; an un-
f9rcseou collapse. See
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