Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-07

you must be diplomatic in order to
carry II out. Wait q few minutes
until you regain your COmpOsure, and
then ask her in a nice way If she
wouldn't Ike to make a little trip
with you to the mountains, and she
will jump at the chance. Then I will
join her in a day or two, and after
that I think there will be no difficulty
in keeping her there, on some pre-
text, as long as necessary; or until
this thing blows over as you express
it"
Deery saw the wisdom of his wifes
remarks and the result was he forced
himself TO a calm after which a maid
was sent to see if Mildred was awake.
Yes, she was dressing and would be
ready in a few minutes.
Deery nearly oyerplayed himself In
inviting his daughter to make a trip
with him to the mountains, and NIL
bred looked at him suspiCiously once
or twice but her mother came to the
rescue and allayed her doubts, where
upon she said she would be delighted
i thought Of this trip just before
breakfast" said Deery, lying Ike a
good fellow, and I rushed right up
-, to speak TO your mother about it. The
consequence is I'm hungry. so I pro-
for a change. Ny dear turning to
his wife, we viii give you just ten
minutes in which TO dress In rare
good humor by this time, Deery ran
downstairs with his newspaper and
devoted the ten minutes TO a careful
study Of the financial quotations.
A Car Full of Supplies.
When Deery started out to do any
thing he did # well Having secured
his daughters consent to accompany
him 70 the mountains, he put in a
busy morning preparing for her COM
fort After telephoning his superin~
tendent what TO expect, he chartered
an express car and loaded II with
a ruuabout from his garage, five bar
rels Of gasoline, a box of the latest
novels all the magazines, hammocks.
lawn tennis set, a Croquct set
Cneither Of which she ever opened.
ten pounds Of the best assorted can
dy (the kind that dries up in about
four days., and two score Of foolish
| things she had no earthly use for.
He came near huving a smart looking
doll he saw i'm a store window. He
so bought lot Of flower garden
seed he thought might help occupy
her time Besides an these things he
ordered and had put in the car no
end If solid and fancy groceries In
short. he laid himself out to get
everything he thought she might need
for her comfort and amusement. in
Guiding a fancy little revolver and
light rifle with plenty of cartridges
Galen Deery did an these things
i'm two hours and forty minutes, drove
10 his home, saw that Mildred's trunk
was strapped on the trunk rack OF
kissed his wife. sped 10 the depot
the automobile, told Mildred's maid
to get I'm the car and then CALAMITY
handed his daughter into the tonneau,
arriving there with seven minutes &c
spare They took their seats in he
Pullman. the express car was at
taCheI To the rear Of the train anC
they were soon on their way to the
mountains.
D-ery's domain in the Georgia
mountains is six or seven miles from
the railroad, I'm a wild and solitary
region. There Was q good road lead
ing uphill nearly an the way from the
little settlement bearing the some
what QIceT-s0unding name of Pew
Creek. where the train stopped. In
the heart Of his property, pending
the starting Of his vast project, Deery
had erected a large cottage, on tho
bungalow type for the use Of himself
and his superintendent, who was
early on the ground getting things in
shape for prompt work when DeerE's
big scheme materialized. This cot
taEe was situated a quarter o. a mile
from the main read ana close TO
roaring brook thIt a mile or two be
youd, ran into Pew Greek. whiC.
flowed down past the settlement. II
was a beautiful spot and Mildre#
cried her delight when she saw Il for
the first time la-e that afternoon as
the rurabour, driven by herself