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


your affIanced husband TO come 10 US
and 10 help us. want nothing for my.
self, but the mere sight Of a few checks
| 10 pay tradespeople, doctor and the rest
Will soothe Sir Philips last hours. He
, is a proud man, and know he Is heart.
broken TO think he is dying a pauper
among strangers"
So II ended as might he expected
| Philip wired to Grange House. Scars
dale, to announce his coming Accom-
panied by his violet he left Kings Cross
at IL o'clock. but his parting words to
Evelyn were:
See Mr.. Abingdon after luncheon
dear, and tell him what / am doing. ]
will return tomorrow. Meanwhile. /
win keep you informed by telegraph Of
my movements"
After leaving the main line at York
there was a tiresome crawl 10 the coast
broken by changes at junctions--weary-
! ing intervals spent in pacing monoto-
| nous platforms
AT last the train reached Scarsdale
at twenty minutes to 7. A few pas
| sengers alighted. The place was evil
IDENTIFY a small village not given over to
the iBcursons Of summer visitors.
A tall man, with doctor writ large
on his silk hat and frock coat, ap-
preached Philip.
Mr. Anson?".
Yes"
Il am Or. Williams. have brought
you a letter from Lady Morland. Per-
haps you will read It now. i expect 1t
| explains my Grand"
Sir Philip is still living?"
Yes. but sinking fast"
Ansou tore open the note. 1t was
brief
Thank you for your prompt kind
ness Dr. Williams viii drive you to
the house. If you have brought a serv-
ant he might take your baggage to the
Fox and Hounds Inn, where DR.. VIII
Hams has secured room for you. I re-
greet exceedingly we have no accom-
mediation here. but, in any event. YOU
will be more comfortable at the inn"
He looked at the doctor, In vague
way, his voice recalled accents he
seemed to recognize.
rs there a telegraph office here?"
Yes, We pass IT, IL closes at g."
Il win not be back from the Grange
House before them"
A Telegram.
Hardly. 1t is half hours drive"
THANK you. You will stop a mo-
ment at the telegraph Officer"
The doctor hesitated.
There Is so little time. Is it OF
great Importance? or course"
''Oh, know what to do. Green-take
| my traps to the Fox and Hounds Inn
| Then 70 TO the telegraph office and
send message in my name to Miss
Atherley, saying: Arrived Sir Philip
worse That is am
| Anson's valet saluted and left them.
| Or Williams said cheerfully:
That disposes of difficulty. Are
| you ready, Mr.. Anson?"
| They entered a ramshackle dogcart,
for which the doctor apologtzed.
These hills knock ones conveyances
to pieces. l am having new cart built,
| but II viii be done for in couple of
years. out in all weathers, you see. To
carry you ! had TO leave my man at
| home"
The doctor himself seemed to be young
and smart-looklng Evidently Scars
yehicles The horse. too was a gooo
one, and they moved through a scat
tered village at a quick trot.
They met number OF people, but Or.
Williams was talking so eagerly to his
companion that he did not nod to any
of them.
As the road began to climb toward a
bleak moorland he became less voluble.
more DESTROYS TO get Arson to speak
Philip thought that he doctor listened to
him with a curious eagerness. Probably
Sir Philip and Lady Morland impressed
him as an odd couple, he would be anx-
ious to learn what sort of relative this
was who had travelled from London to
see them
Philip was in small humor for CONVEX
sation He looked forward to an ex-
ceedingly unpleasant interview. when
his lips would utter consoling words to
which he must strive to impart genu-
inc and heartfelt ring; that would need
an EFFORT, 10 say the least.
The road wound its way through pines
and heather. but ever upward, until
the trees yielded TO an unbroken range
of open mountain. and the farms nes-
tied in hooks OF the hillside disappeared
! wholly,
! Glimpses OF the sea were caught
where a precipitous valley tore a cleft
IN the land ON a LOFTY brow in front
Philip saw a solitary and half-ds-
mRntled building
is that the Grange House," he in
quired
| Yes"
why on earth did two old people,
one of them an invalid. select such q
lonely residence"
THAT has been puzEling me for days "
| How long have they been here"
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