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

TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
This suggestion, Of course, appealed
TO Philip. Nothing could be more de-
lightful He whispered in Evelyn's
ear that he would hug her for the idea
al the first available opportunity.
One morning. a day Of June rain,
letter reached Philip. II bore the print
ed superscription, The Hall Bctham,
Devon" but this was struck out and
another address substituted It was
written in a scrawling, wavering hand,
the caIgraphy Of a mani old and very
IN, It read:
my Dear Philip: | am dying at the
point Of death, so ! use no labored
words 20 explain why ! address you In
such manner want to tell you how
bitterly ! regret the injustice ! showed
20 your dear mother and my sister. ",
OF your charity. you viii come to my
bedside, and assure a 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
uncle, PHILIP MoRLAND.'
with this piteous epistle was inclosed
another:
Dear Mr.. Arson; Join my earnest
application to my husbands that you
will console his last hours with visit.
He biames himself for what has hap
pened In the past. Yet the fault was
more mine than hls-far more. For his
sake | willingly admit It, And ! have
been punished for my sin. Ruined In
fortune, with my husband at deaths
door, am indeed a sorrowIng woman.
Yours faithfully
LOUISA MoRLAND."
The angular italian handwriting OF
the second fstter recalled a faded script
in his safe at that moment The adj
dress in each case was village on the
Yorkshire coast, a remote and inacces-
sihle place according to Philips unaided
recollection Of the map. Grange
House" might be a farm or broken
down manor and Lady Morland's ad-
mission Of reduced circumstances indi-
Gated that they had chosen the locality
for ecouomy's sake.
These appeals brought a frown OF In
decision to Ansons brow, His uncle.
and his uncie'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
dying relatives request They, or one
of them. refused his mothers pitiful de-
mand for little pecuniary help at a
time when they were rich,
And what dire mischance could have
sunk them into poverty. Little more
than two months hG6 passed since Sir
Philip Morland was inquiring for his
Philips whereabouts through Messrs.
sharpe & smith with a view toward
making him his heir
Was the inquiry Lady Morland's last
ruse to save an encountered estate?
why was all preteuse of doubt as to
his relationship swept aside so com
pletely?
He glanced again at the address on
the letter. and asked n servant to
bring him a railway guide. Then he
ascertained that if he would reach
Scarsdale that day he must leave Lon
don not later than noon. There was
journey Of nearly seven hours by rail
No chance OF returning the same night.
lie went TO the library and rang up
Sharpe 4 Smith on the telephone.
A clerk assured him that Mr. sharpe,
who attended to Sir Philip Morland's
affairs had been summoned to Devon
shire the previous day,
ITO Devoushirel" cried Philip. 81
have Just received letters from Sir
Philip and Lady Morland from York
shire