Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-05
SIXTH rrsrALLzrENT.

As they passed several chatting
groups Airs fIirkle announced her loss
loudly soon the floor was covered with
people searching for the missing dia-
monds- Mary looked FOR the missing
diamonds Mary looked on. amused The
searchers seemed 10 her 70 ne a crowd
az overcrowu children playing Button.
button. who's cot the button Mary
down iu nsr heart suspected that Mrs.
HinkIe hadn't had such p brooch on At
all Women are a forEerful lot-and
~yary
Suddenly Mary realized that June was
not I'm the little thrOug Of searchers.
She jumped up anNioUsly. Mrs Travis
was standing AZ one OF the entrance
arches. talking Spiritedly 10 a pleasant
looking man or middle age The old
nurse a0prCacher her with some heslta-
tiou In spite o. her long years Of
service I'm the family and her close rela-
ticrship with June. Mary had always
felt slightly iu awe OF Mrs Travis
She disliked to interrupt the CONVEX
Sltiou but Ter anxiety overcame her
timidity. she touched her mistress
lightly on the arm
II beg your pardon. Mrs Travis" she
said quietly. but could you tell me
where Miss June is
Miss June. Why. ! don't know,
NARY 0AL ~alE wei AaAhNlA NeaAN --H
wherever she Is. 7 think she's with Mr.
Lamar. 50 don't worry about her"
Mrs. Travis resumed her conversation
She didn't see the old woman wander
our OF the ballroom. into the large cor
rfdor and disappear down A little hall
wav- The SurftUu hotel had many
wings and a uerfect labyrinth OF pas
Sideways. large and small Mary wan
dered about lOukiue into room after
room. with no result
= She decided that Lamar and June were
walking IN the grounds II would ne
5unossfble for an old woman with fail
ing sight 20 find them out there IN the
pale moonlight
DIScoura Ced and tired out with worry
and the uuaccustomed glare and noise.
Mary entered one Of the little rooms OF
The main corridor She sank into deep.
niEh-backed. chair. upholstered in some
soft velvetv material. and put her neal
back
Her imagination tortured her The
very thing that she had feared had nap
uered- she had come IN the bali for the
sNu-ess purpose ~ watching over her
IittIe girl she had relaxed her vigil
lance for moment and June had dis
spneared-in company with Lamar
With grim horror Mary cOnlureC up
the terrible things that might happen
He- thoughts resolved themselves into
a waking uightmare-then they faded
slowly 4 gentle fIuJtering Of her black
satin dress. spoke Of a light. rssttul
sIesp- The tricky doze Of approaching
old age
Not twenty ree- from the room IN
which fatigue had overtstSeu Mary. was
the oriental smoking room Of the Hotel
.Surfton II had been decorated and fur
r7srsd bv On artist who 'rew his work
F-v.rvthinE. from the priceless chinese
rugs 10 the UamaScene knives in etabo-
rate sheathS. was authentic az weil as
beautiful SQUAT Hindu gods with silly
sr7frks on their dull. bronze faces,
Snffrsy- A. tire burning incense beneath
thsfr shriues Heavily embroidered
5rarerieS from Persia hung in rich folds
behind Turkish lamps OF roughly-beateh
b-a-s. And here aud there. on the floor.
wee the huge SsoCEs-Te7lly chairs
covered i'm siIxen materials OF weird col
--frr-trar are q vital factor in nlgn-
class Siauese houses
0vr~ IN one corner. directly in troii'
Of a v7f- Or portieres woven from raw
Tapsre-e silk. was long teakwoo'
IL June and Lamar had been sittlnl
thsk for the past half hour: sometimes
Il, Il '"'"'''''s' sometimes stranger,
worries me mere than anything
we -=d u solve in Years" Lamar WAS
saving GIVE Rad TIE woman IN ms