Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-23

~ GORGE WILLIAMS will, as published
I r in the newspapers, left everything to
~ his wife, save few requests to old
employees. Altheas lip quivered she read. 4
All that money-to a man ambitious as
Peter-What would not such an amount en-
able him to do!
"He married me to get my little legacy
and she's got so much-and he loves her
beside" she said He could build his hos
pital, and sob choked speech Then
after while: "She won't go to Europe now
I'm afraid, and he'll see her, say she needs
him"
When next she saw Nell Blackwell, Nell
said:
Its wicked for one woman to have all
that money! I'd be richer than all my
dreams if / had what the government takes
for the inheritance tax. l wonder If she
will give up her trip to Europe?"
"Of course" Althea said, thinking Of
Peter.
"Why, of course If I were in her place
should go around the world anc bring part
of it home with me! Think of the shops,
| the curios, the wonderful tapestries and
other things she could buy. She has moth
! ing to keep her 'hOme'
Althea smiled dryy Hadn't she? That
was all Nell knew. She had reter. He
! would keep her in New York rather she
would remain because of him. She won
dered, too, how long it would be before he
| asked for his freedom-a divorce. A year
perhaps.
"A penny for your thoughts Nell said,
although don't believe they are worth it.
You look as if they were anything but
pleasant"
! mo, they're not worth even penny"
| Althea said, pulling herself together and
| talking of other things
Before she left Nell brought I'D the suh-
! ject again:
II wonder if it will make any difference
in her plans for the crippled sister of Miss
| Howard ?"
| m T
And the thought she never had been able to
Danish once more came to her mind
| 1t has been wonderful for the child poor
| and all that, to have a surgeon like Peter
and a wealthy woman interested in her
case" Nell said
Piled
AS Althea was opening her street door she
heard her name spoken Turning, she saw
Miss Bundy hurrying after her, breathless
! "Yes?" Althea held the door open.
| Come in the house. I want to see you,"
Miss Bundy said. s
Without replying Athea led the way up
stairs. "Sit down. I'll be with you in a
moment" she told the nurse.
'Mr. Williams died and they say at the
| hospital that now she and Dr. Peter will be
working together more than ever. 1t sure
looks like it was going to be that way. She
was there with him last night and a nurse
! heard them talking. Then they went out
| chine
els that what you wanted of me? To tell
me that silly gossip" Althea asked, angry
with herself for blushing.
Partly" Miss Bundy answered
"Well?"
Very hard Althea tried to keep her digv
nitv 1t had been very late the night before
when Peter came in. Then he had gone d.
recty to his room, saying he was weary.
! "My friend, the engineer | told you about,
In gold hn &C
! and that the doctors arm was around her
and her head was on his shoulder for all
the world like they were lovers. l thought
you ought to know But you never get any
you like l have always liked you and I
hate to see you fooled So" The tone was
oily, but the shrewd glance from the closely
set eyes was keenly malignant
Althea, however, did not see Desperate
ly she was trying to hide her feelings from
the woman, knowing she should send her
away, refuse to listen to her. Before she
] could speak the other went on:
OF course if you don't want to know
what goes at the hospital and other
places"
Excuse me a moment, please, I want to
! speak to my maid" Althea had no answer
| ready for the unfinished remark the insinu-
| alton that there would be more to tell. Yet
| she was seething with curiosity and jeal-
| Ousy. No thought that the woman might
be lying entered her mind. What object
/ could she have? But she hated to have this
!, nurse that she jealous
Now what were you saying?" she asked
| when she back.
ooh, nothing-much. My friend was 60
ing the same way and he noticed they drove
off in the park instead Of toward her home.
It's too bad for nice woman like you, so
quiet and home-like, to be made little OF
! that way. That's all, only could you let
me have-say, just another ten dollars? [
| haven't awning KNOW
you're my friend and don't want me to suf-
fer while I'm looking for work"
| Continued Tuesday,