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The Atlanta Georgian SUNDAY READING With Saturday's Georgian „f June 8, 1907* and News SUNDAY READING With Saturday's Georgian of Juno 8, 1907. VOL. V. NO. 290. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 8,1907. PRICE: the ghost of lochrain castle A Thrilling Novel of Love, Intrigue, Tragedy and the Mystery of a' Famous Diamond By MRS. C. N. WILLIAMSON, Author of "Tho Lightning Conductor Etc., Etc. Illustrated by GEORGE KERR and F. NANKIVELL. CHAPTER IV. The First Day. F.ifpcth hoped that during her hour :. n ,l a half with Mr. McOowan ahe -,,i K ht clean further news of Captain oxfurd and his mysterious mldulght adventure, but nothing was said on the subject,-and she was kept steadily at work taking down letters from the manager's dictation. He spoke rapid ly, as If to test her skill, but though she was nervous at first, through over- anxlety to give satisfaction, she made no mistakes, and at 10:15 exactly Mr. McGowan stopped, declaring himself very pleased with his new assistant. "Mr. Kenrlth will be ready for you,' he said, "and I trust you are not tired, as I should not like him to bo kept walling.” Elspeth answered that she was not tired in the least; and five minutes la. ter she was knocking at tho door of .Mr. Kenrith’s private sitting room, carrying her own small typewriter In Its leather case. "Cone In!" said a voice on the other side—a voice whose tones had lingered in her memory; and suddenly, though the girt had been calm and composed a moment ago, her heart began to beat very fast, os It had beaten In the strange, dark watches of tho past night. “How silly I am," she thought “I suppose It must be that I'm wonder ing how he will feel about yesterday, llo may be vexed that I’m tho same girl who traveled In the carriage with him yc.-terday, and I heard alt the talk about his Jewels and about Captain Oxford." She opened the door rather slowly, and instantly met the eyes of John Kennih. who sat facing It at a writing i.dile Hut, Judging from Ills expres sion. he ivas rather pleased than an- * no, oil to tlnd that he had already met l io new secretary. He referred to the piurney, asked If she was not tired, and was so sympathetic and pleasant ih.ii before they began work together llie girl felt ns If they had known each other for a long time. She could see that In beginning to dictate for his new book, he was al most as shy ns a boy, and his embar rassment made him seem younger than ho had yesterday. Tactfully, she put him at his ease by trying to make him think of her as u machine, and soon lie tnrgot self-consciousness and warm ed lo his subject. Klspcth, too, grew Interested In his clear way of explain mg the great scheme the Northern millionaire had thought out for tho lament "f mankind, and he must have to. n what she fell In the glowing eyes which dwelt often on his face. I was afruld this would be dull bust- f'.-x for a young girl," said Kenrlth at hut. "but I believe you must care some thing for Socialism." “It’s one of the most absorbing sub- jots in the world," answered the girl, "and I have thought a lot about It. since I came to live In London alone and got on os best I could; but I never really understood much about It—until cow." "Thank you,” said Kenrlth, smiling his pleasant smile. "That Is a pleasing cunipiiim nt for an aspiring author, at work on Ids first book." And he would cot go on until Elspeth had told him something ubout her life In London, lb asked hor questions, and she was ■ed .n to answer as If he bad been an 01,1 hiend, for she felt, even If she eould not have deflned, the difference between this man’s Interest in her and that shown by Trowbridge. In spite of the Interludes of talk, however, they managed to do a good o;al of work, Elspeth typing from kenrith’s dictation so quickly that her augers flow over the keys of the small and almost noiseless machine. When it was nearly half-past twelve Ken- nth stopped her, saying that they had lion,, enough composition, and he ''"Uhl Hire to hear what he had writ- b ti, if she did not mind, from her lips. He believed that he could judgo of his work better in that way. Elspeth was only too pleased to do f* ae asked, for not only did she like !" rea <> aloud, but she herself was anx- nus to know how tho sentences she tud taken down would sound. They uid not gone far, however, when the reading was Interrupted by a knock at tho door, and again Kenrlth called, "Come In," but not so readily, Elspeth thought, as he had done when waiting for her to begin work. . Quickly the door opened, and Lady Lambart, looking very handsome, and almost girlish. In a youthfully made white dress, stood on the threshold. She had had a charming smile on her Ups for Mr. Kenrlth, but It frose at eight of Elspeth sluing cosily at his table with sheets of manuscript in her hand. "Oh, r am so sorry to Interrupt you. I didn’t dream you were working," she sold. "You know you told me lust evening thnt If I wanted a book to come to your sitting room and choose It when yours have been unpacked. Hilary and I have nothing worth read ing, so I look you at your word, but—" "There Is no ’but’.’’ Kenrlth assured her, pleasantly. “Miss Dean and I had really finished, and our time for work Is over. My man has filled the bookcase with the contents of my boxes, you see, and you have only to choose.” Lady Lambart came In, Ignoring Elspeth, though Kenrlth had spoken her name In a way to make a bow a gracious act. The girl rose, and, hav ing replaced her typewriter In Its case, would havo gone quietly out of tho ronrp without a word, had not Kenrlth sprang to open the door for her. ‘Thank you very much. Miss Dean,” he said. “You have been splendid, and with such kind help os youn 1 shall look forward to my hours of work here, even more than 1 had ex pected.’’ His words, so evidently spoken to show Lndy I-nmbart, as well as the girl herself, his appreciation, touched Elspeth, and warmed her heart, but she was not to leave the room with