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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2?. 101*1
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THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Thrilling Adventure
Copyright, 1907,
By Arthur W. Marohmont.
By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT
of “By Right of Sword,”
I W«« Czar,” Etc., Etc.
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Oilire IViraieiiter, heiress to Gregory Pa
mentor's millions, Is engaged to tbe future
■ lstrd Belborougli, of Oxfordshire. Knglaad.
Gilbert Merrldew, with the old of the lion.
Mm. Taunton, schemes to win the girl.
ollre's fnther receives a mysterious tele,
gram signed “Itnchel,' and appears greatly
excited.
Olive's father Insists that her marriage to
Jack take place at once, lie gives as a rea
son that his heart Is troubling him and he
fears ho may not live long, olive and Lady
ltelhorough, noon the latter's arrival, have
t war of words. , ,,
Lady Helborouah takes occasion to tell
tending the wedding ceremony.
Just as the clergyman la a Unit to pro-
nonnee Jack and Olive man and wife a
• w'oman enters the church nnd forbids the
marriage. The rxclteraeot causes the death
of Olive's father. The woman, who saya
►he Is Rachel Merrldew. declares she Is
. I'armentcr's wife, whom he deserted, olive
refuses to have the'ceremony proceed. She
' tells her father's lawyer that she will light
the woman's claim.
The son must have described her fa
ther’s critical stale of health and have
known that auch a scene ns that In the
church was certain to have desperately
serious and probably fatal results. And
Olive's brows knitted angrily and her
lips were pressed firmly together us she
thought of all that this might mean.
In tho morning Lady Belborough
drove over from the castle, ostensibly
to condole with Olive, but renlly to find
out what she meant to do. Hho com
menced with a few surface expressions
of sympathy which Olivo appreciated
at their real worth. "And now, dear,
what does It nil mean? What are you
going to do about this dreadful scan-
dal 7"
"In the first place I shall wait to see
, If there Is any scandal at all. Lady
’ llelborough.” ankwered Olive quietly.
"Mr. Casement has gone to Investigate
''the whole matter.”
"The lady's story 1s very circum
stantial.”
"Of course you listened to It, re
torted Olive, coldly.
"I really could not help It. She forced
it upon me; and. Of'course, I saw at
once that the marriage could not toko
place until It had been sifted.”
"You may depend that Jt will be sift,
ed to the uttermost. I-ady Belborough.
I am not likely to allow such an In
famous scandal to rest on my dear fa-,
ther’* name one moment longer than
neceasary. All I have In the world will
be devoted to that purpose."
"Of course, of course. But will It
affect you in regard to your fortune?"
"Mr. Casement tells me It will not.”
"Ah. I am glad Indeed of that. To
have lost your fortune as well as your
name would have"—
Olive sprang up Instantly. "Lady
Belborough. you are Jack's mother and
I do not wish to bo betrayed Into say
ing anything to you which I might aft
erwards regret. But I will not allow
any one to slander my dear dead father
and to insult ml"
"You take a high tone. Indeed, cried
Lady Belborough. rising also.
"Yesterday I had some one to protect
me; today 1 have no one but myself;
and It Is I who have to protect tho dead
from calumny of this kind."
"If you think you can get rid of this
scandal by merely getting up on high
stilts, you will And you are mightily
mistaken.'* wus the angry reply. "The
heir of Belborough will not be allowed
to marry a nameless"—
“Your ladyship's carriage Is wait
ing,” Interrupted i Hive, ringing the hell.
Lady Belborough's face named with
passion, "You dare to treat mo In
this wav and order me out of your
house. You. a mere upstart, with no
claim even to"—
"Lady Belborough’s carriage," aald
olive to the servant who opened the
door at that moment, and with a frigid
bow she turned away and did not look
around until her visitor had left the
room. Then with a moan of suffering
ds* threw herself on a couch and hurled
her face In her hands.
Until then' she had not realized all
the terrible c-msequences to herself
which must follow If the story told on
the previous day should prove to be
true. Her face flushed and her blood
boiled us she winced and quivered with
the now shame of her thoughts.
She was on Are with impatience for
the news which Mr. Casement was to
send, and when late In the afternoon a
telegram came from him, she tore It
open with Angers that trembled with
agitation.
“Ain returning tonight. Regret cah
And no Aaw In the story.
“CASEMENT."
With this terrible news she again
sought refuge In her own room; and In
solitude spent hours of bitter, poignant
grief.
In the early evening Jack oame over.
But she would not see him, although
her heart was aching for the comfort 1
he qould have given her, and scribbled
a line, that she Could not bear tin In
terview yet. He persisted, and nil but
insisted upon seeing her; but she held
to that determination.
She would set no one but Mr. Case
ment; anil when he come he could only
conArm his telegram. Such a marriage
as that alleged had certainly taken
place, und the signature, "Richard Par.
mentcr,” corresponded with her fa
ther's handwriting.' The witnesses, a
Mr. and Mrs. Thlstleton, were alivo,
too, and had recognized the photograph
of Mr. Parmentqr, which the lawyer
had shown to then!.
She listened In silence as If It had
been her sentence of death; and then
said »ho wished to be alone.
He was to stay at Sllverbeeeh that
night, and he said I hat he would like
to get her father's will. ,"I know where
It Is, kept," he added. "In the safe."
She got him the keys of the safe, and
together they opened It.
With a confident look he took out the
packet of papers among which It wns
always kept and unfastened tho tape.
“Your father was a most methodical
man," ho said. "Here It Is."
Then Ills face fell and a look of pro
found consternation spread over It.
The cover with the Indorsement
which hla clerk had made was there;
but It contained only some blank sheets
of paper.
Olive had seen his look and caught a
glimpse of the blank sbeete of paper.
"Whnt doe* this meun. Mr. Casement?"
she asked, not fully understanding the
gravity of tho matter.
The lawyer folded up
quickly and f
__ the paper
forced a smile. "Ho to bed
now. iny dear young lady. You have
been Intensely tried today. In the
morning I’ll look more closely Into
things. I’m very tired, too."
But when she hnd gone, he tossed up
hls'hand*. "Hood heavens! beggared as
well! Oh, poor girl; poof girl. How
terrible!”
CHAPTER VI.
Beggared and Homalstt.
Olive bore the news of her loss of
fortune with surprising fortitude.
Mr. Casement kept the fact of tho
loss of the will to himself as long as
he dared, and. under the prctenco of
collecting all the paper* of his late
client, be had every nook nnd cranny
of the manor senrehed during the in
terval between his return and the day
of the funeral.
But OUve had to be told the truth
then. .
"Whnt will It mean to me, Mr. Case
ment?” she asked.
"Probably a long legal tussle, my
dear young lady. I have the Instruc
tions nnd a draft will, and shall of
course endeavor to have that draft
proved."
"And If you fall?"
"Everything will then turn upon this
alleged marriage. If that Is proved
to have actually token place, 1 fear
that all your late father’s property will
go to the person who claim* to be his
widow. But don't despair yet, of
course." . . i ..
I shall never despair. It Is not the
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er’s good name. I am resolved to clear
that."
“Of course you are, and I am equally
resolved to assist you. But, although
you young people are accustomed to
think lightly of wealth, we old ones
take a different view/’
“What can these Merrldews do?” was
her next question.
“Nothing without a long legal fight;
and I should %hlnk that some sort of
compromise—”
“I will not compromise with them. If
It Is theirs, they shall have it, Mr.
Casement. To compromise would be
to acquiesce In this calumny,” de
clared Olive very firmly. “It is true,
or It is a lie. There Is no half-way
house.” And to that decision she held
unfalteringly.
But Mr. Casement had made a mis
take when he declared that the Merrl
dews could do nothings He had spo
ken In Ignorance of a fresh misfortune
which he did not ascertain until he had
returned to hla ofilce. There had been
a fire there some time before, and In it
the draft will hud been burned.
Meanwhile Gilbert Merrldew acted
with much shrewdness. He had wilt
ed anxiously to ascertain whether any
other will than that which he had de
stroyed was forthcoming, and when
none was propounded he went down to
Sllverbeeeh,
Jack hud been at the Manor Just be-
foro, nnd strong and very trying inter
view had taken place between him and
Olive. She had told him that her for
tune was probably lost, and, like the
true, manly fellow he was, he had urged
her to marry him at once.
"I said the other day I w'ould wel-
welcome such a test, dearest,” he said.
"It will make no difference to me. ^Y’e’ll
do what I said then. Leave these
thieves to enjoy their plunder and you
and I will go abroad. It is you I want,
not your money.”
But she would not hear of It. Ills
mother’s words rang In her ears, and
the hot flush of shamo these words had
roused mantled her cheeks again at tho
remembrance. She would be no man's
wife until this terrible bar had been
removed.
He begged and urged nnd argued,
using every plea he coukl think of, but
she remained Immovable. “J will.give
my life to clear my dear father's name,
and I will never ceasu trying until I die
or succeed."
"Then we’ll do’It together," he cried.
“No, Jack, no. Don’t ask me. I will
be no man’s wife until I can look the
world In.the face and claim my rightful
position. It almost breaks my heart to
send you away, but It must be.”
And ho had to leave Iter, unable to
shake this determination.
When Gilbert Merrldew arrived he
began by expressing the deepest sym
pathy with Olivo. Not a trace of his
former brusqueness was shown; he was
as courteous and gentle as it solicitude
for her W'ere the one thought in his
mind. His desire was, ho said, to be
allowed to be a friend, and he gave her
to understand that his former proposul
of marriage had been Inspired as much
by the eagerness to spare her this sor
row as by hla own feelings.
’If only matters could have been dif
ferent, If you could have seen well to
have given me a different answer, all
this would have been .avoided, and the
unpalatable truth would have been kept
secret,” he said regretfully.
Olive was not imposed upon by this
pretense, however. “You knew of this
alleged marriage when you were here,
then?” she asked. “Why did you not
a peak of It to my father?"
“It was my mother’s matter more
than mine,” he replied with a frown
at the pointed question. “If I could
have been, fortunate enough to win
your hand,’there would have been no
need for the secret to have been re
vealed. The unpleasant trouble would
have been arranged on a basis of Jus
tice.”
My father would also have been able
to Buy whut was the truth," she re
torted.
"It Is not yet too late to prevent fur
ther trouble by the same means,” ho
said, fixing his dark eyes on her mean.
Ingly. “It Is a compromise that would
still secure rough Justice."
"You mean that 1 shoultl marry you,
Mr. Merrldew, In order to secure a
sharo in this fortune?”
i mean that my offer, as I told you
at the time, was made quite disinter
estedly. I knew that by right you had
no claim to this money.”
Olive looked up sharply. “You knew
that my father’s will would not be
found then? That la a most significant
admission, Mr. Merrldew.”
Ills look of momentary confusion did
not escape her sharp eyes, nor his as
sumption of Injury as he forced a smile.
“Of course I did not mean that at all."
he replied. “I referred only to the
effect of the secret marriage.”
"Well, you had better have my an
swer at once,” she said, firmly. “There
can be no compromise of any sort, and
certainly no thought of my becoming
your wife. I do not believe the story
of this marriage, nnd I shall never cease
In my hunt for the truth. I believe
that If It were an honest claim it would
have been made In a very different
manner. I believe that you had some
motive for stopping my marriage with
Mr. Fenwick, and that this woman,
whom you call your mother, chose her
sensational method at your bidding In
order to blacken me In the eyes of the
world and at the same time strike at
my dear father’s health."
“I assure you on my honor. Miss Par-
menter, that you are os wrong In that
-onoluston as In your Insult to my
mother. We feel for you deeply, and
are conscious that you are Innocently
a terrible sufferer. To show you that
our s> mpathy Is not mere surface talk
one million of your father’s fortune
hall bo made over to you without uny
Idea of marriage with me, if that set-
tlement of the Issue between us will
satisfy you."
Continued in Tomorrow's Georgian.
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SAYS J. M. BARR
Special to Tho Georgiau.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 29.—“I do not think
the financial situation In New York Is
any cause for alarm in other parts of
the country,” said J. M. Barr, former
president of the Seaboard Air Line
railway and late director general of the
Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition,
upon returning from a tour of Inspec
tion of his coal mining and railroad
operations In southwestern Virginia.
Mr. Barr Is also interested In Iron
mining and manufacturing at Anniston
and Birmingham, Ala.
“The cquntry Is prosperous and gen
eral business conditions were never
better. There Is plenty of money for
legitimate enterprises and the enor
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my Judgment, preclude financial trou
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WILL TURN OUT
Owing to Important matters coming
up at the capltol this week. Governor
Smith will-not be able to attend the
Polk county fair at Cedartown Wed
nesday, as he had originally planned.
Governor Smith’s next visit away
from the city will be to the state re
union of Confederate veterans In Au
gusta November 12-13. Governor Smith,
and Governor Ansel, of South Carolina, |
will head the parade there on the day
the reunions opens.
The governor’s new staff will appear
In force for the first time in Augusta.
Hurry-up orders have been given by
all the now colonels for their uniforms.
If these uniforms arrive In time the
colonels will all appear In full regalia.
On November 15 Governor Smith will
visit the county fair of lelfalr at Mc
Rae. The occasion will celebrate the
one hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Telfair county.
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This statement wa» made to Itoeofder
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« ''“vollng salesman of Baltimore, ns
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* the arc. It! under sentence of death here for the
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Workmen are engaged Monday In
making some Important change" In ,lie
southeast wing of the capltol. which
will give the railroad commission more
room.
The rarely used corridor in thl* w *™
Is being enclosed and will probably n*
used as a reception room for the com
mission. The large room used for son.
years by the prison commissiontv>
hearings and as the commission-
work room will be taken by the mem
bers Of the railroad commission fi r »
private consultation apartment.
Under thl* change th# prison
mission will use the long room next
the Mitchell street exit. It I" be"”
newly carpeted and fitted up for
purpose. With these change" in* 1
load commission will have four Insi
of two rooms.
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