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i'HE ATLANTA (ii'jOK(ilA> ajxjj Adiws: jskhdax, October ». Million Georgians have gone to the homes of our people in the past twelve months—and in all the ten million copies not a whisky or unclean advertisement. —Whether you care personally about the whisky and unclean part of it, you would like to have the army of mothers and fathers who do for your, customers —wouldn’t you? -~Most of them you will never reach except through The Georgian and News. • . THE PARMENTER MILLIONS A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Thrilling Adventure Copyright, 1907, By Arthur W, Msrchmont, | ] By ARTHUR W. MARCBMONT j ■ Author of "By Right of Sword,” |‘‘Whin 1 Was Cxsr,” Kto„ Etc. Olive i'annontor, heiress To Gregory "i'sr- nienter's million,, I, engaged to the future l-ord Belhorougli, of Oxfordshire, England, •filbert Merrldctv. with the aid of the Hon. Mr a. Taunton, scheme* to win the girl. ‘ 'Hire'* father rccclce* a mysterious tele gram signed "Bschel," and appeara greatly excited. Olive's father Inalats that her marriage to Jack take place at once. He gives as a rea son that his heart la troubling him and he OUT Olive that she favor, and. ev*n insults th*. girl. OHve'a father becomes very III. but Insists upon at tending the wedding ceremony. •lost a* the clergyman Is about to. pro nounce Jack and - Olivo man and wife a woman.'enters :fhu .nhureh and forbids the mhfrthdra'TBe'cxdltetnent causes thw-denth of Olivo's father. Th* woman, who says she la Rachel Merrldow. declares she Is rarmenter’s wlft. whom he deserted. Ollre refuse*** have'the'eeromonj"proceed. Rho tells her father's lawyer that she will light the Wotdaft'a claim. . ‘ « latwyer-Casement learns tlmt there la a record of I’SCmentcr's marriage to Mrs Merrldew. I’armenter'a will can not he found. Jack Insists on marrying Olivo. She declines until tho mystery!* solved, till- bert Merrldew makes love to Olive. She Is suspicious. Olive's lip curled. "You would buy my concurrence In my. father's dlahon or? No, sir,” she cried, raising her head proudly. "Not If you offered me every penny of the money. If the law gives It- to, you. take It, and take It all. Hut neither my faith In my dear father nor my own honor Is for sale. I believe thnt some vil lainy Is at the bottom of thla. and I am reaolved to discover It.” And with that declaration of war she left him. And tho law did give them the for tune. Mr. Casement had to admit that nothing could be done to upset th© se cret marriage. The proofs were Indis putable. and the evidence could not he ahaken. Merridow's offer of the mil lion sterling as a compromise was sub. mttted formally to him. and he went so far as to urgo Olive to accept it. Hut she was as nrm In her refusal to him as she had been to Merrldew hlm- •elf. ''Never," she declared, "If I have to beg my bread In the streets. I will never be n party to thla wrong to ray fRther. The mere fact that they make such a large offer is In my opinion a proof that there Is villainy somewhere and that'they are afraid I shall discov er It.” And from thla decision nothing could, move her. Hhe reaolved to leave Sllverbeech at once, and then Mrs. Merrldew, who had followed her aon down there, sought to use a further Inducement. She went to Olive's room Just as she had been putting all her things together for removal. There was war to the knife between the two. . "I must speak to you, Ills* Parmen- ter, before you go,” began the elder woman. "You have probably come to see that I am taking none of your property. Just what I should think of you," said Olive, whom the grief of departure from the home she had come to love so dearly had wrought to an Intense bitter re sentment. "You are a most unpleasant girl." was the angry retort. "I have no such thought. But I wish to stop you from doing further mischief. I declare on my honor that I am ae sorry for you as my dear son. Is.". "I have no doubt that Is true enough." said Olive, bitterly. "Why are you so bitter io me? I wish to be your friend." "It was you who killed my father In order that you'and your son might rob me of my Inheritance and my good name. Hut the wicked do not prosper. Heaven will help me to bring punish ment to you.” "I will not take offense, although your words are cruelly unjust. But I wish to warn you that If you persist In un earthing your father's past you will only add to his shamo' and bring to light the crime which drove lilm out of the country.” Olive turned and looked at Mrs. Mer rldew sternly. ."I do not believe you." ehe eald with, all the contempt she could express. It Is true, ns true as that I am speaking to you at this moment, was concerned with others to rob Ills employer, Mr, Ulngrose, a solicitor of Sheffield, and when the crime was ill* covered he lied the country and de sorted me. I have said nothing of this far. but If you persist In flaunting me I may be driven to tell'It all to the world. I wish to do you no more harm than Is necessary.,. to right my own wrongs.” "It is false," cried Olive, Indignantly. As false as the whole of your conduct. You killed my father; you have robbed me, and now you would blacken his good name even to me. You are ah evil, dangerous woman, and you only tell me this In the hope of frightening me from any attempt to unearth the evil you have done. You are so con scious of your wrongdoing that you are afraid of what I may dlacover. afraid of a lone, penniless girl. Y’ou are not only evil, you are also a coward. And you shall have cause for your fear, too." “Of Remington Quality” is the highest claim that can be made for any typewriter S Remington Typewriter Company Now Yarkand Evcrywkaro 118 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga. "This Is beyond endurance,” cried Mrs. Merrldew. "How dafe you speak thus to me?" "Who are you that I should be afraid to speak tho truth to you?” "1 am the mistress of Sllverbeech, and you shall know what that means.” "Because you and your aon have con. spired to rob me of my Inheritance. That Is what It means,” said Olive, now bitterly angry. "It means, too. that I will only have In the house whom I please. Y’ou shall leave It at once. 1 will have you put out. You are an Insolent, unreasonable, wicked girl." end Mrs. Merrldew, now beside herself with rage, rang the bell violently. "I am ready to go. I have. already ordered tho carriage," and Olive put on her hat hurriedly'. "Carriage, Indeed,” was the hot reply, with a sneer and a toss of her head. "You have not asked my permission. You shall have no carriage. Walking Is good enough for you. For twenty years and more your father left me to walk." Olive looked up quickly with a mean ing smile. "I thought your son was a rich man." she Interrupted. "He posed as auch here. Y’ou should be more careful when you lose your temper and not let the truth slip out In that way." "Leave the house at once, you name less. Insolent, shameless girl. Show this person out." she cried furiously to the servant, Ollve'e own maid, who an swered the bell. The servant stood whitefaced, at n loss to know what to do. "It Is all right, Harrison," said Olive. "I am going now.". . ^ She went out, holding her head high, and as she crossed the hall the butler. Who had been In the house ever slnee Mr. Pnrmenter had come to Sllver beech. met her and said: "The car riage Is not here yet. miss." "That person can have no carriage, cried Mrs. Merrldew, overhearing. The old man winced. "Oh. Miss Olive," he cried In a voice of pain. “Never mind. Carpenter. I am going that Is all. Ooodby.” The tears sprang to his eyes as he took the hand. “Oh, miss, that It should come to this," and. falling on his knees, he pressed bis lips to her hand. At that the girl who had come down stairs with Olive rushed forward, cry ing bitterly. "Oh. Miss Olive, Miss Olive, dear." Olive held out her hand to her also and she revered It with her kisses and tears. "Goodby, Harrison." "Are my orders to be obeyed?” called Mrs. Merrldew from above. "Show that woman out and close the door at ..rid In this way Olive was turned from the home she loved and set out to face the hard world all but penniless, full of sorrow, and alone. Bui. despite all the blows of III for tune her courage was undaunted and her heart beat high with the conscious ness of Innocence and the resolve to fight on until she had conquered-all the forces which had banded together to ruin her. _____ CHAPTER VII. "My Purpose Burns in Ms." "You are a very willful young wom an. and that Is the truth.'' said Mr. Casement, setting his elbows mi Ills office desk and.pressing his finger Ups together as he entiled very kindly Into Olive's face. There was no answering smile on her face, but an expression of Intense re solve and determination. "! know you mean everything In the kindest possi ble way. Mr. Case men: but 1 can do nothing here. And my purpose burns in me." She had gone to the lawyer at I ramp, ton. on leaving Sllverbeach. and he had pressed her to make his house her home until her plant could be set tled. "My wife would love to have you at- ways with us. Miss Olive. H might be different If we were worldly people and had daughters of our own lo marry on'. W> might then be afraid of your good looks: for not many girl* could stand I comparison with you. But being child, i |e«« we want you. Reconsider it." [ She shook her head. "Don't ask me yet at all events. I must try to right matters. I am quite resolved on that. If I try and fall, heaven help me, and ! creep back to you. beaten and hopeless I and Hi need of a shelter, you can ask I me then. Yon are rery good to me. In- I -But what can you do my child?” ■I don't know ‘yet. Tell me first whsi money I have. Is there nothing at all to come to me out of that huge for tune ?’’ ' "There would be a million If— "No, no, not that, please. Never hint to ine of a compromise," she cried quickly. * "Then there Is nothing, absolutely nothing, except your actual personal property which you brought away from the manor." "My Jewels are my own, of course. They will sell for something. Can you arrange that for me, and at once? I must have some money Immediately. I shall go first to Sheffield and find out everything I can about that past time.” "Of couree you can have what money you need.” Noticing Ills tone, Olive looked up eharply. "Not more than thoy ore worth, I moan, Mr. Casement,” she said simply, "Suspicious, too. as well as wilful,” he replied, with another kindly smile. “I will have them valued, of course. And are you quite determined also not to make these people prove their claim In law? We might not succeed, but we should at least prevent them from handling the money for a time.” "I must first find out the truth. If this tale Is true, nothing—not the whole fortune—would make me drag my fa ther's name through the law courts." "Well, there Hi another obstacle In their path. I am glad to 1 say," replied the lawyer, with a dry smile of satis faction. "No one In this country ex cept myself knows anything about your father's Investments, except tA a com paratively small extent. Mr. Merrldew has written me about the matter, of- feting to place his business In my hands. He Is coming, to see me this morning, but he tyill'not find me com municative." “You must run no risk* on my ac count, Mr. Casement." There Is no risk, of course." he smiled, "but I wish I could do more for you than merely throw some little hin drances In his way. I can not blame you for the decision you have taken: If you were my child I would have you do Just what you Intend, except perhaps In one respect; but that Is more for you, and—well. It; Is for you to decide, Excuso roe," he broke off, as a clerk brought him a card. “Into, the other private office." he told th# clerk. "You are busy. I will go.” eald Olive. "Not for a moment. 1 wish to say Just this. Until I can get the, little matter of the sale of the Jewels settled you must let me be your banker, and you must make mo,a solemn promise on one point—w hatever difficulty of any sort you get Into you will write to consult me and send for mA In nny and every emergency. Y’ou promise?" "Only too gladly," cried Olive, hold ing out her hand. "I can never thank you sufficiently for all your kindness." He took It with a show of restless ness. "And now I am going to begin by betraying your trust. Don't look alarmed. It Is only that some one has called here on your business, and It Is something. I think, you can much bet ter settle for yourself. This way." he said, nervously, as he led Olive ucro»s the outer office, talking quickly and Jerkily all the time, so thnt she should not have an opportunity of expressing Store, Blac A Wonderful Painting is Now on Free Exhibition m Our “The Village ksmith, painted by Henri de Mareau, a French artist. The picture is worth $45,000.00. It is a veritable triumph of artistic genius. Every Man, Woman and Child in Atlanta should see it. It is a great opportunity—-a treat. Abso lutely Free. Gome in and enjoy it. Great throngs have viewed it al ready and been charmed by its power and beauty. Main f.oor-~~Rug and Carpet Section. Store Hours: 8 to 6. tho questions which her face signaled. He opened the door of tho room and almost pushed Olive Inside, closing It again quickly as an astonished cry— “jack! You!" hurst from her. He held the doqr fast, so that she should have no chance to retreat; and then with a smile of great satisfaction went back to his own oflke. if he can't persuade her for himself, what's tho use of my trying, t'd like to know. But 1 doubt it. I doubt It," lie murmured to himself. "She's—she's— well, she Is. and that's all about It." He had scarcely settled himself at hit desk when Gilbert Merrldew'* name was brought to him and lie told the clerk to show Ititn in. Merrldew gave the lawyer a sharp, shrewd glance as he took his seal. “You had u|y letter. Mr. Casement?'' he be gan. with a smile. "Yes, of course." “Are you prepared to take up my business on the lines proposed? Am I speaking to my own solicitor, that t*. or to Miss Parr,tenter's?” "I have been acting for Miss Par- mentor, of course, and I am always op posed to acting for both sides." replied Mr. Casement slowly. "I have very large interests to put Into your hand*, a* you know." The lawyer smiled blandly. "Do you mean your own or Mrs. Merrldew'*? I do not know the nature of your per sonal means, Mr. Merrldew.” I refer to everything Mr. Parmenter left." was the quick reply, accompanied by a very sharp look. Then Jt Is for Mrs. Merrldew?” Yes. l sneak for her.”- "And what do you wish me to do? "To undertake the whole of tills busi ness for her. ’ Everything," answ ered Merrldew with a sweep of the hand. Mr. Casement appeared to thin "There Is the estate, of course. But was Mr. Parmenter teally a i wealthy man. do you think? He singularly close In matters concerning Ills property and possessions." Merrldew looked at him again fixedly. "What do you mean by that? _ were In his confidence more than other man." Mr. Casement paused and looked! away out of the window, with hi* finger tips pressed close together. "11 that I* so, why I—” and he finished the sentence with a shrug, ss If to Imply that It was not very much. Continued in Tomorrow's^Georgian. 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