Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

roT in anv great story has such moment
nj OF happiness been pictured as that IN
which the sorely tried heroine OF Han
Gaines newest and best novel, THE Woman
Thou Gavest Ne" is lifted suddenly out OF the
deptb OF her misery by the arms OF her return
Ing lover. Nothing more compelling exists IN
literature than the current instalment OF the
story in september's "Hearst's Magazine"
By the courtesy OF the editors OF "Hearsts
Magazine" excerpts are printed on this page
P-onerly. 10 understand the situation, BRIEF
synopsis Of what has gone before is necessary
SYNOPSIS
KNARY ONenl, the delicate. conventored
lV1 daughter OF a selfmade millionaire, Is
sold In marriage by her ambitious father TO the
disspated and prohigate Lord Raa. Too late
she realizes the horror and sin OF loveless
marriage and on her wedding night she and her
husband cater into an agreement 10 i've as
man and wife in name only.
She meets Martin Conrad, an old friend 81
her childhood who has become an Antarctic
explorer. Mary and Conrad fall into the trap
set for them by her husband and the woman
with whom he has become infatuated. conrad
sails on another polar exploration trip, leaving
Mary to face the consequences OF their passion.
Lord Rea discovers the situation, and Mary
O'Neill flies TO London where her baby Is born.
Cut OF by her family, Conrad far away, she
faces want. The baby becomes III through lhCh
of nourishment Mary who has been earning
q meagre pttance by needlework. meets an
other old friend who has Joined the women OF
Piccadilly Circus. She spends night with
her. She returns TO the people who are look
ing after her baby only 10 find II perilously III.
She is turned away by the people fro whom
she has been working.
In her distress she Is fBced by the problem
Of earning enough money to give her baby life.
How will she do it7
ha dacidaa that the 0uiy left for her Is
10 90 "into the streets" for money.
She tttirss herself In her most stylish gown
and goes out into the street. Hour after hour
she traverses the thorouRhfares Of the West
End, and toward midnight she realizes that not
only Is she not doing what she went out to do
but every time opportunity had offered itself
khe had resisted It.
She tries to speak TO the next passerby. but
bursts into tears. She feels that the man has
lnin hold of her. that his strong hands are
gTasping her arms. and that he Is looking
INTO her face.
The story then continues:
tFrom the current lnstalment Of Tho
Woman Thou oavest Me-" In Hearsrs Maya
zine and reprinted by permission Of Hearsts
Msgazns)
Y HEARD his voice. It seemed to belong to
no waking moment, but TO come out of the
d hours OF sleep.
mary mary!
looked up at him. but before my eyes could
carry the news to my brain knew who II was
II knew, knew knewi
Don't be afraid! It's II"
Then somethlng-God knows what--made me
struggle to escape and cried. Let me gol"
But even while / was strugglng-tryng to
ny away from my greatest happiness was
praying with all my might that the strong
arms would hold me, conquer me, master me
They did And then something seemed to
give way inside OF me, and through a roaring
that came into my brain I heard the voice
again. and It was saying: Quick. Sister, call
a cab. Open the door, O'Sullivan. No, leave
her TO me. I've got her, thank God"
And then binding darkness fell over me-
and everything blotted out.
But only a moment afterward Cor what
seemed TO be a moment) memory came back
In great swelling wave OF Joy. Though ! did
not open my eyes l knew that ! was safe and
baby was safe, and all was we'll Somebody
II was the same beloved voice agaln-was say.
ing. "Mally! MY Mally! My poor long-suffer-
ing darling! Ny own again, God bless her!"
1t was he, It Martin, my Martin And
oh, Mother OF my Lord. he was Carving me
upstairs in his arms
My return to consciousness after tainted in
Martins arms as he had carried me upstairs
was painful and yet joyful experience. 1t