Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20
Synopsis.

Daniel O'NeiIl a powerful. self-made man,
forces his only daughter. Mary into loveless
marriage with the impecunious and profigate
Lord Raa, so that his ambition 70 have hts
descendants the rightful heirs OF the one earl
dom in ELAN may be realized. Mary, CON
vent-raised young woman. shocked 10 md her
husband man OF sordd. sensual passions. re
fuses utterly TO have anything 70 do with him
Of her love During the HONEYMOON abroad
Alma Lier. a divorce who had been expelled
from the convent Mary attended In Rome At
taches herself 70 the party, and makes the
honeymoon trip" a long series of sights and
At last LADY Raa becomes certain of the In
fidelity Of her husband and his misconduct with
Alma Ler On her return 20 London Mary en-
who has returned from his triumphant expedi-
ton TO the Antarctic. Drawn into ever-closer
relations with tho only man for whose friend
shin she had ever cared Mary finally awakes
Martin Terrified by this knowledge and find
ing herself more and more IN love with Martin.
she determines to away from the cause OF
her distress. and go home
affair. Her husband fills the tumble-down oId
mansion with his fast friends from London. i'm
Guiding Alma Lier, who assumes control or the
household. Ultimately the Illness OF her falhef
offers Mary excuse for escape from the intoler-
able environment But before visiting her old
home Mary appeals in turn to her Bishop ana
20 her fathers LAWYER only 20 be tod tat
neither church nor State can offer any relief
from her false position. She returns next day
TO Castle Raa TO find that Martin Is arriving
for a farewell visit and that by Alma Ler's
deceitful scheming the whole house party mas
gone off FOR a few days cruise.
Mary fights grim battle with temptation, only
10 find on the last night that her faith In re-
nunciation and the laws Of the Church Is
fragile thing compared with her overwhelming
love for this pure-hearted man. with Martins
,,,esf11,te words "You are my real wife.
am your real husband ringing In her brain
She forrets everything else and with strong
eteps walks across the corridor to Martins bed
room. This is the action which Martin has ad-
yised as being the only course open TO them
when IS sure to bring the one result they
determined TO attain-Marys divorce from LORD
Mary determines, after the departure of Mar
tin Conrad, to hide herself IN London. she ls
dr'~en rv fear Of Lord Raas discovery Of her
Indebtedness 20 him; she is equally afraid OF
the yeuomous tongue Of Alma Iier She is no
sooner settled In a cheap little boarding house
In London than a great hue and cry Is raised by
her father. or all persons, II Is Mildred, that
nne truest friend Of her convent DAYS. who
ferrets her out; but for Mary's sake she breaks
O vow and refuses TO give her up. Then comes
the report of the loss Of Martins ship IN the
Antarctic Desperate with grief and fearful for
the unborn child which she hopes shall recon
ciIe her TO her empty life and typify her great
love Tor Martin she fees from Mildred 10 a stiu
more obscure corner Of London, and there her
child Is born.
published by Permission of. and Copyrighted,
1918. by HEARsT's Magazine.)
Z THINK It must have been the morning of the
next day following when the nurse who
had attended me in my confinement came to
see how I was going along.
| told her Of the dimness of my sight and
the aching of my eyebals. whereupon she held
IN her hands and cried: There nowl What
did I tell you? Didn't say it is utter lady
feels it?"
The moral Of her prediction was that being
in a delicate state OF health. and having let
myself low" before the baby born, it was
my duty to wean her Immediately.
I could not do 1t.
Although my nurses advice was supported
by my Welsh landady with various prognos-
tications of consumption and ricketts,, could
not at first deny myself the fierce. wtt
heavenly JOY of nursing my baby.
But severer monitor soon came to say that
I must | found that my money was now re-
duced to little more than two pounds, and that
| was confronted by the necessity (which
had so long put on Of looking for employment
| could not look for employment until had
found a nurse for my child and | could not
find nurse until my baby could do without
me. so when Isabel was three weeks old I be
gan to wean her.
At first | contented myself with the hours
of night. keeping feeding-bottle in bed, with
the cows milk warmed to the heat of my
own body. But when baby cried for the breast
during the day | could not find II in my heart
20 deny her
That made the time Of weaving somewhat
.Cueer than il should have been, but | com
~r0mised with my conscience by reducing still
further my meagre expenses
Must tell how did so? Thinking of what
-.rar must.
Although 1t was the month of July there
was a snap of cold weather such as some
times comes in the middle of our English sum
In my room, and for the cooking of my food
/ bought a small alcohol stove which cost me
a shilling