Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-16
THE WOMAN THOU GAVEST ME
The Greatest Story of the Twentieth Century

80 ing ~ lhelI' dlso louho my
DC 5Gti leii eSllllls my memory OF iHe
| inc whv I had copdnrod 'l ti,a go
! nv STAYING on bo"r In,,oor ,,r,Sar ~,
| hushand's nrotectior '''
| And thep thoro NOS .lu,,,.s orott,,,,
| force az ,,orl, 1yitb;,, NO ~. 80,
crat Dassior TLongb snr1oti,1as
felt myseIf to he wratched sinner
! apd thouob+ ~ L,,r,,,l ~ ,n-.,
was hesyen.s nnnisI,n,ar ,t' fo ~ 0, ,o'.
guilty love At other times NV vhoia
SOM rose in revolt ana cried ont
not merely for separation from INV
! husband, but for absolute sundering.
Twice during the painful period Of
. the house party | heard from Martin.
| His first letter was full of accounts Of
! the far reaching work of his eXped-
| tion--the engaging of engineers. cleo
triclans, biologists and masons. and
| the shipping of great stores Of wire
| less apparatus-for his spirits seemed
to be high. and life was full of good
| things for him
| His second letter told me that
everything was finished. and he was
| to visit the ISLAND the next week go
| ing first to the old folks and com
ing to me for a few days Immediately
| before setting sail
That brought matters to head,
and compelled me to take action
II NAV have beer weak Of me Int
not wanting a repetition of the scene
u,itb Eatbar nan GinoU,ing vol that
| Martin wou1d nor hear if win the
! same na+ienCal l sent tho second lei
| fer To Alma asking if the arrange
ment would be agreeable. She re-
| turned II with the Endorsement
| (scrihbled in DenciI across the face).
"certainly. ANYTHING to please YOU.
dear"
| I submitted even to that. Perhaps
| I was a poor-spirited thing. wanting
| in proper pride. but / had a feeling
| that II was not worth while to waste
myself in little skuibs OF temper be-
cause an eruption was coming q
| was sure of that in which Martin
would be concerned on my side and
then everybody and everything would
| be swept out of the path OF my life
forever
| Martin came. In due course ! read
/ in hte insular newspapers of his ar
rival on the isiand-how the people
! had turned out in crowds 10 cheer MIN
at the pier, and how, on reaching our
own village the neighbors q knew the
names Of all of them) had met him at
the railway station and taken MN 10
his mothers house. and then 1ghted
| fires on the mountains for ms well
| come home.
| 1t cut me to the hearts core to
| think Of Martin amid thrilling scenes
| like those while l was here among de-
grading scenes like these. MY love LOT
| Martin was now like wound, and l
resolved that, come what might, be-
fore he reached Castle Raa | should
! liberate myself from the thTaldom OF
my false position
| Father Dams counsels had faded
away by this time. Though | had
prayed for strength to bear my bur"
| den, there had been no result, and one
morning, standing before the figure OF
! the Virgin in my bedroom, telt an
impulse to blow out her lamp and
never to light it again.
Tho end Of il all WAS that deter
mined m see the Rishop and my
fathers advocate Mr.. Clrphy and
| narhans nv father himself that |
might know one way or the other
where 7 vas and what was TO be-
come Of me
Fortnne~iII fortune-favored me.
News came that nv father had sud-
denly fallen in of some ailment that
,,nyz,ed no doctors and making this
nv ,,es'son and excuse smoke TO my
| hrsband asking If might go home
| for two or three DAYS.
.cIvhv not ?" he said in the tone of
| opo uho meant "JTho's keeping YOU ."
Then in NV weakness. | spoke to
| ALMA Who answered.
"Certainly. my sweet girl. We shall