Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
To.DAY's NSTALLMENT.

To-DAY'S NSTALLMENT.
sixty seventh chaptsr--continusd.
That cut me to the quick. too, and
! felt like a torn bird that is strus-
Cling in the lime, but contrived 70
cay that If our love was guilty love 4
was our duty TO destroy
lie that possibleg" he said.
I'VE must ask God to help US
answered. and then. while his head
was down and was looking out into
lie darkness tried TO say that
though he was suffering now he would
soon get over this disappointment.
DO you wish me TO get over nv ne
This confused me terribly. for In
sp,te Of all was saying | knew At inc
bottom of my heart that IN the sense
he intended ! did not and could not
wish Il.
I'VE have known and cared for
each other all our lives. Mary--isnt
that eo2 Il seems as IL there never
was time when we didn't know and
care for each other Are we 10 pray
Ia God. as you say. that a time may
came when we shall feel as If we had
never known and cared for each other
az alis'
Throat Fluttered.
nv throat was luttering--I could
not answer him.
II cart" he said. Il never shall
never as long as live No prayers
Wv ever help me to forget you.
could not speak. dared not lo9k
ha nnlH in
sAn6 YOU will you be able
10 forget me2 BY praying 70, God
win you be able 10 wipe me out Of
feit o. II something we're strans
"a woman lives in her heart.
doesn't she?" he said Love Is every
thing 10 her everything ok
cept her religion VIII it be possible
this rennication viii u De
possible for you either?'
felt - II all the blood IN my body
were running away from me.
1T win not You know ii will not
You viii never be able TO renounee
your love. Neither OF US Will be abe
isn't human. We'll, what
them II we continue to love eash
oiher--you here and / down there
we shall be Just as guilty in the eyes
Of the church, shant we2
/ did not answer him, and after a
moment he came closer 70 me on the
seat. and said, almost IN g whisper:
"Then think again, Mary Only
give one glance TO the horrible life
that Is before you when ] am gone
You have been married a yenr
,lss -
there Il worse to come, Your hus-
hands coarse infdeilty has been
shocking. but there win be something
more shocking than his infdelity--
his affection. Have you never thought
or thatg"
I started and shuddered. feeling as
n somebody must have told him the
most intimate secret Of my life, Com
ing stlll closer he said;
"ForRive me, dear. I'm bound to
sneak plainly now. II didn't 1 should
never forgive myself In the future
80 Isistenl Your husband viii get
over his fancy for this this
woman He'll throw her off, as he
has thrown on women OF the same
kind before. What win happen then?
Hen remember that you belong to
him that he has rights In you
- that the Internal law which de-
MES you the position OF an equal hu.
man being gives him a rlght~-a legal
right--to compel your obedience
Have YOU never thought OF that2'
For one moment we looked into
each others eyes; then he took hold
OF my hand and, speaking very rap
Idly said:
That's the life that is before you
when I am gone--to live with this
man whom you loathe year after
year. as long as life lasts occu-
pying the same house. the same room,
the same ."
Stammered Out Story.
] uttered an involuntary cry, and
he stopped.
Martin" / said. there is some
thing YOU don't know"
And then I told him--it was forced
out Of me--my modesty went down In
the fierce battle with higher pain,
and ] do not know whether II was my
pride or my shame or my love that
compelled me 70 tell him. but ! did
tell him--God knows how-that !
could not run the risk he referred to
because | was not IN that sense my
husbands wife, and never had been.
And that compact has been kept n
Yes
e,fhen it's all right Don't be
afraid. You shall be free. Come ia
and let me tell you howl Come In.
come I'M"
He took me back into the boudoir.
] had no power 70 resist him. His
face was as pale as death. but his
eyes were shining He made me sit
down, and then sat on the table IN
front OF me.
"IAstenl" ne said. When bought
my ship from the lieutenant we
signed a deed. o contract, as a Wit
ness before all men that he would
give me his ship and would give him
some money. But II after all he
hadn't given me his ship, what would
our deed hsye been2 Only so much
waste paper
II was the same with my marriage.
II n had been an honest contract the
marriage service would have been a
witness before God that We meant
10 live together as man and wife. But
never had; therefore. what was the
marriage service? Only an empty
ceremony
That's the plain sense Of the mat
ter. isn't itGr he cried Il defy any
priest in the world 70 prove the com
trary"
"Wenga
Welt don't you see what it comes
To? You are free-morally free, al an
events You can come to me. You