Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11

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But the servants" I asked.
They're going, too, bless them
s5id Price. so eat your dinner in
peace. my lady, ad don't worry about
thing until | come back to fetch
YOU"
Another hour passed I was in
fever Of apprehension ! felt like
prisoner WHO Mas about TO escape
from a dungeon
God Bless You.
shrill wind was coming up from
the sea and whistlng about the
house. | could hear the hammerlng
Of the workmen in the pavilion as
well as the music II the orchestra
practieing their scores
A few minutes before II Price re-
turned. carrying one of the smaller OF
the travelling trunks I had taken 70
Cairo. ] noticed that it bore no name
and no initials.
It's all right" she said. They've
gone off, every mothers son and
daughter of them-all except the
housekeeper, and I've caught her out,
the cat"
That lynX-eyed person lad begun
to suspect. She had seen. Tommy
harnessing his horse and had not been
satisfied with his explanation that he
was taking tomatoes to Blackwater to
be sent off by the Liverpool steamer.
So to watch events, without seem
ing TO watch them. the housekeeper
(when the other servants had gone off
to the rehearsal had stolen upstairs
TO her room in the west tower over
looking the back courtyard.
But Price had been more than q
match for her Creeping I'D behind,
she had locked the door Of the ton
landing. and now the little cat"
might scream her head off through
the window. and lover the noises of
the wind and the workmen) ii would
be only like tom" shrieking on The
tiles.
we must be quick. though sad
Price tumbling into my travelling
trunk q many Of my clothes as II
would ohld
When it was full and locked and
corded, she said:
Walt" and stepped out on the
landing to listen.
After a moment she returned say
inc:
Not a sound Now for it, my lady"
And then, tying her handkerchief
over her head to keep down her hair
in her arms and crept out Of the room
on tiptoe
The moment had come to go. yet,
eager as I had been all evening 10
escape from my husbands house. I
could scarcely tear myself away, for
! was feeling a little Of that regret
which comes to US all when we are
doing something for the last time.
Passing through the boudoir, this
feeling took complete possession Of
me. Only few hours before It had
been the scene Of my deepest degra-
dalton. but many a time before ii had
been the place OF my greatest happi
ness
You are my wife I am your real
husband No matter where you are
or what they do with you, you are
mine. and always will be -
Half closing the door I took a last
look around at the piano, the desk,
the table, the fireplace, all the simple
things associaed with my dearest
memories So strong was the yearn-
ing Of my soul that l felt as il the
soul of Martin were in the room with
me at that moment
! believe II was,
quick, my lady, or you1i lose your
steamer, whispered Price. and then
we crossed the landing (Which was
crealing again and crept noiselessly
down a back staircase
We were near the bottom when !
was startled by a loud knocking.
which seemed to come from a distant
part OF the house. Ny heart tenn
porarily stopped It's beating but Price
only laughed and whispered:
There she IS. We've fairly caught
her out, the cat"
At the next moment Price opened
an outer door. and after we had
passed through she closed and
locked IT behind u.s.
We were then in the courtyard be-
hind the house, stumbling IN the
binding darkness over cobblestones,
Keep close 10 me, my lady" said
Price
After a few moments we reached
the drive. ! think ! was more nerv-
Gus than / had ever been before. ]
heard the withered leaves behind me
rustling along the ground before the
wind from the sea, and thought th@y
were the footsteps OF people pursuing
us heard the hammering OF the
workmen and the music OF the or
chestra. and thought they were voices
screaming 10 us to come back
Price. who was forging ahead car
ried the trunk IN her arms as f. It had
been "a child, but every few minutes
she waited for me 10 come up TO her,
and encouraged me when ! stumbled
In the darkness.
"Onlv a little farther ny LADY, she
said. and ] d.d my best 20 struggle
on
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