Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-10
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
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Something in the voice made me
giddy, something in the blue eyes
made me tremble I looked at him
but did not speak.
Don't you know me, Mally?" he
said
felt as if a rosy veil were falling
over my face and neck. A flood Of
joy was sweeping through me. At
las: knew who It was.
Ii was Martin Conrad. grown to be
man, tall powerful, manly man,
but with the same face still-an elu-
sive ghost of the boys face | used
to look up to and love.
few minutes later we were out
on the piazza in front Of the church.
and with nervous rush of joyous
words he was telling me what had
brought him to Rome.
Having Just "scraped through" his
examinations and taken his degree
couldn't have done so If the exam
iners had not been Jolly good" to
hinn-he had heard that Lieut.
was going down To the great ice
barrier that bounds the South Pole,
to investigate the sources of winds
and tides. so he had offered himself
as doctor TO the expedition and been
accepted
Sailing from the Thames ten days
ago they had put into Naples that
morning for coal and taking advan-
tsge OF the opportunity he had run
up to Rome, remembering that |
was al school here but never eX
pecting to see me and coming upon
me by the merest accident in the
world something having said to him,
lets go in here and look at this
queer old church"
He had to leave tomorrow at two
though, having to sail the same
night, but Of course it would be luck
to 60 farther south than Charcot and
make another attack on the Antarctic
night.
could see that life was full of
faith and hope and all good things
for him, and remembering some epi-
sodes of the past, / said:
$50 you are going 'asploring' in
earnest at LAST"
Eat last" he answered, and we
looked into each others eyes and
laughed as we stood together on the
church steps, with little tender waves
of feeling from our childhood sweep
Ing TO our feet.
And you?" he said you look just
the same. / knew you instantly. Yet
you are changed, too. SO grown and
SO -. so wonderfully
Going to Marry.
l knew what he meant to say, and
being too much of a child to pretend
not to know, and too much of a wom-
an Notwithstanding my nunlike i'm
pulses) not to find JOY in 1t, l said
was glad.
You've left the Convent, see!
When did that happen?"
| told him three weeks ago-that
my father had come for me and we
were going back to ELAN
And then? What are you going to
do them" he asked.
For a moment ! felt ashamed to
answer but at last | told him that |
was going home to be married.
Married. When? To whom ?"
] said | did not know when. but it
was TO be to the young Lord Raa.
Raa? Did YOU say Raa? That
Good G.! But surely you
He did not finish what he was going
TO say, SO l told him | did not know
any lnihE, not having seen Loru haa
since ] came 10 school. and every
thing having been arranged for me
by my father.
Not seen him since every
thing arranged by your father"
Yes"
Then he asked me abruptly where
] was staying, and when | told him he
said he would walk back with me to
the hotel
His manner had suddenly changed.
and several times as we walked to-
gether up the Tritoni and along the