Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
TO.DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Nv Honeymoon

my sensations. ] felt dreadfully hu-
inflated. Even my personal pride was
wounded. remembered what Father
Dan had said about husband and wife
being one flesh, and told myself that
this was what belonged to, what
belonged to me--thisl Then / tried
to reproach and reprove myself but
in order to do so l had to turn my
eyes away.
Our road to Blaekwater lay over
the ridge OF hill much exposed TO
the wind from the southwest. When
we reached this point the clouds
seemed to roll up from the sea like
tempestuous battalions. Torrentlai
rain fe;I on the car and came dripping
IN from the juncture of the landau
lette roof Some OF It fell on the
sleeper. and he awoke with a start
DAMN"
He stopped. as IL caught In guilt.
and began 10 apologize again; :.
WAS ] asleep? ] really think
must have been. stupid. isn't itR Ex-
cuse me"
He bIinked his eyes as n TO empty
them of sleep, looked me over for
moment or two In silence, and then
said with smile which made me
shudder:
$50 you and are man and wife,
my dear!" ~ -.
mig at me. he aid:
aWeli worse things might have
happened after all-what do you
suii ! did not answer him, feeling
n certain shame, not 10 say disgust
Then he began 10 pay me some com
piiments on my appearance
~Do YOU know you're charmins'
my dear. really charmlnEl
That stung me, and made me shuo-
der. / don't know why, unless II was
because the words gave me the sense
az having been used before 10 other
women. l turned my eyes away
again. -. -, IA. see
those big black eyes of yours.
adore black eyes. They always
pierce me like a ginlet
no reached forward as he spoke
apd drew me to him. felt fright-
ened and pushed him off;
whats thisP" he said, as II sur
Rpt after another moment he
laughed and in the tone of man
who had much to do with women
and thought he knew how 10 oea'
with them. he saidi - .hoo
wants TO be coaxed, does she?
They ali do, bless themi"
Saying this he pulled me ciosel
10 him, putting his arm ABOUT my
waist, but once more ! Grew 9""
forcibly pushed him for me
His face darkened for an instant
and then cleared again
Glad of Storm.
eob see" he said. Offended, y
she? Paying me ont for having paia
so little court TO her. Wen sne
right there, too bless herl but never
mind, You're decidedly gooa, iooN1 :,
,nc little woman, my dear, and II !
have neglected you thus far, IN
tena 10 make up for It during the
honeymoon So come little gal, let
be friends,
Taking hold of me again, he tried
TO kiss me- putting at the same tlme
his hand on the bosom OF my dress
but twisted my face aside ana pre-
vented him.
"oh, ohl Hurt her modesty. have
I9r Ne said, Laughing like q man who
was quite sure both OF himself and
Of me. But my little nun VIII get
over that by and by, Walt awhile!
Wait awhile.
IN this time I was trembling with
the shock Of terror that was entirely
new 70 me | could not explain II
20 myself the nature OF II, out u was va!
there, and ! could not escape from II,
Hitherto. when | thought OF my
marriage 10 Lord Raa had been
troubled by the absence of love be-
tween US; and what l meant TO my
self by love-the love of husband ana
wife-was the kind of feeling l had
for the Reverend Mother, heightened
and deepened and spiritualised, as !
believed. bv the fact with all Its
mysterious signiAcancel that the one
was a man and the other a woman.
But this was something quite dt-
ferenf Not having found In mar
riage what / had expected. was
finding something else. for there
could be no mistaking my husbands
meaning when he looked at me with
his passionate eyes and said, wait
awhile!"
saw what was before me and In
fear Of II found myself wishing that
something might happen TO save me,
I was so frightened that " l could
have escaped form the car | should
have done so, The only thing
could hope for was that we should
arrive at Blackwater too late for the
steamer. or that the storm would pre-
vent II from sailing What relief
from my situation | should ind from
that beyond the delay OF one day,
one night Gin which | imagined l
might be allowed to return homel. l
did not know. But none the less on
that account | began 10 watch the
clouds with feverish interest
They we're wilder than ever now
rolling lp from the southwest In huge
black whorls which enveloped the
mountains and engulfed the valleys
The wind. too, WAS bowling at in
tervalS like a beast being slaughtered.
i was terrible. but not SO terrible as
the thing | was thinking Of. l was
sfraid OF the storm, and yet ! was
fesrfully, friEhtftilly glad of II.
Ny husband. who after my repulse.
had dropped back into his own corner
Of the car. was very angry. He
talked again of our God forsaken is
land" and the folly OF living in IL.
said our passage would be g long one