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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

| NO, sir" | answered
And whv not, please?"
"Bec2use my fathers home is nc
home to me-because my aunt has
always been unkind to me, and be-
cause my father has never cared for
me or protected me, and because
well, what else?"
Because . because l wish TO
become nun"
There was silence for a moment,
and then my father broke into bitter
laughter.
80 that's it, is it? / thought as
much. You want to go into partner
ship with the Mother in the nun busi-
ness, err"
my mother wished me to become a
nun, and I wish it myself, sir"
Your mother was a baby-that's
what she was"
MY mother was an angel, sir"
said, brtdling up, land when she was
dying she hoped l should become a
nun, and ! can never become any
LllliIS else any CIIC ulilS LdICt.
BAH" said my father. with con-
temptuous lift of the hand, and then,
turning to the Reverend Mother, he
said:
"Hark here, ma'am. There's an
easy way and a hard way in most
everything. | take the easy way first,
and If it won't work | take the hard
way next, and then it's stiff pulling
for the people who pull against me. |
came to Rome to take my daughter
home. I don't feel called upon to eX
plain why l want to take her home or
what I'm going to do with her when
get her there. ] believe I've got the
rights OF a father to do what / mean
to do, and that It will be an ugly
business for anybody who aids and
abets my daughter in resisting her
fathers will. So I'll leave her here a
week longer and when | come back
I'll expect her to be ready and waiting
ami willing-ready and waiting and
willing, mind you-to go along with
me-"
Alter saying this my father faced
about and with his heavy fat step
went out Of the room, whereupon the
Bishop bowed 10 the Reverend Moth
er ana followed him.
MY heart was by this time n fierce
rebellion-all that the pacifying life
of the convent school had done for
me in ten years being suddenly swept
away-and | cried.
81 won't do it! ! won't do it,"
But J had seen that the Reverend
Mothers face had suddenly become
very white while my father spoke to
her at the end, and now she said, in a
timid almost frightened tone:
Mary Ven 20 out 70 Nemi Ga q.
have something to say to YOU"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

lover. Hence she saw only one way
| left-to sacrifice herself"
Herself
The Reverend Mother patted my
hand. Isn't that what women in
tragic circumstances are always do
ing?" she said.
by some excuse don't know
what-she persuaded our father to
change rooms with her that night
he going upstairs to her bedroom in
the tower, and she to his on the
ground floor at the back, opening on
to the garden and the pine forest that
Soes up the hill.
What happened after that nobody
ever knew exactly. In the middle of
the night the servants heard two pis-
toll shots, and next morning my sister
was found dead-shOt to the heart
through an open window as she lay in
my fathers bed
The authorities tried in vain to
trace the criminal. only one person
had any idea of his identity. That
was my father, and In his fierce anger
he asked himself what he ought to do
in order to punish the man who had
killed his daughter.
Then strange thing happened
On the day before the funeral the
young musician walked into my ia
theirs room His face was white and
wasted. and his eyes were red and
swollen. He had come to ask if he
might be ALLOW ed 10 be one Of those 10
carry the coffin. My father consent
ed. I'll leave him alone, he thought
The man is punished enough
'All the people of AlbanO came TO
the funeral and there was not a dry
eye as the cortege passed from our
chapel to the grave. Everybody knew
the story of my sisters hopeless love,
but only two in the world knew the
secret Of her tragic death-her young
lover, who was sobbing as he stag
gered along with her body on his
shoulder, and her old father, VINO was
walking bareheaded and in silence
behind him"
My heart was beating audibly and
the Reverend Mother stroked my
hand to compose me-pcrhapss to
compose herself also. It was now
quite dark the stars we're coming ont
and the bells Of the two monasterfcs
on opposite sides Of the lake were
ringing the FIRST hour of might
That's my sisters story Mary"
said The Reverend Mother actep
while, land ne moral OF INV p.n is
The same, though the Incidents are
different
= was now mr r.,hra only e5ad
and All l1ia remairiug tuur- .UU-rr.
in me "a he set himself 10 find a.
nus pand for Wr before 'hc time ea,Hr
when + mould form an attachment
for myself His choice lall nu
mlddio-aged Roman noble of rI4tfn-
2ui.h"d bt impoverished rmlH.
~" ms -t At NsHHr. r.u "II
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Shot for Father.

My father was what is called a
self made man. But his fortune did
7 OF content him. He wanted to found
q family. If he had had son this
might have been easy Having only
two daughters, he saw no way but
that Of marrying one of us into the
Italian nobility.
MY sister was the first to disap-
point him. She fell in love with a
young Roman musician. The first
time the young man asked for my
sister he was contemptuously re-
fused; the third time he was flung
out of the house His nature was
headstrong ard passionate, and SO
was my fathers. II either had been
different, the result might not have
been the same. Yet who knows?
Who can say"
The Reverend Mother paused for a
moment The bows voice IN the
vineyard was going on
ITO remove my sister from tho
scene OF temptation, my father took
hor from Rome 10 our villa in the
hills above Alhano But the Young
musician followed her Since nv ia
Their would not permit him 10 marry
her he was determined that She ehould
tly with him, and when she hesitated
10 do 50 he thTeat cued her If SHE
did not meet him at certain hoGr on
dead In the morning
MY sister could 0rt bring h-r="l-
% sacrifice either her father VI ner
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THE WOMAN THOU GAVEST WE R 5 t! v SA me

I'VE We're back In Rome by this
time, and there--at school or else
where had formed the conviction
that girl must passionately love the
man she mdrries, and ] did not love
the Roman noble. | had also been led
to believe that a girl should be the
first and only passion of the man who
marries her, and, young as | was, |
knew chat my middle aged lover had
had other domestic relations.
Consequently | demurred, but my
father threatened and stormed, and
then, remembering my sisters fate, l
pretended to agree, and | was formal
~ engaged
Nature is Mighty"
Il never meant to keep my promise,
and | began to think out schemes by
which to escape from it. Only one
way seemed open to me then, and
cherishing the thought OF it in secret,
| waited and watched and made prep
arations for carrying out my purpose
"At length the moment came to me.
1t was mid-Lent, and a masked ball
was given by my fiance's friends In
one Of the old Roman palaces. Lean
see 1t sttll--the great hall, ablaze
with glowing frescoes beautiful We
nctian candelabras, gilded furniture,
red and yellow damask and velvet,
and then the thTong of handsome
men in many uniforms and beautiful
women with rows of pearls falling
from their naked throats.
II had dressed myself as a Bac-
chante in a white tunlc embroidered
in gold with bracelets on my bare
arms, tigerskin band over my fore
head, ANA cluster Of grapes in my
hair
- danced every dance, remember.
most OF them with my middle-aged
lover and | suppose no one seemed
so gay and happy and needless. Al
8 O'Clock in the morning / returned
home in my fathers carriage. At s
had entered a convent.
Nobody in the outer world ever
knew what had become of me, and
neither lila J know what happened at
home al'cr left IT, The rule of the
convent 0as very strict Sometimes.
after morning prayers, the superior
would say The mother OF one Of you
is dead pray for her soul and that
was alb we ever heard Of the world
outside
"B1 nature Is a mighty thing. my
child .Gt after five years ] became
IL tIoss Nu| NnHIpHE began to
natr u. gitH-s about my vocation
i#I I.. .u'hr. Hhu Wug wise and
lu.U ,.. "HH uos going on in my
Apa. Nuu urH lIukug about your
ataln -.r alit fhs %, Is growing
old, t HooH'Hg DAUGHTER to take
yaro ., .m Go oul ana nurse him,
suI '-.n COME hI"t Zoo your call ana
pray
...f.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
FAILS TO SECURE
RECOGNITION
Lady's Own Friends Assert
Could Not Recognize
Her When Brought
Face to Face.

Arritts, Va.-Mrs. D. J. Bowen, OF
this town, makes the following state
ment: For twenty years I suffered
with womanly troubles, ana although
tried different treatments, aid net
get any relief.
II was unable to look after any Of
my work. and my friends thought I
could not get we'll.
Finally I began to take carduf,
the woman's tonic. ana hadn't
taken one third OF the first bottle be-
fore could notice its good effects.
Now can do all my work, feel
like I'm not more than is years old,
but am really 40. My own friends
say look so well they don't recog-
nize me when we meet in the road.
MY daughter is using Cardui. and
she says it is fine medicine. I also
ing it since they found out how It
helped me.
whenever feel a little fatigued
after days extra hard work, Just
take a dose of Cardui and am all
right.
Il can't say too much for. Carduf."
Thousands Of women who now suf-
fer from womanly troubles could be
relieved and benefited by following
Mrs. Bowen's example
Are you of this number?
If so, try Cardui to-day. 1t can
not harm you, and is almost sure to
do you good
At the nearest drug store.
n B.Write to: Ladies' Advisors
Dept Chattanooga Medicine Co, Chat
l4nCosa Tenn, for Special .nstrpetlons
and 81 nagc book. Howe Treatment for
+ "men sett II plain Wrapper, Oh re-
quest. --AoSt.
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J on his advice signed contracts with
the Federal League. These contracts
: We're signed after the second of jan
uary, and after ! had showed MI Gil
= more Mr.. FarrCH.s telegram accept
ing my offer When the Federal
{ League contracts We're made up Mr..
! Gilmore said chat to avoid trouble he
:, would date them December 80, 1918.
! Although have asked for them, l
have not been given copies Of the
\ Federal League contracts.
| Yankee Contract Binding.
| after 1t was given out to the
| papers that / mad signed with the
| Federal League | received n letter
from Mr.. Farrell In which he said
and hard and cruel as y n..d etli5tj gnt
him. he had really and truly loved me.
During his last days his mind had
failed him and he had given away all
his fortune-scattered 1t, no one knew
how, as something that was quite use-
less-and then he died, alone and
broken hearted"
That was the end of the Reverend
Mothers narrative. She did not try
to explain or Justify or condemn her
own or her sisters conduct, neither
did she attempt to apply the moral OF
her story to my own circumstances
She left me to do that for myself.
| had been spellbound while she
spoke, creeping closer and closer to
her until my head was on her breast
For some time longer we sat like
this in the soft Italian night, while
the flrefles came out in clouds among
the unseen flowers of the garden and
the dark air seemed to be alive with
sparks of light.
When the time came to go to bed
the Reverend Mother took me to my
room. and, after some cheerful words,
she left me. But hardly had l lain
down, shaken to the hearts core by
what ] had heard, and telling myself
that the obedience OF q daughter to
her father, whatever he might de-
mand of her, was an everlasting and
Irresistible duty, imposed by no hu-
man law giver, and that marriage was
necessity which was forced upon
most women by a mysterious and I'm
yielding law of God when the door
opened and the Reverend Mother.
with lamp in her hand, came in
again
Mary" she said, 81 forgot to tell
YOU that | am leaving the Sacred
Heart. The sisters of my old convent
have asked me to go back as supe-
rlor, | have obtained permission to
90 SO, and am going shortly, so that
in any case we should have been part
ed soon. II Isl the Convent of -"
Here she gave me the name of a
private society of cloistered nuns In
the heart OF Rome
Il hope you viii write TO me az
often as possible, and come to see me
whenever you can, And if ii
should aver occur that 49,. but no |
viii not think of that. Marriage is a
sacred tie, too, and under proper con-
ditions God blesses and hallows It,"
With that she left me in the dark
ness The church bell was ringing
tlc monks OF the Passlonist monas-
tory Wc'e getting ny for their mid
igll Offices.
10 Be CohHnuso Menaay.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Advice to the
Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
WRITE THE GROOM.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l am a commercial traveller
and have not been in my home
town for nearly two years, and
just recently my folks informed
me had received an announce
ment Of the wedding of former
sweetheart of mine, although 1t
occurred two months ago. l arm
at a loss what to do and how to
acknowledge receipt of same
and the proper way to word the
letter. J. H. Fl.
The oongratulation is always FOR
the groom. Write him a note con
graduating him, explaining the de-
lay, and expressing good wishes. A
stilted form of expression will NOT
sound as sincere as your own words
In your own way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
HEED THE OBJECTIONS,

Dear Miss Fairfax:
l have been keeping company
with young man my age. love
him and know my love is re-
turned, but my folks object He
Ia very nice young man.
HEARTBROKEN.
Are the objections based on fact ?
Believe me, my dear, parents are so
concerned In the welfare of their
children that there is little objection
based on prejudice. He ls e very
nice young man" means little in ac-
tual worth. You must heed your
parents objections.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
TRY NOT TO.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am Is and in love with q
young man four years my Sc
nior. I've never gone out with
this young man, and I would like
to- There is one thing that him
ders me, and that Is my mother.
She does not allow me to go out
at such an early age. We both
love each other dearly. Would
you please advise me whether
| should continue thinking of
him7 B. K. M.
Thoughts are sometimes hard to
control, but I hope you will try to
think of him less.
Your mother Is right, and you are
so young You will think you are in
love many times before you really
are.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
NO.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

LUhF Mlss FAlrTAX.
l am deeply in love with a
young man two years my senior,
but do not think he returns my
love. as he made an appointment
with me at my home and did not
keep 1t. Would 1t be right for me
to ask him to call again, as
like him very much
ANXIOUS.
He did not treat you very cava-
lierly, and unless the overtures for
another appointment come from him,
don't make any
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10 Be cohunuso Mcnaay.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
TWENTIETH CHAPTER.

IL the late afternoon of the same
day we We're sitting together for
the last time on the terrace of
the Reverend Mothers villa.
1t was a peaceful evening, sweet
and holy time Not leaf was STIR
ring, not a breath of wind was in the
air; but the voice of a young boy,
singing a love song, came up from
somewhere among the rocky lodges
of the vineyards below, and while the
bell of the monastic church behind us
was ringing the Ave Maria the far
off bell of the convent church at Con
zano was answering from the other
side of the lake-like angels calling
to each other from long distances in
the sky.
MARY" said the Reverend Mother,
Il want to tell you a story. 1t is the
story Of my own life-mine and my
sisters and my fathers"
/ was sitting by her side and she
was holding my hand In her lap and
patting 1t, as she had done during the
interview Of the morning.
'They say the reason so few women
become nuns is that a woman is too
attached to her home to enter the
holy life until she has suffered ship
wreck in the world. That may be So
with most women. 1t was not so with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
CERTAINLY NOT,

Dear Miss Fairfax;
Is it proper for q man to ask a
girl for a soul kiss the first time
he met her?
/ told him am not that kind of
girl and would rather 1.-Two I'D
his company. W. c,
You are very sensible. 1t - never
proper for a. man to ask a women
for soul kiss, no matter how long
he has known her The soul kiss"
is indecent
Please don't see him again; he Ia
not good enough for you.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
WALL STREET FINDS
MORE SOFT SPOTS
London Depression Carries
Weakness Into New York.
Rock Island Stronger.

NE WYORK, July 4--Continued de-
preston in Lonndon, as a result of the
war scare precipitated by Austria's ul-
timatum to Servia, caused further re-
cessions on Wall Street this morning.
Several active stocks were freely sold
by foreign investors. The losses, how
ever. were measured generally in frac-
tions.
There was continued weakness in
those issues which have carried the
market down for several days, but ad-
ditional soft spots were found. Penn
sylvania sold off a full point; Mime
apolis. ST. Paul e. Sault Ste. Marie,
two points. while anaCdian Pacific, un-
usually weak in London. dropped rs
points to 1S2I5.
Baltimore and Ohio which has been
making low records recently establish
ed a new one today, touching ISs for
the loss or l point. IL later rallied
slightly. Erie ana I.chiSh Valley were
also caught in the downward trend.
The first preferred VI the former road
declined "a points. Northern Pacific
was heavily sold by foreign houses.
Rock Island issues were fractionally
stronger today. New Haven showed lit
tie effect OF the Government suit,
fluctuatlng fractlonHlly, but manifes-
ing some strength.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
Life Saved by Hooking,
Burns Asks His Pardon

William J. Burns. detective, has ask
ed President Wilson to pardon Herbert
s. Hooking. former secretary-treasurer
of the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
because Hooking saved Burns life. In
cidentally. the filing of the application
confirms the belief, openly expressed at
the trial of Frank NJ. Ryan and all of
the officers and agents of the iron
workers, that Hooking had materially
aided Burns in mis- work in placing the
responsibility for me Los Angeles
Times disaster.
Hooking was tried with Ryan and
the other convicted ironworkers at In
dianapolis for violating the Federal
statutes by transporting dynamite on
railroad trains. and is now serving 4
term IN Leavenwortli penitentiary.
Detective Burns saw Secretary Tu-
multy in behalf of locking today. and
was referred to the Department OF JUS
tice.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
DEATHS

cRATTY-Departed this life on July .. 1919.
WILLIAM, the only son Of Daniel Crafty.
AZ his residence In BladeBsburg aged thirty
nine years.
Funeral from his late residence. saturday
morning. July IS. thence TO ST. Jerome
Church. Hyattsville. Nd. where mass VIII
be said at o'clock. Intsrment at Ever
green Cemetery. r
LA fONTAINE-On Thursday. July .. 1914.
at 9:32 a. m, at his residence. sS4 Mary
land avenue southwest. JAMES LA FON-
TAME. aged seventy-six years four months
and eleven days
Funeral from his late residence. sunday.
July e5. 1914. a. p. m. thence TO st. DOM
inic's Church. where the last rites will be
held at $50 p m.
MILLER-on July %, 1914, at leo D. m.
CATHERINE r., beloved wife Of John T.
Miller. aged seventy-hve years
Funeral services Saturday. July Is at
1880 a. m. at her late residence. 754 Newton
place. Interment private at Gienwood. Il
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
Wholesale Produce Market

EGGS-Nesrby. fresh. -Oo-lc per doZ.; {;
Southern lsc per dOz.
CHEESE-New York. new. 1910 per Ib.;
PU-TET-slgin print &c per ID: tub.
scc per ID; process. 134z4c per Ii
LIVE POCLTRY-Couotation tions furnished by
Kr.y, Price g. CoD-Hens. lTizdlSc per ID.
ROSTERS lie per lb.; turkeys, i3aljc per H.:
ducks. I6dlSc per Ib.: spring chickens. 2oq &c
per ID.
LIVE STOCK-NeaI cafes. sd9izc per 70: :
fat sheep. 4dJc per h; spring lambs. SIC
yer 10.
GETABLES-CQuotations furnished by
Tsylor WadeD-Potatoes. new. SIS Dbl: :
old So 60 per sack; onions s. . per bushe!;
$40 per sack: cabbage. 81 90 per 100 liza. !:
lettuce. $40 per bSskei: beels. t2.e0 per 100
lunches.
YOoL-CQuotations furnished BY Krey.
Price & Co.)-Unwashed. free from burrs. 2Sc
per 10.
around 8 TO lbs 10 the pair is active AT fg-
ureE qusBd
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
Deaths.

Joseph Diblasi, 5 months, s47 Park road
Catherine r. Miller. IS years, 74 Newton
street northwest.
Joseph L. Vaughan. % years. 1877 Thirty
third street northwest
Caroline L. FARLEY. 50 years I7o2 street
northwest
Andrew Kennedy, II years 5533 Tenth street
northwest
Ellen Quinn, 20 years. 1917 F. street north
cast.
for the Insane.
Walter Ahearne, so years. sls Four -and-a-
half street southwest
Donald W. Bramner. . years. Soldiers
Home Hospital
Inez d. Crump. "a years. 2o17 Fifth street
northwest
Catherine Austin. 81 years. Home OF Aged.
Mildred E. Reeder, years. % Fenton street
northeast.
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
j. S. SAVINGS GETS
MUNSEY Co. BRANCH
Fourteenth and U Street Insti-
tuition Is Merged With Big
Savings Concern.

The United States Savings Bank. To-
Gated at Fourteenth and L streets
northwest. has purchased from the
Munsey Trust Company and the United
States Trust Company the branch bank
formerly operated by the last named
CORPORATION at Fourteenth and L
streets
The United States Savings Bank Sc
cured the deposits of the branch bank.
the long-term lease upon the bank
building. all the banking fixtures and
the good will OF the institution. The
business will be taken over Immediately
by the purchasers and consolidated
with that of the United. States Savings
Bank
The deposits so secured when added
&c the business already controlled by
the United States Savings Bank will
increase the resources of that institu-
ton to approximately Sl.0O0.O0O.
The officers of the United States Saw
ings Bank are Wade H. Cooper, presi-
dent; william D. Barry, vice president.
and William H. Zepp; cashier. Will
lam De Dashmutt, who served as man
ager of the Fourteenth street branch of
the United States Trust Company. will
associate himself with the United
States Savings Bank in an official ca
pacity. A number of the other en-
ployes of the branch bank will likewise
continue as employees of the Savings
Bank.
In commenting on the deal, Mr..
Cooper said:
We have taken over the Fourteenth
street branch formerly operated by the
United States Trust Company. We will
merge the branch with our bank. and
will continue to conduct a safe, con-
servetive banking business, giving the
people the best service possible
Negotiations with the United States
Savings Bank were conducted by Ell
dridse z. Jordan, Samuel D. Henry, and
Wade H. Ellis.
Trading on the Washington Stock Ex-
change today was confined TO two sales.
both from the bond list. One $1,000
Washington Gas was disposed of at
I04Is and s1o0 Capital Traction at
10TH
The Washington times., 1914-07-24
PROPOSALS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Supervising
Architects Office, Washington, D. c. July
II, lsH.-SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at this office until y. m. July 81,
1914. and then opened, for furnishing elec-
tric Lamp Standards for the United States
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing at Wash
ington, ID. C., in accordance with the speci-
hcation and drawing No. :s2A. Drawings and
specifications will be sent only to those who
are qualified TO execute work Of the highest
grade both artistically and mechanical. and
'the right Is reserved TO refuse to send draw.
inss and specifications to any applicant or
TO give consideration TO a proposal from any
one IN the opinion OF the Supervising Archi
tect not having such qualifications. Copies
of drawings and specifications may be OBJ
tained at this office. o. WENDEROTH. Su-
pervising Architect.