Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-21
To-DAY'S NSTALLMENT.
Ny Honeymoon

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 10 me-thisi Then ! tried
20 reproach and reprove myself, but
IN order to do SO ] had TO turn my
eyes away.
Our road to Blsckwater lay over
the ridge OF hin much exposed to
the wind from tho southwest. When
we reached this point the clouds
seemed to roll up from tho sea like
tempestuous battalionA Torrential
rain fell on the car and came dripping
in from the iuncture Of the landau
iette roof. Some of II fell on the
sleeper and he awoke with start.
He stopped, as II caught In guilt,
and began to apologize again.
WAS / asleep? | really think
must have been. Stupid, isn't It? Elk
cuse me-"
He biinked his eyes az II to empty
them OF sleep. looked me over for a
moment or two in silence. ana then
said with a smile which made me
shudder:
$50 you and are man and wife,
INV dear!"
/ made no answer, and, still look
aWeIl. worse things might have
happened after all-what do you
think?"
still l aid not answer him, feeling
q certain shame, not 10 say disgust
Then he began to pay me some com
pliments on my appearance
do YOU know you're charming,
my dear, really charming
That stung me. and made me shud-
der / don't know why unless II was
because the words gave me the sense
~ having been used before TO other
women. turned my eyes away
again. 80
those big black eyes OF yours
aanra Hack eyes. They always
pierce me like a gimlet
He reached forward as he spoke
.nd drew me TO him. | felt fright
ened and pushed him of.
whats this?' he said rs II sur
prised. .,t no
laughed. and in the tone OF man
who had much TO do with women
ana thought he knew how to deal
with them, he said; 40
wants to be coaxed, does She
They ali do, bless theml"
SAYING this he pulled mo closer
TO him, putting his arm about my
waist, but once moro Grew anu
forcIbiy pushed him for me.
Ills face darkened for an instant
and then cleared again.
Glad of Storm.
noh I see" he said. Offended, Isl
rheg Paving me out for having paid
40 little court to herr Wen she
right there. too, bless herl But never
mind You're a decidedly good LOOK
ing little woman, my dear. ana i !
have neglected you thus far, IN
tend to make up for II during the
honeymoon. SO come, little gal, let's
Tnking hold OF me again. he tried
~ kiss me. putting at the same time
his hand on the bosom OF my dress
but I twisted my face aside ana pre-
vented him.
"Ohi Oh, Hurt her modesty, have
II" he said, laughing like man who
was quite sure both OF himself ana
of me. But my little nun WIZ get
over that by and by. Wait awhile!
Walt awhilel"
Nv this time i was trembling with
the shock of terror that was entirely
new to me. / could not explain II
10 myself the nature of II, but II was
there, and l could not escape from IT,
Hitherto. when I thought of my
marriage 10 Lord Raa | had been
troubled BY the absence Of love be-
tween us: and what ] meant 10 my
self by love-the love of husband and
wife-was the kind of feeling | had
for the Reverend Mother, heightened
and deepened and spiritualized, as
believed, by the fact with all Its
mysterious significancel that the one
was a man and the other woman;
But this was something quite dit-
ferent. Net having found in mar
rage what l had expected. was
finding something else. for there
could be no mistaidng my husbands
meaning when he looked at me with
hts passionate eyes and said, Wait
awhile!"
saw what was before me and in
fear of Il found myself wishing that
something might happen TO save me
/ was so frightened that II ] could
have escaped form the car ] should
have done so. The only thing
could hope for was that we should
arrive at Rlaelxwater too late for the
steamer, or that the storm would pre-
vent IL from sailing. What relief
from my situation I should find from
Antks BtN0uA NAlE GNAsAA Va RAlN way
one night Tin which imagined
might be allowed 70 return homel,
= did not know. But none the less on
that account ! began TO watch the
clouds with a feverish interest.
They were wilder than ever now
rolling up 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.
II was terrible. but not so terrible as
the thing / was thinking or was
afraid of the storm, and yet / was
fearfuIly, frightfully glad of It.
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 it.
said our passage would be q long one
a