Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
Copyright. 1912, by Hearst's Magazine.
Copyright, 1918, by Hearst Magazine.
Copyright In Great Britain. Copyright.
1913. BY ]. B. Lippincott Company.
To-DAY's INsTALLMENT.
slxty. sixth chapter--continued

OA&Ny ~%tAAH Sh9 49,
saThat was only bluff, though" said
Martin. "The real truth is that you
would cease to be Lady Raa and that
would be blow to his pride. Then
there would no longer be any possl-
Unity Of establishing family, and
that would disturb his plans No
matter, We can set curphy 70 work
ourselves.
but ! have seen Mr. curphy also,
I said.
eAnd what did he say?"
told him what the lawyer had said.
and he was aghast.
Good heavensl What an iniquityl
In England, tool But never mind!
There are other countries where this
relic of the barbaric ages doesn't ex-
ist Wen go there. We must get a
divorce somehow"
NY time had come. I could keep
back the truth no longer.
But, Martin" | said, divorce is
impossible for me-uuite impossible.
And then told him / had been 20
zee the Bishop also, and he had said
what ! had known before. though in
the pain Of my temptation / had for
gotten it-that the Catholic Church
did not countenance divorce under
any circumstances. because God made
marriages. and therefore no man
could dissolve them.
Martin listened intently. and in his
eagerness 70 catch every word ne
raised himself to kneeling posi-
ton by my side. 50 that he was look
ing into my face.
but, Mary, my dear Mary" he said,
"you don't mean to say you will all
low such considerations to influence
your"
Face Quivered.
Il am a CathoIic-what else can ]
dor / said.
''But think-my dear, dear girl.
think how unreasonable. how untrue,
how preposterous it all Is In a case
like yours2 God made your mar
rage? Yours? God married you to
lieve itg"
His eyes were Naming dared not
look at them.
Then think again, They say there's
no divorce IN the Catholic Church, do
they2 But what are they talking
about? Morally speaking you are a
divorced woman already, Anybody
with an ounce OF brains can see that.
When YOU were married to this man
he made a contract with YOU, and he
has broken the terms OF It. hasn't he 2
Then where's the contract now2 IL
doesn't any longer exist. Your hus-
band has destroyed It.
"But isn't marriage differentY"
asked.
And then tried to tell him what
the Bishop had said OF the contract of
marriage being unlike any other con-
tract because God Himself had be-
come party TO II.
"Whatg' he cried. God become a
party to a marriage like yours? My
dear girl only think Think Of what
your marriage has been--the pride
and vanity and self-seeking that con-
ceived 1t, the compulsion that was
put upon you to carry 1t through, and
then the shame and the suffering and
the wickedness and the sin of i'll
Was God party to the making of a
marriage like that?'
In his agitation he rose, walked two
or three PAGES in front, and came back
to me.
"Then think what II means il your
marriage may not be dissolved. II
means that you must go on living
with this man whose life Is so de-
grading. Year In. year out, as long
as your life lasts you must let him
humiiiate and corrupt YOU with his
company, his companions and his ex-
ample, until you are dragged down,