Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-08
THE GREATER LOVE.

Jack Sargent might guess it
from his name-was a sailor boy. Not
the kind Of a sailor boy that ships on
a great trans Atlantic liner for a safe,
sure and certain voyage Of week,
with his return matter to be known
and expected within the margin OF a
few minutes. but the kind OF sailor
boy who goes down to the sea" in a
sailing vessel Of the old class and is
absent for many adventurous months
Mary was Jacks sweetheart. Jack
thought so much Of Mary that he had
none OF the Characteristic freedom OF
sailor boys In her presence
In fact, ii was only on the eve Of
his longest voyage that LAX got his
courage high enough TO tell Mary Of
his love
The time was opportune Mary
loved Jack-and he was going away;
going into danger II is not difficult
TO imagine the rest
When Jack went down 10 his ship
the next morning he and Mary were
engaged
This one voyage. dear" he told her
as he kissed her goodbye Then
Wen be married and live happily
ever after as they do in the story
books"
And Mary in spite OF her tears,
never felt more confidence IN the
beautiful old story book and their
promises than she did at that mo-
ment
Waited in Vain.
SO Jack sailed away and Mary
waited the way sailor boys and sail
or boys sWeethearis have been doing
for ever so long.
Mary's waiting was not happy The
death Of her mother left her an or
phan. for one thing Then there came
a long stretch Of interminable months,
with no word from Jack. It WASH
Jacks fault that his ship touched on
no points for posting letters for long
time, ana that when he finally
turned for home, the letter dispatched
ahead by fast liner never was de-
livered
For Mary had set out to seek her
fortune-she had to, poor girl,
The quest OF her fortune took Mary
to a distant town, on another part Of
the seacoast There she met a light
house keeper named Harrish, an old
friend Of her fathers
Marries Lighthouse Keeper.
She was In despcra straits b.
then, and Harrish made .tr welcome
TO his hospitality
Wen, YOU know how IL goes No
word from JaCk-she FIRST believed
him faithless, then dead. Aud at last
she married the lighthouse keeper.
one day there was a ship wrecked
off the coast on which the Lighthouse
stood. Only one man was saved. Mary
ana Harrish leading in the work az
rescue
THAT man was Jack Sargent.
There was a meeting YOU can I'M
aglne lt-between Jack and mis-
sweetheart, now the wife OF another
Nurses Former Sweetheart.
Then the woman Steeled her heart
and set her face against fate and
began TO nurse Jack back to heal.h
and strength after the terrible tri3l.
for Jack, on recognizing his sweet
heart. had lapsed into unconscious
ness that lasted for many days
Harrish had not seen the meeting.
And there was no other meeting for
many days after the wreck
Jack had been carried to the ground
room of the lighthouse for quiet
Even the waves were huShed in the
ground room Even the wind shrek
sounded family there
But In the silence the man who had
been saved from the sea and the
woman who had once pledged her
faith to him faced fearfuny the wind
and wave of the life storm
Shadow in Their Lives.
II was many days after Jacks res
cue before he knew veIat had hap
pened That first awakening on the
beach as he was pulled out Of the
surf had been obliterated by weaN-
ness He did not know what tender
hands ministered to him during he
daNs of darkness
But when the final tarn ot recovery
came when the HE that had lowered
ON the verge of the Great Abyss was
snatched bacN TO the cllns o being
then on the HE sparks glcW fell the
shadow
Years and distances can separate a