Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
T0DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
r,-+v. Eiohth chapter-co ntinued.

T0DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Forty Eighth chapter-continued.
This was for the enforcement of
..ba oueen of Beauty, and as it passed
Il round the arena, with the mock
,,dces in paper coronets walking
obsad TO make their choice, some of
the women. lost to all sense of mod
estv were shouting Take me! Take
me-
felt sure they would take Alma,
4 50 + reached forward to get a better
view Of ncr. where she stood below
INV box, but as they approached her,
With the chair still empty, | saw her
make a movement in my direction
and say something to the judges
about The little num-" which made
nv husband nod his head and then
laugh uproarously
At the next moment, before | knew
what they were doing, six or seven
men Jumped into my box, lifted me
On TO the rostrum and placed me IN
,he chair. whereupon the whole noisy
4 company In the theater broke into
Wild shouts of salutation and pelted
ME with flowers and confetti.
If there was any pride there was
more modification in the position to
4 which Alma and my husband had eX-
POSED me, for as ! was being carried
4 round the arena, with the sea of
foaming faces below me, all scream
ing out of their hot and open mouths,
In heard the men cry:
r Smile, Signorina!"
II Not so serious. Mademoiselle!"
It would do no good to say what
memories Of other scenes flashed back
on nv mind as l was being borne
along in the mad procession. | felt
as if It would last forever But ii
4 came to an end at length, and as sooE
i as ] was released l begged my hus.
hand again to take me home, and
when he said, Not yet; We'll all be
going by-and- by" I stole away by
myself, found a cab, and drove back
10 the MOTEL
What the Maid Saw.
The day was dawning as l passed
through the stony streets, and when
! reached my room, and, pulled down
Capuchin monastery in the Via Ven
! eto was ringing and the monks were
saying the first of their offices.
| must have been some time in bed,
hiding my hot face in the bedclothes,
when Price, my maid, came in to
apologize for not having seen me
l come back alone. The pain Of the
Ywomans scrutiny was more than l
could bear at that moment, so | tried
TO dismiss her, but / could not get
her to go, and at last she said:
IF you please, my lady, l want to
i say something
have her no encouragement, yet
she continued.
81 dare say it's as much as my place
IS worth. but I'm bound to say it."
Still ! said nothing, yet she went
on:
His Lordship and Madame have
also arrived. They came back
half an hour ago. They just
now e.. saw his lordship
coming out of madame's
room"
Go away woman, go away" I
cried in the fierce agony of my shame,
and she went out at last, closing the
door noisily behind her.
We did not go next day to bene-
dicuon at the Reverend Mothers
church. But late that same night,
when it was quite dark, l crept out
oi my room into the noisy streets,
hardly knowing where my footsteps
were leading me, until l found myself
IN the piazza of the convent of the
Sacred Heart.
II was quiet enough there. Only the
Cdraplnlerl were walking on the
paved way with measured steps, and
Inc bell of the Dominican monastery
was slowly ringing under the silent
stars | could see the light on the
rope Ioggia at the Vatican and hear
,ne clock of st. Peters striking 9
lnere were lights in the windows
Vi some of the dormitories also, and
IVY mat ! knew that the younger
children, the children of the Infant
Jesus were going to bed. There was
Aght too, in the large window of
NE church, and that told me that the
ulgger girls were saying their night
creeping close to the convent wall
heard the girls voices rising and
tamng' and then through the closed
uoor OF the church came the muffled
'oui'u OF their evening hymn
Ave maris stella
Die Mater Alma"
u'd not know why l was putting