Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14

was dead.
} 1t was sweet, but IL was also pain
full to stay long in that house Of
/ love, and as soon as | had eaten my
/ cake and honey ! got up TO GO
The two good souls saw me to the
door, saying ! was not to expect
either Of them at the Big House
| on my wedding day, because she was
| no woman for smart clothes. and the
doctor who was growing rheumatic,
| had given up his night calls and
therefore his gig, so as to keep down
expenses.
Wen be at the church. though"
said Martins mother. And II we
| don't see you to speak to- you'll
know we're there and wishing you
! happiness in our hearts"
| ] could not utter a word when
left them; but after ! had walked
little way ! looked back intending
| to wave my farewell, and there they
were together at the gate still, and
one Of her hands was on the doctors
! shoulder-the sweet woman who had
chosen love against the world. and
| did not regret 1t. even now when the
| night was falling on her.
had to pass the Presbytery on
my way home, and as | did so,
saw Father Dan in his study. He
threw up the window sash and
called in a soft voice. asking me
to wait until he came down to me.
He came down hurriedly, just as
he was, in his worn and discolored
| Cassock, and biretta. and walked up
the road by my side, breathing rap
idly and obviously much agitated.
The Bishop is staying with me
| over the wedding. and he Is in such
a fury that Don't worry. 1t will
"Yes?"
Did you see young Martin Conrad
while you were in Romeo"
answered that | did
And did anything pass between
you about your marriage, /
| mean"
| told him all that | had said to
Martin, and all that Martin had said
to me
Because he has written a long
letter to the bishop denouncing it,
and calling on him to stop it,"
TO stop lt?"
That's so. He says it is nothing
but trade and barter, and II the
Church is willing to give It's blessing
to such rank commcrcialism. let 1t
bless the stock exchange, let it sane
tify the slave market"
"Well?"
Inc Bishop threatens to tell your
father. Who is this young man., he
says, who dares to : But II
! thought there was nothing more to
your marriage than If |
| imagined that what occurred in the
cases of your dear mother. But
that's not ALL"
Not all?"
No Martin has written to me, too,
| saying worse-far worse"
What does he say, Father DAM"
81 don't really know If | ought to
tell you, l really don't. Yet If it's
true IL there's anything in
| il -"
l was trembling, but | begged him
to tell me what Martin had said. lie
told me. 1t was about my intended
| husband-that he was man Of ir-
| regular life, a notorious loose liver,
who kept up a connection with some
| body in London, a kind of actress VINO
was practically his wife already, and
| therefore his marriage with me would
be-so Martin had said-nothing but
"legalized and sanctifed concu-
| binage."
, With many breaks and pauses my
dear old priest told me this story, as
IL II were something so infamous that
| his simple and innocent heart could
scarcely credit II.
! IF | really thought II was true"
| he said, that man living such
| life could come here to marry my
/ little But no, God could not
suffer thing like that. | must ask
! though | must make sure We live
so far away in this little island that
But | must go back now. The
Bishop will be calling for me"
| Sull deeply agitated. Father Dan
! left me by the bridge, and at the gate
| of our drive | found Tommy the Mate
| on a ladder, covering, with flowers
| from the conservatory, a triumphal
arch which the joiner had hammered
| up the day before.
The old man hardly noticed me as
passed through, and this prompted me
to look up and speak to him
Tommy" | said, edo YOU know YOU
are the only one who hasn't said
good word to me about my marriage?
Am l. missy?" he answered, with
out looking down. Then maybe
that's because I've had so many bad
ones to say to other people"
! asked which other people.
"Old Johnny Christopher, for one
met him last night at the Horse
and Saddle Grand doings at the
Johnny 4 won't say no ! SAYS
Itll be a proud day for the grand
daughter of NELL the Lord when
she's mistress of Castle Raa' says
Johnny Maybe So | says. but It'll
be prouder day for Castle Raa when
she sets her clane little foot in it."