Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-12
TO-DAY'S INSTALLDIENT.
Chapter Fifty five-Continued.

Chapter Fifty -five-Continued
Then came the real object of her
VISIT saw it coming.
Il hear you're to have a house
party at Castle Raa. Jimmy's in his
room writing piles of invitations He
has asked me and | should love TO
go, but Of course | can not do so with
out you wish it. Do your
What could l say? What | did say
| scarcely know | only know that
at the next minute Alma's arms were
round my neck. and she was saying
You dear, sweet, unselhsh little
soul! Come, let me kiss YOU
/ 1t was done. ! had committed my
/ self After all what right had to
raise myself on a moral pinnacle
now? And what did it matter, any
way? | was flying from the danger
/ of my own infidelity, not TO save
my husband from his.
Like a Snake.
/ Price had been in the room dur
ing this interview and when 1t was
/ over ] was ashamed to look at her.
Il can't understand you, my lady
! I really can't" she said Next day
/ | wrote a little letter to Martin on
the Scotia telling him of our change
of plans, but forbidding him to
/ trouble to come up to say good-by
yet half hoping he would disregard
my injunction
/ He did. Before l left my bedroom
next morning l heard his voice IN
the sitting room talking To Price
! who with considerable emphasis was
giving her views of Alma.
When l joined him ! thought ms
! face (Which had grown to be very
powerfuD looked hard and strained
but his voice was as SOFT as ever
while he said / was doing right II
going home and that my native an
must be good for me.
But what's this Price tells me
that Madame is going with you
tried to make light of that bu'
7 broke down badly, for his eyes
f. we're on me, and l could see that ne
thought | was concealing the tfuth'
:" I hate that woman. Shes like
snake. l feel as if ! want to put my
foot on it. I will, too, one of these
davs-bet your life | will
II hurt me to hide anything IRON
him. but how could ] tell him that
was not from Alma | was flying Du
from himself?
When the day came for our de
parture ] hoped ! might get AVA
without seeing Martin again. we on
get out of the hotel ami INTO III
railway station, yet no sooner wa
seated in the carriage than I'm IN
cruel war that was going on within
me) I felt dreadfully down that n
was not there to see me on
ae-t
as Alma with her spaniel under ne
arm, and my husband with ms yer
rier on a strap. were about to ste
Into the train, up came Martlh llh
a gust of mountain wind.
"HeIIo," he cried. Il shall be seein
Won soon. Everything's settled abou
Inc expedition. We're to sail the mrs
week in September, so as to get IN
summer months in the Antarctic Bu
before that | must so over to IN
island 70 say good by to the old tolk'
land I'll see you at your fathers
suppose g..
Then Alma gave my husband sig
nifcant glance and said;
"But. Mary. my dear wouldn't
no better for Mr.. Conrad to come l
Castle Raa? You won't be able [
90 about very much. Remember you
delicate condition, you know.
"Of course, why Of course, SAID m
husband That's quite true, and II MI
Conrad win do me the honor to ac
cept my hospitality for a few DAY
# was what 7 wanted above every
L thing on earth, and yet ] said:
NO no! 1t wouldn't be fair Mar
/ tin viii be too busy at the last mo
ment"
But Martin himself jumped in ca
gerry with.
"Certainlyi Delighted! Creates
pleasure in the world
And then. while Alma gave my nus
band a look Of arch triumph to whicl
lie replied with a painful smile. Mar
tin leaned over to me and whispered
"Hushl / want to! ! must" though
what he meant by that l never knew
He continued To look al me with
tender expression until We said good
bv, but after the carriage door nae
been closed and the engine had throo
bed. and the guard had Whistled,
thought I had never seen mis- stroni
face so stern as when the tran
moved from the platform