Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-04
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Twenty seventh chsptsr-continusd

she called me 70 her side on the couch,
1T cigarette, crossed her legs, and
gave rs with. startling capdor her
views of'the marriage bond
What can you expect, you wom-
en- she said You run after the
men for their titles they've very lit
tie else, except debts, poor things
and what is the result The first
result Is that though you have bought
| them YOU belong to them. Yes, your
husband owns his beautiful woman.
| just az he owns his beautiful horse or
| his beautiful dog"
| This was so pointed that felt my
| face growing crimson but Alma and
the other women only laughed so the
| Countess went on
Wait then? once In a blue moon
| each goes his and her own way with
out sin, You agree 10 sort Of part
nership for mutual advantage in which
: YOU live together in chastity under
| the same roof What life! What an
! icchOusoi"
! Again the other women laughed, but
! / felt myself blushing deeply.
I But in the majority of cases it Is
/ quite otherwise. The business pur-
pose achieved, each is open to other
emotions The man becomes unfaithful
and the woman, II she has any spirit,
pays him out tit for tat-and why
shouldn't she?"
After that I could bear no more.
and before | knew what | was saying
! blurted out.
But / find that wrong and wicked.
J lnfdelity on the part Of the man does
not justify inidelity In the woman.
| The prayer book says so"
Alma burst out laughing, and the
| Countess smiled and continued:
| Once I'm hundred years there
comes great passlon-Dante and
Beatrice. Petrarch and Laura. The
woman meets the right man too late.
! What a tragedy, What a daily and
hourly crucifxion Unless said the
| Countess, with emphasis. "she Is pre-
pared to renounCe the law and reject
! society and live a life OF complete
| emancipation. But in a Catholic
country, where there is no divorce,
what woman can afford to do that?
Nobody in the higher class can-espe-
| cially II she has to sacrifice her title.
SO the wise woman avoids scandals,
keeps her little affair with her lover
| and herself and and that's
marriage, my dears,'
twitter Of approval led by Alma,
came from the other women, but /
was quvering with anger and ! said:
Then marriage is a hypocrisy and
| an imposture IL ] found | loved some
body better than my husband, should
20 to him In spite of the law, and
society, and title and and
everything"
"Of course you would, my dear,
said the Countess. smiling at me as
at a child, but that's because you
| are such sweet, simple, innocent
| little Irish bamblno."
| II must have been a day or two ar
ter this that we were invited to the
! Roman Hunt had no wish to GO
but Alma who had begun to use me
| in order to save her face" in rela
| tion to my husband, induced me t0I
drive them out In motor car TO the
| place in the Campagna where they
we're to mount their horses.
Dear, sweet girl" said Alma, How
could we possibly go without you?"
1t was Sunday and l sat between
Alma in her riding ehabit and my
! husband in his riding breeches, while
we ran through the Porta San Clio
vanni. and past the osterie where
! the pleasure loving Italian people
were playing under the pergolas with
their children, until we came to the
meeting ground Of the hunt. by the
Trappist monastery of IRE Fontane.
The Young Doctor. 3.
A large company OF the Roman
| aristocraCy vera gathered there with
| their horses and hounds. and they re-
Ceived Alma and my husband with
great Cnrdiality. What they thought
Of me ] CO not know, except that l
was a childish and Complacent wife;
and when at the sound OF the horn
the hunt began, and my husband and
Alma went prancins on with the rest.
without once looking back, ! asked
myself IN my shame and distress If
| could bear my humiliation much
longer
But then came moment of uneN-
pected pleasure A cheerful voice
on the other side OF the car said:
Good morning, Lady Raa."
1t was the young Irish doctor from
the steamer His ship had put into
Naples for two days, and like Mar
tin Conrad before my marriage, he
had run up to look at Rome
But have you heard the news?"
he cried
What news ."
About the South Pole Expedition
they're on their way home"
so soon9'
Yes, they reached New Zealand
ON SATURDAY was a week"
And and and Martin
Conrad?"
Hes well, and what's better, he
has distinguished himself"
81 / 81. ! knew he would"
so did Il The way was never
tearing that IL they gave Mart half
chance he would come out on top!
Do or die--that was his watchWord 80
81 know / know"
HIS eyes We're sparkling and so
suppose We're mine, while with a JOY
Gus rush OF rRcy words Cunpunctuat-
! ed by me with Yes" Yes" "Yes'0
he told Of long dispatch from the
lieutenant published by one OF the
London papers, IT, which Martin had
= been specially mentioned-how he
had been put IN command of some
difficult and perilous expedition, and
bad worked wonders
How splendid, How glorious, How
] perfectly magnificent" I said
Isn't it9' said the doctor. and FOR
, few moments more We banded
. quick questions and replies Ike chill
dren, Then he said;
but I'm after thinking it's mortal
/ strange I never heard MIN mention