Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21
TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Ny Honeymoon
Thirty fourth chapter-contlnued.

L,
now would be difficult to describe
nv sensations. l felt dreadfully hu-
inflated. Even my personal pride was
wounded. 1 remembered what Father
Dan had said about husband and wife
being one flesh, and told myself that
this was what 1 belonged to, what
belonged to me-this! Then 1 tried
10 reproach and reprove myself, but
IN order to do SO l had to turn my
eyes away.
our road to Blackwater lay over
the ridge of a hill much exposed to
the wind from the southwest. When
we reached this point the clouds
seemed to roll up from the sea like
tempestuous battalions Torrential
rain fell on the car and came dripping
in from the juncture Of the landau
lette roof. Some of it fell on the
sleeper, and he awoke with a start.
He stopped, as II caught in guilt
and began to apologize again.
was 1 asleep? l really think l
must have been. Stupid. isn't it? Ex-
cuse me-"
He blinked his eyes as if to empty
them of sleep. looked me over for
moment or two in silence. and then
said with a smile which made me
shudder:
so you and l are man anu "lle'
nv dear!"
made no answer, and, still look
sWell worse things might have
happened after all-what do you
think?"
Still did not answer him, feeling
certain shame, not to say disgust
Then he began to pay me some COM
plIments on my appearance.
DO YOU know you're charming,
nv dear, really charming!"
That stung me, and made me shud-
der. l don't know why, unless it was
because the words gave me the sense
Of having been used before to other
women / turned my eyes away
again. 500
those big black eyes of yours.
adore black eyes. They always
pierce me like a gimlet.
He reached forward as he spoke
and drew me to him. l felt fright
ened and pushed him Off.
What's this?" he said, as II sur
prised be
laughed and in the tone OF man
Who had much to do with women
and thought he knew no" 10 uo'''
with them. he said:
wants to be coaxed, does she?
They all do, bless them!
Saving this he pulled me closer
to him putting his arm about my
waist. but once more l drew anu
forcibly pushed him for me-
His face darkened for an instant
and then cleared again.
Glad of Storm.
"Oh, see," he said. Offended y
she? Paving me out for having paid
SO little court to her? Well she 5
right there. too. bless her! But never
mind! You're a decidedly good look
ing little woman, my dear, and II l
have neglected you thus far, m
tend to make up for It during ,s tne
honeymoon. So come, little gai' iel
be friends"
Taking hold of me again, he tried
to kiss me. putting at the same time
his hand on the bosom of my dress
but | twisted my face aside and pre-
vented him.
"Oh! Oil Hurt her modesty, have
I?' he said, laughing like a man VINO
was quite sure both of himsef aha
of me. But my little nun viii ge.
over that by and by. Wait a"hlle'
Wait awhile!"
BY this time was trembling with
The shock of terror that was enurely
new to me. I could not explain II
10 myself the nature of it, but It was
there, and could not escape from II.
Hitherto, when 1 thought OF my
marriage to Lord Raa L had peeh
troubled by the absence of love De-
tween u.s. and what l meant to my
self by love-the love of husband ana
wife-was the kind of feeling l had
for the Reverend Mother, heightened
and deepened and spiritualized, as /
believed, by the fact with all lts
mysterious significance) that the one
was a man and the other woman.
But this was something quite dlI-
ferent. Not having found In mar
rage what had expected, l was
finding something else, for there
could be no mistaking my HUSBAND
meaning when he looked at me with
his passionate eyes and said, wait
awhile!"
I saw what was before me and in
fear of It found myself wishing that
something might happen to save me,
| was so frightened that if l could
nave escaped form the car / shoulo
have done so. The only thing !
could hope for was that we snouiu
arrive at Blackwater too late for the
steamer, or that the storm would pre-
vent II from sailing. What relle1
from my situation I should find from
that, beyond the delay of one day,
one night Tin which I imagined |
might be allowed to return home).
ald not know. But none the less on
that account l began TO watch the
clouds with a feverish interest.
They were wilder than ever now
rolling up from the southwest in huge
black whorls which enveloped the
mountains and engulfed the valleys.
The wind, too. was bowling at IN
lervals like a beast being slaughtered.
~ was terrible, but not so terrible as
tne thing 1 was thinking of. | was
AFRAID of the storm, and yet l was
Iearfully, frightfully glad of it.
MY husband. who after my repulse,
mad dropped back into mis- own corner
oI the car, was very angry. he
talked again of our God forsaken is
land, and the folly of living in it,
said our passage would be long one