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

II was sweet. but IL was also pain
/ iul to stay long in that house OF
| love, and as soon as ! had eaten my
| oat- cake and honey ! got up 10 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. youll
| know were there and wishing you
happiness in our hearts"
| could not utter word when |
left them but after had walked
a 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 it, 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 hurredly. just as
he was. in his worn and dscolored
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
be all right. But ."
"Yes?"
Did you see young Martin Conrad
while you were in Rome?"
answered that | did.
And did anything pass between
you about your marriage,
mean
l 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 it?"
That's so He says it is nothing
but trade and barter. and II the
Church is willing to give its blessing
to such rank commercialism. let 1t
bless the stock exchange, let il sane
tify the slave market"
"Well?"
The Bishop threatens to tell your
father. Who is this young man., he
says, who dares to But II
l thought there was nothing more to
! your marriage than If
imagined that what occurred in the
eases 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"
Il don't really know II ought TO
tell you, I really don't. Yet II it's
true - II there's anything in
IL ."
| was trembling, but | begged him
to tell me what Martin had said lie
told me. 1t was about my intended
husband-that he was a 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 sanctified concu-
binage."
: With many breaks and pauses my
dear old priest told me this story, as
IL 1t were something so infamous thar
his simple and innocent heart could
scarcely credit it.
IF / really thought 1t was true"
lie said, that a man living such n
| life could come here to marry my
| little But no, God could not
suffer a 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 he calling for me-"
Still 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, n triumpha
arch which the joiner had hammered
up the day before
The old man hardly noticed me as
assed through. and this prompted me-
| to look up and speak to him.
Tommy" said, do YOU know YOU
are the only one who hasn't said q
good word to me about my marriage?
Am |. 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
Rig House. they're telling me. says
| Johnny y won't say no ] SAYS
| ltll be proud day for the grand
| daughter OF Neill the Lord when
she's mistress OF Castle Raa, SAYS
| Johnny Maybe so | SAYS. but it'll
he prouder day for Castle Raa when
| She sets her Clane little foot in tt"