Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

IHey re gong LOO, DleSS them,
said Price. so eat your dinner in
peace, my lady, ad don't worry about
thing until I come back to fetch
you"
Another hour passed. vas in a
fever Of apprehension felt like a
prisoner who was about 70 escape
from a dungeon
God Bless You. "
A shrill wind was coming up from
the sea and whistling about the
house. ! could hear the hammering
OF The workmen in the pavilion as
Well as the music If the orchestra
practicing their scores.
A few minutes before II Price re
turned, carrying one of the smaller of
The travelling trunks ! had taken 10
Cairo. ! noticed that il bore no name
and no initials.
'It's all right, SHE said They've
gone off, every mothers son and
daughter of them-a except the
housekeeper, and I've caught her out
the cat"
That lynx eyed person ,.ad begun
TO suspect. She had seen Tommy
Harvesting his horse and had not been
satisfied with his explanation-tha he
was taking tomatoes TO Blackwater to
be sent off by the Liverpool steamer
So to watch events. without seem
ing To watch them, the housekeeper
(when the other servants had gone Off
TO the rehearsal had stolen upstairs
to her room In the west tower over
looking the back courtyard,
But Price had been more than a
match for her. Creeping up behind,
she had locked the door Of the ton
landing, and now the little cat"
might scream her head off through
the window, and lover the noises Of
the wind and the workmen) 10 would
be only like tom" shrieking on the
tiles.
we must be quick, though" sad
Price, tumbling into my travelling
trunk as many OF my clothes as 1t
would ohld
When it was fun and locked and
corded she said:
Wait and stepped out on the
landing TO listen.
After a moment she returned say
ing:
"Not a sound, Now for ii, my lady"
Aud then, tying her handkerchief
over her head TO keep down her hair
IN the wind, she picked up The trunk
In her arms and crept out OF the room
on tiptoe.
The moment had come to go. yet,
eager as 7 had been all evening TO
escape from my husbands house,
corid scarcely tear myself away, for
was feeling a little Of that regret
which comes to us all when we are
doing something for the last time.
Passing through the boudoir this
feeling took complete possession of
me- Only a few hours before it had
been the scene OF my deepest degra-
dation but many time before it had
been the place Of my greatest happl-
ness
you are my wife am your real
husband. No matter where YOU are
or what they do with You, you are
mine. and always viii be-
Half closing the door, ] took last
look around lat the piano the desk.
the table the fireplace, all the simple
! things assoCiaed with my dearest
memories. So strong was the yearn-
| ing OF my soul that | felt as II the
/ soul Of Martin were in the room with
me at that moment
! ] believe Il was.
Quick, my lady, or you'l lose your
I steamer, whispered Price, and then
/ we crossed the landing (Which was
4 creaking agaiu) and Crept noiselessly
/ down a back staircase.
We were near the bottom when I
was startled by a loud knocking,
/ which seemed to come from 2 distant
/ part OF the house My heart tenn
1 porarily stopped its beating but Price
only laughed and whispered
There she isl We've fairly caught
her out, thescat"
At the next moment Price opened
\ an outer door. and after we had
passed through she closed ana
locked Il behind us.
We were then i'm the courtyard be-
hind the house stumbling IN the
binding darkness over cObblestones,
Keep close to me. my lady said
/ Price,
After few moments we reached
the drive. ! think I was more nerv-
Gus than had ever been before l
/ heard the withered leaves behind me
rustling along the ground before the
wind from the sea, and thought they
were the footsteps OF people pursuing
us heard the hammering of the
workmen and the music OF the or
chestra, and thought they were voices
screaming to us to come back.
Price. who was forging ahead. car
/ ried the trunk IN her arms as II IL had
been a child. but every few minutes
she waited for me to come up TO her.
! and encouraged me hen / stumbled
| in the darkness
! "Only a little farther. my lady" she
said, and l did my best to struggle
on.
! To Be Continued :. ionday.