Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-28
TO-DAY's MsTALLMENT.

TO-DAY'S INSTALLMENT.
sixty seventh chaFser-continusd.
That cut me 10 the quick. too. and
felt ike q torn bird that is strus-
Cling In the lime. but contrived TO
say that Il cur love was guilty love i
was cur duty to destroy
rs that possibie?T he said.
eve must ask God To help u.s.
answered, and then. while his head
was down and was looking out into
tie darkness, ! tried 10 say. that
though he was suffering now he would
soon get over this disappointment
DO you wish me to get over itg ne
asked
This confused me terribly, for 10
spite OF an was saying ] knew AZ the
bottom Of my heart that In the sense
ne Intended did not and could not
wish It.
1--WE have known and cared for
each other ali our lives, Mary~-lsn |
that 500 II seems as n there never
was time when we didn't know and
care for each otEer, Are we TO pray
20 God. as you say that time may
come when we shall feel as II we ldd
never hhOWu anu eAiN ~ N"NA
at air.
Throat Fluttered.
nv throat was hutserlng-I could
not answer him.
u can't he said. II never shall
never as long as live. No prayers
VIZ ever help me 20 forget you.
j could not speak ! dared not lo7k
at him After a moment. he said N
a thicker voice:
to forget me? BY praying 70 God
will You be able to Wipe me out OF
your mindg"
"a woman lives IN her heart,
doesn't she?H he said Love is every
thing 10 her eVerythihB ~
cept her religion. VIII II be possible
this reunlcation VIII II pc
possible for you either3
felt as II ali the blood In my body
we're running away from me.
III will not. You know II VIII not.
you will never be able to renounce
your love. Neither OF US will be abe
10 renounce It. i isn't possible. y
isn't human. Wen, Whdt
them II we continue 70 love eaen
other--you here and ] down there
OF the church. shan't we2D
/ did not answer him, and after
Tnnruent he came closer to me on the
seat end said. almost In a whisper;
chen think again, Mary. only
give one glance 10 the horrible Ire
that IL before you when I am gone,
You have been married year
and you have suffered terribly. But
there Is worse 10 GENE. Your nus
Ira ha
shocking, but there will be something
more shocking than his infdellty-
his affection. Have you never thought
OF that2'
| started and shuddered, feeling as
If somebody must have told him the
most Intimate secret OF my life. Com
ing still Glossy he said:
Forgive me, dear. I'm bound to
speak plainly now II didn't ! should
never forgive myself in the future
sqs L.isten Your husband will get
over his fancy for this this
woman. He'll throw her Off, as he
has thrown OF women OF the same
kind before. What VIII happen theng
He'll remember that you belong 10
him that he has rights Ia you
sas that the Internal law which de-
MES YOU the position OF an equal hui
man being gives him a right--a legal
right--to compel your obedience.
Have YOU never thought OF that2'
Fer one moment we looked into
each others eyes; then he took hold
Of my hand and, speaking very rap
idly said;
arhats the life that Is before you
when | am gone-to live with this
man whom you loathe year after
year. as long as life lasts occu-
psine the same house, the same room,
the same ."
Stammered Out Story.
I uttered an involuntary cry. and
he stopped.
Martini" I said, there Is some
thing YOU don't know"
And then ] told him-it was forced
out az me-my modesty went down in
the fierce battle with a higher pain,
and do not know whether u was my
pride or my shame or my love that
compelled me 10 tell him. but ] did
tell hlm--God knows how--that
could not run the risk he referred to
because was not IN that sense my
husbands wife, and never had been.
eAnd that compact has been keptg
Yes
afraid You shall be free. Come IN
anu sgt AAt wi W. -As"f f--'
come in"
He took me back into the boudolr,
/ had no power TO resist him. His
face was as pale as death, but his
eyes were shining He made me sit
down. and then sat on the table IN
front of me.
"Iistenl" ne said when I bought
my ship from the lieutenant we
signed a deed, contract, as a wit
ness before all men that he would
give me his ship and l would give him
some money. But II after all he
hadn't given me his ship what would
our deed have beeng Only SO much
waste paper"
II was the same with my marriage.
II Il had been an honest contract, the
marriage service would have been a
witness before God that we meant
10 live together as man and wife, But
never had. therefore, what was the
marriage service? Only an empty
ceremony
eThats the plain sense OF thu mat
Ter. isn't it?" he cried. Il defy any
priest in the world 10 prove the con-
frary"
-Wem2"
well, don't you see what Il comes
!. to? You are free--morally free. at all