Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-10


to do the right. Four hundred years
Of the Ballamoars and not a stain on
the name of any of them! That was
something to be born to. wasn't 1t? 1t
was worth all the titles and honors the
world had in it.
And then, in that moment Of strange
and solemn splendor, when the things
q the other world appear to be as real
40 the things Of this one, It seemed as
Il the Ballomoars were calling to him
-Four hundred years Of the dead Balla-
moars were calling to the last Of their
pns-"Do the right ~
II must marry that GIRL" he told
himself.
But at the next moment there came,
with the shock Of blow, the mem.
ory Of his mother.
Marriage had always been asso.
ciated in his mind with such different
conditions. Such different woman {:
somebody who would be your equal.
perhaps your superior; somebody who
would sustain and inspire you; some
body who would help you feel the throb.
bins pulse of life. and listen to all the
suffering hearts that beat; somebody
who, II she had to 80 before you, would
leave behind her, for as long as your
lie should last. the fragrance of
flowers and the halo of holy saint.
That was marriage rs he had al
Ways thought of it. And now this
Erl-illitcrate, inadequate, with that
mother, that father in the
presence Of the Deemsters the
home Of lsobel Stanley Oh,
God!
Then mocking voice seemed to
W:
Good Lord, what n joke! II every
man who ever made tragic blunder
There have been hundreds Of thou
Ands of you) had acted on your ex-
. asserated sense Of responsibility, what
! mess the old world would be in by
ah time. Why. there IL scarcely n
M alive who would not laugh at
sou and call you fool"
Let them" he thought, for louder
that moment than any other voice
was the voice that cried:
DO the right" :"
- , 'h" ''"kc Hecu Hot TAKE plaCe
Immediately. Bessie could be edu.
aled She was bright: there was no
Mying how quickly she might develop.
tnat would soften the blow to his
u'ner And anyhow. the Deemste or
would see that he was trying to be
9ue to his blood, his race.
r, ,les, yes. I must do the right
"aateVer It may cost me-"
a, nut then came another chilling
nmoaeht' Love. There could be no
ySs w,,s IN such marriage. This brought
.n lhe pain Of bleeding wound, the
memory of Fcnclla.
IN spite of all he had said TO himself
~yWush so many years. he had never
Nny oeen reconcilod to the loss Of her
T0wn In some dark and secret chamber
nS consciousness there had always
Wsnaa phantom hope that notwith
womas wuns her devotion to her work fol
l,s u, and the dedication to celibacy
wb,at eIh as he conservation of the veil)
pan.ns p,n.h she believed to be dema nded by it
Ms Mueha would return to the island. and
", great love would be rewarded.
I a,sat mat had been the real cause Of hi.
ins i,ss' U.s.. lie had been waiting, wait
sNS waiting for Fenclla to come back
make IL worth while sss and nov
ou.,py MS own act the conse
God' GI'eS OF it i" Oh, God! oh
ror the first time. save oncs siro.
sr,, "as child, he felt tears in hi,
Gtsn,,,1o Gts", oat he brushed them away lima
IFS too late to think Of tbat nou, ;,
y thought. '"''A VI 'hat how'
,,.s auty claimed him, He must mn,
the m".,. a'ls away. Besides, where wa,
not ,O f. OF doing the right IL YOU baG
be tho l,ah, lTaI,'hce something? Love nigh
al tbs 'Ent , OF life, but men and womer
Or oth..w s worlh over had for one reasor
" Msr,s' W marry without It. Million,
Ne6slds "a all ages were like old bal
body In.w'l WIN dead things. which no
I places "eW o. lying about in the darl
He ,,iah nno y"' the world went on.
aches hsm' h"s' nav" struggles, heart,
conL heart hunger. and more than h,
hs g. uo TO keep the pot boiling Will
BODY n.ad "I' ana the hearth cold, but no
This s,, eu Know anything about thar
need nsra, @ need never know. Fenell,
Il was aer know. Nobody need know
w.. matter for himself only.
l.pt on yes; ! must do the right" h,
a."'" saying whatever it may COS
Mt An S is.iveh arrived at this decision h,
lst immense relief and got Nd to &c
~, s.ndowS ,hdowS Of tho town werc re.
~" .e morning sun and the smok,
s from the chimneys. lHe ssv
cy.s y sG%an Ina with llttly shaw