Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-21

Hefrlngt0n INDUCES IOrry GfenVIlIe TO
marry him just after she has discOv-
cred that Tom Ransome, the man she
really loves, is unworthy. IOrry does
not love her husband and his love for
her is so intense that it frightens her.
After her marriage she finds that she
still loves Tom, and the knowledge
that she is to become a mother fills
her with rebelliOn.-NOw go with
the story.
! CHAPTER XXI
A Woman's Heart
CTRANGE as it may seem, at that mo-
- ment of DR.. Moores revelation, Lorrys
~ rebellion had nothing to do with the
fact that she to have a baby. 1t was
the thought that she was to become the
mother of Courtney Herrington's child that
terrified her, that made her want to scream
aloud that it wasn't true, it couldn't be true
and yet all the while she knew that it was
true,
If anything had been needed to complete
the horror Of her situation this 1t. Now
she was bound more securely than ever in
Courtney's tolls She was to have his child
and that meant that she could never get
away. One more link had been forged in
the chain that bound her to him, and Tom,
whom she never loved she loved him
now. must be put out of her thoughts rele-
gated to a memory
'Lorry," the old doctor spoke again, and
slowly Lorry turned her head toward him,
"Lomy,' his voice was pleading you
mustn't feel this way, child; it's not natu-
rail-
She stared at him, trying to fathom his
thoughts, and as she guessed what was 60
ing through his mind she could have laugh
ed aloud. He believed that her attitude
was one Of aversion at the thought of hav-
ing child. If only things were as simple
as that.
81 know it's something of a shock" he
went on. You're young and the young like
to be care-free. But think of it, Lorry, your
own little child. something to hold in your
arms and love-"
Lorry felt the Ice breaking up around
her heart her throat frightened, her eye
lids were beginning to smart. And then
the storm broke, convulsively. After a long
time, she felt the old doctors hand her
arm, and with an effort she sat up and
smiled through her tears
You mustn't feel that l don't want It,"
she said jerkily in a half whisper. cit was
the suddenness of it, and the fact that 1
haven't been myself for a long time"
"Of course" he said soothingly 81 I'M
derstand And now" with return to his
brisk, professional manner, now that you
feel better, shall we call in your mother
and tell her the news?'
The next half hour was like a dream.
She felt her mothers light caress her
hair, and her arms went up and chung
around Mrs. Grenville's neck, tight, as
though she would never let go, but nothing
that her mother said afterward made any
impression on Lorry.
She caught snatches of words, glad words.
Her mother was apparently delighted and
relieved to know the truth about Lorry's
condition, but in Lorry's mind DR.. Moore's
words kept repeating themselves over and
over. "Your own little child, something to
hold in your arms and love-"
But it wouldn't be her own. That was
what they couldn't understand. 1t wouldn't
be her own, and she could never explain to
them how she felt about it. Courtney would
have half an interest in the baby; it would
belong to him much 1t belonged to
her, and more than that, she, Lorry would
be more than ever her husbands possession.
In her heart Lorry cried out against des-
tiny. Destiny had robbed her of the man
she loved and given her to a man she fear
ed. She herself had had nothing to do with
it; she hadn't been given fair choice.
And now, as though still unsatisfied, that
same destiny was drawing the net still more
closely about her, depriving her of any
chance Of freedom. 1t wasn't fair
But if Lorry had only known it, destiny
is more often friend than an enemy. Some
day, perhaps, she would realize it, but just
now she was rebellious, sick at heart, fright
ened and very much alone.
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