Show D E D EThe The Woman Thou Me e BEING THE STORY OF MARY ONEILL O'NEILL Written by HALL ALL CAINE M 1912 b by Hearst's Magazine Copyright In Great Britain Copyright 1313 1913 b by J. J B B. LIppincott Co n n L.-J L. CHAPTER That lIi night ht and during tho the greater part hart of the following da day I 1 felt without without without with with- out quite knowing why as if I were li in living un under loader cr tho dark cloud o of a gathering gath gath- ering thunderstorm All my fear of tho the world and avd my desire rc to escape from it had fallen upon me afresh it was not altogether r by hy the blind 1 leading 1111 of oi fate that hal half an hour before before- Ave Avo Marta Maria I 1 entered tho church of tho the convent nt which the reverend re mother had given me etc the tho name of The church was W empty when I pushed past rast the Jc leather leathor th r ha hanging ging tb that t covered co the tho door the but but tho sacristan was lighting lighting light light- in ing the candles for or benediction so 1 went u up lIp r to the bronze screen tho the cancello can can- cello that divides th the public part from the tho part occupied 1 by by- bythe the sisters and Jm knelt on the nearest stop step After a while tho the church hurch bell hell ran rang overhead anti and then tho congregation in ha having gathered in is the meantime the the nuns camo caun in ill by y w wa- wa ay of oC a corridor which h seemed to issue out of the dark guess from under a figure of tho the virgin flU aud nud child hilt Thov were all in m white snow snort whito front from hoar noad to foot with n a glimmer of blue scapular b beneath their out outer or garment gar gar- ment nt and they thc wore low lou long thick veils wh which h entirely ol t their Hir features when they entered hot but were raised raided when they y reached their scats seat and fal 1 the tho 1 altar ja n af nv I Iwas was s with similar J seems this thi one Olin moved ell me as I T had hest never lIe b been en moved the moved the silent white figures with th hands clasped on their hrca breasts ts coming in ill one olle by ono one with noi eles anti and unhurried footsteps I t ail liko a n line Q of wraiths from another world But Rut a till still deeper r emotion was to come came to me lime As tho the l last t of the nu nuns s entered the superior as I J knew she bbc would be r I recognized her instantly it wag was m mv my myown own o-n-n rc reverend re l mother herself and ami when hem after kneeling cling to tho the altar she came down n to her seat scat nearest to the screen creon immediately in front of th the place where T I knelt I J knew by hy the tremor of the clasped hands which held the rosary ro that kho h had rl seen an and recognized mt 1 ne e. e I I T trembled and m my heart thumped against l ain t my breast I Then the priest entered aud and tho the litany lit lit- an any hc began an It was sung throughout the Hie h whole of or the service jIO J j was J suet 1 Hever had benediction A l lI I q I 80 so o beautiful so 50 pathetic so 80 appealing so o irresistible irresistible irre By the tho time the tho ergo had been reached and the sweet female voices over o tho the soft f swell of tho the organ or or- gaji gan were rising to tho vaulted roof m in sorrowful reparation for tho the sins of all nil t in the world worM who did not pray for them themselves cl thin tho religious religions lifo life was wa's was calling to me mG as it had never Jle called calle before u Como Come away from front thin tho world it seethed seemed to say Obedience to your heavenly father lather cancels all dut duty to your C earthly one Leave everything you fC fear lr b behind you yuu and find peace and anci light hl and aud love JOyc The Tho service ser was over o the nuns mins had dropped their veils an anti and gone out omit as slowly and noiselessly as ns they had bad como come In the last lat of them with her head down 11 tho the sacristan tan with his Ion long roil rod was ts extin extinguishing ng the candles on tho the altar the church was growing rowing dark darl and aud a t lay sister in bla black k was rattling rat rat- thug a bunch of keys at the door bo- bo hind me mc before I moved from m my place beside b 4 tho the rails rail Then phen I awoke a as Ham front a t dream and looking lon longingly insl ha back k at the dark lark corridor cor I rider down dot lm which t tho the nuns ln had hind di disappeared p reared l was turning to go o when 1 1 itc aware that a young g man mall was standing beside me and smiling into my fac face Mally T Tally ally ho lie said sail er very so softly a and ho he hl held out his hid hand Something in ill the voice tC made me nit giddy something om in tho the blue eyes made 1111 mo lime tremble I looked at him hint but hilt did not speak peak Dont Don't know r H he you yon 1 0 me nie n dally I said aid I felt as aa if a ro rosy veil oil were ere falling over o my faco face ah add neck A Hood flood of joy jov was S cl sweeping n 1 through h me JUe At t last 1 7 know kilo who ho it was 1 lt Its was Martin Conrad Conrad- grown to b ba bi bia a man a a. tall powerful man but hut with the fame face faco still-an still till an elu clu elusive sive sivo ghost t ho of th the bOY boys boy's s 8 face I used to I look tip up to an and love 10 I A 1 f few fan minutes minutes' later we e were ere out on the tho piazza in front of tho tho church and amid with a nervous rush of joyous ous words he was as telling me time what had brought him burn to Rome Having DS just scraped through his bi examinations and ana taken his degree depreo couldn't have ha done elon so o if tho the examinees O ees cos had not been good to him ho he he lead had heard that was as going froin down own to th the meat prent i ice e barrier bar rier that bounds bound the south pole poll to in investigate investigate in- in sti uto the tho sources i of wind win a and 1111 tides tid's so Q ho had offered o himself him a as doctor doc doc- doctor tor to the expedition and been hren tic lC c from tho the Thames ten days I I a ago o tho they thoy had put into Naples that I morning for coal an and taking advantage taRo tage of the opportunity he lie had run up to Homo home remembering that 1 I was at school here but never expecting to see soe me an and coming upon me mo by y the merest acc accident in tho the world world something something having havin having hav hav- in ing said to him Lets Let 3 go In hero heio and aud look Jook at this queer old church lie had to leave tomorrow at nt 2 2 though iu ha having to sail tho the same flamo night but of course it would be luck to go o farther south than Charcot an and make another attack on the antarctic n night fht I could coul see sec that lifo life was fill full of faith and hope an and all good things for him and remembering some somo episodes epi api- codes BodeM of tho the pmt past I sai said h So So you rou are aro going ring in earnest at last t. t At A t last he ho answered and wo we 0 looked into each others other's eyes and laughed an nit wo we stood together on the church steps with little tend tender or waves of feeling from our childhood sweeping sweep sweep- sweeping ing to our feet H And An you ho bo said You look just just the tho same I knew y you u instantly Yet lct you von aro arc changed too So grown and so so 0 won wonderfully wonderfully 1 I knew what ho meant to say and ana hein being too much of a chil child to pretend not Bot to Know and aud loo joo much of a t woman woman wom an notwithstanding my impulses im pulses not to 1 loy oJ in iii it I said I Iwas Iwas was glad Youve You've Y 1 0 vc loft tho the convent coment t I S ace seo Q When Mien did ditl that happen happens I J told him three weeks that ago ago that nu m my father had bad como come for mo me and wo ye wore were going goin back to Ellan Elian And And then 1 What aro are you going oin to todo todo do then then T ho he asked For a moment I felt ashamed to answer answer an an- cr but at last I told him hint that I was going goin home homo to be Ise married Married 1 When To whom hom 1 I I It said aid t- t hl I F did di not know Imo when hut but it itras was ras to be to tho the young Lord Baa Una II Kaa Rea Haa 1 Did Dici ion you ou say ay Ran Raa f That if to G Good G But urel 1 surely you ou know 1 Ho III did dill not fin finish lh what ho was going to toa lay sav so 0 I tol told him I did lid nut know anything not having seen Lord Lor Raa Haa since I to school chool and came i I everything c having ill a boon been arranged etl for or mo me by hj my mr father futher it him hums Not seen since everything arranged cl by bv your our father II Yes Yc s. s Then ho lie asked aske me abruptly where 1 I Iwas was as staving tain and when I told him ho ito said aid ho would walk back balk with me mite to the hotel I Hi His Ilia manner had hall suddenly changed and several times as nl wo we walked together to tm nether gether up the and along alom the tho Ju flu Du Marrelli he lie bc began an to pay fay something u uI I land and then stopped I 1 Surely your father faDler kno knows knows s 's 1 If ho lie does docs T i cannot annat 1 possibly hI understand un un- J d I I did not DOt pay pa as much attention to his hill broken 1 as T I should I 1 havo hivo but for tho o anti and confusion of coming eo so suddenly him a again and aud when ben a as wo reached th the hotel he sa said d I I wonder if your your father will allow me mile to speak p Im Irn sure 1 tUI hell he'll be h It I Isaid said aid and then in my great impat impatience I ran rau upstairs ahead of him and aDd burst into inlo my fathers father's room crying Father whom whom-Tto hom iu you think I Ih h have c brought to see fee vou von look look To my concern ans an and discomfiture my nw fathers father's reception of Martin was very f Y Q I I cool and at first ho di did not even cven seem to know him t You Yon dont don't remember me sir 1 said Martin Marti Im afraid I cant can't just place you yon said In ny father After Aller I had hat made them known noD to to each other they sat talking about the south pole expedition but it was a chill and cheerless interview an and after altor a afew alow alow low few minutes Martin artin rose to goI goI goI go I find it kind of hard hunt to figure you OU fellows out out said my mv father No o money that I r know of 01 has ever eyer been ma made o in tho unknown as you call it it Hi and if you discover both poles I don done don't dont just see how holy they're to be bo worth a q 2 cent stamp to you But you know best so no goodbye and good 1 luck to you I went out to tho the lift with Martin who asked aske if he lIe could take mo nie for awall a walk wall in the tho mornin I answered yen yea and inquired what hour dour nour ho he would call calli for me I Twelve 0 o'clock clock ho he replied a and andI ud I said that would suit snit mo me exactly The bishop came camo to dine with 11 uj that night and after dinner when J 1 JJ had gone gono ono to tho the window to look ou all over tho the cit city for tho the three lights o 0 othe the loggia oRgia of the Vatican ho he aud and m m father talked together for tor a lon long tun in a low tone The They were still talking whoa when J I le Ie len them to o c g Jn n to bed To bo be continued tomorrow |