Show 1 p D T The Woman Thou Gayest Me BEING THE STORY OF MARY ONEILL O'NEILL Written W by HALL CAlNE CAINE t. t nL 1013 b by Hearst's Hearn M Copyright t in Great Britain Copyright Cop 1914 by toy T J- J B. B LIppincott Co f n J c CHAPTER Next ext morn morning in mornin orn ing While I was Tras ts in my hod hod- room Price came with a from Martn lartin to say sa that ho was wa going into the tho glon 1 Ion and wished to know lf f I would KO go o with him Mm that meant mt I t know per what hat I Ho wished l d to tell me uie what tep f tcp he be in intended in tended to tako towar toward JU my divorce and m my heart trembled with the tue thought t of ofU th U th answer I had to give tivo vo him that him that di die di- for me rae under au any auy circumstances circum stances was quite impossible ble Sorry as I was for myself I waR WIB still stillmore stillmore more SOH sorry for Martin artin I felt like a iud judge o wh who had to pronounce sentence upon him him hirn dooming his hi dearest hopes to tu painful and instant death J. J t could hear hi hIn i on tho the In lawn wn with Y tho the rate Mate lau laughing hin H like o a a boy lot IooS loose from school and when I went cloW i to hl ho greeted me with a or cry of joy that was almost heart hr breaking Our way to the glen wa 4 through h a n afield afield I field of gra grans ra s where the dew lc was thick and my boots boota being baing thin Martin artin in hi hh his high spirits wished to mo me across I and it was waR only with an effort that I prevented him from dome doing iso KO Tho ll itself when wo 0 rc rh d it it was cabled Glen Rna Baa was almost cruelly that day and remembering remembering bering berinA what I bad had to do clo in in it I thon thought bt r T should never er bo ablo able to get it out of my sight with with its ite slumberous gloom like liko that of a a. vast cathedral it its thick arch of overhanging o boughs through h which tho the morning lill 5 sunlight ht was wag streaming stream rn ing lik like tho the light ht through h tho tle windows of a a. clerestory its running run run- ning tung t at water r below its rustling leaves lea above and the chirping of its birds on every very side ide making a f sound that was like the chanting of a cho choir l' l in hi Nomo flomo far nt off apse and tho the rumbling of oC their voices in rn the tho roof Two or three c times as we walked lown th glnn n toward a port Pot Port Raa which lav mv at the seaward Iud end of it tt Martin r rallied mo nit on oi tho the settled gravity of m my roy fa faco o awl and then I ha had bud to I smile mile though how hot hotT T I lid did PO so I do 10 not know knows for over eVE every other minute my fl heart as was in J my mv mouth arId and never cr more so o othan othan than when to mako JJ me laugh h he ho rat lat tied R away a in in tho the lan language ua c of his boyhood boy boy- hood bood saying I Isa t this stunning Splendiferous h J When we e came CaluC me out a ni at the mouth of tho the port where whore a a. line lino of little 1 oak oaks leaned landward as with the memory mem mem- orv ory of many a winters winter's storm torm Martin fartin 5 aid al Let Let U us ui sit down here Wo we sat at on the sloping bank with ith tho the insects ticking in tho the wa s the bees becs humming in tho the air the sea en fowl creaming in the tho sky the broad sea ca in front and the little bay bat below lelo- where hero the tho lJ tide c. c which whir was wa going J out had left behind it a t sharp harp rec reef o of black ro rocks ks o with seaweed A pleasure steamer pa passed at that moment with its Hags flags s flying Hying it it- awnings awn awn- lags ings n g pread it decks s crowded with excursionists ex cx- url and a brass s band I Ion on of ot f marches march 5 and md as soon oon a ait aa as' asit it had gone on Martin said Ive e boon been think thinking 11 about our affair Mary LuY how to go 0 to work and an all nil that I and of cour course o the first thing gotto gotto got gotto do is divorce to o to get a I 1 made ma-do no answer and l' l not to look at him b by 1 fixing my eyes upon ibm the sea You have C enough you yon know and Jf If you PrieD Price she she ba has plenty So since sineo youve you've ou gi given given v. v en cn mo tao tim tun ri right to speak for you yon dear I Im I'm m going to speak to your father Ii first f I must ha have haye o made mado memo somo half haf articulate artica late Jato response for not understanding m me ale ho said saia Oh I know he hell he'll bo be a hard nut to crack Ho nD won wont won't Jt want to hear what I Ive I've J got ot to say l but he has hns got ot to hear it And after all aU youre youra his bis daughter and if ho has E a any ny bowels of compassion compas compas- sion Sian Again J I must have han mado some somo effort to speak sneak for or he lie said Eaid Yes Yos hoe hos ill III WJ but bit ho has h. only to set Curphy to work ork and the Ja lawyer r will do dothe t the tho ho re rest t. t II I could not allow him bun to go o 0 an any further fur fur- ther flier BO so I r blurted out somehow that 1 had Ec seen n nay my father already I On On this subject ff J Yet Ye And And what did ho io say nay I 1 I told him as well is-cU as ns I could what my 1 father Tather had raid nid being ashamed to 10 repeat it That was onh- onh bh bluff 11 though said ill Martin The liThe real reat real truth is that Vou OIl would cease cease to bo ba Lady L. ilna an and that WO would WOd d be bo a blow to his pride Then thore there would no longer ld he any possibility pos pos- of establishing a family and anti that would disturb his plans lUaus No matters mat runt ten ted Wo Yo can enn set Curphy to york work our our- selves f But But ut I have seen Mr r. r Curphy also i r said ald And Aud what hat lid did h Ii 1 r told him what the lawyer lawyor had said and ami ho he wa-s wa was 3 aghast ha t. t Good heavens What an n iniquity 1 In Tn Fn England too But never nc mind There aro are other countries countr rs where hero this relic o of the barbaric ages doesn't exist Ye Well We'll go there We Wo must gc get you Jou a a 11 divorce vorce somehow My J. J time had hOld come coma I could keep back the truth no rio longer But But Martin fartin I said paid divorce is impossible for me quito inc quito impossible And Awl then I told him that I had bad be been on onto to see sec tho the bishop also and he be had said what I r hall had known ore bc before though in tho rai pain of m my temptation I r had bad forgotten it tha that tho tha Catholic church did not countenance o divorce o under any circumstances circum stances stan because God mado made J marriages arria and therefore no man could dissolve e them Martin fartin listened intently and in his ea eagerness to catch every c word ho horal ral raised hins hims himself l lf to a kneeling c position n ny by y my side so o that he be was lookIn looking into m. m my face But I But Mary my mv dear Mary ary J ho lie paid a U you yoU don aon don't dont t t mean to o sa say you yon will vilL allo allow such consi consideration to influence J 1 I you ou T liT 1 am nor a Catholic what Catholic what hat else can I T Ido Ido do I said But think think think-my my dear dear girl think how unreasonable a how untrue how preposterous it all aU is in a n c-ast c like tiko yours Go God mado made your marriage Yours 1 God Goel married you to that notorious notorious no no- profligate C Can n you vou ou believe it its its' His eyes were flaming I dared ared not look at them Then think thin again a in They say pay theres there's no divorce in tho the Catholic church do thor they But what arc are they talking about Morally speaking you are arc a divorced woman already y Anybody with an ounce of brains can see that When Whon you were cro married to this man ho lie made madea a contract with you ou and he ho has broken tho the terms of it it hasn't ho ho Then wheres where's 8 the tho contract now now It Tt doesn't an any longer Joner exist Your husband has hns destroyed it But isn't marrI o different I asked And Arid then I tried to tell him what tho the I bishop had said of tho the contract of mar- mar I tinge ril being unlike any any other contract 3 T PAr p bix Ac Ive I've been thinking about our affair Mary said Martin The Tho Tho first thing weve we've got to do is to get you a divorce I because Because God himself had become a party party par par- ty to it What ho cried God become a party to a marriage c like liko yours i My Iy IJ dear ear girl only think Think of what hat hat your marriage has been been the tho o and aud vanity v and anel self seeking that conceived I it t tile the compulsion that was put lut upon you to carry it through and then the shame and tho suffering 1 and the wickedness wickedness wick wick- edness and tho sin of it Was God a party to tho making of a marriage liko like that hat In his agitation he ho rose ose walked two or three paces in front and came ame back backo to o me Then think what it moans means if your m mav may not be dissolved cd Jt It means that you ou must go o on living with this his man roan who c lifo life is so degrading ing- ing Year fear in year car out as long on as your our ito lilo lasts you must lot let him humiliate ana corrupt you on with with- his company his com coin and his example until you are arc dragged down do down n down to tho the filth ho he 10 lives H in himself and your J very soul ouli i is contaminated Is that what the church asks of you yon i J J JI I answered no nOt and tried to tell him what tho the bishop had ad told m mo about separation sop sep but he interrupted mo me with a shout II Separation 1 Did he lie say sn that If the tho ho church has no right to divorce you OU what right fight has bM it to separate you your ou It Oh I see what It will 11 bay hope ay hope of reconciliation But if you von wore separated sop sep from your husband would you rou over go back to him t Never or in in this world worl Then what would your our tion ion be bel Only divorce under another name nama i I was utterly shaken Perhaps 1 I wanted to believe o what Martin was saying Baying perhaps i I did dill not know enough to o answer him l but ut I could not help it if f I thought Martins Martin's clear mind nind was making dust and ana ashes of or everything that Father ather Dan and tho the bi bishop hop ha had said to me Then what can I do dotU I asked I thought his face faeo quivered at that question guestion lie lb got up again and stood Before Defore mo me for a no moment without speak speak- tn Ing ng Then ho no said with an obvious ob effort If ulf your our church will not allow Y you 1 to o divorce your hus husband and and if Jf you vou and I cannot marr marry without that then Ihen Yes Ye t tI I didn't mean to propose it God knows I didn't but when lion a woman wh when Jn a woman has been forced force nto into a 3 loveless marriage and it is crushing the very soul out of her anti and I the he iron law aw of her church will not permit permit per per- i mit he her to escape from it what crime I she sho does does' commit if she u Well I ask asked cd though I saw what lie he 10 was going to say Mary ho said sOlid breathing hard and fast you von ou must artist como come to mo mc I mado n a. a sudden cry though I tried not toOh toOh toOh to Oh I kno know J ho bo sai said Its Ita not what wo we o could wish Bl But t well we'll bo be open about n out it Wo We II 11 face it out Why shouldn't we wet we I shall anyway And AnI if f your father and tho the bishop say sar any any- thin thing to mo me Ill I'll tell teU them what I think of the abominable marriage they thov for forced cJ you yon into A As for you lear dear 1 I know you'll havo have to bear something All 1 the thc conventional canting h hypocrisies hypocrisies' Every man who has bought his is wife and antI every woman oman who has sold herself herself into concubinage there concubinage there aro are thousands and thousands of them all nIl tho world orld over and they'll try tTy perhaps they'll hey 11 try but let them thorn try If tho they hoy want to trample the life lifo out o or you they'll havo have to walk over mo rue first yes first yes by God they will J I But Martin It Well VdU Do mean that I It mean I you vou am to fo to live livo with you without without with with- ia l' l J out nta marriage e Its the tho only thiu thing po possible s ble isn't it iU t he said And then Ulan h he ho tried t to show how mo me that love was everything and it if f people loved each other nothing else mattered religious mattered religious ceremonies were vere nothing tho morality of oC society was nothing tho the world and its backbiting back back- biting was nothing Tho The great greit moment had come como for tor m mat me meat meat at last and though I felt torn between cn love lo ove and pity I had to la face o it Martin I 1 I cant can't do it 1 I said lie He looked steadfastly into my m face faco for or a 0 moment but I dared dand not look back jack for I knew know ho was suffering Buffering I You think it would bo ho wrong Yes A sin I tried to 1 53 say 1 Yes Ye Yos again agnin but my reply died lied in my throat There was as another moment of si silence silence si si- lence lenec and then in in a faltering voice that nearl nearly broke broko me down he lie sai said In that case there is nothing more moro I Thoro isn J is ia there to ay y I made an nn effort to speak but my mr voice would not comeI como come I uI as there thero thought as was rio other way of escape from Irom this t ter terrible ter- ter r. r marria It but if marriage o you think think it Ilo Ho stopped and then thou coming closer doser he said I I suppose you you know what this means menus for you Oll Mary that Mary that a aster after t r all aU the de degradation ra ahon you ou havo have gone gona through you VOLt arc are shutting tho the door to a wor wore thier purer life and ind that to toI I could bear no more My Mr heart was yearning for him yet I was compelled to speak But would it be a n purer life Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin if it began bigan in sin sini No o no it wouldn't it Oh 01 you can cant can't Jt think how hard it is ig to deny deny myself the happiness you ou offer ino mo me Its It's harder hard hard hard- er or than all the tho miseries my husband has inflicted upon zoo me But it wouldn t Jt be bo happiness s. s because c cOUI OUI our sin would stand between us That would always alwa's be bl there ther Martin Martin every ever day daX every n night bt as Ion long as us' ever wo We lived I Wo Wc 0 should nover never know o one ouo lo realI really really- hap py hour Im I'm sure Hire we should not I Is s should be unhappy myself and anil I should make mall lOU you unhappy Oh I darnt I daren tl ti Dont Don't ask mo me I beg I beg I boo bo- you I burst into tears tars after this and there thero was q a Jong op silence between us u Then Martin touched fouchea hed my 01 arm and said eaid with a gentleness o that nearly broke m my heart Dont cry cry- Mary I give Jho in I find I have havo no DO win will but jut yours dear If you can enn bear the th present condition of things I o ought to bo be able to Let Lot us go back to the tho house Ho TIo raised raise me inc to my feet and we turned our faces homeward horno All AH the brightness of the day daj had gone one for both of us by this time Tho The h tide c was vas now far ar out Its moaning was n-as only a distant murmur The shore was wasa a stretch of of- lagged jagged black r rocks t s covered with seaweed |