| Show Fi o oThe IThe The Woman Thou Gayest Me BEING EING THE STORY OF MARY ONEILL O'NEILL Written by iy HALL CAINE by Ht Copyright In Grut T m t I l b by J. J B B. B LippIncott Co 00 n ii CHAPTER must it to those thoM who know ter than 1 I do io o the way to read the thep I p mysteries ot of a R. womans woman's heart to plain bow how it ft came caine to pass that tho the tholy ly result of this tills incident was wae to make makee pi e e sure ure that if wo we remained i in Lon Lon- much longer my husband would Would go gock goick 0 ck ick to tc the other and to tn woman f nay y y t-y hy seeing that I did not love Jovo ovo him hi I Ib b d ha have haTe become feverishly anxious i remove him from the range of this l temptation Yet Tot BO to o it I was ws for the very Ter next morning morn morn- mor- mor morIng father I had bad ing kg I wrote to my saying ha been bee unwell and nd bogging him to use uso his hi influence with my mr husband to t sot ot out on onte the te Egyptian trip without further deIy de de- de ter Iy t-Hy t fathers father's e answer was TJ wa prompt prompt What be he had ha read between the U lines e of of my letter Jeter I rea do not know what he lie Mid Kid was was was' this this this- J Daughter Certainly I 1 I am writing oi Bon in tolling h him mm m to t cut cut Ln LonBon Lon lion Bon on quick T guess ess youve you've been ben too ron long there already And while you youIe ire Ie away you can draw on me yourself your your- self elf for as much as you pIcaso please for forch b ch ro re it i is a a matter mater o of money you must i never er ae let nobody walk over you Y Yours c. c f Thc Tho letter to my mJ husband produced an result Within S twenty four ouis tho telephone was at work with about trains and ane berths berths on and ad within a week wo we were u our way to Marseilles t to join the hIp that wa was to take us ns to Port Pore Said FOur Or staterooms were on tho the we ide leek deck lee of the tho steamer with a passage fa ar between cu them This admitted of separate existences which bich was veil for k knowing win or guessing ue sin my share sharen n a our altered arrangements my mJ hus bus and jand had become oven more morose ban before and no conversation could ie Jo sustained between us He Uc spent greater cater part of f his time timen timea n a his bis stateroom grumbling at at the tho I to toward ard abu abusing his bis valet alot beating his 1 ad d terrier r and cursing cursing the uck Ick that at had br brought bt his on this sense sense- oa More than Hum over now I felt tJ the gulf ulf hat divided u u. u T could not pass one oneil il ingle higle le hour bour with him in comfort My Uy fe iCe was becoming as cold as an empty ou ous and I I was ras 38 bc beginning to regret ho he eagerness s with wih which I had removed ed iv ly husband from i a scene in in which bead he be head head ad at least lived cr 1 the tho life of a rational feature when an unexpected event rou rought ht ine me a thrU thrill of pa passing sin pleasure ure Ou Out in ip the saloon alon Jer were er at the theop theop op of the ther r f rs r's table bl a and the docor doc doe or 01 01 bims himself 1 was wag a young Irishman of arce or four fOur and nud twenty as bright and as a n March arb morning and ma ag as a racy f tho toil FoB oil as a new cut peat H Hearing atin that flint T I was was from Elian IUan ho parted farted me by 1 asking ashing if by ch chance chance- I Inow now DOM DW Martin artin Conrad lr Martin rt Conrad 1 T r repeated fe feel feel- 1 rig ajr t hardly knew why as if a Yosei rosy Yos oil ei were ere falling over 1 my iz- iz face faco ace and neck I Vest Yeii Ye Mart tar Conrad us as wo we call cal him young Oil man who i has bas gone out as 38 odor octor with ith Lieutenant tone Is I's s 's cedi ion to the tita south pole A of tender feeling from m ray my tame came surging furgin up to my throat nd ad T 1 sai saul ail l Ho He was cau the fn first t of my ny bo boy friends frends in fact the only one The young doCor's CC eyes sparkled and ande n nC c e C looked ted as if be bl wanted to throw thron own w his soup Olp spoon jump up and rasp mo b bv by both hands God bl bless ss me mE is that that so be lie paid said Jit l turned out that Martin Marfin and be bo had CPU friends at Dublin un university They nd f worked together t roomed to to- ether and taken their degrees es at the tho mo amo time J Sl o you ou jou kno know knon Mart Lord alive e al the theca ther ca r vav things como come out Tr Tt T was WS ca easy to tn see t-ce eo that hat Martin was as l pt t only onh his bis friend frien but hut his hs hero Ho lie f of him with wih a passionate love lovend e nd lid with vuth wih which ICU men what what- ver er they feel rarely speak of each cach thor t Martn Martin fartin was th the alt salt of the tho earth carth He lie lieas a H as tho llio finest t fellow and aud the tho staunch staunch- st d. t friend and nr the thc bravest hearted chap hat walked under nailer the stars of God Goel The Th greatest chum T have havo in tho the rend too tO and ami by the hol holy immaculate iother Im I'm 11 destroyed n at being bein away I mm him him t was alike liUo musk music to hear him speak V good flood food of jO joy O went sweeping through no rio 10 a at every word of bo lie gave a to I And yet yet yet-r I cannot explain I Ihy t it was WM the tho woman in me mo he Irish woman or something like it but but T I began to depreciate Martin in n to him bim on so s that he hem m ht say more on th the tho same subject F L Then ho he did take his de degree cc I aid ad He Ho was never r nc very clover at atIs Is T I remember and ann I beard ha hat hai Ji ho he was mS only only just ablo able to 5 scrape rape rough his hie bif exam examinations iThe joung doc doctor r fell feU to mv my m bait hah like likel l With a a flam flaming in face taco and nd a alfOUS ruth rush of racy words which made maden aes n- think that if t I I closed my eyes I 1 hould be back on tho the steps of the hurch in Rome talking to Martin him him- ho- ho told me rae I 1 was mistaken if I bought bt his friend was a 3 num numskull for foric forc l ic c ban bad bad had bad the tho bi biggest brain pan in Green and tho the wa way bo be could earn things when bo ho wanted to was wag wonderful e might bo ho a a bit shaky in his bis s ng ug and perhaps he ho couldn't lick tb the I ord in in Latin but his bis b heart art WB was al al- vaja baye in- in im in exploring and the way in ho hn know knew especially the part of it the they all aIr the I Unknown the arctic and he antarctic and azid what hat Char Charcot ot bad had lone lono one there and Biscoe and Bellamy and Urvie and ani Greely and ani Nansen and and Pear Peary was enough to tonako nake nako the tho provost and professors look ike We fools of the tho c earth rth by oy by the side sido of oC tim um Why what hat do you vou think Baide said Baid ft e doctor t brn he ie went to Lond London n apply for fo his hiB billet biet the lieutenant id to him him You must have been Wa there before young man No Noeh o och ch eh luck said eaid Martini Martin But But yu ku know v uch a about out the tho antarctic already as s whole boiling of us put together d tho lieutenant Yes by br bv St. St Patrick i St r Thomas hos ho's a geographer e apt any admitted that much and ana to i the tho doctor to po go o on I T toM tolL birt bif ere ore T I b had bad li Men sien tin Martin farin Ja lawt Jaff and ami at he ha hail l said of hi bi bis expedition 1 In Rome you au say pay fay f said nid the tho doe doc doctor doc tor tot with wih a note ote ot of jealousy You Y You 01 beat mo me there then I saw him hm off from irom London though A A. few of us Dublin boys being in io town tow at the tho time went ent bOJ's down own to Tilbury to Ice him sail fail and when they were lifting anchor and the tho tug was wa hitching on we we stood ou oil tho the pier pier sixteen pier sixteen strong and trong-and and set up some ot or our college tOn songs 5 Stop your noising boys bo said he h tho the lieutenant will wi bo be hC hearing you yon But not a bit bitof bitof bitof of it Wo sa sang san awa away as long a as wo we could see Eee him going out with wih the tho tide and then thou wo we went back in the train tran smoking our pipes like Ike so many mans many Vauxhall Vauxhall Vaux- Vaux hall hal chimneys and Dan a wor word out of the tho ono of us Yes Yeses yes there thore arc aro some somo men like that Tho They come liko Jho stars of night and go o like the light Ugh of heaven Same as there are some women who walk the world like the sun Bun and leave levo the te grass gowin green wherever their feet rM have havo hO trod It I was wag ver very ridiculous I did not then understand why it should be so 50 but tho the tears came cac gushing into int my mv eyes oyes while the te doctor spoke and it as was as a much as I could do to preserve e m my com corn posture What interpretation mv my husband husband put upon my D emotion emotion I do n not t know but I saw sw that his face face darkened and whon when tho doctor turned to him to ask ak if he also knew kne Martin he answered answered curtly I and b brusquely I 1 Not Not I. I No Ko o 10 loss 5 either I 1 should I say sy I No No l loss s said the doctor Show mo me a man nuan man under the stars of God that's fit ft to hold a a candle to Martin Martn Conrad and b by the tho angel Gabriel Ill I'll go o fifty milo miles out of f my way to put a sight on him More Moro than ever after this tall talk about Martin Conrad I T was IS feeling defenseless defenseless defense defense- less and at at the mercy of my husband b wish wishes and whims when something happened happened hap hap- which seemed to change chango his hs char char- actor r at-r altogether The third day out on a bright and quiet morning we called caled at Malta lalta and while my mv hu husband band went ashore to visit some friends r in the garrison garson I sat fat on deck watching the thc life of the little port and ad looking at nt the big warships anchored anchored an an- in bay A Maltese woman came camo on board to sell sel souvenirs of the tho island and picking out of her tray a tn tiny twisted twist tiling thIng in coral coral I asked what it wa was a charm m my lady said the tho woman 1 A A charm for what whai ha To mako make my ray ladys lady's bu husband and love lovo her ber T I felt my y face aco be becoming bui bufe RUt mv my heart was sore sor so in mv my simplicity I bought the charm harm and ana as was smuggling it t into m my ba bag when I became awro aware that that ono one of my fellow passengers a alah lads lah- was looking down own at me rae Sho ho was wa a a. 3 tall tan singularly handsome woman fashionably and although on shipboard almost aImo t sumptuously dressed dresse A look in her hor face was w haunting mo mc with wih a 1 memory I could not f fix when hen she stooped and said Arent Aren't you ou Mary fary Tho rho voice completed tho the identification tion ton and I knew who it was was It waa wa Alma Lier She Sho was now no about seven Boven and ad twenty and in the prime prim of her young woman woman- hood Her beautiful auburn hair Inlow la lay In- low 10 over o lr her broad forehead almost descending to her long sable colored colore eyebrows Her cheeks worn very white rather beyond the whiteness of nature i I r thought and her lips wore were more than commonly rod red with tho upper one a little thin an and nd lower slightly set et for forwar ard But her e eyes cs were still her distinguishing feature bein being larger er and blacker than before and having that vivid hid gaze gazo az that looked through h and though you ou and ma made c you feel fee that few women and nd no man nian Dan in the world would ha have 0 tho power to resist her Her movements were almost noiseless noiseless noise noise- less and a as sh she t sank ank tank into the chair by side there certain sweet sweet- my was ras a over ness in i tho the soft succulent tones of tho voice with which h she b began 1 to tell tel me mc what hat had bad happened to her since I had seen her last It I was as a rather painful story stor After two or three years in a u girls girl's college in her own country she ha had bad set out with her mother for a lou long tour of the European Euro can capitals In Berlin at what was nas S falsely called a n charity ball hul she had bad I Imet met a a. young Russian ian count who was understood to ho bo rich and related to one of the grand oc duko duke A Against the protests of her father a shrewd yd American America banker she had bad married marred the tho count and they had returned to NewYork New New- NewYork York where her mother had social ambi ambitions t ions There thc they had bad a serious bock It I turned out that that her husband bad had deceived them and und that he be was really a poor and quite quie nameless person person per par son only remotely related to the family he be claimed to belong to Nevertheless Alma had hat won out at last By Bj di digging ging deep into int her ber fathers father's 8 treasury she fhe got rid rii of her tT treacherous husband and OiD out going way going way wa west she had been i able ble in due duo time to di divorce i vorce orce him Sinco Since then thon she had resumed her family I name being known know as Madame Lier and now she sho was on ou her way to E Egypt pt to spend the season peason at Car Cairo Cairn she be said You And And you Jou stayed convent 1 lon long at tho yes convent yes I 1 answered that I bad had and then in m mv my fluttering voice for somo some of the tho 01 old spell of oi of her presence ha had como come sweeping back upon me I 1 replied ono by one oue fo to o the questions she asked a about out the reverend mother the Reverend Re Moth Mother r Mildred d Sister Angela and Father Giovanni not to speak of myself myself my my- self whom she had bad always thought of ofas ofas ofas as Marg Margaret j M r ret Mary because L 1 i had bad looked BO so innocent and nun nui like I And And now you ou are muri d sh she said I Married so 50 splendidly too tool We beard herd all aU about it Mother Alother was so 50 interested What a lucky girl irI you yon arol arel are Everybody says gays your husband is IB if BO so handsome and charming Ho is isn't he heT heTI f fI I 1 was doin doing my utmost to to put tho best face race upon my ray condition without betraying the facts or simulating sent senti sentiments sent sent- ments meats which I could not feel when whon a n boat from the shore pulled up tip at the ships ship's side and my stepped on onto onto onto to the deck In 10 his bis usual morose manner be was about to pass paM without speaking on his hj way way to his bis stateroom when whon his hlf en eves s f fell fellon fellon l on on Alma Altna sitting bl beside bele ide me mo Then be Le stopped stop stop- Hid ped and looked at atS us S and ant stepping up iii he said sid in a a tone I had bad never nover ne er heard from him before Mary my mj dc dear rt will wi you n not t present mo me to to your jour friend froud i f iI I hesitated an and th then n with a quivering quiver quiver- r. r in ing of the thc lp lips I Idid did so But something told me as I 1 introduced mv ray husband to Alma and nd Alma to my ray my husband and andt t they h stood looking into info each 0 others other's eyes ees and holding each others other's hands for br or Alma boldinE had bad risen nen and I Iwas was sitting between them that this was the most most momentous incident of my life thus far that that for good or ill m my m- hour had bad struck k and I could almost hear bear the tho bell ben CHAPTER Fr From m that that hour forward my mJ husband was a changed change man His manner to me mc so 60 brusque before became courteous kind kin almost afe affectionate tonate Every Eory morning morning morn morn- ing ig ho bo would knock at tho door of rn my stateroom to ask if i-f i I 1 had slept well wel or if the mo movement of ot the |
