The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1862-02-21

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The peneral WINS urprised to find how plaiu
h, oo,la b.,, t;ll be ,em.mbercd tbe door
betvecn the two rooms.
.u,v lon, nm vo, .,,v Cba,ljeT
.Onlv iii ten Carrie. have an engage.
ment at ten to meet Lace Csnterbure. But,
Carrie. YOU look tired and worn out. What
IA wrong. NV netp ....
.Notbinv Charlie. YOU only fancy so.'
.You cannot deceive me. Carric-you are
,h.,,od Sous,b;,, |. missing from your
,,o. .nd ,ho r,,. o,J ,,odr... of ,nirit that
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'oh! no. ihdeca just hapPeaeu ~. ,
'Como INTO the inner foom' my u'af.
have much 70 say 70 you F" +" 30 ho'n''
Ike .
Their voices only reaehed the general
ear. now, in kind OF suodued murmur'ns.
ie. no cOu'a not r'au' ino 'p.n ''sa.ss ss
broken f'r an iouf ~ a,'''%u's'' p..e.
'ae h0or anu '',eu " ,'"u ~
aoou' rc'if'ns' "ne" 'o'0'' '''u '"' "N
room fea'"'u nun "s""' , r,,
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b.. - n,r., h. To.morrov will spend
81, 80, IA, and svs,;rc too. Look In
- ,,,;-.o. C.r,;o-... wb.. . ,;nv thin,
-, -, W. vo,,d ;uo,;ns we uere chill.
a-on of tho ,.me narentsP You. with you,
hair and eyes, and mine bright. It Is toe
bad! Ishould have the dark hair and eyes
Carrier
yes, Charles, but then you know Vic Can.
terbury says fair hair and eyes are 80 aristo-
cratic said Carrie, archly. -.
so she does. had forgotten that. But
good night, my precious sister. You grow
more like your mother every day, Carrie
Ills sister! O, am so glad And the
noble old warrior felt almost like falling up
on his knees and thanking God for the wo.
mans purity. lIo had not doubted IL; but
the curse Of scandal Is that in spite OF ones
better nature-when one hears so much
OF d'''rus' Will cl'ns 70 tho heaf''
Soon, there came knock at the generals
own door--a summons for him to go to the
apartment Of brother officer, on business,
whose rooms were situated in another part
Of the house.
As he was returning, at twelve o'clock. he
saw small, slight figure coming up tho hall
from an opposite direction. As ho came
nearer, he saw that It was Mrs. Leeds. She
still wore the rich dress she had worn to din
nor. A superb crimson shawl of Canton
crapo was flung over her head. almost cover
ing the blue-black curls, and tightly clasPed
under tho chin by two small, white hands.
But the white, despairing face, that rose from
out that crimson drapery would haunt one
lifetime.
As she passed the general, she drew her
shawl over her face, as though to conceal It ;
and he callantly fixed his eyes upon the floor,
n, though in a brown study. He reached
his rooms too much excited to sleep. Some
,h;nr m wa, a,ogI vba. wa. IN Taking
s s ~. III, ,,orr R,b,o mi, .bero of a
h""d,od hs,,l.,, read. a, was his nightly
- nu" =, m,,h, h.ro boon ,,,, or nerbo y,
cs''O~' cs -. '.s.. . ,;.h. .,.n na,sed hi,
door, Accompanies " o"' ','" a''
the two entering MIS- he0'' '00.'
Soon he heard the sweet VOICE VI '''''
Leeds say pleadingly; -.