Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-31
OCTOBER 81, 1862.

moment come in. / had promised to meet
Walter there at that very hour. / turned
back, / knew not why; perhaps l thought to
cheat myself for moment into the belief that
should meet him as had promised; that the
past week was a myth, dream. As did so
a well known voice sounded upon my ear.
turned quickly around, the blood receding
rapidly from my brow, cheeks and lips Mer-
ciful heavens Walter Mayo wasHstanding
before me, with beautiful, showily-dressed
woman leaning upon his arm!
"Oh, if could but be away from this spotp'
thought as a terrible faintness came over me.
WAS pride frightened from her post again |?
Should give up there, sink before those cold,
criticising eyes? No, no, and with strong
effort / moved on, directly past them. As
did so, Walters gaze fell upon me.
"Ah, there is ANNIE" he said, this way,
Helen" and going towards me, he held out
his hand.
drew back. A rapid light shot from my
eyes. My lips quivered, my whole frame
trembled with emotion. / would not bear
his insults, and every word that he might
speak to me. after the great wrong he had
done, was indeed an insult looked disdain-
fully at his proffered hand and turned away.
"Why, Annie, what is the matter, you are
looking as white as death?" he exclaimed,
laying his hand upon my arm. "Why do
You turn away sO-what does this meanl'
Oh, how the tenderness of his voice went
down 10 my heart, and pleaded with the stern
sentinel pridel How it reused my quiet dead
my dead that i had placed in their graves
the cold, icy grave of forgetfulness!
"And why do you dare to speak to me, sir?"
/ said, in a voice hoarse with passion. Il
have no words to waste on you.'
'Annie Annie, cannot believe my senses
what is the meaning of this?"
"Your heart is baser than thought, if you
do not know the meaning Let me go.
have nothing to say to You. i cannot wish
you and your beautiful bride joy, even, for in
my heart have only curses, curses for you,
that is all"
Bride, bride, Annie, are you mad?
have no bridep
1 laughed his words to scorn as he uttered
them.
"Do not add another falsehood to the pyra-
mid that you have already raised" / said.
"And vet what could be the use of such
denial" thought, as the words died away on
my lips.
lou shdh hot ~ away dutH fou
YOURSELF he said, grasping my hand firally as
| turned away again.
.Speak, Helen, tell her that / have no
bride, and never hope to have, but her."
''But," began hesitatingly, my voice grow
ing strange and hollow, but what did that
mean-your marriage-in the paper?"
MY MARRIAGES. it possible-did that
cursed joke reach you? and have you been
crediting it all this while?"
as it not true? Oh, Walter, Walter"
''Sure, Annie, as hope for heaven, it is not
Some malicious person, / know not who, sent
the marriage to the paper. and the first that |
knew of it was by the report that began to
circulate among Helen's and my friends. Oh,
if had only known this and still ought to
have known how it would have been, my poor,
dear Annie! You are faint-see, Helen, how
white she is growing" And taking me in his
arms as though had been an infant, he bore
me rapidly to a carriage, holding me tenderly
to his breast, while passionate regrets and
words of endearment fell from his lips.
We were married at the appointed time
and have no wish to die, out of all the blessed
happiness that surrounds me.