Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-21

he rose aud looked uneasilA eui 81 the
door. IL l~lirve," said he. - that Dn .
maine has folIowed that woman.
Humph! She seems to have unsettled
you ALL 37ss q.
A half hour passed, and still no Dn
maine returned 30, vowing vsngeaare
on his absent head. the business was
gone through As best it could he with
out him. Is Ef 3 esiE
Meanwhile, what was Henry Du-
maine doingf just what Simmons
said he was-followlng that woman,
He certainly bad no intention OF do
ing Nd when he opened the office door
for her, but he had heard her gulp
down sob, had seen her wipe away a
| tear, and for the life of him could not
have helped going after her,
For nearly half an hour she walked
about the neighboring blocks, hut at
last, to the young 1an's great relief,
Il
entered u large house ON Nassau
Street. aas1 ssi moI1 eTr'f2'i
What was there in this woman,
whose face he had hardly seen, that ~
completely charmed him Was it the
elegant bearing that, in spite oi poor
clothes, proclaimed her u lady or was
the toneof her thrilling voice still ring
ing in his ears and carrying him ON
| Henry DumaiIle asked himself none
of these qaestions-he simply follow
ed her, never once taking his eyes oh
her gr ceful form. @
! Mounting the stairs she had Just as
crntled, he watched her in AMI out Ol
every Office in the house, and toward
the exit door. M, lfiqg -.
Now is my chance,' he Thought us
she reached il. hasHlf eia-
MADAM" he ventured with a slight
bow, 81 believe I see Mark Twain's
last book in your hand ; do you Offer
it for sale p 7ei, 81
! She recognized him at once a. the
gentleman who had ~ kindly "pe."d
Simmons door for her; hut With bel
clear eyes she read the kind. motives
in his, and sold hinra book. ,s.rs.is
In twa minutes :" Marx Twain had
changed owners, aud Henry Dumaii.
had experienced a new sensatiM-hs
had fallen in love. 1t was a new sea
satioll, indle<~i, for him-se new, that
he OF ly reaiized il after its fair origin
had passed ont of his sight. and q
strang, vacuum came into his breast
He would have given anything, ~
thought, to know something more O
her; hut to follow a lady TO her home
was not in his code. so he resotn,ei,
turned his heels in the opposite direc
ton, and Grossly wished, what Others
have wished before him, that there
was no such a thing a. wo'nen aaV
that Eve had choked herself on tha
everlasting apple. '9l57i .s.t
And Helen, she too experienced :
change--a sensation OF happiness ca'n'
over her, and she walked On, wonder
ing how Il could be go She had onl!
sold one book, anl the roft wa
small. 9" o4
l. $50 ..
, A year has passed away since tlt
episode of simmons'Oftice, and tlii. t ~
hearts that for a moment became one
, throb and beat ~ strongly as tien
The momentary lovers still exis,
| Their footsteps have troi the SAN
streets, and their eyes have often rest
ad ON the same object, but rhey ha.
} never met. New York il a little wOri
in which people only meet by appoint
ment.
( Henry DunIaine has not fOrgOtte
| The event 81 that hazy morning
year ago. More than ''lce aaS Il
2 uuickened his pace as little iUrn !
t black passed him swiftly by, on
! voice, in the throug about hini, sent
r tone like u distant echo through h
heart. isIFslii 500 3ias ff'
But VI the many forms that had Ira
: fed his footsteps and lnickenea hi
breath, on the busy streets, nor
Y proved to be the original Of his meln'
J, Iry and liza dreams aud he had at la
q become weary -tired 0t chasing aft,
D. ladies, who, when he saw their fate
proved wrinkied,, ugly, or bla X, an
" not the one he sought.
= 81 shall never see her again." !
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