The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-12-19

:, sweetest music to me.
l. When my head sched land I often hi
: severe spells with my head), how ,enderly 81
q bathed it with those deft fingers of hers.
would have been content to live and bask
Q the sunshine of her presence forever, but o.
! servation showed me that there was q nece
! sity for action. Sometimes Kate would SHIT
7 herself up in her room for an hour or two
1 Meanwhile, I, on whom time always hun
heavily when she was absent. placed my chat
in the window to view passers-by. lnvarlabl
| saw man pacing up and down in front o
the house. He was of medium size, llgh
complexion, blue gray eyes, long side-whis
J ksrs, mixture between faxen and brown
most people would have called him goot
looking, but closer observer Of character
would have noticed the strangely shaped
forehead and the gradual sinking of the fea
lures at the bridge Of the nose. / was mol
long in finding out that this was Hates lover,
and took delight in watching him. / caught
him looking at me with malignant covl
With Hates temperance be always disap-
peared I was certain that they were keeping
up correspondence, bat l never saw him
receive any letters. Inow began to concoct
plans to prevent this. / begged her, as a
great favor, to help me in writing some letters
| which were q necessity for me to write, but
which my weakness prevented my doing
kept her for long hours writing letters
about all sorts of things to imaginary people.
which, OF cousse, we're never mailed. | have
some of them yet carefully put away In my
wriung.desk. Then we took long rides, and
she, believing me to be astrangsr to the city,
pointed out objects of interest, and answered
the numerous questions which chose to ask.
me very stupid and possessed of very little
information, but she always answered me with
the same unwearyiLg kindness.
With all her frmness, and as her father
termed, obsinacy, there was always in her
that gentleness and sweetness which ch2rac-
terizes the true lady. / only sighed that she
had not bestowed her love on some worthy
objecs-myself, for instance. Luckily | met
no one who knew me as David Moss, attor-
ney and solicitor, but nearly always passed
somewhere in our rides her lover, who her
father had told me WAS called Waller Re-
veauX.
At such times Kate would bow and smile,
while he returned a naughty nod. which
fair face. Then an insane desire would seize
me to jump out of the carriage and give him
the thrashing he deserved; but discretion
being the better part of valor, would, on re-
Election remain seated, and by playful bandi-
mage endeavor to coax back KAte's smiles.
l had been at Marston's house nearly
month, and had been treated as an honored
guest by both master and mistress. The
change in my life seemed almost as wonder
full as the miracles wrought by the genius of
Alladin's lamp. l cana slowly down stairs on
his morning, little earlier than usual, and
entered the dining room. l had expected to
ind no one there, and was astonished to see
Kate kneellng before her pet canary weeping
6 GooI hu fnr CHI Ia6 hn.l
bird. l entered unobserved, and / slipped |
,ut again. closing the door softly after me,
determined to closely watch affairs.
l came down late to breakfast, and found |
Kate and her father already seated. There
we're no traces Of agitation about Kate; there |
MY seemed to DO an added sweetness and |
'entleness in her manner to her father. l |
ON planned Of having passed bad night, and |
# feeling badly. l kept my room most of
he day, but within its precincts I ragged |
uriously. To let her escape with that scoun-
rel it seemed D me would be to let the last
f my life depart. No! 1 was determined to
revent it even at the cost OF my life.
The day wore away in slow, interminabls
angth. did not tell her father what sus-
ected, but prepared to keep my svigil alone
'y 10 O'Clock the house was still and silent.
knew that Kate had gone to her room, for
ad heard light steps on the stairs some time
efore. lowered the gas, opened my door
light lightly and prepared to listen to every
The town clock struck H. IL, and before
~ patience was rewarded; then the creakiug
the stairs drew my attention. Looking
at, saw in the dim light dark-robed figure
ealing down; then q clicking Of the locks.
4 . moment L followed out through the
ate, down to the end of the square, where .
rived just in time to hear Walter Reveaux'S
DICE saying:
kate, darling, knew you would come,
hen took her by the arm and said:
" kate-Miss Marston, you should not do
lis mad thing. Return with me to your ,
ther."
Then Reveaux's voice, in passion, cried:
"How dare you interfere l will teach ,
,u better manners !" ,
Before / could avoid it, he raised pistol s
Id fired. G
felt dull pain in my side; then came . !
ank.
Whom I returned to consciousness heard
ices flintly whispering:
:" He canno. last much longer, poor fellow !" I
I had dim idea that the room was full of I
'ople, but l recognized no one; then came
other blank. c
l had been badly wounded in the side, al
ost fatally, but careful nursing and good !.
triumphed. After returning to
nsciousness the second time, l mended .
pidly. l think what helped me most was q
ate's sweet face bending over me with such ?
orld of tenderness in it, I convalesced U
pidly, and Kate and I soon resumed our q
les. One morning Mr.. Marston summoned O
> into the library, and told me must APP =
ar AS witness against Reveaux. This I p
4 not wish to do for fear it might compli- 9
to Kate, but Mr.. Marston insisted, and the
al resulted in Mr.. Reveaux being sent to 3
Dany Penitentiary for three years.
Kate manifested no feeling. Her love P
'med to have yielded to the force Of circum- v
noes. p
With Mr.. Rsvaux's sentence my work was 1
ne. had gained the end for which l had q
On employed. l told Mr.. Marston this and o.
mixed him for his kindness. IL
i Do you really wish to leave us, my boy ?" :, u
. No" l replied; "but have completed Il
mission, and now there is nothing left for O
to do. In leaving you leave everything, s.
60 forth into the world more desolate pl