The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-11-30
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seems to have ave. fansn upon :yif your life,
crushing out its Joy and hopeP} Llove
you, Madeline; my love. gives me the
right to know. d OF, il you will mot tell
me, give me the right to WOO back. the
sunshine td y5otaff heart and life. Bemy,
wife. MadelinedIa .,lIasq ali1 te1
In the dim, twilight that had fallen
upon the earth, while they stood there,
he could see the, pallor that stole over
her face, the startled, terrified look in
her 'eyes.d II i'iiioc1$4 D'IE lapllii
"Oh, hush! You do not know what
you are saying. I can not, must not,
Kingsley, I have no right to listen to
yeu.r / IIalready am . awife.''H Il I,
She did not heed his start Of surprise,
she did not raise hereyes to the face
whose pallor equaled that OF her own,
but, keeping them fixed On the dark
shadow that fickered q ON the green
sward, she went on calmly and gravely,
like one who relates a narrative of COM
AonPAcS!S SisoAsS"'s =" ~ A"SAA go ''N' ~
personal interest,".
ifs't Hes,l have deceiVed you all. Your
sister engaged nae as goVerneSs fpr her
children without recommendation ), she
is kind and tender hearted, and she
pitied my homeless and friendless con-
dition. .Isdids not tell her OF my mar
riage,l because,it was so painful for me
tn sneak of it 7 wished tn forget II, all
and 60 back to my girlhood days II l
could. l was Married wnen was only
sixteen, iagaanstsmy fasher'sFwil; t,Was
scarcely more thanIa child, and wilhul
and foolish. .ThereIwaS some excuse
for me; had neYer. known z ~ mothers ileari
care, and my father was stern, grave
man, VINO, IL ne loved me, never snow,
ed his affection by the fond words ana
tender care thai VIA . chl4d's love ana
G99hdences ana 10 was SO new ana de-
4ghttul TO me TO be loved as tnQngnt
ne-Arthur& Ne Nelson-lloved on, me; l IN gninK q
still That ne loveu me as mucn as ne
was capable OF loving. we were mar
RED privately, and !! lett my 1atner's
house. He was very KIND to me, at 'nrst !;
but before we had been married year
l discovered ms true character. ne was
q drunkard and a gambler. Sometimes
for weeks together L did not see MN,
and when he did come home 1t would
be with harsh words and terrible oatns
on his lips. l think the agony felt IN n
those two terrible years crushed all
feeling in my heart even the terrible
shock that came atterward DAD not
move me- He was carouslng one night
with some OF his drunken companions,
when they got into q quarrel
about some rrifie, and he, my husband,
mad and intoxicated with liquor,
stabbed one OF 'the',o men ana
killed him: l never sawihim after that
night. 4 don't know how ne escaped
from them then, but he came nome TO
me thoroughly sobered by his terror,
and told 1ne what he had done, ana that
officers were already on his track out
that he had Trends, his own 1amhy:
who, for the sake OF their own honor, II
for no other reason, would concea! hin,
from detection. And SO ne went, 1eav-
ing me utterly Pennlless and alone. Ihe
woman with whom we had boarded was
very sRlnd' anu stayed Will leN a fons
IMei - goe s9lae' sgMhs 1:..1 apwath;ne um S.e
snpPs, anu pai4 4ei 9 t.rJ son9s;e ~; L;3z
Ior . ny poaIa eII Ths n.y. ulnaEpy taaR Wnn1
sS1yeu 'he.e h.t -, u ~ hnsa 49, -
dead u soIi Rnt u shaNthe M % wort,an @ nth whon nan
+ had boarded0 0a;ed, and was Obliged
- sook como rofngo from starvation
NV father was dad and r had a
friends I saw yor,r Sisters advertise.
ment far a uoverness., and answered Il
I have been content here I have beer
awakening from the sort Of, dream int
which I had fallen; I do not allow my
self to think Of the past, nor Of wha 7 2