The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-04-12
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Mr.. Leroy took his card case from
his pocket, then putting it back
without removing its contents said
But | will leave the city tomorrow
and shall not have time TO call again,
and if possible must see Miss
Leigh
For a moment the servant looked
perplexed then said Give me your
card and perhaps if you wait Miss
Leigh will see you, but | cannot dis
turb her at present. lie opened
the drawing room door and stood
waiting respectfully.
Tell Miss Leigh an old friend has
called to see her. and MIR. Leory en-.
tered the dimly lighted room and
seated himselfin the shadow The
door between that and the next room
was partially ajar and he heard
Winifred Leigh's voice saying softs
ly: Dear, kind friend, | never
dreamed of this; in the past few
months you have been all that kind
tender friend could be. | have
learned to admire and esteem you as
have no other man and next to un>
Gle Walton | consider you my truest
friend
The next words came in low but
manly voice: Then you can never
learn to love me-
Not as you desire
winfield suddenly cried the
second speaker, do you love anoth>
err y
The quiet man in the drawing
room who had been an unwilling lis
tener to this conversation waited
long ere he heard the answer, then
it was in such a constrained voice it
seemed wrung from the speaker.
Yes, my heart was given to one un-
worthy to be called a gentleman,
whose only aim in life is to win con-
fiding hearts and trample on them.
| thought to forget him in Europe,
but, alas, | could not, every where
went | seemed to see his face. Mr..
Cameron | will tell you story which
has wrecked my life, know may
trust you
Then followed the story which the
reader knows already, and when she
finished, her companion said:
your confidence is sacred with
me would that | could suffer for
you He raised the white hand to
his lips and the next moment Mr.
Leroy heard the door close after him.
Winifred crossed the hall to go to
her room but she had hardly placed
Der foot on the first step when ser,
want said respectfully
please ma am there is a gentle
man in the drawing room to see Miss
Leigh
James, my order was to admit no
visitors this evening.
80 you did ma am, but the gen.
tleman said he must see you
This impotence is objectionable
she murmured half to herself
Give me the card, James, let me
see who this intruder can be-
The gentleman gave no card, he
simply said that he was an old
friend
Tell him cannot be disturbed
this evening" then suddenly, But
stay, | uill be down in moment
When she entered the drawing
room there were no traces of tears
on her fair face. She hesitated for
a moment and she raised her eyes to
SEQ who her visitor was, her face
grew paler as she saw her old lover
come forward to meet her but she
said coldly:
why sre you here's
4 come he said nothing dauuted
by her GOODNESS, TO correct an error
which has almost been fatal to my
Win you take this
chair p
NO, no T impatiently, Il will stand
here, you must not detain ne long,
Without ano,he ward he began j:
six months ago you refused to
marry me. coald not, at first, un-
derstand those reproachSul passion
ate words in which you condemned
me as your sisters murderer and per
haps never would have understood
them had l not remembered you
called me Ralph Leroy, shen knew
you had mistaken nae for my cousin,
who although handsome and my Jun~
ior by eight years, ss very much
like me. He was great ftirt and /
was glad he married and went To-
Europe, for this is not the first time
[ have suffertd for him. Doubtless
it was he who met your sister, for it
was at the watering place you men,
toned that be was married. At
first would not andeeeive you be-
cause | could never hope to win your
love. Afterward came to New
York for that express purpose and
found you had gone to Europe with
a party of friends. Last week
heard f your rotarD and came here
at the first opportunity. My cousin
Ralph is in New York now and has
consented to call on you, not know
ing why was so anxious for him to
do so. But first thought would
tell you all and | have brought his
photograph for you to see, and to-