The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-11-27

bgBV y Zero. Every story | read
lRhefe q nero was described, | c6u.
/ liled your name with it, andsifby
tHfIdSh mind bictufed you as
g9eatero and dbfaver than all OF
E9hern. s1ioved you for your cour.
agey Thought Of you by day /
Itfeatned about you at night. My
llovs grew as r grew, until my poor
HEART was full TO- ove4fowing with
love, The followers Of MahOmtAed
uever had stronger faith in him
Ithan1l had in you. Your image
foated before my young mind as
my beau ideal OF all that was brave,
noble, generous and kind lslud.
id BY day and by night, in order
TO make myself worthy Of such a
hero. My love grew into worship,
and if every man, woman and child
on earth had tbld me yoa we're not
a brave, generous hers, lW0AId not
have believed it. I wore your irh9
age next to my heart, and no hea.
then ever worshlpped"hIs ldo! with
half The devotion that / worshipped
you My love was my life-it was
my happihess4it was my religion
it was my all You told me you
loved ne-you took me. to your
heart and Whispered sweet words
of love into my ear-you almost
killed me with joy. Then you cast
me of and declared that sou we're
joking, and that you could, never
think IT marrying me. Then l
was crazed With grief; and as soon
as got SOL Goltd bear the awful
affection and had made up my
mind 10 bear my hard fate, you
came and renewed the cProtesta.
lons Of IoVe.o9 You offered excuses
for yOUrtofmgr conduct. | believed
you. You sWoFe iH'th5 most sOl-
elhn language that you had always
loved me. 4 credited IL, and you
ask ed meto be your wife. lIyieided
because flowed you nay, the word
love Is too weak term to be used
i worsbIpped you Il adored you.
| thought my love was returned-l
thought you were PERFECTION itself
In view OF all these things, how
could you sit, and hear my name
blackeued bya pair Of penitenli-
ary convicrs, and not kill theml
You heard them say | was the mis-.
tress OF a common black.Ieg gam.
tbler, and lid not resentit. Is this
the brave hero whose picture
have worn On my heart for ten long
yearsg Here, tAke it;lN have NO
more Of it. How could lIhave been
so blinded as to worship such All
obiectg And then, ID cap the cli'
max, you come hereiaud ask me 70
1explaia why | was in the habit OF
visiting the apartments Of Mr..
Bdwles continually. -IeaVeme and
Eihy' affairs in tie hands o. GUd to
him / will render an account Of my
conduct In this businesss, but ID
you never. u have dO;fears as to
my fate. Death to me now would
be welcome why should 1 wish ID
live where no one Will doEto de,
1 pend on 2 let them hang .neihlgh
as Haman-let my name be baH'
died about lthe streetslas the vilest
OF the vile" Why should 1 care
since he only onsl loved Or cared
TOR, tAilks' ne guilty Let tneltl
hang ule first aud then throw my
body in 4 teloii's grave. God, who
knows the secrets Of all hearts, will
take care ar ct my SOUL You may 90
now. Mr., Walllngiotd; I have nc
more 10 say, only to demand tira'
you desist trotn any further inter
/ terence 4 in ll llny affairs. Make out ID
] account Of all EXPENSES you have
Incurred andt present them to my
guardian, aud | will see .hey are
! paid, Yoa may 20 now, A as ! 4 wish
70 BE- 'lett alone ssF .,. ''.s,'.o' -, ' ~
Il. Harry heard what she hat \
been sayllgYhs paid bnF litlle ~
lention 60. it,; for when she ceased
instead Of leaylng ghe room as shll
had ordsted him 70 don he slcogf c'sogft
Ike > statue gazing VaaanEly Pse
4 f0Ee him. sHshiTs l6 sass n
All HMr. Wellington, again ifelI felII yOS
II wish lobe lett alone n,fA And g 9
she spokefsb pointed toward n,
door, And hsr manner was such y y
to convlnce ne That y would b
betserlor Harry 5to, leave. AZ 4Ascrftlnall 4Ascrftl n
il upon that c9pclnslon, led AItl
4fgolll thero0n, aud went win btu
u Ais,otiiGey eApoken9t, nor di'
] Ae slnele aBgs ,0Ailsseflllolns ~ llsq beqlnl
taken away rylil IAsrt, qlqnIl lnlnI a
I.sH sayh0k hai