The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-12-22

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room is strong contrast to the beauti
fnl home which had once seemed SC
aptiy to surround her; but still, he i,
relieved to think her days are not al
tspent M this baTeiiess. der ., ~
And then his gaze goes back to her
While he looked into her face. he tswas
not able to heed her dress or her sur
IDundings;' but now he sees that the
deep mourning she wears is of the very
cheapest, although fresh as if arecently
put on His heartis stirred within hin,
tthe sight. He says in low voice; ,
-. 'Your father---5,se rrN
HstDied three weeks ago" - : ~
This she answers, not uneoyering he,
face. -'01
lie saysl afeetaheshsr paase.a .x1y
.lAnd removed here afterwardP'
ETNo. Long, long ago. When first
We left tho dear old home. Theraom
In there was his; he was never able to
leave. IT after / first brought him here.
until he left it for his grave.'' s. " i
Z. sand this was your room, Bessyp''
She understands him. She, looks. up
with a. faint, wan smile. e"What mat
Eters? He never knew what it, was
IKE; and could cushions and carpets
snd sofas make life any easier to me o.
My love could have made it easier
can make it, if yeu will have it, "
She has tried to interrupt him with a
hhurried gesture; but he will not be in
terrupted, The he adds: seisIf9 " ofs'Er
Z ;cafhe Tonight to sayrit. Il woald
have said it. years ago if, you had mot
tlost yourself to me-, ,'..a .s,.......,,
'Iost- yes; but not L Il John Hes
keith. you do not know There, why
should l say more? 1t is SO long ago
ss sssiRce 4 was lost TO syon. you,cannot care
much now. So We viii part to-.
night .sx .yssi1 sYSTa@'
1--WE will not, Bessy." He saws it
resolutely.. drawing her hands aNav
POW, holding them fast in his own. For
he cannot be mistaken; there is a look
in her eyes; that tells him. how hard to
her would be the partine0as hard:
perhaps. as 10 himself 1--WE win not
past e. n;otsl.a tsla.I:,,zssss.g ]. asellesaeIsE
does not free herself when he draws her
to him. But then She turns hersad eyes
on him. -
a. John, wills yen aukes iteharder, fer
meP Let me go in silence-I have kept
it all these years >, ,'.n ',a. va'9psf ,.feft'I
'You should not, if I had known,
Where,to find you, my darIing.''., ,a..,rfi f
- do not know. think I should
have ksptitf even if I bad not heara Of
your marriage just before. /"
= Keep silence still them Bessy. You
are speaking in Riddles gbuts it Is not
their answers have come for. have
come for the answer to just one ques-
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"A aintrsmilersrosses her, face,rbut
does not Tighten its Sadness. she says,
y "a yos1 ost1s care so,hesar,I yss 4Si
her sudden movement disengages her
from him. Il love you, and / viii, not
marry YOU M would rather you would
not ask me why" zss sss
You require too. much of, me, be,
interrupts her hoarsely. II ON tell me
that you mean to spoil my life land
yours, and that I am n / i to take Il On faith
that you are right. 4 will not take it
on faith. tell You plainly. you must
prove to me that you are right, or I
will neyersgiye you mp" s&oasai ssssss,
Again that wan smile h crosses her
lips, but does not touch the, shadow in
Til wlb'pDSeEitsto sou, tken.s Hisa
easily done now. If you had come a
month ago might not have spoken.
But now that he rests nitlie eTave,pI
may. tell you.that ] am Richard SLestre,
the swindler's daughter. 1t has been
{ long time since he Wsss convicted.
and served out bis term Of punishment;
but. perhaps, not so long. that in your
boyhood You have not heardh name.
He has she sees il in his faoe.r. She
goes on: 81 heard it for the, first time
when the paralytic stroke came, which
his memory; SO that he went
back to the years before he came to this
country, under the name you know him
BY, When / heard it, you will UNDER
stand my one aim and end in life was
TO pay back tie people he had ruined
n the old life-to pay them back out Of |
the fDrunHfl6 had ah&ssed In the new
knew he meant to do it. So much I
have gathered from his rambling speech
from timeato time The sum isneafly
cleared off now, and my poor, father
put | will not speak of him; I cannot
expect you to feel with me there. = u y I
fsDo I notp" He has come to her
he has drawn. both her, hands in his,
And this is what you would have part |
IS, Bessy? cannot bear your burden?
aloneP, s,saascE ri
She raises her head quickly. xa.,g
Il do not refuse your pity, John; I |
AXE it'gratefully. q But Iwili NOT have
+ in the stead of love. And that You |
should love my father's daughter-n
II, who loved your father, Bessyr'
ttJohn-John-''
He draws the sobbing woman closer |
o him. sssesszsssd& % ~
g We viii not make light Of the sin,
ny dear one, but neither will we of the
epentanee. And, Bessy, remember
his; if you withhold yourself from me
1op withhold the one thing I have
ooked for and longed and waited. for |
very day of all these years since we
wD parted" II s4s4i 5aaaski1
am still sfttinrr n, INV x,;,, r,vy m Il ,,.x,