The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-12-22
SHADOWS ON THE WALL,
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SHADOWS ON THE WALL. e
DCome in"
She gives the permission to enter, il
slo#. hurried voice, looking up from
/ r open writing desk upon tile table
/ ross which her arm is,laid.o There i.
newspaper laid there, .too-the toldee
/ &c blisfered as with tears. o. Died. 4
I snmerfeld 49," But those tears
! Esd, and there are none now in the
vary eyes that lift themselves from
/ a blOtted line, and turn wistfully
pen the opening door. 'rs'' y z :
sYou have aletter fof.me, Nancy n
please, Miss Graysit's someonea-''
But the slip-shod little maid-of-all.
work. is cut short in her speech by thai
sue. ole from behind lp6teh6s afes
| eaay aside from the door and shutting
Eupgn her. as he entered. Some one
asnan, who has removed his hat in com.
I b isrward, Eand Ion whose Efara sths
snplight falls. as , be. stands on the
nnh.rug opposite Miss Gray. ssaH
pesSy -----s tssI isae eHi4aS la 4sazs,
BIS face is full of eager life, but she
boking uplat him as If she saws q
post Her hand shakes so, resting on
Apsper, that the rustling draws his
ssto it. He comes a step nearer and
rahis hand down firmly on hers, as
shnces at the lines Just above. ,s1a
@'Died at Shmmerfield' -Bessy, do
mhke me for a ghost?" = T.
sls cannot speak. The .color is steal
ghck into heriips, and they tremble
q4t but no werds cene. He says
gng to speak lightly, for her face
"You did not know that there we're.
had the name. . My Myfether's house, at
nnerfeld seemed to fixit on, me. 1t
nny cousin, John .Hesketh. Poor
Nov, death was such q happy release
aln trom his wsaFfsoms illness, that
would not grudge, its having brought
ome good. It was your letter Of
adolence to Mrs. Hesketh, ,Bessy,
fh showed me where to fnd you.
Y al these weary years. 81 s.5r,. $. :
ne color has died ont of hersface as
denly as 1t flashed into it. The flut-;
fag hand under his is drawn away,
alolds itself with the other, tightly.
siae edge of Che desk. PHI
Ton left Mrs. Hesketh very wen, I
a, 3 ,lg19fa bng sis2slods
well, that is hardly to be expected
young widow, Bessy.n 9aa1
ri DO not underestimate
That you were as mistaken in the.
lage as in the death. How could
ahe, Bessyr'
asis quiyering from hesdto foot,
ag and quiyering. as she says,
How should Inot bea ssome one
y me paper long ago, with the
aage At Snmmerfeld marked n TT
" could know? And when / read
!. name !, in the paper again, last
- .fss ri 3,st,s4saf4.g ,l,,,.,;t
lou wrote your little letter to that
xmsry wife Of mine. tellingher that
saa asa known me years ago, and that,
~ she name, you were so grieved
asI' and conld not refrain, though a
'sger to her, from telling her SO. It:
ssweet little letter; she, poor little
wv, showed it to me, and was not
pleased with me that l took it
nom her. l have it here. Bessy,
oaa between the lines,
e catches her breath. aaE
i isi1'e I, .a nothing she might not have
.ss,n sne had been your wife,
5 ''ssss the Vines, Isaid, BeAy.,
Mem she would never have
Il f,u What the old friendship meant.
sOye.'' y was ho lrlehusmp; IL
sass the word with his touch upon
lsaus again. But she shakes il off:
e ~ ~ risen to her feet, her grasp
'Ae 0ack Of her chair. steadNng !
! were.n p she says hurriedly,I
sseS sss aassa sad ! i 50 plainly then that
ii s4rn,S " AASps
S y eannot Doubt I mean it. You
ss,;,'a was coming back. And in the
ssa,' Your father and Won both |
s removed. leaving, no trace
3 3 ~, with . quick LIGHT braak kios 4
aan' aa.ln' ut was in that same sum. |
s. 4ss aa my cousin John Hesketh mar |
mi ulu lhat have had ANYTHING to |
u aiaias ding, inyssfs'a she supplies,
sssieaaa,s. ssosas face changes, as he looks |
hsss OF her, But he can |
sa I,as sa no longer. She has sink |
H. aln ss in her chair, her elbows
s mnole, her head bent in her |
81 !, ne waits a moment. for her to |
ss bsea : move; e when the does not, he |
q neg ~s . little, and resting his M arm m
Il asllel, . glances round him.
aaOsa poor place enough; the lode- |
&of N exterior. and Che slip-shod |
NoFk On the stairs, had not