San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-11-15

| an Iblils DUI we CHI never DE anything
more than friends"
You astonish me-" he cried angrily. II
thought we wcrr in evtTywa suited to each
other"
perhaps we might have been" answer
ed drearily, III everything had been differ
emit"
How dOyOu mean everything diiTerentP"
he questioned sharply.
III | had been different, suppose, | said
lamely.
Il am quite satisfied with you as you are, 4"
he said, coming near, and taking up my
hands again; Il am, indeed, dear"
"But should not be satisfied to marry
| you" returned impaticntIy
"Indeed! What do you wish to do-what
are you wishing TO have?' in dignified re-
sentiment.
II wish for nothing hut peace and quiet"
| | said with NV IinS quiverng.
| You should ave that with me-yOu
should indeed. We would live most quietly
even in India, and you should have your
mother with you; you should have every
thing you wanted. And if you do not love
me enough just now, You would soon get to
do so. am willing to risk it, dear"
ut would be too great a risk | faltered.
''FOr-fOr tell you in confidence Mr.. Lau-
renee, | do not love you, because before |
saw you learned to love someone else"
''But that someone else. You are not en-
gaged?'
ale does not care for me nor ever will.
But oh, if you know anything about love,
you must understand and-and pity me-" /
| sObbed.
My tears melted him again.
He stroked my hand, murmured that he
was very sorry, and hoped for better things.
and then left me as May came skipping ILL
| TO the room.
could not sleep that night. | left my
light burning, and tossed restlessly from
side to side, thinking MISUNDERSTANDING
with burning and aching heart, the most UNI
happy person in the wide world it seemed
| to me.
was not thinking about nor fearing the
| ghost, my other troubles had overwhelmed
that one, and even when | heard the slow
solemn clock on the stables strike twelve,
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hour when Churchyards yawn, and graves
give up their dead"
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the one candle that was trying to illumine
my room, passed Il shadow.
just for the moment did not heed it, AID
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my head, ! saw figure standing in the
darkest end of the room, surveying me in
tently.
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