The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-09
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Tftrfy fhsff Cn 1f lm Bta aimee
a. plainly ui dd whom iai n
sioy hfe l0ug year go o. o1HFl
" NE depls1fa large sasy rasrbior
ibs RTaie i arm resting cafsifssIy lp
~ q tabs covered with 'st'en Co. o..
gers n la right htni HhnIrrng nm.
ously lhragh BIZ hghi bilf a.. b. pasbti
Il upaari aui aaay ir1m tis hieh ard
Intellectual forehead The hrengltleui
3 charm 10 lhe room impsrinR a glow
70 bis kindly anl not uuhani.ome isce
and biz ejcs the yen embodiment Il
dreamines- reflected me light
Iiwa. . cold night PIERCING cola one
Of the bleakesi q he season. IN iabi A
terrible storm was raging outside rat
cling door aBd windpWs and sending
keon draughts u cold air through every
available c%rryice The street lamps
threw ont hiiul CLEANS. pickering IN tho
nigh, wind, A. II there wa. ~ cue0ur
segment. whatever ia Illuminating the
almost deserted th0roughiare- ahrB
The mercury sought the hnlb II the Their
nOmeter. and the winter blssi .hriekei
and hOwlch and m0aufl q. Do swept hf
Dick Benham cgyy apartment, Boo ibe
second story u a downtown block. ~
which h. wa owner were then q a.
sOris haunt Of mine. aud on ihIs par
ticular night bad dropped in % eninf
n game Of puchrg and 4 ,Dcial chat AZ.
WAYS inclnding the inevitable social
smoke. ! found him seated n ihe table
reading over some nll letters snd rom
signing noi q few n them t0the flame
IL Wa not himself hui moody. rr.eUri
and distracted 20 much - that after a
painfni silence q falls hnseu minute.
duration ! fdge;ei about kicked ihe
tony yieiOuslT. and mutsnal .7mething
a. the effect lhsi BE- va, c0ni0ludeIlt
entertaining
Pardon me. l.yn oldfellow .aiihe
roBsing himself Il wa thinking deep
~. ard forgot eyeUthing
'inAcei' Thinking q Shat. pray
'W 4 siou. an DER ime tale-iog
true, IN fact b. replied. With a hall
Ugh
Good ( FRIED bri.kly tell a me.
mine hO-;. Yon are alvay- . capital
sioy teller. and hayetbe enriablc fame
Of being = good listener
you vii end il tame and Wsansome
fear, he said smiling ~ ms manner.
t1t insisted and lighting 4 cigar he
settled himself IN hts chair aRsin. and
booked ihmghtiully INTO the lire H. face
grew darker. aEd Biz bfOws knit them
selves into . fr0wn
1T i mol a long st0ry. BE- sad. at
length. bot H. depth i im~measurable
Those ieiien contain . portion u il. aud
am gradually reducing them b. ashes.
that j may ~ ssderi0 forget Ah. 4 We
poor mDrAls could only forget a. read.
y a. Ne forgive. thers uouii b. o
runshins IN Our live. Il "a. about
foar year. ago thai I met Abos Lake.
while I was up in the Adirondack.
writing and skeiehing Tor The maya.
ynes had been accustomed b. look
81 women through ~ultfa-crtieal eyes.
and maintained = saptems Indifference
toward the fair ssx IN general Bot
when ! met her. ms amor u indiaeT-
snee vas pierced. ny critical ere. b..
bed. and ! found that I had met =
vomah Who ooah b. al IN al 10 me
She Nas handsome. refined. sensible
and somsnlv > woman with ; mind
in faci. al that ] cyld ask and haTiag
fOond ny deal. | yislded and pad
oosr 70 her luas tisays n her ID.
q mot defOed c1valef. aHd delighted
In skefehng hef fair fser Indeed. my
smpi0scs began 10 complain mildly.
saying ihsi ms .ksubes Il tyEes a The
opposite ~ Nar vel ~er6cuiel and
hsfsral bat bad > iinsaome dsgrse a
tansDs--sdElsng ~ = hant - 4
r mDdel ~ Eay q a change
Wei. pfypossd. Eaa ~zoceg;ei, AMI
shs named ihe dsY 4 year aeemsi 4
fong time bet I cgHslei mFself b
thinking a the happines awaiting mo
poor fool About thi. time ! "a sent
- . iankaing tour through Colombo
Wyoming ani tie yellow si0us country
II Peiai seTt ~ suffered aionr hands
you may h. sure. aud ! srent many
ttpp bgaf b. the camp ere. after
DAY u cfispslvs rambling. reading an
fs-Teading hsr dear letisri. AMI fancy
iBg that ] eoaH ses hd dear iaee IN ~
embr. Bot m day a letter came
hsanng sn entirely unexpected bur1sl
~ SORROW I, contained ms nng ard
bra n0s 70 the eaeci thai after maiur
d~ehbeFaiion, he ihoazht Il bsi tbs
OF sngazrmHnf L. M0kfn forever
Sc ss.ghsd ~ naion. hui enirea;s
Es 10 think "A Il calmly AMI h. lsnisn
N ms ~tsdgBsn; Il The -: - hnd som
god nh and marry ksr-adding iha
sz1s aay ! shyabi know all. and soul
hsn ses that ksr hurdsn va create
fhsn nine. AMI Aakngz ia1Ks that n
k.d zefed ioF the t-si uas thunder
struck by this ambiguous letter. an
stunned with she Rrisf Il bors I q
Cor hours, endeayofing 10 unrsvel n
tangled skein. imagining everything.
indnlging In all soris u ~conIecinres AZ
mental vagaries. wrote hitter AFT.
letter. but all were returned ~unopene.
and finally | came 10 the eonclnslo
that | had been c~leverly vieiimi1ed by
ooqueite. II was bitter-as bitter
wofm-wood. After all my dreams Al
f~zncses, my romantic ideas. my charu
ing love speeches. and ms tender lette
% admit that Il had all been a mockel
and ] a dsluded fool
Shortly afterwards ! wss seized vi
o fever and confined 10 my bed
several weeks. Upon my recovery
packed up my traps and came East
went 20 Der home In Philadelphia. N
might meet her face 10 face. and
mssd an explanation, but the hou
vss closed and inquiry disclosed
Ssef that the family hsd gone abroad.
return no one knew when. DisLea
ened BY this ] decided 10 accept a O
rs>pondent's eommis.ion 20 the w
Isdis< end Mexico. when my faith
81. leaving me- this and other pro
~. fhen resolved 70 come here a
- swn{ hon the world In que
e1<l1eI. l sdmit. but infinitely mpsri
doltowsminded. fa;ss-kearfe
- negsfiys mas a b
~ ea1ls 'sociuey.'
- skAorrsd II fken.
e~~re~ ne