The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1886-03-12
sTell me where am to come" ;" said.

'sI dare 1lot-but yet your voice |
sounds as if you would do me no harm.
Yes. l will come.n
mysterious speaker had gone. / re-
turned home in state OF stupid won
der, questioning myself If / had not lost
my senses and if the whole occurrence
was not a delusion. I was faithful to
my appointment with the voice ON the
following morning, however. I had
waited but few moments, when the
soft trembling accents broke the silence,
saying: 81 am here"
"And /, too," I answered; "I am
grateful to you for coming"
81 have not slept the whole night"
said the voice. 81 was so terrified. |
am very much afraid that I am doing
wrong to come
''Are you still afraid of mep'
"Not exactly, but it is SO strange"
'.Will you tell me your namep"
II don't know-Lenore. What is
yoursp"
"George," / answered, initiating her
example and giving my first name
only. ''Shall we not be friends, Le-
nOret
"Oh, yes," answered the voice with a
silver peal of laughter. Evidently its
owner was getting over her fears.
Don't be offended, George. 1t is so
strange-two people who can not see
each other, and perhaps never will,
making friends
81 will solve the mystery yet, Le-
nore," answered, ''and find out where
you are. Would you be glad to see me
in my proper personp"
"Yes," was the reply, II should like
to see you"
"And would give great deal to see
you. Lenore. You must be very beauti-
full, if your face is like your voice"
"Oh, hush!' was the agitated answer.
"It is not right to speak thus
"Why notp Do you know, Lenore,
that if this goes on 1 shall end by fall
ing in love with you, though never see
you"
"You are very audacious," was the
reply. IF you were really here before
me ] should punish you for it. As it is
am going now.n
"But you will come again tomorrow,
LenoreP''
"If you will promise to be more dis
Greet, George-yes. !"
As may be imagined, did not fail to
keep my engagement, with my invisible
| friend. For many consecutive days
these strange meetings continued. As
| absurd as it may seem, the voice was be-
ginning to make powerful impression
upon me. l felt in it's soft tones the
manifestation of sweet, refined WON
ans soul. True, had made no prog
ress toward unravelling the mystery
Nevertheless / was confident thai
through some inexplicable dispensatior
| of Providence / had been permitted *
hold communion with q real living
lovely woman from an unknown dis
tance. She had not yet told me NOR,
than her first name, and did not pres
her for more as yet. Her only answer
to my question as to where she was, was
SIN the garden. She did not seen
capable of grasping the fact that / wa
not invisibly near her and capable Q
seeing her. She seemed content witt
matters as they stood, and for the pres
ent / could do no more.
| made no one my confidant as to M
daily occupation; first, because kney
that / should be regarded as madmal
upon my mere statement of the facts
and, next, because / shrunk from hay
ing an auditor at my mysterious con
ferences. Will it be believedp was i
love with the invisible girl--in lov
with voice! Absurd, of course, but
am not the first man who has fallen i
love with woman's voice. Besides,
was confident thatsit was only matte
of time before / should see the girl j
person.
One day toward the end of summe
J we had been talking as usual, and ha
said: my stay in Italy is nearly ovel
: Lenore."
"Ah," was the quick reply, "you wi
, leave me, George
mo, Lenore," I answered, mot
you wish me to stay.
"How can Ihelp it, George, whetht
you 60 or stayp have never seen yo
5 Il never shall see you. What am I
YOUR
> "All the world, Lenore," I answered
! "Ours has been strange experience
: Without knowing each other as peop
ordinarily do, we have yet been clol
, friends. You are more to me than
Y friend. love you, Lenore."
There was quick, suppressed CT
e no other reply.
1 ''Be truthful. Lenore. Tell me yol
:, heart. If you love me, trust to me
t discover your whereabouts and come
: you. If you do not, say it, and w
spare you the pain of meeting me, al
|. never let us speak again"
:; There was pause, then she trem
Q lously said: "I have never seen you, b
my heart tells me to trust you. kno
YOU are good and noble, and am wi
]. ing to leave my fate in your hand
Yes, George, / love you
J, Even as she said the words she |
tered cry of alarm. Then a grl
|. mans voice spoke: $50 to your rool
Lenore. As to this william with who
n you have been holding these secl
P meetings, we shall soon find him al
# punish him as he deserves. Search
y the rascal, Antonio, and bring him
" me-"
IL There was a quick trampling of fl
IT and the sound of crushing shrubbel
as if men were breaking through
l. Then another mans voice spoke: q
le has disappeared, Your Excellence
t. "Very well: we shall find him Y
He can not escape me. This is fl
!" piece of business, surely--the daught
s. of Count VILLAIN holding secret me
u ings with some common vagabor
y Lenore shall take the vail.
d Eyes" ] cried, s'the bridal va