Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-02-09
such evident sincerity tina, she really be-
lieved him

such evident sincerity tina, she really b,
lieved him
"Of course you will visit Helen an
have the matter explained y said June.
Would il not be better 10 write first;
he actually dreaded TO meet her afte
such q ridiculous mistake without a pre-
= on. explanation.
Had he known how ore Helen's hear
Wa, how she longed for a sight Of hi
I &c, he would not have been so t md
Size had long since repented her haste
seeing in her cooler moments how unlike
ii was that he had designed the fo0list
valentine for her, still, pride withheld
her from taking q stop toward learr ing the
truth.
Harris Miller, confident that he bad made
70 permanent enlargement between them,
had urged his suit anew, only TO lie scorn-
fully repu!sed, for girls of Helen's stamp
DO not sniff their affections easily.
She was sitting by her desk one evering,
-er head bowed upon her hands, US she
AS thinking mlserably how little life held
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lew -r-t1s suCe
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4 grave looz sAaigEed Ha-vsy'. aapg-
face. Then yoG ID -: saz1 Hairs MI.eg
your Photograph
Harris Miller. WA, could have ~,
such a strange idea int y5u. head deari
she olushel - the caressius word. nersr
before used except in the privacy 0! Ter
own room. escaped he- llps
He showed it to ne. claim ne thsti,
came from you as a valentino
She locked up q. MIN in PANIED sur.
And you believed himl'
How could | do Otherwise. /: was only
the morning after | mad received I
package, aud | had no other clcw =
your reasons, and knew your exc!usi We
ideas in regard to your picture. OH Helen.
II you knew what have suffered"
She was looking ii him seriously. "Har.
vey, how do you suppose Harris Miller came
by that pictured 1t was securely wrsppeG
and sealed and | know there is but the one
70. | brought home the negative,
and the artist positively assured me lac
no duplicates, and Harrison is Il
man OF his word"
- FEAR and Harvey shook his head,
that he came By it far from honestly
The conviction had been growing upon hin
.hat Harris Miller was the man whom The
detectives were looking for, and that no
would be in duty bound TO tell what hc
knew.
de knows my handwriting even better
han you do,"Heien rejoined, "for we once
attended writing.school together, and he
always laughing at my queer Us ami
and he could pick out my valentine 70 |
YOU from all others. To think that he had
nc audactty 10 ask ma again TO MARI,
after doing such underh md WORK."
II arm afraid, Helen, that he has cone
wen worse work than that" replied htf.
icy, gravely, and he related his interview
With his detective friend, 'ani IL he Is
'rovea 10 be tie thief he will have amnIe
line TO mediate on Ms nisdeeds, for thoro
VII DO no mercy show HIM"
Harvey, can not we get that picture
ut Of his possessioaf' said Helen, look.
ng earnestly In her iover's face, .rhe
OF my photograph in the hands Of
uch q man Is perfec; torture"
Since ! have the original, I can AFFORD.
o be generous." said Harvey, t~easingly;
lat the poor fellow have It, since IL is all OF
on he can ever claim. Seriously. dear.
ear we can not without the pan of a ner.
onal interview, and ever then his malici.
US satisfaction In annoying you would
rompt him TO keep it. Possession is nina
Of the law In his casc.n
H. was as Harvey had suspected, aud
photograph was the means OF un,
an adroit mail robbsr, whose sue
ess had mado him bold aid careless, o,
Q would never have veptured 10 show
nc spoils Of his unlawful skill, even for
've's sake, and Harvey ard Helen we're
on tho very day that Harris Mil.
'r put on his prison garh In the peniten.
airy. Mrs. n NJ. HowARp.
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