The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-09

f.r.a host uf others A r'amor must
have bnHU over my cges' Had tEn n1-f
O.. come over a.au d should arf dlner-
entity ] know I was 80 WN WITS emo.
young. inexperienced. only Zoo glad ia
rally an him FOR succor-t thar was nay
mistake. he imposed deliberately ou my
creduUtv 10y putting me into the wrong
7 train + ought 40 once 20 have insisted
1n being sent back instead ~ relying un
Z his superior wisdom. That wa q singular
incident that occurred the night we were
+ coming down here We Were az 81. PAN
7 cras. and man In plain clothes touched
me on the shoulder and said. Are YOU
/ Miss Mark was on him like ferret at
/ q rat. furi0uslv He pushed me aside and
| answered the man rapidly but not before
[ ] fanciod I caught my own name, Nelly
/ Heustock' OF course it must have been
all tancv How could a stranger know or
desire to know me. ] should certainly
| have relinquishcd the notion as the imag-
/ iuation of an over active brain but for
/ Marks manner when [ asked him if the
man had inquired for Nelly HensrOck
| Dearly as ne vowed he loved me he went
| into passion that terrified me.
" Had people nothing better to do than
think of Nelly Henstock!' he demanded
Besides. if people should be insolent
enough ever TO ask you your name say
you are Mrs. Barry, and have been 50 for
some time
u wish. yes. ] wish, that had turned
to that man who had addressed me, and
had persisted in hearing why he had spo-
ken and whom he took me for. Now |
cannot speak TO anybody. Mark says II Is
wiser not I must say the restriction
comes very hard on me I would try and
not mention daddiC at all. Mrs Smith is
no companion The DAYS are SO long and
dreary, besides Mark has liberty, and
L l.. hole ind To rgNFff
Ure into the fields at the back. Surely
Mark could not object to that Yet when
ever ] have previously attempted Mrs,
Smith has always made herself exceed
iuglV OftiCiOus, and not only followed me
out but never left NE till she succeeded
in c0aXing me back. | think ! am weak
too easily persuaded. | will try and be
holder, more reSOlute; yet / should not
care for her complniOnship all over the
place, and | don't believe she would leave
me even if bid her Mark laughed when
] suggested this to him. but he never re-
proved her He never does; he might be
afraid Of her by the way he acts. Look
at that night when ! ran down the road
hoping to meet him. l thought | had eff
fectually escaped Mrs. Smiths interfer-
enCe, and did I nOtrun along happily till
came to The town. Not knowing my way
| asked a lady; she told me, adding
lodge To
Before she could finish Mrs Smiths
painting voice put in hurriedly, and, oh, in
such a tone
'' Yes, she is, and she has no right here.
Come along" l turned to reprove her /
saw her touch her forehead. The lady
gave me plying look. l can remember
it still, though it's months ago, and she
FASTENED off,
Il was very indignant with Mrs. Smith.
I told Mark about her He said he would
tell her not to act peremptorily, but that
| brought it all on myself, and she only
did it in my best interests. | was such a
thOughtless child. Good heavens a child.
| begin to feel like an old woman who has
lived for generations. | can't stand it
much longer. I must do something. When
Mark comes I will tell him this, and if he
refuses to help me l will write TO daddie-
hastens event If DIR. Boyd won't make
us an allowance, daddie must. I can't
endure this life, and my hOrrid thoughts
/ am always thinking thinking. l have
been at it now as usual. III 90 out and
see what Mrs. Smith does. Perhaps she
will not interfere again; if she does 1 will
master hertz
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