San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-26
Che Daily Light.
THE WRONG LETTER.
Continued from Third page.


tered. "In coming in that way-like
some ordinary visitor? Yes-why did
you do it?"
lyon are trifing with me, Miss
Shirley
miss Shirley Why, Graham, what
do you mean? Are you taking leave of
your senses?"
81 am coming to my senses, I think,
he said solemnly. ''I suppose I know
you now
"You know me now? Well, I suppose
you do" she said disdainfully, not COM
pretending in the least what he would
be at
Eyes. You believed, dare say, some
stupid or malignant story about me. Oh,
Katherine, how could you," and he al
most broke down, chow could you?
ought not to have come here at all, but
I resolved that at whatever pain to you
and to me l would have from you the
reasons for your conduct. "
Suddenly the door was thrown open,
and the footman announced "Mr. Louis
Alan -
Louis Alan entered the room with an
expression of fatuous self satisfaction on
his old young face. Graham had drawn
back, and the smiling, self satisfied
Alan saw no one but Katherine.
II have come" he said in dulcet
tones-"I have come at your bidding,
my Katherine! l may venture to call
you mine, may I not?'' Then, as he was
about to take her hand and she was
drawing back from him quite amazed
and alarmed, his eyes fell on Graham
Welwyn.
"Oh, beg pardon, am sure" he
said. "I-I-did not know you had Wis
itors.
$50 far as am concerned" Graham
said with truly tragic dignity, sit does
not matter to me. You have asked this
lady if you may call her yours. So far
as am concerned, you may"
He was turning to stalk out of the
room with the solemn grandeur Of a
Ravenswood leaving forever the hall in
which he saw for the last time the wom-
an he believed to be faithless.
"Stopr' Katherine exclaimed-'t.stop,
Graham, insist upon it Are you both
going mad?" Then a wild ray of guess
work seemed to fash upon her, and she
turned to Alan and asked rather fiercely:
"Why did you come here, Mr.. Alan?"
Because you told me to come" he
answered, with tremulous bewilder-
ment-'you told me you would give me
welcome. +"
81 told you to come? Why told you
expressly not to come-not to come.
"Oh, say, look here" he began to
say, but she cut him short.
Graham, what did tell you in my
letter?''
"You forbade me to come to see you
any more" he said in funereal tones.
Then Katherine looked from one to
the other, and then-she could not help
it, she could not control herself-she
burst into peal of laughter. Again and
again the peal OF laughter was renewed
while the two men stood, now glaring at
each other and gazing now at her as she
shook with laughter.
'Oh, it is too ridiculous % was all
that she could say for awhile.
Really, Miss Shirley" Louis Alan
began, in simpering remonstrance.
Really, Katherine" Graham began,
in the true Ravenswood tone
ooh, Graham, don't you seer" she
managed at last to say.
'Seel See WHAT"
Don't you remember what we were
talking about yesterday"
II remember nothing that has much
bearing on your conduct of today"
'Oh, you goose-you great-great
goose. Can't you guess? Don't you see?
l put the letters into the wrong envel-
Opes !. was in such hurry. l was so
pressed for time, and you yourself with
your story put the idea, suppose, I'M
consciously into my head-and didn't
know what Twas doing-and, Mr.. Alan,
am sorry to have given you the trou-
BILE to come here today for nothing
and if you, gentlemen, will kindly ex-
change letters everything will be made
clear-and, oh, Graham-my Graham,
how could you ever mistrust me?''
Even with your own handwriting to
DSaI NltnesS dSdlnSJ yOu. lit dsh6u Ill
all the tenderness of a treasured lover.
Even with 20 handwritings to bear
witness against me. Why didn't you
come and ask me?''
lyon see I have GOMEZ
eyes, but you came in unbelief and
not in faith. Never mind-I forgive you
but I'll never again write letters
without putting names insider'
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