The Morris County chronicle., 1905-10-03
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Mile Rosalie,s ! said, somewhat
confounded by the attitude she as
sumed, II have learned that concern
ing you which, will not disguise
from you, has instilled doubts into my
mind; / have seen that which, you
must yourself admit, could not but
strengthen those doubts"
"You saw me this afternoon" she
murmured lin lone spot, embracing
man.
"A man." added, who is now work
ing for me in q menial capacity"
II deny itr' she exclaimed, with in
dignation. mo labor is menial which
is honest. Is it not proof how great
ly you are prejudiced against me when
you can commit yourself to such a
statement you, whom / venerate as
the personification Of truth and JUS
tice? All, sir, confess that you were
wrongg"
Yes said, abashed by the reproof.
II confess it--I was wrong. But neither
you nor he can deny that he is in my
employment under false colors."
Il do deny it, for myself and him.
He sought for honest labor, and OBJ
tanned it. Is that crimeY
mo"
what else can you bring against
him? You have not spoken to him,
have scarcely seen him, and yet you,
the most just of men, would blast his
character. 1t is not for you, living in
the lap Of luxury with unlimited wealth
at your command, who have but to
wish to have-it is not for you to know
to what hard straits necessity drives
man. 1t is not possible that you
should ever be Iriven, as he and
have been driven, to seek, in lonely
lot and among strangers, for the sim
pie necessaries of life. 1t is not posi-
BILE that you should ever feel the
worlds cruel injustice as we have felt
it; that the finger of shame and re-
proach should be pointed at you-a man
unstained by crime or dishonor You
stand above all this. Be merciful, be
charitable, to those who are not as
you are"
Had a vision of the future risen be-
fore me at that moment / should have
stood appalled,. AS it was, was pow
erfully affected by the appeal, and all
my doubts Of her seemed to melt
away.
"Mademoiselle," said, "you have,
perhaps, reproved me with just cause.
Bat had l known that you had a
lover
"a loverY she exclaimed, softly.
"Who dare say that?'
"a lover" / continued, whom for
months you have met in secret
ut is false" she cried. "As L am an
honest woman, it is falsel Cruel, cruel,
that should be SO misjudged! There
is but one man in the world whom l
love, to whom my heart il given, for
whom I would bear any hardship ana
sacrifice; and to him dare not, dare
not confess my love-"
Again she seized my hand, and in a
fit of uncomfortable agitation pressed
it to her bosom, to her lips. And then
it was that l noticed, for the first
time, that she was but loosely attired
in her dressing gown, which she must
have hastily thrown on, l suppose,
when she saw me from her bedroom
window and hastened out to make her
confession.
AS she held my hand to her lips she
was seized with sudden faintness,
would have fallen to the ground had
not supported her in my arms
What was it that glided past? A
shadow, or the form of a man, who,
with his eyes turned upon us for one
brief moment, sped swiftly on. and
was gone?
what was that?" asked Mile. Rosa
lie, in whisper, clinging closer to me
in alright.
II Go not know" answered, in the
same key; and truly I did not. 1t was
like a spiritual Requirement.
1T must have been fancy" said
Mile. Rosalie. "a shadow-an appari-
tion. Yes. es-seep'
A slight wind had risen. and the
branches of the trees, gently sway
ing, cast shadows around, which a
heated imagination could easily have
transformed into the shapes and forms
of living creatures. l breathed more
freely; what I had seen could have
been nothing but freak Of fancy.
TT is time that we should part, mad
emoiselle.'' said, coldly. 1T would
have been better had you spoken to me
in daylight"
II should not have had the courage, z
she said. "You must not leave me till
you hear who this man is who is false
ly represented as my lover. feel
that you are not alone in this belief;
feel that another shares it."
EYES," | said thinking CT Samuel
Fleetwood, my belief is shared by
another
"Wili YOU tell me who that other is ~
mo; No not think have the right"
"At Ieagt, sir" she pleaded mourn
fully. "you will tell me whether it is a
man or a woman who traduces met"
did not wish her to believe that it
was my wife or Eunice. and therefore
l replied, Il will tell you so much, and
no more, 1t was man."
"Will you see this man again, sir ~
Il shall see him, almost to a certain
| ty, tomorrow"
'sTell him. then, sify from me, that
the person he suspects is my lover.
and whom you saw me embracing this
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