Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-07-13

eopvaieHr 1890, nosrar 0oNnIa's SONS.

| DlSuSulS VI SOul w NhNouA
aging this interview. You may trust
me; all that l have told you is true
Then l have indeed been inveiglcd
into doubtful proceeding by most
| despicable rogue The description you
| have given of the man who followed
the young lady who has since died, and
who had begun to follow anothcr--'
"Who has since died"
"Sir?"
'The poor working girl has suffered
the same fate as that of the young
lady of Thirty-sixth street." declared
| Mr.. Gryce. Neither was killed, yet
both have persisted; one from malig-
nant fever, the other from ovcr-ex-
element prcying on an cnfeebled
| frame"
"Oh where is my guardian? l wish
to go home. am afraid of this horri-
bic New York. 1t is full Of deceit and
| shame and misery"
The detective saw she was on the
| verge Of Mysteries and waited respect
fully for her sclr-possession to return.
Il am sure" he observed at last,
that your guardian will be one of the
/ first to urge your return Ii he can he
convinced that YOU are in any dancer.
| Il YOU will tell me Just what has
passed between YOU and this mAl!--~
"Oh. very little; so very little that |
am overwhelmed at the indiScvctior
which led me to leave the school just
10 soc a person whose personal appear
ancp and pretended admiration had at
tractcd me- | do not understand low
how | could have allowed myself TO
listen to him. am horriird at myself
and hate him 50 that"
"That you are only anxious to sec
him punished Is not that so, Miss
Rogers!
Anxious? would give hundreds Of
dollars
Give me something Jess; give me
your confidence. will respect it and
only use such facts as will lead to his
detcction.'
"Ah. that is what you want from me-
Well, am only too happy, only
She paused, claspng her hands i'll
sudden confusion and dismay.
what a scandal" she exclaimed
GLOW can | bear the shame OF 1t ana
all the talk? And the police courts
Won spOkc of thcm-oh, do not tell me
| shall have to 90 there. l should dle
of confusion and horror. My guard
iAn---''
do not think of that. If you can
be saved from publicity, you shall. AT
present we want nothing more than Il
short account of what has occurred
between YOU and this mysterious per-
son in the short interval of time dur
ing which YOU were absent from the
school. Did you succeed in meeting
him? Was he at the place appointed!
For take it for granted he had en-
treated the honor of an interview"
eyes, yes. but am glad he failed tc
come. | went to Jersey City; /, who
had never been in the streets before
without a companion. He had written
me a note-hut you shall see 1t. l can
not keep this matter any longer TO my
self and you look so good, If you are
detective, that | cannot help but trust
YOU. Besides. perhaps, when You see
what tempted me YOU will not think
so harshly of my folly. l did not mean
any great wrong, but was carried away
hy what seemed like the romantic adj
ventures of some of my favorite hero
ines. But then. in books, the lovers
are always gentlemen, while mine-but
here is the letter. Look for yourself,
sir. 1t came by mail the day before
yesterday. All! how long it seems
now"
She fumblcd in her pocket and
brought out n note. The detectives
eyes Glowcd; he was attaining the OBJ
jcct of his wishes with less difficulty
than he had anticipated.
"All that had passed between this
person and me before | received this
letter was an interchanged glance OF
50. had passed him in the street sew
cral times, and each time he had
looked mt me in what ] thought was
an uumistakable way, so l was not
surprised at these words, monstrous
as they seem to me now
The detective meanwhile had read
the cefusion which had occasioned so
much mischief. 1t ran thus:
Dear and Beautiful Miss Rogers
May an unfortunate, who is not per
mitted to enter within the charmed
walls which at present holds you pris-
oncr, utter one word against the tyr
amy of the fate which restricts him?
81 have seen you and l cannot he
still. | have learned your name and it
has become the lode star of my life.
Will you accept an homage that must
be secret, and believe in the devotion
of one who, If he may not approach
you, here swcars that he will approach
no other woman while you remain un-
married.
but must I live in darkness and
never break the silence which has
hitherto been maintained between us?
Is there no hope for me, whose only
thought is to make you the protecting
angel of my life? May I not hope for
one word, one look uninfuenced by the
presence CT others? If fate can be so
kind and your heart so responsive to
noble passion then remember that for
three days / shall spend the hour be-
tween IL and / in the depot at Jersey
City. If you choose to pass through
the place you may be certain that one
pair of eyes will follow you with de-
votion little short of that which saint
casts upon his guardian angel.
* have no fear that you will hesitate