Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1912-08-01

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OF Reynolds battery
leaned toward her acrnG tho ch1ll
arm. endearoring to seeI into the yept Il
OF her eyes, but she yelled them -
hind lowered lashes. ssI
He was Sergeant King at the time
OF your marriage vet think you have
no doubt as to who he 10 now Y. SSss
II have not had a great deal at Auy
time. she said. looking at me directly,
although ! could not be aure. The
night OF that unfortunate occurrences
you seemed to regret my predicament
and expressed q desire to make my
burden as light an possible. Would III
not have been best when you came&
here to have informed me % 10 your
identity 2" Nj J,
''Yes. II the relationship betwesH d. !
had been the same. =
.Had been the samel What a. yoi /
mean r.
took deep breath. mastering ~
courage to face whatever fate might
have In store.
This, Miss lean. /. I said gravely,
my voice trembling IN spite q every
effort to hold It frm. since then 81
have learned to love you
For a moment her intense surprise
robbed her Of all power of speech, her
round throat swelling, one hand prsls-
ed upon her heart. So stillswas evexy-I
thing ] could hear q bird singing with
out ard the rustic Of wind through thos
| leaves. I'M .s5ss
You hive learned to love me -me7..
she faltered 1t last tremendously.
did not expect to hear you nay that,
Lieutenant King. =
Yet have said 1, = 4 lnsisted, -
cause It is the truth, ana II q tins AZ
1t not. that the truth should - known
between us9
Her head dropped upon her hands
her arm supported BY tho dresser. ana
she remained silent, her slight FORM
trembling perceptibiy.
DO you blame me for what occurred
that night p Il, ;s
She uplifted her eyes quickly, look.
ing frankly into my face.
You perhaps did the most natural
thing, although sincerely wish It had
never occurred. No. I do NOT blame
| you; III have never felt n that way
toward you. Il Il strange, Ii Il not M
Strengthening up and now looking me-:
again frankly In the eyes. There o.
certainly every reason why should
feel otherwise. I have NO sympathy
with your cause: all love ID connected
with the south and am q thorough
rebel. Seeking to serve your flag ycp
did me as grievousl an injury % =
man could do a woman. AT nrst y
was angry. indignant. could have
killed you and felt my anger just.
can never understand the change that
came over me. for when we nnally
parted that night We were almost
friends. ! have never been able 10
think Of you since as an enemy:
You have thought % me. then +.
Could / do otherwise7 Sergeant
King certainly wrought havoc enough
to make immediate forgetfulness im-
possible. Then Lieutenant King ap-
peared the artillery lyman chnnged into
u cavalry officer but IN voice and
manner continually reminding me- a.
the former. i did not know youa wers
the same. but suspected It. wanted
to avoid you. yet that was Impossible.
and l have been compelled 10 accept
your help. to trust and confide III you.
i Not only am personally Indebted To
| you, but you have served others whD
are near and dear to me. had m,
most forgotten you were d Yankee.
f1,xa S.x.,n
your uniform. ! even felt that No
were destined to friendship, ID spite
Of all the barriers between US, but
now-now you have spoiled every.
thing s. 81 II.
III How7"
BY your avowal our expression ct
feeling toward me You must have
spoken those words ii Jest. ana yet
they are not easily forgotten =
In jestv' and arose % my feet,
indignant that she should even aug-
gest such a possibility. Miss Dens-
low, you do not mean that; surely my
sincerity can be felt Perhaps I ought
not to have spoken thus: It may IS
you have no right to listen. But I "a.
sist l have said no more than the
4
truth. realize now that from tho
moment OF first seeing you while Com
versing with the old negro Ia the shed
on your fathers plantation, was nm
usually Interested ii : hit 7fifst
impression might. indeed, have passed
away had we not again been thrown
together upon terms Of peculiar tnH-
macy. A certain tie was contracted
between US which caused mo 20 think
OF You even while we were absent
from each other. could not remain
Indifferent under such circumstancss-
could your
She hesitated. drawing slightly back,
yet her honesty compelled I frank
avowal. NJ .sass
NO. IL could not 10 entirsly m
different" yss sg ssgs
Human nature would PREVENT I
went on. encouraged by even this
/ slight admission. {. But our relation.
H. IA