human
Soldier's letter,
gpt
I heard him say at Chickamauga that he was from Kentucky, ran the letter,
human
His name was not Blackford; it was Page--Jack Page. He was my cousin, she went on, gently.
gpt
That is why I never told you. It all happened while you were at college. While you were here, he was usually out West; and people thought we were merely cousins, and that I was weaning him from his unhappy ways. I was young and foolish, but I had--you know the rest.
human
God pity him!
gpt
No, dear, she said;
human
I am sorry for him now--sorry, so sorry! I wish I could have helped him more. That is all. It has all gone--long ago. It never was. I did not know until I left you here at the stiles that night.
gpt
Yes, she said simply;
human
Come, dear, he said;
gpt
I want to tell you all--now.
human
Is there anything that may cross your life hereafter--or mine?
gpt
No, thank God; no!
human
I don't want to know.