It was n't till long afterward that I found out how her mother had worried her into it . I was sure there was something wrong , though , because I knew how she had snubbed him time and again , and it was n't like Leslie to turn face -- about like that . Besides , I knew that Dick Moore was n't the kind of man Leslie could ever fancy , in spite of his good looks and dashing ways . Of course , there was no wedding , but Rose asked me to go and see them married . I went , but I was sorry I did . I 'd seen Leslie 's face at her brother 's funeral and at her father 's funeral -- and now it seemed to me I was seeing it at her own funeral . But Rose was smiling as a basket of chips , believe ME ! `` Leslie and Dick settled down on the West place -- Rose could n't bear to part with her dear daughter ! -- and lived there for the winter . In the spring Rose took pneumonia and died -- a year too late ! Leslie was heart-broken enough over it . Is n't it terrible the way some unworthy folks are loved , while others that deserve it far more , you 'd think , never get much affection ? As for Dick , he 'd had enough of quiet married life -- just like a man . He was for up and off . He went over to Nova Scotia to visit his relations -- his father had come from Nova Scotia -- and he wrote back to Leslie that his cousin , George Moore , was going on a voyage to Havana and he was going too . The name of the vessel was the Four Sisters and they were to be gone about nine weeks . `` It must have been a relief to Leslie . But she never said anything . From the day of her marriage she was just what she is now -- cold and proud , and keeping everyone but me at a distance . I wo n't BE kept at a distance , believe ME !
I 've just stuck to Leslie as close as I XXXXX how in spite of everything . ''
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