He was taken sick there and did not return for three months, and during that time Elsie and I lived together in a house she owned in New Orleans.
"We thought that now that we were safely married, no one could ever separate us, and we were very, very happy.
"But one evening her guardian came suddenly upon us, as we sat together in her boudoir, and in a great passion ordered me out of the house.
"Elsie was terribly frightened and I said, 'I will go to-night for peace sake; but Elsie is my wife, and to-morrow I shall come and claim her as such, and I think you'll find I have the law on my side.' Elsie clung to me and wept bitterly; but I comforted her with the assurance that the parting was only for a few hours." Mr.Dinsmore's voice faltered.

He paused a moment, then went on in tones husky with emotion.
"We never saw each other again.

When I went back in the morning the house was closed and quite deserted; not even a servant in it, and I knew not where to look for my lost wife.
"I went back to my hotel and there found my father waiting for me in my room.

He was very angry about my marriage, the news of which had brought him from home.

He made me go back with him at once and sent me North to college.