You see , dearie , Abner Moore held the mortgage on the West farm , and the interest was overdue some years , and Dick just went and told Mrs. West that if Leslie would n't marry him he 'd get his father to foreclose the mortgage . Rose carried on terrible -- fainted and wept , and pleaded with Leslie not to let her be turned out of her home . She said it would break her heart to leave the home she 'd come to as a bride . I would n't have blamed her for feeling dreadful bad over it -- but you would n't have thought she 'd be so selfish as to sacrifice her own flesh and blood because of it , would you ? Well , she was . `` And Leslie gave in -- she loved her mother so much she would have done anything to save her pain . She married Dick Moore . None of us knew why at the time . 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 XXXXX , he 'd had enough of quiet married life -- just like a man .
Dick Leslie Moore Rose West course pneumonia something year years