Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-20
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| ! friend Of Sir Thomas, he might posi-
bly helm him: so. in a very delicate ana
modest manner. he told, the whole story
told Of his love for the beautiful Lady
Fmeline-of her love for him. of his late
interview with Sir Thomas, and of the
result
The old man laughed outright.
s.Oh. the old sea-dog! What GROWER
he is, Rnt Young man, do YOU come
with me. Bv St. Georgel I'll give old
Tom piece of my mind. Come along;
| won't let him eat you.
AyIino hesitated but for a little time.
His aged friend seemed so confident. and
was so pleasant, eager, SO lovlal' that ne
quickly gave in, and turned BACK Win
HIM toward the Hall.
They had reached the broad, graveled
driveway in front of the mansion, when
thew discovered the Lady Emeline her
self upon the piazza, sitting with her
head bent upon her hand, like one DIS
consulate.
ssHold on, said the old man; "do
YOU let me go on in advance, and speak
word with the lady before you come
up.p
And without further remark he passed
onl
Ayling saw him ascend to the piazza;
saw Emeline start quickly to her feet
with an exclamation of surprise; saw
him take her hand and raise it to his
lips. and then he spoke Presently the
beautiful face was TRANSPORTED, and the
dear girl clapped her hands with cry
of low The eager lover could tarry no
| LONGER. He fastened forward, and as he
/ Joined them, and once more took his dar-
lings hand, the good old man babe them
follow him, and, as he thus commanded,
he turned and strobe on in the direction
of the old admiral's sanctum, the two
lovers, hand in hand, following close be-
hind.
Having arrived at the sanctum-or the
" Growlery,' as it was more commonly
called they found Sir Thomas there
alone, with pipe in his mouth, and
decanter and glass at his elbow.
He saw the intruder, and was upon
his feet in an instant, his pipe dropped
and broken, and his red face the picture
Oh establishment.
"What! Sire! If my old eyes do not
deceive me, this is a proud and happy
momentw
'Hold on, Tom. / am not to be well
coined unless you can also welcome one
of the best and the dearest friends |
have in the world And here he is
Lieutenant Aging. propose to make
him post-captain as soon as possible.
Say, old sbipmate, shall we be welcome
together?'
Ayling, as might be supposed, when
he discovered that it was his king whom
he had rescued from mortal peril, was
deeply and powerfully affected, but his
senses did not leave him.
He saw the pitiable situation of Sir
Thomas, and, in the goodness of his
heart, he moved quickly forward to his
relief
''Sir Thomas" he said, extending his
hand, ''let us forget the past"
but don't forget me y cried the king,
jokingly.
mo danger of that" responded Ay-
ling, heartily and with deep, true feel
ing. ssWhen British seaman forgets
England's gallant sailor king, we may
look for chaos come again!n
'sWell said You are right, my true
hearted boyr exclaimed the old admiral,
plainly, by way of setting himself right
with his sovereign; and he grasped the
youths outstretched hand, as he added,
s'That sentiment does you credit, my
boy. and since his majesty-God bless
and keep him-avouches for you,
should be traitor and renegade, indeed,
if / could refuse thus to extend the hand
of friendship. Welcome! Welcome to
the pair of youp'
And then, having taken breath, he de-
manded, "Sire, pray tell me, how in the
world did you get here2 How came you,
and whence2'
my dear old Tom, ran away from
the turmoil of the court on purpose to
get a day of blessed rest and recreation
with you. came In my own coach, and
left it at the rear gate OF your park, di-
recting my groom to find the stables as
best he could, while took comfortable
walk beneath your majestic old oaks
BIT it came near to being a dear walk
to me; and if it had not been for our
brave and gallant boy here-son of one
of the very best friends heaven ever gave
me-you might never have seen William,
the Fourth, of England, alive again. But
I'll tell you about it over pipe and
glass
Shortly after this the two young people
were sent away to look after the work of
the gardener, the king hailing our hero as
he was turning away.
''By the way, Lieutenant - don't
like that title. We must make 1t cap
tain. You have lost the stage coach for
TO-DAY. so YOU NAV tarry over night. if