Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-09

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the most wonderful thing yoa haye ever
heard III ypnf life ] am engaged Ii that
handsome. innocent looking boz | saw ii
TIE aTt gallery You could never guess
how Il happened, 30 will not keep you
ID suspense, bit tell you It once.
lou know Ne have spent several sum
mers 81 Sea Grit la lovely place on the
New jersey coast. and there We went
again this year Jim came to see me
quite regularly. and iii his family was
known to papa. our intimacy was tacitly
allowed without anyone asking where We
first became acquainted.
Well, last Saturday had i note from
Jim. saying be was coming down TO spend
sunday at the hotel; so 1 drove 10 the
station to meet him. aud imagine my as
fonishment when the handsome stranger
Of the art gallery rot Of the carsl He
stared ct me, of course, but / don't think
he saw Jim, who was at the end of the
long train. Oh, Kate, can never tell
you what q wretchcd two days passed
Jim went on a dreadful spree at the hotel
with some of the fellows from the
Branch, and the next day we had an ex-
PLANTATION (some peonle would have called
il Quarrell, and-we broke our engage
ment; mean, of course, that / broke
mine. It nearly killed me, and / Just
cried my eyes out. Jim went back to
New York III the Sunday night train, and
! know shall never see him again; and
it will serve me right. too. for treating
poor fellow SO cruelty. could have par
doned him his disgraceful conduct at the
hotel. but, Kate. it came out in the course
OF our explanation that he had been fiirt-
ing with Fred Parker sister. and that
ended everything; any man that would
fiirt with such a washed out-looking
blonde as that
WE'LL the next Monday went
down to Mrs. Parker's bright and carly.
to see how much truth there was in that
story about Jim, and what do you thinks
There, sitting on the piazza. was my
stranger, and the next moment Mrs Par
ker had introduced me to Mr.. Harry
Payne. college friend of her husbands.
You soon become acquainted at the sea
side. and the previous meeting somehow
made him seem not entirely a stranger to
me. I suppose he felt the same way; at
any rate we were soon chatting away as
merry as could be. and forgot all about
The next day Mr.. Payne called; that
evening we walked on the beach; the
next day drove up to the Branch; and
Wednesday,
Well, Kate, all am going to tell you
now is that Wednesday we were engaged.
Perhaps you think it was quick work.
Well, it did take my breath away; but
how could help it2 do feel sorry for
him-Harry, / mean, not Jim-he is so
good and young and innocent and enthu-
siastic and so learnedl just think, he
reads Browning, and really think there
must be something in Browning, or
Harry would not like him; so / said I
liked Browning-so / do, for Harry's
sake. And then he admires Ruskin so
much, and of course do, for did | not
see Harry first in that dreary exhibition2
- mean it seemed dreary then, but, as
/ now rccollect them, the drawings were
delightful. Strange, neither of US
mentioned that meeting! Well, as
/ was saying, do feel sorry for Harry,
he is so good and innocent Poor fell
lowl just think, he told me that night
on tho beach-that Wednesday night
that was the first woman he had
ever loved. How little experience some
men have had, Kate. But then women
are SO much older and maturer for their
age than the other sex. / am sure il
wasn't the first time, or even the second,
that / had been in love. but / did not
tell Harry that Why should I blight
his first fervent affection by such con-
fession2 And then am sure do love
him more than anybody ever saw, ex-
cept Jim, of course. and Jim is out of
the question.
Well, / must come to. an end. We are
to DO married in the holidays, and I
suppose shall have a grand wedding at
the church. Men always say they prefer
. quiet wedding, but we women know bet
ter. They are the first to want fine
display. and show the world what prize
they have carried off, For my part, |
don't want Jim to think / am not proud
Of Harry, for / am, and mean To have
perfectly stunning forgive this reminis-
cence of our school-day slang) wedding
| don't know whether Harry can afford
to 60 to- Europe, but presume so, or he
would never have thought of marrying
girl in my set. However, / will tell
you all the particulars when we meet.
Yours with undying affection,
Lizzie CHAIRMAN.
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