Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-26

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Sadie flung herself out Of the room,
upstairs 70 her own apartment Gone
to Europe, indeed WE'LL he was mean
She might never see him again. She was
just glad she refused, she wass and that
she let him know, If he was going to act
this way, that she did not care for him.
She cried herself 70 sleep that night.
Mr.. Macy's search for faultless coach
man was not as fruitless as his wife
prophesied il would be- Three days
after Pats dismissal his late master found
the proper man.
II could not have done better, he
said to her at dinner, IF had hunted
the country over, which / had intended
doing. He's young and steady. He took
bis oath before o squire that he was
never drunk in his life, and that he
doesn't taste liquor. Now we can drive
out in safety. He'll be up on the train
tonight, and tomorrow you can drive TO
your hearts content -
'.Tnat'll be all day" cried Sadie.
Faithful to promise, Tom. the new
coachman, presented himself that night
and the next morning drove Mr.. Macy
to the station.
Mrs. Macy had callers. AID could not
drive, so Sadie went alone with him,
and, because she liked it better, In the
basket phaeton instead of In the regula-
ton stately family carriage.
Sadie had a plquant, interesting, as
well as pretty face. a petite, dainty fig
ure. clad this morning in pure white.
There was admiration in the new coach
mans eyes. as he handed her in. which
had no business there. But then ne was
young, and not bad-looking himself,
and being u man as we'll as George
Egbert, he could not help, any more
than George Egbert could, admiring
beauty when he saw it. She perceived
that his figure was fine, and, though she
liked light hair better than she did dark
George Egbert's was light, that he
was above the average coachman in
looks.
The drive, of course, was silent one.
Tom could not presume to speak until
spoken to, and though Sadie had chatted
fast enough with Pat, she could not talk
to this man.
II half wish papa had kept Pat, " she
said to herself But she was not in the
least sorry the next morning that mamma
went to the city with papa instead of
driving. She went out alone again.
Nor was she sorry either that Mrs. Macy
found, after one mornings drive, that it
was too great an interruption to her
duties, and preferred going in the even
ing. Sadie went in the evening, too.
The silence of the first morning was
not repeated. Sadie's little tongue was
too fond of going too keep still long,
and before week had passed there was
no lack of conversation on those morn
ing drives. The coachman talked well.
Too be sure, his sentences were ingram
NAUTICAL, and his diction not always
choice, but Sadie so rapidly became
charmed with his society that she did
not mind that small matter.
One afternoon in the latter part of July
he drove her to see friend, where she
was pursuaded to remain to tea, then
late in the evening. While she was en-
crossed indoors, heavy clouds had over
cast the sky, which made it so dark they
could not see any further ahead, when
they started homeward, than the
horse.
Sadie, always timid, crept close to
Tom for protection. They were in the
basket phaeton. She perferred it when
she went alone, and so her indulgent
parents allowed her on all occasions to
wanted, she had it..
There amt no danger, miss" he said
teuderly. "Trust me. I'd die afOre
I'd let bit o. harm come to you. Wen
be hum soon, too.
But she was not as anxious to be 'thum
soon" as she ought to have been.
'.Ef it wasn't fur you bein' afeared,
I'd go round bit further in the road.
1t would keep you with me awhile
longer he said, with a strange awk-
wardness, emboldened by the dark
ness.
sim in no hurry to get home, she
faltered 'pm not afraid when I'm
with you.
There's nobody Twin that 'uld take
better care on ye. There's nobody liv-
ing
He stopped there. but she understood
what he would say, and her heart went
pit-a-pat.
She had reached the climax Of her
hopes-she was loved secretly, and By
one of whom her parents would disap-
prove. She found then that she loved
him.
Though he said no more that night,
she was sure he would soon tell her Of
his affection, and then they would elope.
She was too happy to sleep when she
retired. George Egbert, wandering over
Europe, was for the first time forgot
ten.