Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-29

much adapted by ambitious malfons -
iii improvement Oh parl0r maids; .
creature raw off the fields. with the ex-
preston Of an animated turnip and
brains to match. IN the midst Of q
buzz Of voices intermingling with the
frou-fron or rich dresses. Tommy sud-
denly darted into the room. and made
straight for Miss Florence White. car
rying in his lobster-coloredh hand 4 book
suggestive OF the p. d. Company.
Colonel Haldane. from his solitary
seat ia the deep recess of the bay win-
dow facing the entrance to The
Grange telt an awful sensation come
over him. Was this the~myHtle arriv-
ing, and had the Mention folk absolute
~ charged the carriage to Miss Whiteg
What should he do? He shrunk be-
hind the deep amber of the curtains,
then as suddenly emerged.
Bring Myrtle!'' these were her own
words, and he made a violent rush
across the room to her side.
Its the myrtle. " he said. breathless-
". "Allow mel The stupid people
have made mistake" he continued.
incoherently. "The idea of charging
the carriage to you" and he threw a
sovereign into Tommy's bashful fingers
Miss White looked at Colonel Hal
dane with ever-enlarging pupils. He
had returned lately from Egypt. had
been interchangeable at the bombardment
of Alexandria. had had an illness on his
return, and she remembered hearing
that he had been obliged to have his
head shaved. She continued to look at
him quite tenderly, as these thoughts
fitted phantom-lilxe about her.
THANK You, Captain Haldane," she
said. 'sYou have saved me the trouble
of fetching my purse. This is new
boy country manners, you know--he
wants instruction" and. smiling pleas
antly, she moved out of the room after
the vanishing figure Of Tommy.
In the round, roomy hall stood q
huge tub matted up and bearing the
name "Au Myosotis. Mention" etc.
"It's towering myrtle, miss. said
Tommy; ''the biggest the carrier says
it ever fell to his duty to deliver
Fetch a pair of gardening scissors.
Tommy" said Miss White; "and
another time never venture to bring
p. ID. G. books into the drawing-room.
Go to the housekeeper with that kind
Of thing"
Tommy took the color natural to
him in yet deeper hues. and ran for
the scissors. Miss White soon shipped
the OBTAINING strings. and gave way to
q very natural delight as the starry
blossOming myrtle wasexpOsed to view.
every odd" she thought. '.it's adj
dressed Enthusiastically to me. Poor
Colonel Haldanel What does 1t
mean ~
Thinking again. of the shaven head
and the bOmbardment Of Alexandria,
she sighed little pensively and some
what cOmpassionately, and then re-
turned TO the drawing-room j st in
time to escape the entry of Mrs. Dam
vers, whose forest cart drawn by q
lovely pair Of Welsh ponies, she saw
turning in at the gates. That lady
now entered, followed by her insepara-
bic companion, perfect Dandy Din
mOnt. lOnu-bodied. low-legged, flap
cared pedigreed creature, which
reipiced in the possession Of seven
pnines.
Florence Immediately made d rush
at the dog.
-Ahl yOu have brought Myrtle. I
was afraid when / saw you this morn
ing that you would forget. though /
mentioned it in my note"
Both ladies had moved in the direc-
tion where still sat Colonel Haldans.
plunged in startled reflections. in the
recess Of the window. Was this long
backed, lOw-legged, fiap-eared dog the
the honOred object Of that message?
"Of course brought dear old
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