Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-05-21

lyon look exactly like ellen Terry
Is y0u SIC there. Look up sc me. he
placed bis hands On my shoulders and ]
hooked into his eyes. He laughed and
eat down beside me.
Yon have = queer expression n your
eyes tonight Juliet What Is the mat
4 don't know. Something Is going
10 happen.
he sighed fmpatiensly.
ssYou seem very queer, too, Guy.
DO you believe IN love e frBt
sight ?"
Eyes, In many eases. Il that what Is
making you sigh SOP Have you fallen
in love with some one at flrst sight -
ssOh, don't know-that Is to say.
haven't Are you In love, Juliet 2"
ssWhat question |" / exclaimed In
.li0nantly. although 1 was half laughing.
eff you wish me 70 say I'm II love with
you, I shank
81 wish to heaven you were not r. he
exclaimed vehemently.
The blood fushed into my cheeks, and
/ sprung mp passiOnately. Before had
| time TO make my escape, Guy threw his
arms round me, and kissed nv lips over
and over again. Ny head rested on his
shoulder, and my eyes slowly filed with
tears. No wonder I wept. though
knew not then that that was the last
time that my love (mines alas, no longer)
would kiss me.
Dearest Juliet, he whispered, 'sfor-
give me. darling. You know | love you
better than any other woman. !"
Except one, said soft, clear voice
close by. Guy dropped my hand, and
looked round with an uncomfortable
sense Of having been discovered in q
ridiculous position.
It was Ismay. She looked lovelier
than ever il the pale moonlight. Her
face was that Of an angel, and her white
draperies enveloped her like q mist.
She laughed gently e my look Of dis.
may.
II didn't mean what I said, IN, and /
haven't been Avesdropping. Just
sauntered up, and overheard the end Of
Guys speech. Tt seemed only natural
10 make the remark that / did. It
came in so we'll.
Guy said nothing. We three returned
to the house together, Ismay talking to
as both; replied in an incoherent way,
but he said never q word.
That night dreadful fear crept into
my heart, and until morning I lay
awake, staring hopelessly, blankly. ct 4
terrible phantom, which grew clearer
and more distinct every moment And
| / had not even the relief of tears.
Thank God, that horrible state OF mn
certainty did not last very long. The
agony Of the next two days was almost
too much FOR my endurance, but when
the last crushing blow fell, it was not so
painful as those frightful doubts. 1t
stunned me, but / knew the worst; there
was nothing, either evil or good, that
Could touch my heart after that.
Let me pass over the next fOrty-eight
hours. ] said / was i'll, and remained in
my own room. refused TO see Ismay:
she made my head ache, said. On
the evening Of the second day went
ont IL was growing dark, and /
crouched down beside the balustrade In
the Italian part Of the garden, which
was laid out IN terraces. Below my bal.
ustrade bank sloped down some six
feet or 80 to another terrace, and q gar
den seat was placed ct the foot of this
bank. felt expectant. was lying in
wait In my black dress and in the
waning light no one could distinguish
me IN that shady corner, and there
waited. The night was very still. That
hateful corncrake was still croaking in
the meadows, and abhorred the per-
fume Of roses that filed the air. for IN
my mind il raised up the vision Of bye
gone love and happiness. What nook
eryl
] had not long to wait. / heard
voices in the distance, and soon two
forms came from the shadow and
toward the seat below my eyes. Ny
heart beat thick and fast. I feared they
might continue their walk, but no, they
stopped, and Ismay, for IL was she and
Guy, seated herself. He stood q mo-
ment glancing round. and then threw
himself at her feet.
lyon are humble" she said, 'syou
may sit beside me If you wish, or per-
haps you think that is your proper
place ?"
"Yes," he said; 'syou were made to
be worshiped. / had read Of such
women, but never believed in them, and
here discover one In . little girl havs
known al my life. and TO whom I have
hardly ever given q thought.
"Ah. Juliet occupied all. your
tn0ughtS.
Juliet r. he sighed, Eyes, and she
ought to occupy them to the end Of
time. There Is not another girl In the
world like my old love, and she is better
than you, my goddess.
"And yet you love me best of all"
'sWho could blame me for loving You?
I adore yOu. You are SO beautiful and
gracious. You are an angel. 0 Venus"
.sAnd you are profane. Gall me an
angel or Venus separately, not both at
once"
ssBut You remind me Of both. You
are neither saint nor sinner. but the
most charming combination Of both.
'sIf Juliet were here, she would say /
was all sinner-no leaven OF sainflf-
ness
ssDonH talk about Juliet. Let me
think Of you and Of you only; the rest
Of my life must be devoted to her. "