The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12


yressive urliuess md been temppred with
| n certain amount of rood taste and deli
cate culture, After running down the
UlanIl from the steamer, and answering the
| usual questions of custom-house officers. |
| gave orders 10 have nv trunks sent 10 the
| Fifth Aveuue Hotel and then walked
cbeerfuIIy to Broadway. There | entered
| a STAGE. which ratified M SLOWLY To Twenty
| third Styno+ The first nnrson + met in the
| hofeI va Jacl, Dunbnn! an old chm He
| seemed to he overi0yed nj meeting me. and
we SHOOT, hands cordially. Jack had known
! Marie in the lone AGO Afre. we had dis
crssod almost cyer.2 subject that either Of
us could suggest. Iventured to ask a oues-
| ton
! "By-tbe-wav-is Mrs. Jones still living
| here ~
| Jack reflected moment before he said:
| "Wbat Mrs. Jones?-I know three or four"
! Why l replied, ''t4e Mrs. Jones-who
'cas Miss Johnson"
His face frightened. CO.. he exclaimed,
! now know whom you mean. You'll find
! her only four blocks away, in Twenty
| seventh street. Shes q widow"
"A widow cried,
! "A esi Charlie Jones died about five years
| ago"
Indeed" | remarked sympathetically,
aIthoH@h WIN u somewhat lnhuman light
! ness at the heart u am very sorry"
81 fancy she'd rather be widow than a
wife, my friend reioined, caroleSsly
| Zones was kind of bully. you know"
II don't know" said /. but that's not
| to the point. Thanks for the information
! Then we parted, and went TO my room
| About two hours afterward / set out for
! Mrs. Jones's house in Twenty-seventh
| Street. When | rang the bell and asked
| the servant to send my card to Mrs Jones,
| he informed me that Mrs. Jones was not at
! home, but that Miss Jones might be willing
! 70 see me- had no objection to meeting
] i I Nc Tod l,N ms.
! Invitation: Twas, in fact, relieved to find
! that Mrs Jones was not in the house. Her
! absence gave me time to take breath. and
| to adapt myself to the atmosphere of the
| place.
While ! was medjtating, a light step
| pressed upon the carpet, and | looked up
| young lady had entered the room. l
| arose quickly and bowed TO her.
Miss Jones, | said vaguely, as though
| Miss Jones did not exist.
~ es am Miss JOneS,' she answered.
! good-naturediY. She seemed to watch me
| closely. J came to the conclusion that she
! had heard OF me. her mother had told her,
/ probably, that had wanted to stand in Mr.
/ Jones shoes once upon q time. l felt I'M
| comfortable. But gradually, whom | dis
! covered that Miss Jones was a very bright
! and interesting young woman, | warmed
! up aud was quite responsive. As tIe con
/ VcrSatIon projected, / mad a good OpDOTtu-
| My 10 see Miss Jones. 1 was struck imme-
| dlately by the resemblance she bore to her
/ mother-5O her mother as | had known
! Marie eighteen years previously. II posi-
| bic, Miss Jones was more lovely than her
1 motuer had been. | disceTnod a s0ftaned
] tone about her, like the tender, melOwiug
| grace which comes to a picture after years
/ can hardly tell you what my thoughts or
! my emotions were for several minutes. NV
| romantic past rushed back upon me as
| waves rush back on q reach of white sand
! fAl l,,t 1,,v-,
| ought 30 say that the love which had never
| died within me had been unexpectedly re
! kindied. But whom was | really in love
| with. With Marie Johnsos, appRrentlv
| ct that is not strictly true. ,GoY an Iove
| with Marie who lived 4 second tsfHtfn her
| daughter. Strictly, therefore, / wasfn love
| with Miss Jones, The now passion simply
! flowed out of the old one
| This was not Surprising, had cherished
my affection for Marie during eighteen
Years and Miss ZONES was Maris T!?tb 50
TO sneak modern nnro[ements NV 'i hroi io
was in whirl when Mrs. Jon@s-NaJ.ie her. YER
| self-came into the room. Perhans she yvas
not altorether pleased to learn that ,5 Miss 'ss
| Jones and I had became fast friends in half
On hour 0ntwardly She was AZ lt cordial Ia, ne
%Sscd o g Sepfb ba P bsd waFy a@d
| to New York sooner 7 conrratnlated her
| that is TO sov I condoIed With hnr--or the
loss Of Jones, | need hardly saw that re- re-
garded my old friend and sweetheart with
much curiosity. She was still young
woman. But the dolicacy and fragility of
| her giriish beauty had given place TO u sub
/ stantial and handsome eai60anoi1t. She
| suggested practicability and common sense.
| Now the Marie whom had loved 80 loval-
| ly was a gentle, Innocent unwOrldlv crea-
| ture-iu.s the sort Of creature that Miss
| Jones seemed to be. When [ saw the two
| womcn-lnuther and dauchter-together
Of
| There could be no doubt about my feelings
| then. Tho ideal that [ had wor,hiped was
| certainly tvpfied in Miss Jones Ny ardent
| imagination rounded a golden halo over her
small blonde head. fear that Mrs Jones
saw what KIND OF impression her daughter
| mad made upon me, for she inquired, rather
! sharply, after we had interchanged a few
| formal words:
Nv here on earth have you been, Sydney:
had made up my mind that you were
dead.
80, I've been everywhere | said. in
| France, EnCland-aS far rs Persia. In fact
| / IN an adventurer'
And not married.' She suggested arch
| ing her eyebrows.
Not married" replied, trife nervous
| ly.
''Well, that's wise she declared, senten:
| tiously. you have waited for the mar
| fiageaple age. You wouldn't nave appre-
claJeu Il WIG ~ twenty
SeverSl weeks passed, and was frequent
| ly at the house of Mrs. Jones / accom-
| panied her and Miss Jones to dinner parties
] an nd | wa. ID mt ly-o tod