Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-17

attention during the meal. Now he had,
apparently With some reluctance given up
his seat next Miss Damian TO me. We
We're sitting half shaded by screen
and Ethel was making conversation
in. her graceful manner with the GpFer-
nor. rirt
And so I am really to believe that
you hold to the declaration you made to
me up the river last week, Mr.. Carew"
Scan YOU doubt mef Did | not re-
peat it to you in all earnestness in the
Row only few days ago, Miss Damiang'
you are a very chlvalr0us young man,
the apt pupil of chiyalrous tather-I
wonder if you mean all you say; and still
more. | wonder If you distinctly remem-
Der what you really Gid say at the
picnic. have always had doubts On that
subject"
"MIss Damian, do you wish me to repeat
it now%'
certainly not, for l am sure you could
not if you tried; but to relieve You Of all
further anxiety on the subject / VIII tell
you, not all that you SAID, for that would
be to repeat too much good-humored non
sense, but the one important declaration
which evidently weighs so heavily upon
your conscience"
II am all attention"
"Well, you condded to me, of course in
the stricJest secrecy, that you never could
marry any woman il you thought she was
capable Of consuming as much lobster
salad as any one Of those three young
ladies did, against whom you seemed to
bear such a grudge for refusing TO tllrt
with you IN the very presence of their
tiancees. There, thought you would teel
relieved, but il is very bad compliment
to me to let it be 80 APPARENT"
Good heavens! And was this all Had
l been making myself miserable and OBJ
jectionable to all my friends TOR the past
week, and for nothing? Even my habitual
self-cOntrol failed me now, and the eX-
pressiO of delight on my countenance no
doubt deservedlY called forth Miss Da-
mian's reproof.
l was free man again, yet honor for
babe me to jump at the position too
eagerly.
"You cannot Think" l said, chat this
little misunderstanding can alter the re-
lations between usY
"Relations! What relations? l don't
understand you, Mr.. Carew."
"Surely you could not have mistaken the
nature of my offer to you the other day in
the Roww $50 ytfe' 4.H ttal,
She burst into little fit of laughter. b,
"Gou foolish boy do you take me for an
ogress! Could you not see that | was
only amusing myself? / value the free
dom of my brotherhood a great deal too
much to part With so easily. An old
maid am and an old maid ! mean to be
to the end Of the chapter. Besides, do you
think that have no eyes? / am far too
experienced in reading the signs Of love-
not to have observed where your heart is
fixed, perhaps not without good grounds"
And she looked expressiYely across the
room TO where Ethel was Sitting. Glove
at first sight is no such uncommon occur
renee after all, is it, Mr.. CareWP'
| raised her hand and reverently kissed
IL. 'sMiss Dalhan, YOU have taught me u
most gracious lesson, and ! should be
most plgratefl1 not to profit by it. Be-,
lieye me this time when ! assert that my
allegiance 10 you Is, in another form,
stronger that ever"
"That Is well. and now go and talk to
Ethel, and leave me to amuse your father,
that is more in the fitness of things"
And was in a delirium of delight for
the rest of the afternoon. What need TO
say how often l called at the house in
Kensingt0n after this? Indeed, | could
not if | attempted. Enough that l at last
screwed my courage TO the sticking
place." and obtained the one word from
Ethel that was wanting to make my hap
piness complete.
Our wedding took place in the following
month, with the usual orange blossoms,
white lace, fees and fppery. That abom-
lUdDl6 pm WIS my EIOOAu5lHdu. lUdJ
laugh was on my side now, and he has
never to this day suspected the real facts
of the case, when he drove with me to
Kensington that morning after the pic
mic, and waited outside the house in a
hanson.
"Ohl Charlie exclaimed my Ethel, as
we started for Paris on our wedding trip,
''what good thing it is you have mar
ried me, for now [ shall make such an
excellent chaper0ne for Aunt BarbaraV
When we return TO London the old Gov
ernOr was the first TO greet us.
l could not make out what had come
over him; he seemed embarrassed, and
anxious to avoid meeting my eye, and
turned the conversation whenever it
touched upon home topics.
At last when we were alone be came
up to me and put his hands slyly upon
my shoulder. "Charlie, my boy, don't
call your father an old fool; but you see
the house was lonely after you left it, and
/ had no companion to amuse me in your
absence, and so, and so-in fact, Charlie,
Miss Damian is now. Mrs. Carew, and
your stepmOther.
Bravo, Governor Iexclaimed, sand
charming stepmother, too. Accept my
best wishes"
So, you see, Aunt Barbara did not re-
quire Ethel for a chaperone after all -
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