The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-07-04


Knew me very well by reputation he told
me 30, ana MINK ne was much hst'ered ny
rs useless going INTO all tue details of
tue days That followed; " would take too
,opg. ! nave only an hour at my command.
h'ving IN the same country honse' u IL easy
70 uhderstand mat saw agreat deal OF Capt.
h'nson.
:, upon 'he AFTERNOON OF the nth day Mrs.
heiwin came INTO the library. IL was avery
wet afternoon, and was sitting alone
there;
oh Beatrice she exclaimed, capt.
h,lison mas lnst mad telegram summoning
MN up 70 Scotland-or so he says. AT all
events, he-is going away"
she paused an instant, and added, In
ra.ner nesi.aune tone;
As your mothers friend, my dear, you
will pardon my saying that am not sorry.
could not help fearing SOM times that You
had taken rather a fancy to him. should
have been very vexed for anything Of that
sort 10 nave taken place IN my house. four
parents wouid not nave liked It,.
IL was very easy Tor her to stand there
ana say that 10 me, ioiding her hands and
watching the tossing trees with apparent
interest,". AT all events. It was great deal
easter Tor her 10 speak than hrme to listen to
the very hrst mint or suspicion against him
that any one hau breathed 10 me.
icu mean 70 say" l remarked, oom-
posedly, that capt. Allison Is not dssira.
Die connection Perhaps my parents might
consider II a little unfortunate, in that case,
that had been asked 10 meet him at ALL"
Ing away from the window with a little
shrug, with what terrific precision You do
CLASSIFY things. Capt. Allison Is considered
eminentiy Respectable, l can assure you
your parents would have him In their own
mousse TO morrow. For all that, he is not .
man 10 fall In love with he has the reputa-
ton, you see, of being utterly heartless."
breathed long sigh Of relief as thought
OF the rescued kitten.
"Mrs. kerwin," hesitated, that is also
my own reputation. People say that am
heartiess.' =.
sue Turned suddenly round and kissed me,
Laughing little. my dear, yes" she said !;
"bnt never believed 1t OF you. What IL
more, know that you are In reality the
very opposite. But you are the very oldest
creature ever met. IL had thought you
heartiess shouldn't have taken the trouble
to warn You Just now"
moment or two later Capt. Allison came
In to say good bye to me. lie said--it was
alter Mrs. k.rwtn had gons-that he wouldn't
have believed i've days could have slipped
away 80 pleasantly In country house In
this part OF the world, aud ut this season Of
the year-so desperately dull, as rule, In his
opinion.
remarked that In Scotland 1t wonld be
quite different.
| AT this season II would," he answered
INIT as rn,s no hated the Scotch"
Really, taking him all In all, Capt ALI
son was one OF the most truthful men ever
knew. or course, he said other things also.
before he went, the trnthfulness OF which
cannot 90 satisfactorily vouch for.
Nineteen months elapsed before again
met Capt. Allison. This Ia nothing to the
purpose, only that should like to calculate
how many hours one may possibly waste In
ninsteen months. fancy, IL this little
room could speak as witness, It wonld he
found that the number may In colossal. those
suhtractad for eating, sleeping, performing
ones necessary every day duties looking in
anitesimal In proportion.
II was in April when again met him, a
day or two after our arrival In London.
ALI this time ha had been In the East, and
now that he had come home he was going to
send in his resignation He was very wan
and i'll looking. How cOnld l wonder, re-
Numbering the suffering hs had been called
upon 10 witnessS Through some merciful
chance had not known that his regiment
was ordered to the war.
met him by accident. We were in the
theatre, and all at once perceived him in
the box opposite to ours. Abont the same
time his eyes lighted upon me. saw him
start and draw his eyebrows quickly to
gsther In the manner peculiar 10 him. At
the end OF the scsns he came over and sat
/ .yrNr I..nsd Ia
The Kerwins were In town, and Mrs.
evening
"Just at the very frat look did not rec
o9nizs you" he said. pleasantly. "lf Mrs.
kerwin lad not been with you am very
doubtful whether / should have known
yOn."
lyon had forgotten me ~ could not help
exclaiming quickly.
"Yonr name alone; ! hal not forgotten
the faes Of the most beautiful woman ever
mel, b'atr'Ge.
caP.' Allison haa really Tue piAasahtest
way o' m'tga'hg tns ensots Oh MS trn,n
lelnng propehsl'irs INA. ever knew. HIS
oohip'.Ments somehow ala n"' oh'nd. How
ees.' ,a,s wl' sho" .hat ~ haa gone az Jar
as tnat oelorr' ana mat tne taread oI our
intercourse was taken up Just where u had
untortnnately my people were only pass
| ing ,nrongh LONDON, ON thSir way 10 tue
sontn OF france win one OF my sisters' an
| hvsHm' was 10 Do 1911 WIN 'fiends. ~
we nad all been together daresay shonid
not nave sssh 80 'nn9a Of Capt. Allison.
o. ~ iate wi''ed IL, was again staying
WIN an 'n',ma.e a'!ua'n.An,s OF ms '"r ny ~,
nos.'sa, s'tn"ugn t','s Tune 10 i'mse'' ala
ho m actually I'VE IN the honse.
MS "ms. however, ths hostess was not an
oM 'rlsna o! my n"lnsr =; now mueh sue
saw anu no" unc', sue d,a MOI see Sanuot
aelsrmine. .nihk sue was very 9iad 70
nave any one WIN aer wno haa me power
OF auIAcnhg oap,. AnHsoHIAha pohse,
9nenuy G'hsrs-Io hsr mnsioa' EVENING",
aouot II shah ever again accept an Invita-
ton 10 musloai evening -,
me nour 10 !sst drawing 70 close. mad
ne'ter nuiry ~ once 20 tne END OF my MARIA,
i've. nave 70 reaa II over, o. course, ana
70 cons'uer /" A'ter haVe "n'sneo'
must next picture to myself an afternoon
In the beginning OF May, as warm as July
might have been. Mrs. Hopstown, the lady
! was staying with, had been In bad all day
with headache. S0msthing, know not, had