Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-06-18
Capitola,

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Capitola Beggsl What a thorn in
the flesh that name was to its unfortun-
ate owner.
"As if il were not misfortunate
enough. said Capitola, with a shake
of her pretty head, Ito have Beggs for
surname, without having such a
heathenish title rs 'Capitola' tackled
on to it,.
Capitola'S mother was romantic
little woman, with decided weakness
for such novels as had thrilling plots
and when Capitola was born. it was
inst after the name of favorite hero.
inc had taken violent hold on Mrs.
Begg's fancy.
So "Capitola" the child was called,
to her lifelong discontinue.
Fortunately, in course of time,
"Capitola" came to be shortened to
Cap" by the girls companions and
she was only too ready to accept the
amendment, so cap" she was general
ly called.
Cap was reall y an unusually pretty
girl. Her soft brown eyes looked out
from the round dimpled face, in an
honest fearless fashion, which was very
bewitching. Her quickly coming
bushes receded as quickly as they APP
peared. She had sweet red mouth,
very kissable one, and pearly teeth,
and low broad brow, crowned with
wavy chestnut hair. Yet, notwith-
standing her beauty, or perhaps be-
cause of it, the feminine portion of the
village community did not quite APP
prove Of her.
1t was not natural for girl of her
age, they said, to care no more for the
sterner sex than Cap appeared to.
at is some deep and complicated form
of croquetry, depend on it, said a sour
old maid, the greatest and most NAL
ignant Of all the tea-table gossips.
"Oh she's deep one."
But Cap went Oh in the even tenor
of her way, regardless of these malici-
Gus aspersions. Perhaps the more SO
because the young men of the village
seemed to find her open indifference
more charming, after all, than the two
other obvious wiles and destinations
of more susceptible maidens.
But Caps time came at last, and the
suitors whom she had snubbed so un-
mercifully were now to be avenged.
For, one eventful Sunday, "big with
fate" Cap, sitting demurely in the
family pew, began at once to have an
uncomfortable feeling that somebody
was watching her.
She turned her head, and there,
sure enough, was a pair of dark grey
eyes bent inquisitively upon her. l do
not think, if the eyes had not been set
in such handsome face, that Cap
would have turned away 50 suddenly,
nor that The rich red flush would have
spread from the roots of her pretty
hair to the dimpled chin. But it was
so. Cap had met her fate.
When Cap had left the church, she
could not resist the temptation to
look around, for another look at the
that face. She caught the gray eyes
watching her, and with scathing look
of scorD, such as girls give when so
detected, she flung up her head and
walked on.
But before she had gone a dozen
PAGES, she heard quick step behind
her, and voice that said, miss Beggp
rather impatiently. Turning short
around, she encountered the handsome
stranger. He held book in his hand,
which Cap recognized as her hymn
book. Raising his hat, he said:
81 think this is your property" and,
opening it at the fy-leaf, he read {:
"Capitola Beggs," lingering over
each syllable of the obnoxious title,
while his gray eyes danced with
amusement.
Cap took the book with a low
"Tbank YOU" and another naughty
tess of the head and hurried away.
But her face burned at his amused
glance and the half.suppressed laugh.
ter as he read her name.
Yet, angry as she was, she could
not keep her thoughts from him. All
through the long Sunday afternoon,
try as she could to Danish him from
her mind, Cap found her memory re-
verting to his handsomely manly face.
Later in the evening, she heard her
brother relate how young physician,
named Charles Albion, had taken the
Office of old DIR. Virgins, who, short
time before, had crossed "the bourne