The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-06

and hastily stepping to the door 1 rane
the bell The house seemed strangely
| silent and dark. While waiting ]
thought I remembered a yard to the
house Mary lived in, while that one wa:
built up to the pavement These
thoughts were running mechanically
through my mind when the door sudden
ly opened and Mary appeared.
Ibid you think / had deserted you,
darling?' / 4 asked. quickly imprisoning
one of her hands in both Of mine, while
/ gallantly stopped and my mustache
swept her face.
What do you mean, sir?' and Who
are your came in ringing tones from
my supposed Mary. as she quickly
! snatched her hand from mine.
Tho strange voice aroused me first
and then ] understood why things
looked strange. / had come to the
wrong house.
~ humbly beg your pardon said I,
making my most polite bow 4 thought
this was 40 jefferson avenue
ut is answered the insulted lady.
at is? Then don't John Shannon
live here?'
".No, he don't. Nor never did that /
know of
and 40 was the number, or was the
last time | was in Belden.'
"'Beldcn? This is Bolton, not Bel
den.'
"'COnfound the luck! Excuse me,
miss. but have made two such foolish
mistakes hat the thought of it upset
me for a second. / wanted to go to
Belden and have fallen short ten miles.
| am sorry that | caused you trouble.
/ hope you will forgive me-
certainly! / am sorry you made a
mistake in the place
Thanking her for her sympathy
(which, by the way. did not help me
much, when i remembered my first
greeting with herr, l got away some
how, and was driven back to the depot
TO find that 1t would be several hours
before another train left for Belden. |
decided then to send a telegram and
wait till morning. The telegram was
sent, but II she got it it must have been
after 1t was too late.
AFTER doing all I could TO help mat
tiers, 'cabby'. and I again faced the
storm and when he left me at the hotel
door he was two dollars richer and /
that much poorer.
81 passed a restless night and was
glad when it was over, and | was again
on my way to Bclden. didn't make
any mistake that time, and when |
reached the Shannon house | received
a warmer reception than I expected"
did you make it all right with
herr" asked Jack, interestedly.
II didn't see her. Her father met me
and politely informed me that they had
no use for such delinquents, when the
vas hat | could go back to my other
darling-the one l had left the night be-
fore in Bolton.
Il tried to explain, but he slammed
the door in my face, and, of course,
hat ended the interview with him.
But ! staid in town all that day hoping
to see Mary. In the afternoon ] wrote
her a letter of explanation and gave a
boy half a dollar TO deliver 1t In a half
hour the letter was returned to me I'M
opened. Then, for the first time. was
! angry. My pride rose up in arms and
| boarded the next train back home and
! have never seen her since"
But how did they know. Hal. about
the Bolton girl-your other darling??"
Il didn't know then. but found out
aftcrward. 1t was the cab driver that
me away. He was a distant rcla-
tive of Mary's. and | knew he was
or her, but as | had never met
him | didn't know him, while he knew
Inc. How he got word to her that night
| don't know. But | am sure that he
not tell facts or she would not have
me SO shabbily. His story,
whatever it was, was a success to him,
a few months afterward they were
married.
That ended that romance. | hope
one will have a happier ending,
hut ] want to be sure that | will have
along with me to put me off
the right place and see that | don't
kiss any other girl but the future Mrs.
Now, you know why / want
your help. Will you go?"
with all my heart" answered Jack.
you haven't told me yet who is the
unfortunate LADY,"
Nellie Gwynn. The girl | kissed by
on nv other MARRIAGE eve"
Last week ] surprised Hal and Nellie
in their pleasant home, having a jolly
romp with their ~two-year-old boy, who,
by the way, they call Jack.-Cincinnati
Post.