Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-01-16
MY LOVER, EUSTACE.
TIE STORY OF WOLF DISGUISED N
SLEEPS CLOTHING.

Uncle Meriwether never liked Eustace.
lie never did him justice from the begin
ming. and when he heard that was ac-
tually engaged to him he spoke in such
way that declared would not endure
it.
"Tm old enough, hope, to choose for
myself" said l.
IL don't know about that, Patty, said
my uncle struggling his shoulders.
But remained to hear no more. !
bounced back into the house, slamming
the door in Uncle Meriwether's honest,
spectacled face, and bursting into tearl
as soon as l reached the sitting room.
"Its a shame, said my sister Elspeth
"Don't cry, Patty. I'm sure the whole
matter is transparent enough. Uncle
Meriwether wouldn't be so domineering
about it if he did not want you to marry
Paul.
II wouldn't marry Paul Meriwether il
there wasn't another man in the world,
said viciously. And I'll marry Eustace
Dalzell, anyhow, now. Uncle Meri-
wether says we don't know anything
about him, but I'm sure we know enough.
That was false assertion on my part.
only knew of my handsome fiance what
he himself had chosen to tell me-namely,
that he was New York engineer, stay
ing down at Wraysgeld few weeks for
ais health. And his friend, Mr.. Bellield,
was a stock broker. Oh, how l wished
hr. Belfield might take a fancy to
Elspethl 1t would be so nice to be mar
ried at the same time-to go together and
live in New York
We lived together in the lonely old
brick house on the edge of the moor, SO
that was very glad when Olive Oatley
came down from Chichester to visit us
and brought her wedding set of diamonds
to show.
Elspeth and looked with awe and all
miration at the sparkling gems-necklace,
earrings, and brooch.
"Are they very valuablel" ] asked.
~Three thousand dollars, believe,
replied Olive complacently. %They be-
longed to Herbert's mother, and are to be
reset before I wear Them"
But just then Elspeth gave start and
turned scarlet, and following the direc-
ton of her eye turned and beheld Eus-
tace Dalzell standing smiling in the door
way with his hat in his hand.
Somehow the diamonds made me nerv-
Gus, and could not help, in the course
of the evening, confiding my vague ter
rors to Eustace. But he laughed at ms
and made light OF my fears.
Eusface nalzell went homa earlier than
usual that night In my perturbation
had almost resolved to ask him 20 re-
main all night, self constituted guar
dian of our treasures, but 1 did not
venture to do so, and SO at 10 o'clock we
three girls, with Dinah in the kitchen,
were left to ourselves.
l had intended to lie awake all night,
but must have fallen into light doze
without being aware of it, for the clock
was striking 12 when started up at
the loud peal Of the doorbeIl below.
Olive was at my side in an instant Els
peth had her arm around me, and even
Dinah hobbled in with haring lamp il
her hand.
GO to the door, do, come Of you's ]
cried hystericalIy. : Ask who it Is ask
what they want
And while Olive, Elspeth, and the old
attendant obeyed my behest / burriedly
threw on my white dressing gown and
went to the head Of the stairs to listen
for felt in an emergency like this soma
one ought to keep close to the diamonds.
-There Is no one here, heard Els.