Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-03-27
IT seems to me that 1 have known you

II seems 10 me that have known YOU
always" he evaded-
Il thought that you remembers when
first saw you here"
Could ever forget you, Lucilley'
1t seems 50" smiling family. But
have confession TO make
80 have l."
You will believe that have deceived
you."
III this be deception. let me be deceived
forever"
She smiled family.
Here DIR. Johns Joined them again.
When they parted the next morning. he
said:
Il shall see you, if l may, at the first
available moment in the week. If any
thing prevents. shall write"
Sitting down to dine the following day
with his bosom friend, he said:
Tom, you know everything and every
body; can you tell me where met a
Miss Lucille Lindsay
she was the person Captain Hamer-
ton wanted to marry. Yol remember
old Hamertong"
YES"
Forty years her senior. He tempted
her with jewels as Faust tempted Mar
guerite with kindness and luxury. but
although she was only poor little circus
rider she wouldn't have him. When ne
died, he left her half his big estates. ]
heard she went abroad. She broke a
bone falling from her horsei in the circus.
! suppose must have set il. Gone, chi
Been on the ragged edge of Irritation on
the voyage? Fancy Harrisse marrying
a circus riderl How Beacon street would
how'll
DR.. Harrisse was perhaps thankful
that his patients demanded his atten-
tion, and gave him no time 10 think or
visit at once. and that an important case
made ii impossible, as he said to himself.
to do other than TO postpone Miss Lind
say. One day he met DIR. Johns coming
away from her presence. He had an air
OF suppressed excitement about him. II
was year since they had parted ON the
Malta. THE fellow is almost hand
some," thought Harrisse, land he is in
love with Lucille"
he acted upon his determination TO
call, but Miss Lindsay was engaged with
headache and begged DR.. Harrisse
would excuse her
The Words sounded strangely to him;
he felt dazed and miserable and angry
with DIR. Johns, as if his visit had some
thing TO do with it. All at once the fact
that Lucille had begun life as a circus
rider seemed trivial and of no impor-
tance compared with the greater fact
that he loved her. Let those laugh who
win.
He never remembered having been in
such hurry before in his life. Why
had he postponed happiness so longg 1t
was late in the following day when he
received Lucille's reply:
Your kind words--she wrote-have carried
me back TO those halcyon days on the Malta.
when believed myself as desperately in love
az you believe yourself to Toe today. confessed
all this to DIR. Johns when he proposed TO me
yesterday morning, aud he was willing 20 alb
solve me
DIR. Harrisse tossed the letter into the
CRATE and went out TO his patients
1t was perhaps half dozen years later.
when looking over some old papers he
happened ON the charred remnants of
Lucille's letter, which his servant had
rescued from the fire and folded away.
He opened it curiously and fingered over
| it fascinated.
confessed all 10 DIR. Johns when he proposed
| 10 me yesterday mOrning-it read-but IL you
| love me-poor DIR. Johns, / should like 70 pun
iah you. should like to quote TO you. There
| must be nautch girls and circus riders perhaps
| but we don't choose our wives and sweethearts
from among them" and refuse your gift-but
| love you. LUCILLE
At this date. however, Lucille had long
been Mrs. DIR. Johns.-Texas Siftings.