The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-10-26
1aphAm-''Yes. I understand that

Lapnhm- L can pear 10 see her
again-iust now. I'll so Mt once"
The Colonel-"I wish You would
stay, but it is not becoming to urge. |
know how ! should feel if-puh-puh--
ali! You will be out at sea to.mor-
row, and that will brace you up"
Lapham-"Ye-es. Nooks at his
watch.) I can just catch the next
train" picks up his hat
The Colonel--"But the note? Whit
are you going TO do with it !"
Lapham-'1 have thought that out
[ will bride servant to put it or
Bradleigh's table. We can keep the
secret, and neither of them will be dis
turbed. Explain to Eunice that l was
suddenly called away. I'll get her
the best present in London, l can af-
ford"
Lapham starts toward the door and
meets Eunice coming ill.,
Eunice-"The key wasn't in my
purse. 1t must have dropped upon the
floor. Mr.. Lapham Are you ill?"
Lapham trying to smile)-"No-
Just getting cooled of.
The Colonel-"Excuse me, Miss
Hardy, but I will go down and bring
up that lemon and settler myself.
Exit the Colonel)
Eunice-"C Carrying that baby made
you i'll! 1t was Mrs. NIiller's baby. I
met her on the walk and she told me
all about it. She keeps the little
stand down at the beach. I buy can
dies from her for my youngsters there,
and we gossip between bargainings.
The train was suffocatinglY hot; she
was tired and the baby cried. You
took it on your lap and winked at it
that wonderful wink of yours-and it
went to sleep-twenty pounds of it in
your lap twenty miles.
Lapham (uneNsily) "Please-ah
don't talk about it..
Eunice assuming defanace) -"But
I will Mrs. Miller is going to send
you up some of her wonderful lemon
drops. Laughs) You see one never
gets into these things that one doesn't
get in deeply.
Lapham-'1 didn't intend to give
you this note, but now that that
you are here-I will" lie passes her
the note, which she reads
Eunice (blushing)-"It's Mr.. Brad
sleigh's!'
Lapham Choking a little Eyes
found it under the chair I could
not help opening it. 1 wish you joy :"
Funice-"Joy? joy? Mr. Brad
sleigh Laughs.) I'm not the
Eunice. It's his Eunce, who is out in
California. He made me his confessor
and told me how she had put him on
probation. He says keep him from
doing reckless things which he prom
ised her he would not do"
Lapham-"E unice-Eunice- want
to say, Eunice-to ask you, Eunice-
please do not let our relations in any
way influence you in your answer. 1t
may seem great presumption
Eunice what do you mean?"
Lapham--'I meant mean"
lie takes the note from her hand,
and, sitting down at the little table on
the piazza, crosses out Bradsleigh's
name and writes his own in its place,
Then lie passes it to herr
Eunice-'I understand !"
(The Colonel and Mrs. Mordaunt
enter and pass to the other end of the
piazza Eunice sits down at the table
and writes on the back of the letter.
Mrs. Mordaunt.-"You are an old
campaigner, Colonel; and naval Of
ficers tell me that one must take what
army officers say with a grain of salt. -
The Colonel-"T protest, my dear
Mrs. Mordaunt, that it is the most
serious moment of my life. Your an
swer?"
Mrs. Mordaunt - "Maybe, Col
onel-"
The Colonel-''Alice!"
Mrs Mordaunt-"Maybe not.
will think about it.
The Colonel--''But that is not
mol or Yes
Mrs. Mordaunt-"Then, Colonel, !
will.
THE Colonel kisses Mrs. Mordaunt
just as the waiter having the lemon
and settler elbows him.
The Colonel Ito the waiter) -"What
in thunder are you doing here, man?'
(Eunice, having finished writing
passes the note to Lapham.
Lapham (reading) &c hereby APP
point Morley Lupham my guardian
for life, because he is the best man in
the world and because | love him.
Signed EUNIoE HARDY.
Eunice (placing her arms around
his neck "a could have told you that
long ago--if you had asked me. "