The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-27

I honor which had made her stick TO the
first man SO utterly as she did And !
may as wei say that years and years ago
] quite made UP my mind that Marian
ChattertOu had never cared rap Tor
Ine. and that she had only fooled me 10
the very top Of nay bent from an innate
sense OF mischief, the born instinct Of the
coquette who cannot endure TO let an adj
mircr, even if he only De- collow youth
in his teens. slip from her vicinity without
f singing his wings at the shrine of her
beauty and attractiyeness. j was d young
f Iooi, ana she was woman.
-How beautiful is youth,
Book of Beginnings, story without End. 70
some poet fellow wrote that and he knew
what he was talking about too.
CHAPTER II.
I don't quite know how IL was, but
my love AFFAIR with Marian Chattert1n
satisfied my appetite for that sort OF thing
Tor long time. ] won't pretend that bc-
came woman-hater or anything of that
hlnI, nor even that u made me bit of
/ mlsanthrope. Nothing OF the kini.
/ tsNt 1 got fond of sOliieriug-men do. you
/ Know, who stay in The service long enough
- was wen on, and had never spent nv
I income since ] first had control OF it, ana
I must say / had an uncommOnly good
actE regretted my bachelor state though
] ] know u ! had married Marian ] should
: nave been sood and faithful husband TO
Z igI' but, you see, did not marry Mar
IAN, or rather Marian did not. could not
u you VIII, marry me. and somehow. 1
never saw anyone else that Z wanted To-
marry ana SO at eight-and-thirty 2 found
llyaef 10y train OF lucky circumstances
IN eqiiiliilah4 OF my regiment, and stll an
1 was not let 10 forget that was eligi-
Oiei on. dear no. You see l was in com
7 M-anu' was tolerably goOd-loOking ] was
I rlch, and ] had O very decent soldfariri' y
record behind me-these things am Ten
WIN the women, and perhaps ii is not 10
/ be wondered at. But In spite Of IL an /
never Ielt like marrying any of them.
~ HaIiehcu last week that 1 came up
atoh Aldershot for few days I'm town.
ne Ieslmental dinner was the excuse
winch first brought me and nv own IN
Shndtion was the reason which kept me
1 don't know that 1 ever enioved "A few
DAYS IN town more You see. Aldershot
lsIl I exactly a little earthly paradise and
haq had pretty long spell Of it. The
| weather was fine too, and hOstesses We're
SWING evening garden parties, ana their
s9iqe9s were an lighted up with strings
q ilttle OIL amps, ana the cooks We're at
| their wits end to think out new and an
pelizlng dishes that would bear icing Yes
t Dut IN spite or the heat, London certainly
was peasant change after Aldorshot
ana one night I went TO a theatcr, not
pelng engaged for dinner. though l was
que az several evening shows afterwards
went to the Lyceum. and was lucky
enough to find a stall near the middle Of
the fourth row, and Ellen Terry looking
nST brightest and loveliest as Beatrice in
Much ADO And in the interval which
elapsed between the first and seconds acts
1 looked up idly at the boxes on the FIRST
Ter and saw right above me-Marian
1 must admit that my heart almost
jumped into my mouth and some MIN
uIes passed before ! could summon up
Toul age 10 LOOK again. And when l dill
1 saw that she was looking at me with
me gaze OF an utter stranger, and / real
lzed that if this was indeed Marian
Chatterton, time during the past twenty
years must have stood stin Yet the like
ness was almost ludicrous Ii was so
~ Malchea Tor a chance when
the l4dy was not looking my way and
then l put up my opera-glass and scrufi-
hi1ed her closely. 1t was not my Marian:
on no, but quiet young girl Of not more
than 10 or 20, at most. She was unlike
Marian, 100, in some ways, though SO
| strlklhgly ike her on the whole. For IT.
stance, she struck me as being of slight.
~ smaller build, and her ears were cf
a inherent type altogether. Ears are q
very iaVorite study Of mine, and I never
mistake an ear when / have once fairly
seen II. And the young lady in the box
| had certainly not Maran's ears
AFTER the next act l went out, partly
with an idea of finding refreshment suit
able 10 the hot night and partly to see
II mere was any one that l knew in the
mouse. l found both, for while | was
ulsposlng or the one Jack Villiers came
up ana slapped me on the back. saying.
my dear old chap, I haven't seen yoa
SINCE we We're at Caubul together"
You know how men, who have not seen
each other Tor a long time talk. Well
may was how Jack and l talked last
nlghI we asked each other If we were
married, and both of us pooh-poohed Inc
idea, as If we had been old Veterans Of
90, welded to our club windows and onr
rubber OF an evening. And then We bad
another drink together for the sale -
OLD times, and counted up the comrades
VINO mad gone over to the great majority
ana then we went back to our places
and gave our attention to the plav again
On my word, | had almost forgotten
lhe girl IN the box above, who reminded
me so strangely of Marian Chatterton
But at the end Of the act she came hack
TO me again, for Nilliers took ADVANTAGES ~
my nelehbor's going out to come and sit
Ia NO az 4 II
Versation just where we had left off AT
the beginning of the last act.
any one you know here tonight" I
asked, carelessly to him.
"One or two" he replied. IT'S astonisb-
ing though how soon a man gets foagot-
ten They say like a dead mind ouf of
Inlnd, but one doesn't need to be dead to
De out or mind nowadays"
true, said ], but tell me- who do
you know here?"
There's a Mrs. Smithers a couple Of
rows behind. US, he replied In a mysteri-
Gus whisper. But as | don't want to 90
and speak to her 1 have not looked al
her ana she has not an idea that / have
! ever seen her. And there are some Deo-
pie / know in a box just above" Jerking
his head back.
l followed the direction of the jerk with
my eyes. GU don't mean the girl in tha
blue frock%' l asked rather breathlessiv
es' one OF them has a blue dress on -
he answered, stolidly
I've been looking at her" 7 said b,,
way of excuse for having noticed her ~
all. What is her name?'' ~ az
Miss Gordon" he replied.
The name conveyed nothing 70 mo 7
had thought il just within the hounds
! Of possibility that she might prove to he
Marians daughter; but the name Of Cor
don quite knocked that notion on the
mead, Tor she had married a man with n
/ name like Mckenzie. / rather fancy il
was Mckenzie ~
1 Shes a pretty girl" said Villiers. in a
/ deliberate voice. And a very nice girl
/ too. Would you like to know her? Re.
cause, If you would, I'll take Won nm 70
/ her box with pleasure She is with lady
1 Cecn Palllser, whom 1 know very Wen
/ indeed" "eli
I accepted this invitation with alacritv
and we went up to the box together. There
/ he presented me to Lady Cecil. whom 7
/ could have done very well without know
] ing, ana TO Marian's ghost Miss Gordon
I 1 found the resemblance to my old love
( SUN more striking during the few minutes
i that was able 10 talk 10 her before Inc
! curtain went up again, and ! could have
. blessed ola Jack right heartily when he
I said TO her ia a half whisper. Il am conino
4 TO call on Mrs. Gordon tomorrow. Nav Z
bring my old friend with me?"
W ny. surely. she cried delightedl,-
Mother will be enchanted to see Won. ana
your friend also. But why this sudden Ger
/ emOniOusness2 %
did not hear what Jack said in replv
I put as We walked along the corridor -