Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-07-30

dignifed retreat. Il only warn Won Of one
thing-if you let that young man monoPo-
lie you you will wake up some fine morn
ing to find yourself plante Ia"
She lett me great deal too sleepy to
mediate upon Captain Jessnp's dclin-
quencies
Next day was Sunday, and Captain Jes-
sop came to church in the morning and
walked home with us. looking very smart
and handsome in his uniform. Miss Gre; q
walked back alone on the other side Of TIC
road.
That's the first sign" said Nctty
when he had said gnodby to us in the hall
Gle always walks home with them from
church, He'll come to tea this Afternoon
and take us to the evening service
And he did
Next day we rode together, md after
that began atimc in which Captain .Icssop
WAS my shadow We rode tovcthc nearly
every afternoon and danced together near
ly every evening He attended any func-
ton To which | went, making it clear it
was only for that reason. He fulfilled Net
ty's prophecy by conidinE to me about his
first love and about many other things.
As time went on he began To drop into
the hotel in the mornings. and II we didn
happcn to be going out any evening he
was sure TO find an excuse for coming
over.
Captain .TCSsop was one of the smartest
men in Cairo, and was pleased and flat
tered, if at times little bored, for,
though good to look upon, he most I'M
douhtcdly was not brilliant.
Notty was prodiRal in her warnings and
perhaps | should have been inclined to
heed them had She been little less susp-
ciously bitter and had l been less we'll
aware of her manner of conducting herself
where mankind was concerned.
Once limited to Captain Jessop that
had heard he was not model of fidelity
and he was very much hurt.
Il may not I've much of fellow " he
said, but at least l may flattcr myself
that never give up friend -
And he promptly guessed who had said
this thing OF him, which, despite Netty,s
free permission, had not intended 10 dis
close.
BY few words he gave me to under
stand that there WAS n Reason, with cap
ital H. for her bitterness
About this time his feelings had become
very easily injured, He was hurt If l
didn't give him as many dances as he cx-
pected. hurt If l suggested that he might
talk To somebody else for a change, hurt 1T
my insisting on o right to speak to other
men when he was present and very FIRE
quently hurt ut my not discovering that
he was hurt. He REMAINED in diRnifcd
and uournful seclusion for three DAYS be
cause l danced twice running with Mr.
Kelly and said l liked 1t, but when he
found that, instead Of being ready 10 apol-
ogize, ! waS very angry he gave in com
pletely and it was after this reconciliation
that the pace grew quite too hot to last, as
Nctty said, and that became for the first
time slightly alarmed
One day lady in the hotel we knew
little asked Netty and me to ride out 70 u
moonlight dinner party at the pyramids,
bringing our own escort, and. as q matter
Of course Captain Jessup was mine.
We left the hotel at about ON "a deli
cious evening" party Of dozen, all in
excellent spirits.
The first part Of our ride we spent in an
animated discussion as to the advisahilty
of Captain Jcssop's ccasing to glue himself
to my side when We reached the pyramids
and the latter part in an argument as u
the rights and duties of platnnic friend
ship. including the advisabliity Of hand
kissing which | refused to consider ncccs-
sarily included.
l mancuyercd not to sit next my Pla-
tonic friend at dinner, in consequence OF
which he sulkcd, but afterward, when
moonlight expedition To the sphinx was
organized, he came up to me most ania-
bly,.
4 am going to walk up with Miss Ogil-
Wy, he said. Il consider you, Us you
know, the greatest friend l have in the
world; 50, Of course, l want to do as you
wish. -
If you selected Mrs. Ogilvy, might
be more touched with your self sacrifice
said, laughing. Your act Of remuneration
Will he a little softened by the fact that
- H"ilvv is the prettiest girl here to-
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