The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-26

I bar or two from Big Ben, favorite song
of mine, came as a.hazardous rescue. Sho
understood, bless heri But a lengthy
pause interviewed before her answer. Love
and duty had hard struggle. Then No,
Sir; No, Sir; No, Sir; Mop was repeated
four times In succession. She refused,
thenl But why SO emphaticallyf What a
silly idiot I wasl Tho fourth time the
girl in the song said No she meant Yes
breathed again.
but about our departure. The morn
ing York train via Bath left at 9:45 the
earliest Waterloo at 7:45, and we should
be easily tracked and our intentions frus,
trated In consequence If we left 1t unit.
then. l consulted my watch. 1t was
915. The train up left at 1920. 'Oh.
Why Should We Wait Till Tomorrow
went up without delay AIS Well from
above soon settled that question satisfao-
toriy, but was followed Immediately by o
few bars of 'Bratlshaw's Guide ditty. l
know what she wanted, so, after slight
hesitation l warbled Come Into the Gar
den, Maud, and chirped ten times. Hope
on, dear loved one; We shall meet again,
from Dream Faces, proved that l was
clearly understood, and then sho turned to
address Hiss Alton in louder tones than
before.
'''I declare you're nearly asleep, auntie.
Tn tired and have headache too. Wovu
a long journey before us so l think I'll go
to my room now. Don't disturb me,
there's @ dear, and packing won't tako
long in tho morning You'd better do the
same.
ga good idea, Evy; SO we will she
answered.
crept back, and q minute or two later
Good Nights were exchanged, and the
subsequent slam of a door notified me that
Evelyn had loft for her apartment.
by 9:45 had settled up and left in
structions that my heavy baggage for
tunately not unpacked, would be called or
sent for in the course Of week or less,
dangling an old telegram form in my hand
as did SO, to give color to my hasty de-
parturo. At 10 prompt picked up Evelyn
under the pines in the hotel gardens, and
with dressing bag and small Glad
stone between us walked it to the station
and eventually reached London safely
early in the morning. I put hor in one
hotel, where / knew she would be safe,
with strict injunctions not to venture out
until had fixed everything up for the
ceremony, and went myself to another.
The long and short of it was that before
we were anything like tracked the deed had
been done by special license, and tho colo
mol defeated for once in his life.
"Come round, did hep Yes, when he
afterward discovered that the man he in
tended for his daughter had already been
engaged for two years and got married
shortly after wo did. Even could have
told the old fellow that, had he been more
communicative and explicit In tho first
instance, for my rival turned out to be
mono other than tho friend l was visiting.
He actually admits now ha couldn't have
wished LDr better match, but, anyhow,
he"-
And Blrtly broke off into Cant Change
It."
He rose quietly from his seat and gen
tly opened tie smoking room door.
'Listun," he said. If you can't quite
swallow tho yarn, you Will not fail to take
this in.
Then he went through "Oh Come, My
Lady Fair" from the "Gaiety Girl' song.
Scarcely had ho concluded than from away
in another quarter Of the house came
tho answering chorus Of I'm coming
from the negro melody Poor Old joe"
Half minute later in strolled Mrs. JavE-
son and Iiarilcy's wife.
Brdy winkcd knowingly ut us.
give just boon telling them how you
were practically wooed and won by whis-
Ting, my dear" he remarked to his wife,
'and they want another tune before we
turn in
Evelyn blushed. ono, Sir" ETC., she
warblud three times.
Then jackson took up his candle and
marched up stairs with tho strains Of the
national anthem on his lips New York
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