The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-04-17

me- The conversation soon developed
the fact that Arthur Warrington's IA
ther had been cherished friend Of my
fathers in their youth, and business
calling him to Philadelphia, he deter
mined to look up the Israel Hartley of
whom he had so often heard.
well, Arthur said my father, as
we were rising from the table, ''thee
will make this thy home during thy
stay i'm town, and when Annis is not
busy with her studies, she will entertain
thee, as am yet rather an invalid, and
then, too, young people like each others
company"
''IfI can count, friend Arthur, thee
must be not far from thirty years old,
for | think | remember when thee was
born" said Aunt Judith.
eyes, madam, shall be thirty next
month"
The difference between thirty and
seventeen in the abstract was very
great, but when applied to his age and
mine went for nothing in my estima-
tion. The days flew by very agreeably
to me, for Arthur Warrington was
still our gnest. Aunt Judith exercis-
ed an untiring vigilance over me at
this time, and never approved ola short
walk after school in company with
''that young man." as she called him.
| was, | suppose, very susceptible, and
the attentions of Arthur were very
tiattering am afraid | was beginning
to think too much of him, when an
event occurred tina, nobody expected,
though it is the unexpected that always
happens.
One seventh morning after break
fast Arthur met me in the hall, and
said;
Miss Annis, shall he going away
in a day or two, and feel as though |
should like to give you little trinket
of some kind to keep in remembrance
of me; will you come with me to select
it?'
| was dismayed at such tidings, but
made no reply except that l would
speak to my father and then get ready.
In truth | was far more anxious for
the walk with Arthur than for any
trinklet that he could give me, never
realizing, little simpletOn that | was,
that he only regarded me as child.
AS we threaded our way through the
busy streets up to the Arcade, | was
so unusually silent that he must have
wondered at the circumstance, though
he said nothing.
"Now Miss Annis, here are bracelets,
rings, chains-what will you have?"
Thee knows very we'll must not
wear such things; what does thee
suppose Aunt Judith would say"
"Well, what can you wear? How
will gold thimble do, though that is
not much of an ornament, to be
sure.
80, should like to have gold thin
BILE, for Aunt Judith has one, and so
has Doris Wayne, but"
Doris Wayne: Do you know Doris
Wayne? Speak quick and tell me where
she is
"Yes, l know Doris Wayne; she is
our nurse and can tell thee where she
is but thee needn't be so excited, and if
the has forgotten all about the gold
thimble we will go there now.''
80, forgive me, Annis, forgot
everything but that | have been look
ing for Doris Wayne for four years.
You say she is nurse? Then she
cannot be my Doris, for when | saw
her last, she was the daughter of
rich man in New York" And the
eager look left his face as he turned |
again to the tray holding the thin
hles.
IL am sure she is thy Doris, for now
| know why l have so often thought
that | had seen thee before that day | |
met thee turning the corner of Apple |
Tree Lane. Doris has thy likeness Oh
ivory, and | saw her crying over it
too" with which piece of unnecessary
information we left the shop and walk
ed rs fast rs we could to the old house
on Crown street, and on the way, |
told him all knew of his lost Doris
We were shown into the same bleak
room whose acquaintance had already
made, and which did duty as parlor
and sittiong room. | left him there
while went up stairs two steps at a
time in serch of Doris, whom | found
sitting on stiff back chair, piece o.
! work lying untouched in her listless
handt.
Nv heart beat fast as | entered the
room, and something in my expression
| suppose, caused her to start up and
exclaim, "What is it, Annis, is any
thing wrong!"
"Yes, everything and everybody is
wrong except thee" And here broke
down with variety of emotions. u
| til | came face to face with Doris did
not realize that the meeting between
her and Arthur meant death to all
my young aspirations; for | hadallo Ell
myself to become more interested III
him than was wanted by his demeanor
| towards me.