The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-03
HOW CAPTAIN CLEMENS ASKED
FOR NORA
written for The Times by Mrs. LemueI
Clifton Evans)

The bathing season at Cape May was ut
its height. The observed of all observers
was Miss Honora Wyatt, or Nora Wyatt.
as she was called by her friends. Either
| in bathing costume, ball gown or prom
enadlng the piazza, she was sure of admi-
ration Her mental endowments fully
equalled her personal beauty With the
face and form of a Venus, it is no wonder
that all the young men tried to win her
favor. However it soon became evident
| that Captain Clemens, of the MARYLAND
Regulars, was the preferred sutton, and
he was at all times dancing attendance
so Ii came about that they became en-
gagged conditionally' the condition being
that Mrs. Wyatt give her consent. Mrs
Wyatt, who was a widow, had been at
Cape May with Miss Honora but inst two
days before Captain Clemens came she
had been called home on some legal
business and left Miss Honora under the
chaperonage of Mrs Bryant Phillips
This is how Captain Clemens missed see
ing Mrs Wyatt He was head over wears
in love and determined to run up to the
city the following Monday and see Mrs
Wyatt and obtain her sanction to the
engagement He was somewhat Il bash
full man, and when excited would say eX-
actly the opposite of that which he in
tended to say This was quite Il source
OF amusement among his bosom friends
So when he went To his friend Cline and
asked him to accompany him on Monday
he at once consented. Out here let me say
that on the previous Saturday Miss Homo
ra received Il telegram calling her home
at once. Monday morning Capt. Glenn
ems. with his friend Cline, rang the bell
of No. 60 Sinclaire street. In few
moments the door was opened and Il
woman with n typical Irish face, and
neatly attired in black alpaca, with II
dainty lace apron, stood in the vestibule
Whatever possessed Capt. Clemens to
ask: Are You the lady of the house,
but certain it is, that is just what he said
''Shurc, an am. Will yez be koind
enough 10 slip into the poirlor?''
Capt. Clemens came to the point at
once
II called this morning to speak to you
on a subject that is very dear to me.
Fact is, love your daughter, Miss Nora,
very much, and with your consent will
make her my wife. | ask her hand in
marriage
Faith. broke in the woman, edo on
think that I'm murtherin hathen? Sure
an the mon as gets Nora i have to take
her whole body, fer its not meself thatl
he after disstctin' her hand at all b" and
she gave them look that said plainly.
lyon are crazy" But he said hurriedly:
I'VE have known each other but IL few
short weeks, but in that time we have
grown to love each other - But she in
tcrrupted him.
" An the loikes of We tells me this to
me very teeth? No! I say! NoM We
can't have me girul Sure and its engaged
to Dinnis McCOol she is Didn't he AK
me only yesterday and didn't say, take
her Dinnis, me lad?' Sure its mistaken
We are if ye thinks Nora lovees We, wild
yer red head an yer dood axions She
loves Dinnis fur wild her own tongue She
said; 'Mither, Dinnis an me wants to
get spliced at Christmas, an Father
keelin will wed us Away wild We.
Shure an it's nice son-in-lar We would
make. He couldn't split wood, nor tend
the praties, nor keep the childer while