, 1897-09-24
Are there chocolates there, too?"

oS' NooN oSal ool-
les; good-by all. hope the poor little
girls will love you very much"
1t was half-past three and a sunny
December afternoon. Bunlie got her
chocolates-twice as many as were good
Ter aer-besore she was handed back
10 tell her nurse of the wonders OF the
Albert Hall.
Il dare say I'm a fool, but l mean to
do it, said Dick TO himself as he came
out OF his sisters house and hailed a
hanson.
Eleven, Teck terrace; and, look here,
stop first at that big Bond street flor.
lists"
were dear. but he bought every one.
The nterminable cab drive was like a
dream dominated by two great dolls.
He could not think consecutively. The
old ache, the old longing. had come in
sis:ently back. The cabman lost his
way twice in a desert OF mean houses
w.Ch empty art" pos on the smutty
lodges. and pallid yellow muslin cur
tains a breadth too narrow. At last he
stopped at 4 quiet, unprepossessing
row. No. II at least had clean steps,
and a clean servant opened he door.
Does Miss Berwick live here?"
Yes. sir. but She is no at home"
That is untortunte, for | wanted to
see her particularly"
"On business, sir?"
Yes" said Dick, untruthsuliy.
Then, 'if you please, sir, I was to ask
you to wait. Miss Berwick will be in
directly"
80 she is expecting some other fell
low on business? What business?'
thCught Dick, as he followed the girl
up stairs into a little room pathetically
pretty with the prettiness of tasteful
poverty.
His question answered itself, for there
was a typewriter by the window piled
with bIotty manuscript.
On the mantelpiece, what? A photo
graTh-his own. No: after all, it was
MT a photograph. hut a portrait cut
from the Graphic" after that affair in
the Sindra Pass that the papers had
made such a fuss over.
There were footsteps on the stairs. and
the door opened. 1t was nearly dark.
but the freight showed him that it was
indeed Sylvia who came in. Not the
Sylvia of other days, so radiant. 80 girl
ish. so fresh in her dainty dresses-the
years are not so kind-but a sweet, seri-
woman in plain black. with the old
masses Of golden hair showing under
her little bonnet.
Dick, with a sudden strange sensation
81 shyness that was very like fear. drew
back until he was almost hidden by a
screen, 80 that she did not see him.
But the room was full Of a fragrance
her heart knew in a moment. He had
laid the lilies upon a table, and she took
them up with a little, soft exclamation
OF pleasure. He saw how tender was
the face that bent over the flowers, a
face no longer young, but with a new
loveliness all its own.
Then he came forward without a word.
She knew him instantly. The flush OF
rosy color. the light in her eyes, the
joy she could not stifle after all those
hungry, dragging years OF loneliness.
c%onjured back all, and more than all.
The g,amor OF their youth.
''Dick-Captain Narration, what has
you here?"
He took her in his arms and answered
passionate!y:
'iMy darling. I never knew until today
that you wanted me; it was the doll that
Then there was a very complete and
eloquent silence between them, till Syl-
via looked up with her old smile. why
Dick, you can't mean that you saw the
OF the days OF the Duke Of Marl-
borough. What were you doing in the
Albert Hall?"
II was dragged there by force by a
small tyrant-my sisters Baby Buntie
and I got the best Christmas present
OF all, though I didn't deserve it. Good
old Santa Claus had not forgotten MI
when he showed me the lady in blue
with the lilies in her hand"
81 dare say 1t was silly and sentiment
tai OF me to dress the doll like our
but sometimes. Dick. when l sat
here working at them l could hear the
music-that waltz, 'Souviens toi.' and
see the pink lights just as they were on
the happiest night OF my life. There
was nothing LEFT but my dear past.
Nothing could take that from me-"
take the future instead. now. dear
est. And, Sylvia. when Buntie saw that
dashing colonel. she wanted to kiss the
dear little man."-London Truth.
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