The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-10-28

have made no entries, everything hav-
ing run with remarkable placidity.
The fictitious cablegram worked
nicely, and l parted from Mildred on
Saturday afternoon. 1 am positive
that there were tears in her eyes. AL
though l knew that no vessel sails till
Friday, came directly to Cherbourg
and took rooms in this unassuming lit
lie hotel.
Monday and Tuesday l spent wan
dering about the town. This morning
! started out once more to cover my
beat. I had been walking about ten
minutes when ! was shaking hands
Nith-Hart!
He, it seems, received bona fide
cablegram on TUESDAY necessitating
his immediate return 10 America to
straighten out some business affair,
SO he and Mildred came to sail on Fri
days steamer. Mildred and took a
long walk, and, among other things,
she observed that seemed strangely
gay for a man hurrying to the bedside
Of dying father. So I had to trump
up a new cablegram-this one came
yesterday-which said that he was
much improved, but that my presence
was required.
June 24-If all goes we'll, we shall be
in New York by Saturday. The voy-
age has been very pleasant and quite
without incident. Millie and l have
been together most of the time, and it
is practically decided that we are to be
married in the late autumn, if papa's
Cooking up" of me proves satisfactory
which it will. One matter, however,
has been causing me much uneasiness,
and this morning I decided to have it
settled.
1t was question only Of days when
Mr.. Hart should discover that father
has been in his coffin these nine
years; and 1 feared trouble when he
should unearth my deceit. This morn
ing took him aside and-in the light
of an excellent joke-told the whole
story. Of course, had to put little
gloss on some of the rough features.
but he got the main facts. Lord! he
was mad! 1t took an hour of incessant,
artistic "jollying" to make him see the
matter in the light in which WIS try
ing to look at 1t; then we both laughed
heartily (?) over the whole thing.
June 30-Home again. The llinl in
Harris business was Strengthened out
much more easily than he had expected,
aud now we three are going for trip
through New England. have written
Miss Ainsley, apologized for so long de-
laying my answer, and said that, for
various reasons, / should remain In
America this summer, Now, unless
some one should identify me with that
j. Sprague who signed his name in
cramped and almost illegible backhand
at Paris and again at Cherbourg, l
think am safe from that quarter.
Everyone here believes that was Wis
iting in the west boAveen the fourth
| and the 27th of June. Still, safe as l
know myself to be, can't help feeling
that 1t may be little awkward for me
to meet Miss Ainsley in the fall. Well,
"thus conscience doth make towards
of us ALL"
On the back page of the same diary
are pasted these self-eXplanatory clip
pings. The first is from New York
daily, the second from London paper
of the same date:
MARRIED.
Sprague Hart On Tuesday, October q,
at the residence Of the brides father, West
Eighty-first street. Miss Mildred Hart to
Mr.. J. Atherton Sprague. both of New
York.
MARRIED.
Pemberton-Ainsley. On Tuesday, Octo-
| Der q, at St. Georges, Hanover square.
Miss Edith Ainsley, of New York. to Ar
thur Pemberton. Bart, London.
--Pickwick, Chicago.