The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-05-08
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to honeymoon in Europe. London wa!
too cold, and we came to Cannes fol
the carnival. One night we left hel
mother at the hotel and came out tt
see the funw
A lady in blue domino who formed
one Of the group Of three at the neigh
boring table turned in her seat anG
fixed the gaze Of two bright dark eyes
shining through black velvet mask
upon Jack Jennings face.
"Then your wife's mother was with
your?
"That was the beginning of the mis-
chief. She insisted upon following us
to Europe in q week. As told you
we left her at the hotel, and here, I'm
der the palms, l felt my shoulder
touched and heard my name called out
Of the crowd Jack! Jack Flemingl
Don't you recognize meT 1t was Ethel
Marlborough, an old sweetheart OF
mine. We were engaged once, but she
was such a flirt she drove me half
mad, and broke 1t off. She was in a
mask and domino, but l knew her
voice in a moment
81 felt Nantes grasp tighten on my
arm and saw her face change. don't
know whether Ethel knew l was mar.
ried. The whole thing had been very
sudden, and l hope, for her sake, she
didn't. But, just to plague me, she
hung on to my arm and kept on whis.
pering about old times, and finally,
after l had broken away, declaring
did not know her, she slipped scrap
of paper into my pocket and ran away
laughing. Mamie seized it and never
spoke word until we got to the hotel.
Then in the presence of her mother she
opened it. 1t was nothing in the world
but pink confetti disk, with the name
Ethel written across 1t, but it cut
short my happiness most effectively.
"The two women worked themselves
up into scene. My explanations were
hardly listened to. Mamie was an i'm.
pulsive, jealous child Of Is, and her
mother had always been against the
marriage. The end of 1t was that they
left Cannes the next morning and re.
turned to the States without me.
had put it to Mamie that she must
choose between her mother and me,
and she chose her mother.
"You know the rest. Three years
ago, hearing that her mother was dead,
was starting In search of Mamie,
when read by chance in an American
paper that the daughter Of Commo.
dore Grierson that was the name of
Nantes father had just married Bar.
on Ludwig Won Rlegelthurm. Some.
how had always been fool enough to
hope we might come together again,
which shows, suppose, that man
doesn't get wiser as he gets older"
ut must be awfully painful for you,"
Norton said sympathetically. "Were
you very fond of herT
"She is the only woman I ever really
cared straw about or ever shall care"
He rose as he spoke, and the two
men strolled away. The little lady In
the blue domino at the adjoining table
stared intently after them. Then she
whispered something to her compan.
ions, from one Of whom she borrowed
a pencil.
"Those people who were at the next
table are following u.s." Norton pres.
emily observed to his companion.
"Thcy're going to pelt us with con.
fctti, no doubt" Fleming returned in.
differently.
As he spoke he distinctly felt hand
thrust into the pocket of his overcoat
1t was very little hand, as he found
when he seized it, and 1t was soft and
Its owner wore a blue !!
domino and wrigglcd her fingers clear
from his, leaving in his pocket twist
ed scrap of paper.
The blood rushed to Jennings face. |
The situation of ten years ago was re-
peating itself. Crossing to brightly |
lighted shop window, he unfolded the
paper and disclosed pink paper disk |
across which was written in pencil the
name Mamie"
"By Jove, IL 1t should have been my |
wife's hand that I caught in miner
That was his first thought, but the
leXt moment he recalled the bitter fact
hat Mamie was his wife no longer, but
he Baroness Riegelthurm.
Nevertheless he looked round for the
blue domino and caught sight Of her
'nterlng an open carriage with her two
Fleming chartered an.
'ther and followed the party to the
lOors Of the Grand hotel, the hall of
which he entered few seconds after
hem.
care the Baron and Baroness Riegel.
hurm staying hcre? he inquired Of
n attendant.
II think they expect you, sir. One
f the ladies asked me whether, you
wanted to see the Baroness Riegcl.
hurm or her stepsister, Mrs. John
'leming."
Half an hour later the little blue
omino, without her mask and with
ears In her pretty dark eyes, sat hand
q hand with Jack Fleming in her sis.
er's drawing room.
"You horrid, proud old thing" she
7as saying. "Why didn't you come
nd claim me years ago? OF course,
always expected you to. And I've
cen so lonely and miserable some.
mes! When heard you tell all that
} the man you were with tonight, 1t
'as all l could do not to jump for Joy
nd kiss you"
"There is nothing to prevent you
'om kissing me now" Jack Fleming
nd.
And Mamie agreed with him,-Main.