The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-19
A Ball Match
And Others ,

to watch" said Mrs. Wilmot as she sat |
on the box seat of a drag which COM
manded view both of the field and the |
continually moving stream of gayly dress
ed people. "One sees so many sides of |
human nature. Look over there at that |
girl in blue Her back is turned to the |
game, and her eyes have been wistfully !
watching the crowd for n long time. |
There is some one here today whom she
expects and hopes B, see."
Colonel Elliot lauNhed. "She is a pref
ty girl too. She ought not to have TO
wait long"
"Ah," said Mrs. Wilmot, with little |
sigh, zone gains something by growing |
old. One does not have that heartaching
watching watching for that which more |
often than not never comes or watching |
for what does come-seeing the man one
wants to see-trying and striving to
catch his eye, and all of no avail. He
passes on, unconscious of our near pres
ence. One cannot shout out TO a man TO
come and talk to one"
He looked at her with a smile. Are
you too old for it?" he asked skcptically
SIS one ever too old for the pains and
joys of expectancy? At least" CALAMITY,
dure that heartaching watching for you"
She shook her head, though her still
pretty face colored up like a girls at his
compliment.
81 am over forty, and my hair is turn
ing gray" she said. 81 have put away
all childish things long ago. All. my little
blue girl is happy-she has found the
man she wants! See the light in her eyes
81, ba, obo ;nI.
of the power that man possesses! | hope
he is worthy. All, but am afraid he is
not! He is going, and he has stayed talk
ing such little time. Surely these few
minutes were not worth an hour of anx
ious watching"
He has gone to talk to another girl
/ am afraid he does not reciprocate little
Miss Blues interest. See! He likes her
rival better-they have strolled off to-
gether."
"And the radiancy has gone from little
Miss Blues face, and disappointment has
taken its place. My dear girl, why do
you wear your heart on your sleeve?
, Don't you know impatiently- man,
or woman either, never cares for thing
within reachT
He glanced at her and wondered lit
| tie. She had always been supposed to be
happily married, and though her husband
had been dead ten years she had never
married again. Had Wilmot been the
thing within reach and had there been an.
other beyond it?
A burst of applause broke in upon their
reflections and caused them to pay little
! attention to the game
"Ah," exclaimed Colonel Elliot, Ca
, versham's out"
| "Caversham, Caversham" repeated
Mrs. Wilmot, referring to her card, which
she had not previously taken the trouble
to inspect. 'Who is he? l used to know
a man named Caversham long ago, and it
| is not a common name"
'He is the son of Stuart Caversham-
a man knew in India. He has been out
| there twenty years"
''That is the man l mean," she said.
"And you know him."
Eyes, and, curiously enough, / met him
only yesterday. He came ever about a
week ago. He said he felt he must see
his boy play"
"Then he is here-here today"
Gle is certain to be. He told me he
would look out for me-"
"He is a widower, is he not?" she said
slowly.
eyes. His wife has been dead some
years"
She was silent for moment, but her
eyes were busy-scanning closely every
man who passed beneath the drag.
SIS it compliment or otherwise, do
you think" she asked presently, ''to the
late husband or wife if person do not
marry again?'
Colonel Elliot laughed. at depends"
he said "A man may delight in his lib
erty-hs wife may have made him look
on his marriage as a fetter-or he may
have been so happy that he would not
consider any other woman worthy to re-
place the departed one You should
know. Which feeling has prevented you
from marrying again."
Il suppose it depends on the individ
ual," she said do you think Stuart
Caversham was happy?'
81 don't know. | only met him after
his wife was dead"
SIS he altered much? What does he
look like nowT
"Oh, he is tall and broad and bronzed.
with gray hair and dark mustache-
why, there he is-just passing. Don't yor
see?'
"WhereT
"There-opposite Don't you see? He
is looking up now"
She caught her breath as she watched
the man down below. Would he see heri
Would he recognize her? She would have
known him anywhere.
But no. He caught sight of Colonel
Elliot and nodded to him, and then his
eyes rested on her for moment and
turned away.
A keen feeling of disappointment took
possession of her-disappointment such as
she had not felt for years.
SIS he much changedW Colonel Ellioi
was asking her.
.No, very little" she answered, but the
life seemed to have gone out of her voice
He looked away from her.
"Little Miss Blue is leaving her seat
Look. She and her friend are going fol
a stroll, the opposite way, too, to which
the man went a little while ago. She
hopes to meet him as he goes around"
"Yes," said Mrs. Wilmot indifferently.
Her interest in little Miss Blue seemed
to have gone. Stuart Caversham haG
passed on to the right and was lost In the
mass of people.
"Shall we go for a stroll, too" asked
Colonel Elliot, and he smiled as she
caught at the suggestion, and he helped
her down from the drag. (Which way
shall we go?"
"Oh, this way" decidedly, turning to
the left.
They had gone half way around before
they met him. Colonel Elliot went up and