Cañon City record., 1902-06-05

'-Oh. WILL" she said. I'm so glad
you've come! We've been watching for
the steamer ever since yesterday after
noon
"H-how-did you-recognize meT"
One Of the ships officers pointed you
out. | asked him II he would let me
know when you came ashore"
"Ww-who did he say wnsr"
Why. William Brown. OF course"
She looked at me In semisurprisc. then.
drawing slightly away and scanning
me critically. Aren't your
"Of course am. And your
Alice Brown. your sister. Who else
should | beT''
Nobody else. How did you know /
was coming?"
by your letters What makes you
act so funny?"
II haven't been we'll"
You bad boy, You said nothing in
your letters about having been i'll Why
didn't you let me kuowy'
Il mean seasick'
"Oh. that's nothing"
Meanwhile we were moving along
the dock and reached carriage before
winch tue glrl stopped.
Put your baggage on the front seat. %
she said
stood lrresolute. II was evident
that the young lady had made a mis-
take. So far had not been cuipable
but II continued TO leave her unin-
formed | would deserve to be keel
hauled. Besides at the end of the drive
somebody would be likely 10 recognize
me as being the wrong William Brown.
Nevertheless she was so pretty. so af-
fectionate, so rejoiced TO see me after
my long absence. that could not bear
to break the spell. And when she dis
covered that she had been kissing
strange man II might break her heart.
| got into the carriage.
II WAS long enough drive up town.
but II seemed very short to me.
found II difficult to keep up appear
ances and only succeeded In doing so
by excusinG myself for my lack OF
memory and my blundcrs by the great
length Of my absence. ! discovered In
the course OF the conversation that l
had been abroad ever since was four
teen years old. that our mother was not
again. we being the only children by
his first marriage.
"Ah. here we are,'' she said as we
turned corner. We'll be at home In
a few minutes"
l shuddered. Alice" I said. ''let us
drive In Central park before going
home. There Is something want to
tell you.
She took fright AT once. Anything
UNPLEASANT Have you got Into any
troubleT
mo: I've had a very pleasant cpl
sode."
"ob. WIN. you're engaged, I know
you are. And ! was so In hope that
you and would be together"
II am not engaged"
We were In the plaza. called TO the
coachman and told him to take us for
drive in the park, and in a few mo
ments we were bowling along over
the smooth roads of this fairyInnd,
with its wooded lawns. Its terraces. Its
grass grown rocks. Its lakes. all CLEAN.
ing In the sun OF bright summer
morning.
"Now. WILL" said my self constituted
sister eagerly. what is TT"
! had passed numbcrless pitfalls in
my time. but they were nothing in COM
parison with the present situation.
suppose" said. IA young man
meets young lady who nt their first
meeting wins his heart by her limo
cence. her beauty. her gentleness. her
womanly qualities"
81 knew it, You're In lover
"Suppose that this girl mistook the
man for some one she had long known
"A father; no. not father-a brother.
He charmed with her slsterly affec-
ton, having no real sister. permits her
to continue in her mistake. What pun
isnment should he receiver"
"why didn't you tell her at onceT
II couldn't bear to break the SPELL"
'Who is shc?"
"You. You have made mistake. 1
am VIII Brown. but not your VIII
Brown"
We drove to her home In silence. and
on reaching 1t she allghted before |
could arrest her and ran without a
word OF ndieu to me into the house.
She rushed into the arms of a young
man, the right William Brown. and |
drove away as he was smothering her
with kisses.
found mutual friend who pleaded
my cause with Alice Brown, and at last
l secured permission TO call upon her.
Since her brother had returned with n
love story similar to the one she had
expected me to tell devoted myself to