The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-26

| The OfEice-it is well known rule
must not be discovered doing nothing
/ The boy at the door, startled out OF
sleep, lifted his head and threw open
the pages of big folio before him
] containing know not what old nc
! counts and entries Of bygone business
The impression Of zeal ana of an over.
| whelming amount Of work having beer
| started, he opened the door.
| The bell had been rung by two young
| ladies', neither of whom was known to
the boy. One Of them gave him her
card Miss Capel."
James jumped there is no other way
| to describe the movement--whe he re-
| ceived the card. He had put away bis
solemn promise and sacred pledge in sc
remote corner Of his brain that he
had almost forgotten the promise and
the name of Katharine Capel.
What the devil" he murmured,
| docs she want?"
But when his visitors came in be
| turned pale. and looked first at the card
and then at Lily and then at Katharine
and then at the card again, and then
| at Katharine.
Miss Capel?" he said, bowling to
Lily, and again looking at Katharine
with kind of bewilderment
"No; this is Miss Capel"
"Is--is your name Capel2s he asked,
why should not her name be Capel7
"You do not know me, Mr.. Rolfe, "
said Katharine. II am--that is, I was
engaged to your cousin, Tom Add
SON."
''You were engaged to my cousin
youg' He kept staring at her face.
'sYou?' Then he tried to pull himself
together. Were you? Excuse my sur
prise, Miss Capel; had heard of you,
but did not at first catch the name.
certainly Miss Capel-oh, yesl
He always spoke of you by your Chris
tian name"
my name is Katharine Regina"
katharine Regina ReginaY he re
peated the second name, and still con-
tinued to gaze into her face, not rudely.
but as one who recognizes an old ac-
qauintance.
1T is q family NAME"
Mr.. Rolfe sat down without asking
the ladies to take chairs; this they pro
ceeded to do.
But he seemed unable to take his eyes
off Katharine's face, and he kept wink
ing hard with both eyes at once.
.'Katharine ReginaF' he repeated.
cit is a most curious name and Capel.
Oh, yes, l remember" he said, with
an effort. "Of course remember you
now. 1t was most disastrous en-
gagement for you, Miss Capel. Tom
told me all about it, Of course"
II have come to you, Mr.. Roife,'' said
Katharine, because you were Toms
cousin, and he told me how you helped
him in the matter of his uncIe's will,
and that you would help me too IL ]
were in trouble"
James bowed with dignity. He had
| indeed helped his cousin in the most
unselfish manner.
II am in great trouble now
Anything that can do, Miss Capel
- he began.
Having now recovered somewhat
from his first surprise, James observed
first that both girls presented the APP
pearance Of great poverty; it was
| Iegible i'll their hats, in their jackets,
| in their gloves, and in their boots.
"Only let me hear the circum-
stances,D said James, after making
| these observations. Perhaps the recol-
Election of the sacred pledge and solemn
| promise was beginning to produce
some effect upon him.
81 am SO unfortunately situated 2
Katharine explained, that do not
know any OF my relations. want you
| to advise me how ] am to find them;
| / am in very great straits, Mr.. Rolfe,
| and think If could find them they
might help me-"
/ '.Yes; that ought not to be difficult Z
"My father died suddenly few
months before-b before lost Tom. He
never told me anything about my rela-
lions at all's
"0hl That was unusual. Bat you
would find something to help you
among his paper, should say"
Gle left no papers at ALL
aThat is more unusual STILL" James
kept looking at her in the same inQuir-
ing way. May / ask what was his
profession?'
''He had none. Formerly he was In
| the army. He lived upon pension
or an annuity, Of three hundred pounds
year. which he drew regularly once
quarter. He left no papers behind
him, and received no letters. On tht
few occasions when / ventured Il
speak to him about my relations hi
forbade any mention OF them.
think be had quarreled with them
The only piece Of writing which W.
were able to find after his death was
scrap Of letter" She gave It t
James, who read it aloud: TN case
therefore. of my not being able to cal
as usual for the money on quarterrday
you can send it to me by check madI
payable to order and not crossed, in |
registered letter, addressed to VIII
loughby Capel at the following address
There the paper was torn ant
there was no more
"His name, said James, was VIII
Ioughby Capel- WiIloughby Copeland
he had an annuity Of three hundred
Il pounds a year. Yes He laid TIL
scrap Of paper upon his desk afte
looking at the handwriting You ar
sure that this is your fathers owl