The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06

Next day Miss Willoughby called
again, bringing grapes. Every grape
upon the bunch was a big tear Of re-
pentance because she had thought so
cruelty of her patient. Only the patient
never knew When one goes about a
city a great deal and meets with man!
experiences, most of them of a truly
dreadful kind. one naturally draws
conclusions which would seem to many
ladies most wicked. In the same way
the doctor, when you tell him certain
things, at once suspects the very worst
Katharine never knew.
She was sitting up in bed, already iD
a fair way Of recovery.
care you strong enough to talk to-
day." asked Miss Willoughby.
ooh, yes; [ can talk to-day. But !
have only just begun to understand all
that you have done for me. l can not
thank you yet
"Do not talk of that at ALL
"You must have thought me most uI-
grateful when l was working at the
sewing machine. But all thar time
seems like a dream. only half remem-
Der it. You were in mourning first,
and then you put it off. and you told
me something
81 was-I was in the very deeneSt
grief as well as the deepest mourning.
for my lover was said to be dead. And
now I am in the greatest JOY and
thankfulHcss because my lover has
been miraculously restored to lie.
Ought not to be happy?'
81 am so gladt My lover too is dead.
But he can never be restored to me-"
"Your lover, dear? Oh. you had a
lover, too, and he was killed, like mine?
Ohr' She took her hand and pressed
it. 81 know his name, because the Sis
ter read his letters in order to find out
who you were His name was Tom"
Eyes, it was Tom. And Tom is
dead.'
"Will you tell ME something more
about yourself?' she asked. Not more
than you want to tell. l am not cur
Gus, indeed, but if I can help 4Nou-
Oh! let me help you, because l met YOU
on the very day that the telegram came
In the evening, when 1 went home
after left you-they brought it to me.
Oh! my dear-ny sister brought it cry
ing-my father kissed me-and my
mother kissed me-and they We're all
crying. and l knew not why-on the
very same day when found you. Can
1 ever think of that day without think
IF hoe ,ri1 To
me so that I may deal with you as He
has dealt with me. And I can never
let you go away-neyer, never
"Ohw said katherine. deeply moved,
what can l say"
Il shall never forget that day. Oh.
how 1 rushed to tear of the black
things and to- My Gear. you are Il
part of that day. Now tell me more.
You said your name was Katharine
Regina. That is my name, too. There
is always a Katharine Regina il the
family. And l never heard Of any
other family which had those two
names. And your fathers name was
Willoughby Capel. 1t is so very cdd.
that have been thinking about it al
night. Tell me more, Gear. You sad
you had no relations"
"No; I know of none. Ny father
would not speak of his rela ions. |
have sometimes thought that they
quarrelied with him. He was once, |
know, in the army with The rank Cf
| captain, and he had an annuity CT a.
lowance but 1 do not know who paid
it, or anything else at all about him"
! "What Il strange story
'"The annuity was rot q very large
! one and l had to give lessons. l was
| governess to lady-oh, not very
| grand person-whoSe husband was a
i clerk in the city. l went there every
morning at Q, and came home at 3. She
was Gool woman and kind to me.
| l was more a companion and nursery
! soverness than anything else
"Well, dcar:"
"My father died suddenly at the be-
ginning of this year But l was en-
| gagged by this time, and as l had Tom
l was happy and full of confidence.
went to live at Harley House, a place
where governesses can live cheaply.'
Il know the place. Sister, what did
you say about her face? You was quite
right. Go ON, dear; l know Harley
House.
"Then Il very curious thing happened.
! Toms uncle died and left him all his
! money, and for a week we were rich.
But Il solicitor-Tom's cousin-discOv-
cred that all the money belonged to
somebody else. So we Were poor again.
and Tom went out to Egypt"
"To Egypt?"
Eyes; he was war correspondent"
"Oh! harine'-Miss
Willoughby caught her hand-'tell me
| tell me-what was his name?"
(To be Continued.l
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