Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-23
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riety OF things were kept on sale.
There were embroidered articles for
women. fancy articles for household
use and lounging articles for men. The
latter consisted OF dressing gowns.
smoking jackets, slippers and such 9th,
er paraphernalia.
I'm bachelor" said the young man
Ia lone, Torn bachelor. am obliged
TO spend a great deal OF time IN my
room. and I may as well be comfort
able. What have you in the line Of
wearing apparel for such user"
The shopkeeper squared himself and
surveyed his customer with calcula-
ton in his eyes. Yes; think they
will at you" he said at last. The very
thing smoking jacket, cap and
slippers. brand new, beautifully en-
broidered. got them In only yesterday,
but will sell the lot very cheap" He
produced the articles. The young man
tried them on. and they fitted him fair
~ well.
you say they. are new?" he asked
They look shop worn"
such things are made by ine ladies
In INDECENT circumstances, who usual
ly spend great deal OF time on them.
dare say they were year or more in
making. That accounts for their ~ap-
pearance."
Sanger bought the. things. for song,
took them homo and the same evening
put them on. As he saw himself In a
mirror he thought them very becom-
ing and great bargain. Lighting a
cigar, he sat down in his easy chair,
feeling very comfortable. But notwith-
standing that he was In One apparel he
was miserable, Who can be happy
with nothing but walls 10 talk TO?
Trusting his hands into the pockets
Of the jacket, he ran one Of them
against bit ofspaper. Withdrawfngdt,
he read:
The maker OF this jacket would Like to
correspond with the purchaser with
view to matrtnony.
well. now, Like thatr'' unused sSan-
ger. "That woman has long head.
She knew there were even chances
the things would faI into the hands
Of q bachelor, that the bachelor would
wear them in a room all alone and
want a wife. Ny dear. I'll go you"
He wrote a note and mailed it. 1t
came back with postmen's notes scrfb-
bled all over It: 'sTry here. Try there.
Try everywhere" Sanger, disappoint-
ed, threw'it on his dressing case. But
the next evening on returning from
business 1t was missing. The maid
told him that the postman had asked
for 1t, having found a party to whom
1t might belong. A few days later a
note written on fine paper and bearing
a crest was laid on a table in his room.
He opened 1t and read:
Since placing the note in the article you
describe prosperity has come to me.
Nevertheless shall be delighted to find q
man who has in him the elements OF a
good husband.
There was no mention of the writ
er's age. When Sanger replied, which
he did at once, he said that his age
was twenty-six. Before going any fur
Their in the matter he would like to
know the lady's age. There was no
reply to this, and, fearing that she
might be sensitive about her age, he
wrote again, giving the old quotation
with loving hearts age makes no diff
ference"
Then came an epistle stating that the
age of the lady who had placed the
paper In the smoking jacket was forty
two Sanger was much disappointed
and forthwith committed the note to
the wastebasket. He was not in need
OF marrying a fortune and did not pro-
pose on any account to marry wom-
an sixteen years his senior.
Meanwhile a lady acquaintance told
him that she wished to introduce him
10 young friend Of hers. Sanger con-
scented and met an attractive girl OF
eighteen, with whom he proceeded
straightway TO fall IN love. His pas
sion being reciprocated, an ngagement
ensued. When he was feeling the hap
piest note came from his correspond
ent stating that she had looked up his
record, was satisfied with 1t and was
ready to make his acquaintance. San
ger paid no attention to the note. Pres
entity he received another, stating that
IL he thought he could trifie in that
way with unprotected women he was
mistaken. The courts would do her
justice.
Sanger was troubled. It appeared
that he had been drawn into a trap
by a woman for blackmail She had
his letters, though there was no offer
Of marriage in them. so he might as
well write one or two nere. trying to
fix the matter up. The replies he got
puzzled him. They seemed to have
been written rather by young girl
than q middle aged woman. Indeed,
there was something very unsophisti-
Gated in Them. He finally determined
10 meet her and find out Just what
kind OF an enemy he was fencing with.
He made an appointment to meet at
a certain spot In the park. As he was
about to keep It along came letter
from his fiancee asking him TO come to
her at that very hour. This was unfor-
tunate, but he resolved to ignore the
request. He went TO the park.
As be approached the rendezvous
whom should he see but his hancse her
self. He halted. but. having been seen
by her, be approached. She stood
laughing athinn. whensShe had driven
him TO the verge Of anger she ex-
planned
Twenty years agone her mother
wrote the note he had found In his
dressing gown His reply had fallen
into her hands. and she had been his