The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-10-03
Captain Pembroke
and MIR. E@ngham
By JULIUS M'BRlDE

BY JULIUS MBuOE
Captain George Pembroke Of the
royal engineers, when there were Brit
ish troops stationed in Canada. wrote
his fancee that he vas ordered home
to England. The lady, Emily Collins.
who was q New Yorker, was some
what surprised at a request made In
the letter that she should sail from
that city. meet him in London and
marry him there. Miss Collins would
have considered this an im%pertinence.
but, reading further, saw that the or.
der was imperative that the officer re-
port at once, and, since a steamer sail.
ed from Montreal the evening he re-
ceived it, he would sail with her.
Now. this was all a tissue of decep-
ton. Pembroke, ten years before a
young lieutenant. had met Miss Col
Inns. a girl Of seventeen. in England;
had f1irted with her. but the two had
drifted apart. After he came to Cana.
da he opened a correspondence with
her that led to an engagement In
stead Of sailing from Montreal he pur-
posed going across from New York
and in the same steamer as his 1ancee.
Having grown ten years older and
raised a full beard, he did not believe
she would recognize him. He would
endeavor to win her under another
NAME. then confess that he was Penn
broke himself.
This was a pretty scheme-that u.s. IT
he succeeded in winning the girl away
from himself. 4
When the ship sailed in which Miss
Collins was to go to England, Captain
Pembroke in mutt. under the name
Of Guy bingham, was on board. he
was a handsome fellow. Of IN aristo-
cratic bearing and quite a lady killer.
He did not recognize Miss Collins. who
had considerably changed, but succeed
ed in securing some one to point her
out to him. An introduction was Sc
cured. and the captain and his fiancee
were soon sitting next each other on
deck in steamer chairs engaged in a
desperate Irritation.
The word Irritation is generally used
in connection with women. and we do
not associate it with persons on the
lee side of middle age. But both Penn
broke and Miss Collins were 6irts.
The night before reaching port while
steaming up the channel the captain
gave Miss Collins a fictitious account
Of himself, stating that he was related
to a duke; that he had an income OF
$4,000 a year and was going home to
stand for parliament
Having thus prepared the way. he told
her that the moment. he saw her on
the day they sailed he knew that she
was destined to have a marked effect
upon his subsequent life and he had
since realized that he was madly In
love with her. Then he offered her his
heart and hand. She hid her face on
his bosom and whispered YES"
Pembroke was shocked. 1t was not
that he had won the lady from him.
self. but that she should show SO little
sense Of honor in thus deserving n
man for another. He expected that
she would say something about COM
plications with another lover. but she
maintained silence on the subject. and
he could e no evidence of the slight
est qualm Of conscience at her dis
honorable conduct.
Pembroke. of course. knew where he
could find Miss Collins in London. but
he asked for her address and when he
received It put 1t carefully In his
pocketbook. When they separated it
was understood that he should call the
evening Of his arrival. The final part
ing took place on the upper deck be-
hind a great wind funnel. where there
was no one to see. So exuberant was
the caress he received that he went
away as delighted with his success al
Guy Bingham as he was enraged at
the treatment of George Pembroke.
"YodIl not disappoint me tomorrow
evening"" she said. twill you7"
Certainly not Why do you doubt
met"
"You men are so uncertain. l have
known you only ten days. It seems
that my happiness is too intense to be
real. Il must be dreaming
II assure you mine surpasses it"
well, then. goodby. shall expect
you early"
Miss Collins was to 90 to London
with her people. while Pembroke went
alone. On the way It seemed to
him that he had been caught in a
whirlwjnd that had turned him not only
completely round. but upside down.
What should be do? Accept the slight
put upon him as Pembroke and give
way to the ecstasy experienced BY
bingham. or. as Pembroke. hurl back
the love she had lavished on Efing-
ham? He was not quite SIRE whether
he was q Tilted or an accepted lover.
When he went to see her In London
be had not made up his mind what
course he would pursue. When she ad-
vanced to receive him bis heart 6ut-
tered. Throwing her arms about him.