The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-12
Captain Pembroke
and Mr.. EGngham
BY JULIUS M'BRIDE

Captain George Pembroke Of the
royal engineers, when there were Brit.
ish troops stationed In Canada. wrote
his fiancee that he was ordered home
to England. The lady, Emily Collins,
who was a 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 impertinence,
but, reading further, saw that the or
der was imperative that the officer re-
port at once, and, since steamer sail
ed from Montreal the evening he re-
ceived 1t, he would sail with her.
| Now, this was all tissue of decep-
ton. Pembroke ten years before a
young lieutenant, had met Miss Col
Inns, girl of seventeen, in England:
had firted with het, 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 fancee.
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 pretty scheme-that is, IL
~ t. h. rxfr
from himself.
When the ship sailed in which Miss
Collins was to go to England, Captain
Pembroke in mufti, under the name
of Guy Effingham, was on board He
was handsome fellow, of an 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 1t with persons on the
lee side of middle age. But both Penn
broke and Miss Collins were fiirts,
The night before reaching port while |
steaming up the channel the captain |
gave Miss Collins 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 one
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 see 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 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 as
Guy Eff1ngham as he was enraged at
he treatment of George Pembroke
you'll not disappoint me tomorrow
evening"" she said, "wiIl your
Certainly not. Why do you doubt
ne?'
you men are so uncertain. / have
known you only ten days. It seems
hat my happiness is too intense to be
eal. ] must be dreaming"
81 assure you mine surpasses It,"
"well, then, goodby. | shall expect {
,ou early"
Miss Collins was to go to London
With her people, while Pembroke went
lone On the way 1t seemed to l
lin that he had been caught In I
Thirlwind that had turned him not only
ompletely round, but upside down. }
What should he do7 Accept the slight {
ut upon him as Pembroke and give
yay TO the ecstasy experienced by
or as Pembroke. hurl back
be love she had lavished on Effing
am? He was not quite sure whether 2
e was a Tilted or an accepted lover. .
When he went to see her in London =
e had not made up his mind what :
purse he would pursue. When she adj
anced to receive him his heart fiut =
,red. Throwing her arms about him,
ne looked up into his face with glad
nile and said: =
"Oh. George. dearest George, how
Apply l am to be with you again.
"George?" "A
Eyes, George" :
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