The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-08-12
Captain Pembroke
and MIR. EGngham
BY JULIUS M'BRDE


bis hancee that he was ordered home
to England The lady, Emily Collins.
who was New Yorker, was some
what surprised at 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
young lieutenant, had met Miss Col
Inns, a girl of seventeen, in England;
had firted with her. but the two had
drifted apart. After he came to Cana
da he opened 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 fiancee
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, II
he succeeded in winning the girl away
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 a handsome fellow, of an aristo-
cratic bearing and quite 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 flirts.
The night before reaching port while
steaming up the channel the captain
gave Miss Collins o fictitious account
of himself, stating that he was related
to duke; that he had an income of
$4,000 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 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 1t put 1t carefully in his
pocketbook. When they separated II
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 as
IGuy Efingham as he was enraged al
: the treatment of George Pembroke.
you'll not disappoint me tomorrow
evening"" she said, will your"
Certainly not. Why do you doub
me?"
"You men are so uncertain. have
known you only ten days. 1t seems
that my happiness Is too Intense to b.
real. | must be dreaming"
~ assure you mine surpasses it,"
"Well, then. goodby. | shall expcc
you early"
Miss Collins was to go to LondoI
with her people, while Pembroke wen
alone. On the way 1t seemed t
him that he had been caught in |
whirlwind that had turned him not onl.
completely round, but upside down
What should he do? Accept the sligh
put upon him as Pembroke and civ,
way to the ecstasy experienced b.
Ehngham, or, as Pembroke, hurl bacl
, the love she had lavished on Ealng
ham? He was not quite sure whethe
he wes Tilted or an accepted lover.
, When he went to see her in Londol
, he had not made up his mind wha
. course he would pursue. When she ad
vanced 10 receive him his heart flut
tered. Throwing her arms about hin
Q she looked up into his face with a gla
!. smile and said:
: "Oh George, dearest George, hoy
n happy am to be with you again!"
!. "George?"
= "Yes. George"
-. "You know
"Your personating another to win m