Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-03
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1fOm the WaRfMay. ana Ine lhmlly
paused In It's. various occupations. a
warm Interest In each others affairs
being Characteristic OF It.
sYou done dmean that Jacks aunt
has come Is her senses7" demanded
Airline.
aNo. Marx replied cheerfully. =
simply mean that she's going to.
What II exclaimed the entire
group.
Eyes, said Mary. dropping into the
morris chair and unfolding the news
paper she had been waving, Listen
10 this
= WANTED Companion. Must be
ladyIIke and eongenial Musical edu-
cation prefeefAd. Agreeable speaking
voice requiEa Apply Tuesday after
three.
MISS LnCRETIA B, %
Road. 4
Interesting admitted Tom; but ]
don't quite se.a the connection.
seWelI. Mr.. 81, began Mary eiabo-
rately, II txUA that yon are familiar
V8A1N the SBt1 AAAAAS AAAA =
Jack 81, fawsate nephew OF the rich.
bat eccentric sEiss Lncretia, IL madly
ia love with aSs Mary S.. but perverse-
" refuses tos larry her because she y
endowed win bore worldly goods than
Ne. Miss Lu4atia might easily rem
etly this depls able state OF affairs. but
ahe has take an unaccountable dis
lIke ID Mary /. whom she has never
evan seen, 81 vows to change her
Win IL Jack gsarries her. You are.
1 presume. sQuainted with these
facts r
.You just Set I am returned
Tom. with / 0gnical air Of patience;
ahut what hs ! sthe ad to DO with Il r
.sSimply thai u Aunt Lucretia were
10 realiv kno& me, Just know she'd
love me- san Mary with mock con-
nlacency. ,rthernore, / think I'd
make her aN admirable companion.
And she shed seriously Jack
baa told me 3 much about her that
i know rec II win love her. 40 Il
won't be toal Ing. And, anyway. e
isn't FOR the ASke Of the money. it,
just that the assurance that he is
heir to the aIRAy lucre will overcome
Jacks scrup
aGood girl cried Tom Adniringly.
~You'M do II. all right.
sHuh, that's just like you 30
perfectly iovelg. to her, after 81 me
trouble she hae caused ron and Jack,
Airline scolded.
ssThe truth It,s replied Mary, ~ think
she worships Jack and Is jealous e
the thought ~ his marrying anyone.
OF course, shs laughed, II can under
stand anyone's being Jealous q Jack
and forgive II
sPm glad ySu feel that way, dear
said Mrs. s., End think perhaps your
idea ii 4 good one. Are you going g
tell Jack now, or walt to see how
things turn ouy ~
swell. Jack il . dear. OF course, D1t
he's rather A,orrier. Guess I'll wait
So long, folksss I'm on TO prepare Tor
the siege clothes and music. etc.
And few minutes later her clear
soprano fioated down from the sewing
room
Whereat the family smiled to itself,
for this WAS ineonsistently. the soma
III Mary's merTiest mood, rendered
with trim that beiied the text.
on the appointed Tuesday, there
were several applicants, but Mary
neatly gowned, and with her unmlstak'
able air of gooG breeding was conspic'
nous among them Misa Lucretia PC
cretIy loved golden hair, TOO, and
Mary's hair wka golden. she had al
ways liked clesy blue eyes, and Mary
eyes we're cies and blue. Further.
more Mary's zsfcal talents were fai
above mediocf ky and her speaking
voice, Miss LuFetia noted, was music
Ia itself.
In short. Il 4 fastidious little old
lady fell in LORI with the girl at 6rs'
sight, and III Il months that followed
she did not ~ ret IL. Mary became
her confdant I'D ii her turn becams
80 much attack u to Miss Lucretia tina
she concludes sSle Of her letters home
with hume II cant bear that
Mary s..
TO Miss Lge2tia she was Mary @.
and Jacks lsys were forwarded Il
her from hora ander that name.
@My nephe Jack IS coming HON,
on leave. Mary announced Miss In
cretia over er knitting one morn.
ing.
Mary alreaE knew. but her hears
skipped i bea at the thought Of the
surprise that faited him, for she had
not been blind ID the purpose of Miss
Lucretia's Iou praises Of her nephew
and knew thar victory was assured.
The little OF sady's sharp eyes noted
Mary.s height sed color approvingly,
and she cong stulated herself as q
matchmaker.
sJack may think he likes Mary g.
she purred fDYardly. shut Just wait
tiIl be sees ms slary. 3
il few days {seer Mary came upon
them suddenly me garden. Jack hav-
ing arrived sent her knowledge.
He sprang to feet, his face laugh
able In its ASH hment
MARY Whs Mary E he stan-
mered. then truth Iawned upon
ms AAE ~ IL ~