Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-02-12

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holding OUT a hand tnat even the
lendant Of The Gods my magma
ion hal likened her to might have
| cnyied. said to me with a half mali
cious smile lurking about her hips,
and yet an earnest look in the won
derul eyes
Goodnight. Mr. Hamilton. am
very. very glad 10 have Tst you
last, and now that YOU have been
found ! hope you will not be i'll sach
an awful hurry tc run away from ne
as you once we're
I'm a hurry 10 run away? T? Wlty
surely sou must be no man that
lives would run from began cons
susedly.
And yet such was my sad cate the
first time ] saw you.' she interrupted,
with a merry laugh
stood stupidity looking at her.
wondering what on earth she coula
mean, when she continued
But perhaps YOU were exeusable.
for it was boy that ran, and moi q
man and from girl May be, after
all. it was the thanks You ran from.
and not tho girl; but you must accept
them now unless you have pulled 30
many young women from the water as
to make them commonplace.
All! Now ! know. You are
Daisy / exclaimed, enlightened at
last
SO my father calls me, She re-
piled, looking surprised II her turn
and Just a bit naughty.
Yes; it was the name | heard hinl
use that day: that IS why It came to
me just now II had caught your
name when my sister presented me,
should not have appeared 50 stupid
moment ago, nor would / have been
puzzled all the evening BY vague
feeling Of having seen Your hair and
eyes somewhere before; for knew
your father VOL by sight long before
that day. Is he in the city now e.
No; bar he comes tomorrow; and
If you will come 10 see us, and &C
cept from us both the thanks you So
valiantly ran away from then, will
forgive both your flight ard yoar UNI
gallant failure TO remember me to-
night"
Evelyn Joined us JUS then. saving,
Dorothy let yoar father know as
soon as he arrives that my brother,
Francis. is here know he will wish
to see him and talk over his and
Charles grand project
Indeed he viii, and to talk Of moro
than the grand project. Your bro
ther and father have an Old score to
settle And. to Eyelyn's look Of sur
prise and inquiry she added ASH
Mr. Hamilton, / haven't time to tel,
Won the story now And BY the way
Mr. Hamilton turning to me again
With 4 half quizzical smile, as sns
started for the door my cousin Jack
Churchill CONES morrow also SO
yen see know you quite we'll. in
dependently Of your character as res
curer OF drowning damsels. It isl
strange never thought of connecting
Jacks friend with my water-knight.
Are YOU Jack ChurchilI's cousin
Dorothy q / exclaimed.
Il know OF no other thar he has,
she smiled over her shoulder
Then. By 5oye, ne was right
About WHAT"
Ask Jack.< No, don't! ! will tel
you myself sometime
As the curtain fell behind her /
turned TO find Evelyn looking at ME IN
questioning surprise
so you and Dorothy Wcilcs knew
each other all tho timer" she qEes-
toned. And what IS this story I am
to ask YOU
"Oh. nothing dear | caught her
by the hair and pulled her out Of the
water one day long ago, when she was
child. and was boy on my way to-
college. She naver knew who it was
that did it, and never knew whose
hair it was pulled, except that 1t was
. Yankee girl with uncommonly pretty
hair. We never saw each other again
Until just now That is al there *.
to it.
But come, leave all that, and tell
me everything about your own dear
self, and ali the others that know
and love; and just talk. talk, talk. fo~
the simple sound Of your voice is
music to me, after ali these years
And Evelyn. Charlie and / did talk
far into the night of people and things
and days OF long ago. OF our OH
friends and home, Of those we had
known and loved, and of those We
knew and loved. And ever and anon
as we talked. pair OF dark eyes and
crown of wondrous golden hair-tnai
had no part in ali these things would
fit before my imagination. and mix
themselves most inexplicably. with the
images OF our memories. until /
thought / must be bewitched
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