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

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woa.en. ii the room but after The frs
instant, saw only ner. She va.
stsrligg near an opea fire place. il
which Il light fre N2s blazing. in yer.
snaol the aai,e attitude had fount
her III that day so many years ags
when she had tolg me she vas 10 be
married; only her hand was resting
en- the mantle here. instead of on tbs
grand old oak at home The same
happy light Was i'll her eyes. Showing
that Providence had dealt kindly with
her. and was repaying her richly 70.
her early sufferings: and but for q
little added weight and the difference
Of dress, one might almost have taken
her Tor the girl OF that long pas; day.
As she looked around at Josh's
words, ana sew ME standing there. a
little cry Of JOY csme from her parted
lips. and she ran towards me: IL
we'll | forgot all those other women
taero. and Just lifted her from the
floor. and kissed her eyes and mouth.
dhu iOokcd ii4tO iAct 4dSe " ILL y 4ct y
ing Of joy so great ii was almost paia.
OH you great big boy she ex-
claimed as she caught her breath
again, as | pl; hor on her feet And
when did you come And why dill
You not let me know? And | am so
glad to see you Aid you have
changed some, too. and grown actu-
ally bigger and taller, you biggest big
boy Of mine!'
No handsoMer or better, fear iit-
tie notllor: and, III cant tell
you how glad am to see you,
only came in few hours ago. Won
der now Why it wasn't years and just
took time to ciVilize myself before
coming 10 you Then suddenly be-
coming conscious Of the presence OF
her guests again Though am afraid
| had very little luck in that, and am
a half savage yet ended
You should have come here direct,
Sir, to be civilized! But / will scold
you for that later Now. she added.
turning with smile to her friends,
81 will present my little brother to
MY friends And, Josh, the black
rascal had been standing grinning in
the door all the time regardless of its
effect on the city niggers" tell Mr..
Charlie to leave his cigars and come
at once: Mr. Francis is here
turn to four or FIVE women, who re-
ceiYed me very graciously, and smiled
at my somewhat awkward
expressions Of regret at having treat
ca them 10 SO boisterous a scene j
was making my compliments to the
last Of these who I thought ended
the tale when | realized that Evelyn
WIS speaking. spain, and turned t.
face another whom | had not before
noticed, seated As she was behind
large palm AS was still talking
when Evelyn spoke her name. did
not catch il; but as faced her now
| had a vague feeling of having seen
her somewhere, and / seemed to sec
something of a startled look OF recog-
i,ition in The clriopsly dana, beautiful
eyes that looked up at me- say
elriously dark, for they weso so. IN
to her other coloring. and the
great masses Of rich golden hair tina;
crowned her head had only had
time in my surprise to Eutter
commonplace, and realize that she
was a young woman of about twentv
three or four years Of age.of a very
striking character OF beau +. when
Charlie and the men caine in. and in
meeting them, and the re-arrange-
menf of seats that followed | was
separated from her without learning
her name, and had no opportunity III
approach her again until the party
was breaking up.
In the general conversation that en-
sued. soon found myself. with that
0uoyancy and light heartedness
light headeaness, too that a feeling
of hone gives after long absence,
doing a great part of the talking, in
answer TO adroit questions put in
here and there around the cirei, in
a way that SURPRISED myself
II all / noticed those WON
derful dark eyes turned towards me
from time to time, and the feeling
grew on me that had seen those
eyes and that hair somewhere in my
life, though | could not recall who're.
A very handsome, rather dissipated
looking man. WITH very light foreign
accent, had taken the seat beside her:
and, for no reason that could see.
the tones of his voice which was sin
gularly soft and well naodulated for a
mans irritated me, as occasionally
caught soEe well turned phrase OF his
through the conversation. From bis
attitude and manner, ii was not diff
cult TO see thai he was very much I'M
terested in the woman by his side: bul
whether the interest was in any way
reciprocated or not. found it impos-
ssble to determine
think coming home hsd intaxi-
Gated me somewhat. for my thoughts
Saayrsna IN rrm nfg in all }yisassS cF fam