Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-01-25
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as she did not go on at once, said -
Well. dear. go on What is it?''
Il am going TO be married yer,
soon, darling
did not take in the full effect oil
her simple statements immediately
and only looked at her with wide. as
. tonished eyes Then as il dawned on
nae that it meant that she was going
eway going 20 leave se that was
going To lose all that held dearest on
earth, and vista OF what life would
be with no Evelyn in It came before
nay excited imagination. ! gave great
cry, and burst out with all boys in
nate. thouehtless selfishness
.Qh. Dent. don't. don't! Don't go
away could not live without you.
Evy darling
Then the thought CT Charlie Doug
las suddenly crossed my mind. and Of
what fool had been not tn see why
he came 10 the house 50 often; and.
filled with eiiild's mad Jealousy. /
burst out again,
oh! what fool had been. It's
all that lew-down, mean. sneaking
but here soft hand closed nay mouth.
and gentle. Hush. Do not say that
dear!' stopped me, and fell into a
&c OF angry weeping
| Evelyn let my passion OF angry sobs
uxpend itself, and then said:
|. Listen. dear. Charlie and have.
loved each other with all our hearts
land souls for eight long years, from.
1.-The time came home from school We
would have been married long, long
Iagu. brit the war came. and Charlie
had to 80, and andI would net
have him stay And then 50 inan3.
things happened. With mothers and
fathers death. and so MANY OF the
boys; and We lost nearly everything,
as did Charlie too hut though We
we're so poor. and Charlie had TO be-
gin life ali over again. we would have
married and struggled on together.
but / had another duty besides what
owed TO him. ! had promised mother,
on hor death bed, TO care for YOU,
dear, in her place; and should We lose
our father. also to take the place oE
both as best could. | have cared for
you, have not. darling"
was still sobbing bitterly, bu 10
longer in anger or resentment; int
with feeling of infinite pain and
loss. and of the future emptiness OF
all things. that boy can n1omentarily
feel with an acuteness and pcignaney
beyond the conception OF maturity
but happily such moments are of brief
duration. When had sufficientIy re-
covered myself TO speak, ] answered
her
"Oh! Evy. Evy, you have beer
everything to me, and love you bet
ter than the whole world"
Il kRow.it dear she answered, and
then continued Charlie has been.
very good, and did not press me as.
long as you were a little fellow. and
eould not do without me. But you are
! getting to be such man now almost
rs tall as land will be going away
to college soon yourselfI and 1t Ia not
right that he should be kept waiting
| longer. Besides, you will not lose me.
dear, for will love you just the same,
and see you often. and you will come
| to US often in the holidays too S
These comforting words. and others
OF the like tenor that she soothesi me
with. as we continued eur way to the
house, gradually had their effect; and.
though still nluch detected, began to
IooH on life with a less gloomy and
hopeless eye. and ate supper that
night with q very good appetite
1t was a long time. though, before j
could help hating Charlie Douglas Sc
cretly, and almost wishing that sogsaer
hing might happen to Kim to prevesss
The wedding But after the first
burst Of passion. would net haye
hart Evelyn for the werld; and THIS
feeling slowly died away, and ! grada.
ally came TO love Charlie fer his own
sake as well as for hers. S.
1 / was still under thirteen when the
| wedding took place. though appearing
two or three years Older. and with
thai event began a new epoch In ms
life.
With Evelyn no longer az hand rs
90 TO for all things at all times, ] be-
came much more independent IN
bought and action. and emdeavored 10
become the imam she had likened tne
to. and TO act on my own Responsible
| fly as | thought she would have liked
me TO- or course. Mary was still
there. and | had grown to love hes
very dearly; but she was not Evelyn,
and / had never been accustomed I'd
i go to her in ny youthful troubles and
i perplexities. nor did ever get IN toe
/. habit OF going to any OF my brothers
Il Though life eutwareily eontsnnek
q the same with nae inwardly new dst
vei0pment had begun. and il mag be
truly said that no event In the history
OF my early life had SO much influences
in the formation OF my character. al
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