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Mrs Mason was often invited by the Honourable Miss Delmar to spend a month at Madeline Hall, and used to bring her eldest daughter, who had left school, with her. Latterly, however, the daughter remained as a fixture, and Mrs Mason received but an occasional invitation.
"Who's the captain of this ship, sentry?" said Bob Cross. "Captain Delmar." "Delmar! why, he's my old captain. Did not I see a Mr Dott, a midshipman?" "Yes there is a Mr Dott on board." "Well, I wish you would just pass the word to Mr Dott, to say that one of the pressed men wishes to speak to him." The sentry did so, and Mr Dott came down.
"I have indeed, sir," replied I, as I kissed his daughter; "and I will not repine. I will take your name when you give me Minnie, and I will think no more about that of Delmar." After this conversation, the subject was not renewed.
There was Captain Delmar with all his ladies and all his officers, occupying nearly the whole of the side of the dress circle below us, we having taken our position above him, so that we might not be observed. The performance commenced.
"Oh, mommie," cried Miss Goldstone, flinging back her head so that her face shone up, "he asked me in Delmar Garden! We're going to live in New York, darling, and Rockaway in summer. He don't care a rap about the New York girls compared to me. We're going to Cuba on our honeymoon. I'm engaged, darling! I got engaged to-night!" "That's the idea, Twinkle-pinkle.
On my mother sending up her card, we were immediately ushered upstairs, and on entering the room found the Honourable Captain Delmar sitting down in full uniform his sword, and hat, and numerous papers, lying on the table before him. On one side of the table stood a lieutenant, hat in hand; on the other, the captain's clerk, with papers for him to sign.
Williams quickly complied. "Don't shoot for God's sake!" he called, with his hands quivering above his head. He had heard of Delmar's skill with weapons. "Mr. Williams," Delmar began with sinister formality, "your men have been shooting my herders." "Not by my orders, Mr. Delmar; I never sanction " "See here, Williams, you are responsible for your cowboys, just as I am for my Mexicans.
"You had better not order too many things, as he is growing fast; it will be easy to make good any deficiencies as they may be required." "Your orders shall be most strictly obeyed, Captain Delmar," replied the old gentleman, with another bow. "I hardly know what to do with him for to-day and to-morrow, until his uniforms are made," continued the captain: "I suppose he must go on board."
"Alas, my dear child, you will find, now that you have commenced your career in life, that there are too many whose only pleasure is to inflict pain upon their fellow-creatures. I only can imagine that some remark has been made in your presence, arising from there being a similarity of features between you and the Honourable Captain Delmar; that there is so has been before observed by others.
The next day, having dressed herself with great care, with a very thick veil on her bonnet, my mother walked with me to the George Hotel, where Captain Delmar had taken up his quarters.
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