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FAMOUS SONGS
The manager interrupted him at this point and indicated that it was getting late.
" Please bear with me," rejoined Lawson. " I will not detain you long. Let me tell you how and why I composed ' Ever of Thee.' Two years ago I met a girl at Brighton. If God ever allowed one of his angels to come to earth, she was that one. I adored her. She seemed to return my affection. I escorted her everywhere, and was at her beck and call, morn, noon, and night, and it was currently believed that Miss Blank and I were engaged. I had to return to London on business and when I went back to Brighton she was gone.
" Three months after I met her at a ball. She had just finished a waltz with a tall, good-looking man, and was promenading the hall on his arm. She recognized me. But when I said,' How do you do, Miss Blank,' she quickly replied—
"'I'm well, thank you, Mr. Lawson; but I am surprised to hear you call me Miss Blank. When you left Brighton so suddenly, I thought I should never see you again. You left no address, never called again, and—well, I am. married !'
"' Married! To whom ?' I gasped.
"' To Mr. Prize/ she replied, pointing at the
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