Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-10-21

pity, how much more 50 when he roes-goes.
never to return, and carries with him the
iosd affection, the treasured hopes OF a yosng
unpracticcd heart:
"And gentle wishes long subaued-
sn5dusd and chen.nss len, ?"
Poor, poor Lettyl
Three years passed, and brought much OF
change 70 our couatry maiden and 70 her for
tlnes. Her father, the Jelly old tanner, a
kind, frank. thoushtless man, as the cegno.
men would almcst imply. oae who did not
think there were such thiass as wickeduess
! and ingratitude unde: the sun. became bound
for a friens TO a great amount. the friend pro
we'd a william, and the Jolly tanner was ruined.
! sie and his Daughter now lived in a small
cottage near their former house, aud II the
point of time at which | have chosen 10 re.
sumo my story, the old man was endeavoring
TO persuade Lefty, who had never attended
a cricket match since the one she had so
much cause TO remember, to accompany him
The next day, white Tuesday, TO see the
llazelby Elevsn again to encounter their an
Gent antagonists, the men of East Wood.
hay.
pray come, Letty,n said the fond father.
81 can't 60 without voa: | have no pleasure
any where without my Lefty; and | want to
~ NNNhF ~ ~ tNAd1 lIhf IdtA 1 play DI
account. Of the death Of his mother, and they
tell me the East Woodhay men have consen-
ted to our taking in another mate who practi-
ces the new Sussex kowliBg-I want TO STE
that new tangled mode. Do come %Ietty."
And with a smothered sigh at the ~nieation Of
Sussex, Lefty consented.
Now, old John Dale was not quite ingcn
uoGs with has pretty daughter, lie did not
tell her what be knew very wei himself that
the bowler laq1estion was no Other than their
sometime friend, Paul l~Iolton, whom The ba-
siness Of letting his hoases, or some ether
cause, not. perhaps, clearly defined even 10
himself, had brought to Bazelhy on the eve
Of the match, and whose new meihod OF bow
Ing Gn spite of his former nlisehanees) the
B8zelby Eleven were wiling tatrl, the more
SO as they suspected, what, indeed. actually
occurred that the East. " oodaayi;es, who
would have resisted the innovation Of the
Sussex system OF delivering The ball into the
hands OF any one else, wauld have no objsc-
ton 10 let Paul Hoiton, whose bad plying
was a standing joke among them, do his best
or his worst IN any way.
Not q word or this did John Dale say 10
Lefty; so that she was quite taken by sur.
prise when, having placed her father, now
very infrm, Ia a comfortable clair, shs sat
GJNn w it5 StftS 0S - itAI vi ~ Ntlb eAf
her r~ccreant lover standing among the group
of Crickcters very near, and evidently gazing
on Ler-just as he used 10 glze three years
before.
Perhaps Lefty had never locked 30 pretty
in Der life as at that moment. She was sim
ply dressed, ~ became her fllen fortunes.
Her complexion was stii. cosorea, like the APP
pie blossom, with vivid rod ana white, but
there WAS more OF seasihility, more ct the
heart in It's quiveriug matability, It's alteroa-
ton OF ~paleness and bushes; the blue eyes
were still as bright, but were oiteacr cast
down; the smile was still as splendid, but Far
more rare; the glrlish saiety was gone, butt
was replaced by womauiy sweetness, sweet
ness aud moGesty formed pow the ehief OK
preston of that lovely face, l%ovelier, far love
lier, than ever. So apparently though. Paul
l~Iolton, for he gazed and gazed with his vhole
soul ia his eyes, IN complet oblivion o. criek
ct and cricketers, and the whole wofld.-At
last he recoliccted himself, blushcd and boW-
ed, and advanced a few steps, as If 70 address
her; bat iin,id and iFre>olite, he turned away
without speaking, joined the party who had
non assembled rousd the wiekets, the um-
pires called PLAY" and the game began.
Woodbury. gained The toss and went
in, and ~! eyes were fixed on the sussex DOW
Ter.
The ball was placed in ms hands; and in
stantlv the wicket was down. and the striker
ont-no other than Tom Taylor, the boast
OF his parish, and the best batsman IN the
county s1Accident, mere accident of course,
cfied S,ast Woodiia,; bat another and anoth-
or followed; few could stand against the fatal
bowling, aud none could get noEbes. A pan
ic seized the whole side And then, as losers
viii, they began to e~xclaiin against the whole
system; called il a toss, a throw, a trick, any
thing but bowling. any thing bat cricket; rail
ed at il as destroyiagihe grace OF the attitude
and the balance OF the game; protested against
being considered as beaten by such juggleIy,
and finally appealed to the umpires as 10 the
fairness OF the plan The empires, men of
conscience, and old cvicksters, hummed and
bawed, sea sawed, quoted contending PIE
eedents and lostling authorities; looked grave
and wise, whilst even their iltk sticks Of Of
fee seemed vibrating IL pszzled Importance.
AT last they did, as the sages Of tas beach of
ten do in such cases, reserved the point OF
law, and desired them to ''riay out the play
Accordingly the match was resumed, emily
twenty seven notehes bein. gained IN the
East NToodhayians In their innings, and tksY
entirely from thu balls Of the old tiazelbv
bowler, James White.
During the qaaIter Of an hours pause
which the laws allow, the victorious man Of
Sussex went up TO John Dale. who had watch
ed him with a strange mixture oil feeling, de-
lighted TO hear the s~tuulps, ard to see oppo,
nent after opponent throw down his bat and
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