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

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aifectionate interest after his health, an,l talk
ing over the game and the bowling Atlengil
he SAID Il hope | have not driven away Miss
Letitis.n
"Call her Lefty. Mr.. Holton. y interrupted
the old man, "plain Lefty. We are poor
folks now, and have no right 10 any other ii
tie than our Own proper names, old John
Dale and his daughter Lefty. A good dauxh
ter she has been 20 me" continued the fond
father, "ior when debt and losses took all
that we had-fo r We paid 10 the uttcrmosl
f~arthias, Mr.. Paul ~Iiolton-wc owe no man
a sh~illing.-wscn all my earning and savings
were gone, and the house oyer our head-the
house | was born in, the house she was born
in-I loved il much the better for thsti-tak
en- away from us, then she gave up the fns
hundreds she was entitled 10. in right of her
blessed mother, to purchase an annuity for
the old nan, whose trust in a william has bro't
her 10 want
sGod bless hertz Interrupted Paul %lIelton
"Ay. and God win bless her. returned the
old man solemuly-'God will bless the dati-
fal child, who dcspoiled herself OF all to sup
port her old father"
Blessings on her dear generous hearl''-
again calculated Paul: sand | was away and
knew nothing Of thia"
81 knew nothing Of it myself. until the deed
was completed rejoincd John Dale. "She
was iast OF aye, and The annuity was puFchss
ell and the money paid before she told mS
aud a cruel kindness II was 10 strip herself
for my sake, it almost broke my heart when
| heard the story. But even that was nothing
eopiinued the good %tanncr, warming with his
snbiect-"cornparei with her conduct since.
If YOU could but see how she keeps the house,
and how she waits upon me; her hardness
her chcerfslness, and ali her pretty ways aud
eontrivaaces 10 make me forget oli times and
old places. Poor thing. she must miss her
neat parlour and the flower garden she was
so fond Of. as much as do my lanyard and
the great hall, bot SHE never seems 10 think
Of them. and never has spoken 4 TASTY word
since our misiortunes, for all you know, poor
thiu-l she used TO be a little q lick tempers,fn
And | knew nothing OF thssip repeated
paal ~iiolton, as, two or three OF tiielr best
wickets being dawn, the Hazelhy players
summoned him to go in II knew nothing OF
thisin
Again all cycs were fixed on the Sussex
crieseter, and at first he seemed likely TO vc
rily the predictions and confirm the hope ct
the NEST malicious of his adyerssries. ~ bat
tisg as badly as he had BOWED well He.
had not caught sight Of the BAH, his hits were
weak, bis Grlence insecure, and his mates
began to tremhlc and his opponents TO crow.
Every hi seemed likely TO be the last, he
missed aleg BAH oil Ned Smiths, was Ill but
caught out by Sam Newton; and East Wood
hay trinuaphei llszelby sat q~1aking, when
a sudden glimpse Of Lefty watching him with
manifest anxiety, recalled her champions
wondering thoughts-Gathrrin himself up,
he stood before ihc wicket another man;
knocked the bali hilher and thisher. 10 the
t.,rau stcH fIo aN.son@ fb. rand. ts~s 4ttrn9
four. and FIVE, al j hit, bafled the SLOW bow
Ter james Smith, and the fast bowler Tom
Taylor; got fifty Eve notches OIL his orn BAT,
stood out all tie rest az his side; aud 50 htna
led the adverse party when they went N. that
the match was won At q single ilping, with
six and thirty rams TO spare.
Whilst his mates were disc lsying their vic
tory. Paul Iielton again approached the faith
el and daughter, and this time she did not
run away: .sIettY. dear Lefty said be,
'stllgee years ago | lost the cricket mateh. ana
Won were angry and ! was a fool. But Let
", dear Lefty, this tsagelI il won; aud il you
could but know how deeply | have repented,
how earnestly | have longei for this day
The world has gone well With me, Lefty, for
these three long years. have wanted moth
ing but the treasure which my SCI threw away,
and NOW il you would but let your father be
my father, and ny home your home!- -liycn
woild but Garsivc me. Letty,'
Ictty's answer is not upon record; but Il i
certain that Paul Holton walked home from
the cricket ground that evening with John
Dale hanging on one arm, and john Dale's
pretty daughter on the other, s that a month
after, the bells Of Hszeiby Church were ting
ing merrily in honor Of one o. The fairest and
iuckliest matches that ever cricket lost or
WoH. -
From The "Taies ofa Tar" by Capt Gts-
cock, X NJ
The following is a sailors description off
youag lady. who he imagined had fallen in
love with bis sou on her passage TO Madras;
.I3less your hearts. ! lost,-or what's al
as one as lost, let slip thso' my fingers on an
! outward bound y'yage 20 Madras, as nice q
little craft as ever bit the fancy o man, aud
for whye Because miss was loo modest 10 .
pen her mind, and Phil Zoo grees, at the tune
| 10 dishiver her driit. she was a reg lar
built lady-played on your forty pianor, and
wore nothing but SILKS and satias all the
way out to Madras. She'd the wickedcst
| eye, and We. there was uerrr no wickednsss
ia Il; for twas as blae and as bright as the
sea in q calm, but twas the most rogisheslI
eve | ever seed with q wIscb. She used 90
| look u2d-r her lee iii. - was always on the
poop, Tor all the world ike the slope OF a
| lo.er-deek port Of a rainy day. There was
neyer-uo. HeecT, a craft more beautiinl built
she wanted no sheathisg on her hiige. OF
1 bas,.f. IN .u.ka taa af.pl "a ~ her eft.ka