Maryland free press., 1866-07-26

m ing those who are determined before God that
Italy shall be free. Sos .h i .uoti"
What course the Emperor of the French will
plrsue In this emergency refinins to be seen. lie
is not the man to be Indifferent hen SO much is
at stake. Much as he may dislike Prussia, he dis.
likes Austria more. He cannot afford to see Italy
crushed. His pretended qualms about interven-
itinn will souni vanish when he remetiiliers 1Sl2
and 1859. 1t will be impossible to keep the ca.
giles of France and Austria nder.-fhiia.. bi-
quirer.si Od EHo = 1Ci.'.i3 taY-
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., SoIiloquy Of Poor Farmer.
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"Beamdun'' lr. s.
"Whoa!" ...c,
''Let rs stop here and rest under the shade of
this tree for the old horse istirea." Isn't this
beautiful house1just In the edge Of the city,
The grounds are clean; and grass Is kept cropt
like the face OF a new shaven man. Aud look
you, Maggy, how thrifty the trees are. Aud how
many flowers there are al about the yard. Let
us stand. up in the wagon--the horse irwon' t
start for be Is too poor and tired to run, Look
ut the roses, and the verbenas and the evcrgreens
and the dahlias and the fruit trees and the stat
uary, and the nicely graveied walks and the
broad steps and the double blinds, and the mat
ting before the door, and the fancy statucd glass
by the side and tie silver bell pull, and the rose
wood door. And oh, look what a fine tcam--
And what bright, pretty carriage. And how
sleek The horses look. And how gay the driver
is, with his uniform on. tell YOU, Maggy, that
man is rich. -.
Ah, here he comes, stand up on the seat of the
wagon, Maggy. It's an old seat--covered with
IN old blanket-but it will hold you. ] can see
down here. He comes out Of the house. Here
comes his wife. Amt they dressed nice2 And
here comes their son and daughter on horseback.
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fhey have started. See how the horses dance
down the drive TO the road--and see how quick
that little boy runs TO, open the gate.
:" hat are zee pditipg .ior2''. !
: Please sir, We We're looking, and didn't know
but you would ike buy some bntier, eggs, veg
etabes, chickens berries flowers or something Of
that sort.
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IAN right Sit down Maggy. We will 60 on
to market. We can't sell anything except at
market for wc have no license, and it would take
aii we have to bny alcense. We could get more
for each load ofour prod uce to peddle it out but
it's against The law, Sc we II sell for what folks
will give us who have license TO sell. -
-"Wy is Misl''
All, Maggy, don't know. wish I1lid-
Phew! how the dust flies in my eyes as Mr, Bond,
for that is his name, dashes by with his happy
family. l spose its cause we're poor. You
know, Maggy, went to war five years ago.
Then owned fifty acres of land on the creek and
there wasn'ta dollar to pay on it. I@wcnt to
save the Union. "a, Mr.. Bond paid me two hundred
dollars TO take his place and 90 TO war Iwcnti
You know, Maggv, how YOU cried when Invent
but like brave woman that you vare, you
dried your tears, filled my pockets With pins,
needles and thread--my eyes with tcars rs-my
mouth with kisses so | could not speak, and told
me to go aud 10 earn the Jtwo h,indredi dollars,
afa to keep out of temptation, and to come back
s And then, Maggy, you ran into our little bed
room where Johnny and little Naggy were horn,
ana hia'sGnfseif, and cried, SO that l could not
see you when we aip went marching by. =
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but, Maggy, was thinking. And yon know
! had 100 go9d arps. gApd Iased to hold YOU
IN ~ 'nen Maggy@to hold ySn to ny honest heart
ahd S'y 1od oiess you, darlingr Ana You used
10 sleep IN them happy and conte1ted.
wentto wan. fwas1in a battle. 1t was
terrioIe eatue:H MY general elundered as usual.
!; low any Oh us game out alive none but God
Knows. i lett an arm there hnggy-IS brought
.he soret temp meme toiypu.f IAld whit did
mar Lltile Johnny wqs, dead: My poor broth
CT, whose leg was shot on While under orders
cosiiscating cotton Tor his general was home sick,
helpless, and you were supporting him because he
was my brother. .sHla3 .5-5y =
!. ~ was q SAD day Maggy, whendb camT home.
came back poor. found Mr.. Bond had grown
Tieh. lie mad contracts. His brother wins in
I.s g,ads a ms Uncle was ;rena OF LlnGplns.
ne mace war rspeechesA-hlledAqu gafe poun-
ties, and with his stay at home neighpors voted
o,g neunties and escaped all The calls and drafts.
ihey gave town bonds. These bonds ran me in
debt, for they were mortgages on our little farm.
Ihey amounted to- ave bnHtred dOlnrs.S Three
huhured more than ! bad bopnty, / couldn't
neip u, wnHe was IN the army it was easy for
!hose Sho-did not go to mortgage my farm in
that Way 3 Ls47gH at 71 -rl.2 u. ~
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