The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-10-19
Misrellaneons.
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Dan, supper is ready"
| Dan knew IL, but he had not stirred from ih
old five barred fence where he lent. pluck ius ~
long grass spears in the field on tie other side
and chewing them ~ though ihry were his naiur,
food. Ills trousers we're tucked into hi boots
His coat WAS somewhere in doors aud his stray
hat had n hole in il. No one unused 10 farmers
ways could have guessed that (giying Ian hi
money value) he was worth more than many nI
exquisite promenadng the sidewalk of FIN
Avenue. lie had grand, wcll-iillcd farm, "a banl
account Of value. and homestead solid ~ sn ol,
castle with It's massive granite walls Yet, ~ h,
lounged there, chewing straws, he said to himself
with Kind Of savage seowi. ~ wonder what
WIS made for I'm nothing. I haven't 20
anything worth having. Every one is better Of
than J. haven't got anything worth having
Every one is better of than l. | wish was at ,h,
bottom Of the mill pond-l do Hang il what
H." use OF living such life ,"
Aud all that. because an hour before, lie had
seen Miss Lucy Lee pass up the road in a gig will
young Morris, both so deeply interested in theii
conversation that they did not even see him.
''lrs just what | might expect Exactly m,
luck, he said savagely, ~ We always had it so
Other boys have bad moihers--m.ne died bcfur,
knew her. Other boys have had sisters nevei
will-and why should they \ clumsy clod
hopper, who knows nothing beyond sowing and
rcAping and driving the plow. Ia rather be III,
preacher with his four hundred dollars n wear and
his pretty wife. ia rather be the little lam,
schoOlmasier who teaches the Young uns in ih,
hollow yonder, for saw him with bis arm round
Kitty Deans waist, last nght-atid poor and
lame as he Is, ] expect she u marry him Nobody
ever loved ne nobody ever riH ! wish wa,
lead"
Dan. tea is ready. -
'CODfound il, know, mutiertd pan. and
slouehed in, old nurse Peabody greeting him with
IA Lawful sakes, things is all cold Why viii
you shilly.shally so? p
She sat pouring ou, the tea. an old grim Ing
woman, who might have been made Of cast iron
20 hard were her features. After the first remark
sic said nothing more hut helped Dan a. shl
had done ever siugV 'he time WHEN she raine &
iaruI to keep thc house aud see io hc ma'aorl"s,
child-and eat her own supper ia silence pit
shovcled his in ~ only Yankee fariurr could
leaving no time 10 chew. anl lrii ~. tahlr III,
instant be was done
lie was not in the haiti, "i finding a social or.
casion in n meal ai home. First hc icd the crit
icrs' aud then himself, in much ihc sane spirits
In his actions there was no iinee uf romance
his speech, less. lie was hIrly and brown, aud
had a way Of answering stranger. tina, mad,
them shy OF speaking -.cuni tim First hc star
ted. then he paused thea 20. ini lis answer int
the shortest words Vapah., al the longest abreyia
tions 10 be found IN the English language, and
mutieiel them without looking Al the party al
dressed-and all bccausc in hi. inmost heart h,
fancied that DO what he would, nobody could
like him--Lucy Lee in particular, who alway,
seemed To him the best and prciticsi thing in III,
whole world and as far above him ~ the star,
are above the mudd, earth
Her father was the village banker. a gentleman
who .'u''l high IN the estimation of tho hes
families aud Lucy was accomplished hcauiifu
and good liut for all that Dan Holloway ncc,
not have despafcd as hr dill Tor i.ucy. from hei
rev in church, had often east us glance q, III,
brown, broad.shouldci,d farmer, with his gilt
tering black cufls, nni glowing cheek. M,
thought him the handsomcsi fellow ihet" Sp Il,
actually was in his Sunday toilet tor, in quot,
the words of old nufsr reahol, Dan llnllo
way became dress
Once, too, when the dun row Ia ilir meadow
frightened Miss Lucy Dan had proved hiniscl
quite hero and had aficrward actual, rsrufIr,
her home, through all hc said Was Not at alt,
when she thanked him. lie wa ia hi. Sun,la,
dress too, that morning, for hc had been TO tow ~
and vas just driving through the gate OF his ow I
garden when the dun cow lowered her horns
lie had no time To think what be should do an,
had done IL all the better for that aud since tha
day Lucy l.ee had liked hin, more than brf,t-
Sometimes, going to the bank 60 dcl,osit mon,.,
or 20 draw some sum he needed, Ian used To se,
her AZ the window or in the garden, for the hons,
aud bank were near each other and then h. al
ways bowed, sometimes spOke-jusi few words
In his old sulky way l'ut Lucy irli snt- ihi
.apParen, sulkincss was only shyncis aud iha
there was gparae.fpof good inpan ifone conl,
but come at II.
For months after ihr affair ufiLr cow IA, f.l
that ha was quite a friend bu, even her goo,
nature failed at last. and she was piqutd by hi
constant silence into taking no notice Of him. un
less II was absolutely necessary. Other men wen
anxious to talk 10 her. Other men admired her
aud II was absurd 10 care for one who never tool
| any notice Of her. Notice All, ii she had onl,
known. lie used 10 steal across the fields a
night, and sit under the great elm by the roa,l
side staring nj the windows of the house an,
wondering which rooms was hers. lie used I,
watch her coming and going, and once had beet
| 80 anxious TO see her ride away that be had gon
upon the roof Of his house and stayed there unit
she and her petty black horse had faded IN ~
| distance, and when she passed him, with som
oneclsc a, her side he felt hinselfihe mosimisera
ble wretch IN creation.
''if she should ever marry he had said Il
himself u should have 10 sell out and go should
rm sure. couldn't stand Il where could Sc
her. Not one u these fellows will ever love Lc
rs well as 10, though she cant gucss that. "
80 the tinl6 passed on. Dan moro aud niOr
10 love. Lucy more aud more Indifferent, as Dat
continued bis sulky silence, and young Morris
as every one called him because there were thte
older MOrTiscs, grew deeper IN her liking. Sh
was not Of asuspicious nature, aud she knew her
self handsome. aud II never entered her mind tia
the rcpulcd wealth Of her father had anything 4
do with this wooing, ur that, being poor, younl
Morris would have sooner thought OF one Of th
plain Misscs Greens, who were known TO be grca
lcr hcitcssCs, than of herself. She believed al
that was raid and looked aud acted came frou
the heart, aud when girl Oncelhinks herself. b,
loved II Is easy for her 20 love IN return Tn
thought Oi being Mrs. Morris, Onrc by no mean
an attractive one, grew daily plcasanier.
Who would have fanced that that queer, craft,
looking cashier, Peter Absl, whose nusc an,
cliin nearly meet, WIN seldom spoke. except ol
The subject VI money, aud who was Lucy Lee
grand detcsiaiiOu, should have any thug 10 Il
| with her destiny, especially When love affair
were on tue carpet but 81 II was Aud thong
no 0ne guessed H. certainly not the ihief himself
The uigbi ON which, sinking down 90 the ban
vaults from his little room IN an upper hoOr. NJ
Apslty unlocked the safes, aud perIsifaicd a y
gantie robbery, was the turning l,0iul IN Lucy
life. But for that, ON the morrow Mr. Mort
would have been accepted and found herself, ~
month or 30 Mrs. Morris.
but for ihai--for In the excitement Of the hon
the servant girl, who frsi heard the news. rushe
all about Appleblow with H. aud over his bFeal
fast MT. Morris heard that "lee the banker, vi
ruined -