The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-12-28
Dick DcSWifOr.


Hore is n little story from Echo, of f..
Clubs about an Englishman who deceived
TO be Yankee
There is no knowing what he will do
next.
AT Eaton he was the Captain ct thr
Boats. or course when h. arrived at cam
bridge he was thought safe for the lni,ri
sity Fight. Not bit Of il. H. went o.
Saint Johns read maihcmatics with al
dity bets were made that he'd ho or' "t
the FIRST six wranglers. He rGsrI llrtnpl
Ia driving tandem in his last term aud l"ii
the University without a degr"c.
so. Of course. his governor quarrrll.d
with him. Dick took hull, buried HIN %
in London chambers, and wrote novel T.
was good. An adventurous publisher rae,
him hundred pounds for IT, So woll o.r
il succeed that the publisher wroie to oi..s
Dick five hundred for second Tho ."rl
never reached him. Garibaldi was inst o'.
the move for some bold enterprise. aud biol
had started 10 join him
When he returned, with two 81 tht,...
bullets in him, he took suddenly to ch,m
isiry. lie discovered new dotouarin"
mixture. which blew oirhs whistler nt th-
moment OF discovery. Convinced that it
was immensely valuable, he spent almost %
week in trying TO persuade the War Oli,co
and Admiralty to adopt H. Th" War Mia
ister was busy reconstruciing the Navy. ,Hd
nobody would listen TO Dick. llerrsul. ,.
to offer his invention TO the prrs,lrn .t
the L. States.
"On his way out however. he ma laii...i
with the manager of New York ihv1't
who was SO amazed by his iueNhaus' b'..
fertility that he offered him al engagement
Dick accepted. OF course bui on his fir
evening in New York he met with an crft
tic college friend, who was about o. try hi.
luck in California. Small persuasion need.
ed our hero to so with him, and the manager
vainly waited breakfast Tor him nyXt NOR.
ing. Dick was siEgularly lucky iu r4.i.!-
nin, and though, h. should Ike IL .5 hou..
and see his friends but somebody h4.i.a.
ed to suggest that China was worth se..i.
and OF he went ihithcr. He spcca,e- 5
rather successfully in tea and finding .e
rare kinds. determined to introduc" thou -.
the London public. and shut up Twin
and Anirobus. Home he came ~ .ast W..i.
this intent aud having selected s..t
block ofbuildings in town which b. thpg-i.
might do IA tea ware house !. eccu.s.a.
to him he might as well 20 down AMI -...
his family.
At this time Dick had mover fallen
love. That busy viyac,ous bsA OF O.
would not let him. lie was doomed. ho...
ever to fall headlong into q ia.g Iu.t1i.
of that inevitable sentiment the magnet.
ing medium being most charming yo4.
lady with whom he Travelled down iowa
his fathers place in iloueestershire. >J.
was very Young aud very riGn's and teen
to know all the people be used to know
his youth II was too much for poor b.el.
They werc i,ie.d.iete in the railway earn.
and he positively made proposal.
"More amazing still is the fact tia.
little girl wasn't at all shocked au J ilsa..-.
ed TO accept him il their respective i...
tions consented.
And then. IN course Of more Neil.
colloquy, II came out who he was. and ti.'
she not only knew his people. but va .e
ing TO his governors house.
They don't expect me. guutA Dc
rather ashamed I'm only just bach ir.a
China"
"<cver mind dear said the youuc AL.
lovingly, they'll be charmed to sec y,r. ....I
the carriage is coming for me
so they drove home together tut.a
the bright autumnal moonhgh.. g.
thinking he had been lucky to Gad .
charming wife so easily on his rytutn 4
he was very pleasantly welcomcd hs ,srr
body. his Kind old father being j.. -,i
10 receive his desuliory son aga.a.
"But Dick Desul,or Esquir" va ;.'f 3
chagrined to find that the pretty sin H.
had been woong was his own Youngest p. =.
ter. whom he had left n baby in hong cloth,
and who had just reached the marrmaeal
and mischievous age. She had recounlz-,l
the poor old boy by his talk and had sen.
ed him pretty trick
However, he got over il, and ihc. loui.5
him very nice substitute H. Las t.y.
up the tea trade long ago. and engage.
(since October 20) in the consitur,iou j.
war balloons.
"P. S.-He has just called To say th.f
he is engaged to write out a pla! tur VI
Blackstone