The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-06-29
5tlisfellaneons.
II o w I DIED FOR LOVE.
A Fourth Of July Sketch.
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They are TO be Piiied, the dwsllers 10 towns
who have no country cousins who's early me
fnories enshriLe no cofn-cribs and grainricks
and haymows. They never IN their childhood
wondered at the plough's long, straight furrow,
or hlled their shOes with the fresh loan as they
irudged after the plougbman. Never, In country
visits, did they tumble over the new-mown hay
and, under pFeience OF work, cause more DELAY
than speed TO the harvest. And thus they have
lost what makes the very prettest Of back grounds
10 tie mental picture, when, in later manhood
or among the hfties. We think Of IN. long long
/ ago.
Country children. To the manor born. attach
no value to sach things and scenes but the
discoyerer OF a nest Of nuggets 10 Eldorado, ne
yer felt more pleasure than !. Il town boy, when
stumbled. under the hay-loft upon n nest OF
hens eggs have attained many prizes since
but none that gave the more hearty and inno-
cent pleasure than this. Rabbits squirrels. tor
loises were curious marvels 10 NE; and 10 snakes
the old serpeni. Not step could ] take. in my
visits TO uncle 10 the country which did no; wake
In ne new wonder 81 me with delight, or, what
Is next bes, always, inspire me With terror which
gave birth 10 pleasure when IL was Over-on the
same principle tina, every BOY feels better when
bis strips have done smartng.
Ny hawbucks Of country cousins thought the
me, because innocenty inquired, AZ nv earliest
visit, whether pork grew 90 trees. Even now
they put malicious emphasis on that barbarvus
term pork crop, which has Of late come into
USE and they declare that mus, have invented
H. liwas OF no use FOR me 20 play OF nv superior
knowledge in town matters upon them There
on the spot; the local lore was the ouly wisdom.
They iecred the wben reached the back Of the
old fsrm-horse. By climbing Up the wrong side
Of the animal and said was lef,-handed in nsy
feet In every way they ridieuled aud aoaied a.
the simple town boy whom ihey considered res-
dant and who certainly, in country living and
country thinking, either had passed inhis words
and bis ideas that step beyond the sublime Shieh
is sfeli ridiculous OF had fallen enough short
Of il 10 come 10 the same thing. The boys Eere
not however, bad boys lfthey did amnse them
selves a. my expense. they did = great deal 10
amuse me NJ their own.
But liked nv Cousin susan heiier than auy
boy Of them all, or than al the boys together
When she laughed at me, il was in good-naiured
way iha; implied no superiority. And she drew
me out 10 talk, BY asseniing 10 nv assertion that
there were things in town which could not be
learned in farmhouse. aud which were perhaps
quite as well worth knowing az the difference
between wheat and rye. Girls in the country have
q higher appreciation ~ Town fashions aud TOW ~
boys than their brothers have. ! don undertake
10 say why, but the fact is inconiFovcftihle.
,eniion than her rough bfoihsrs did That Was
natural And when my sister Was ms coupan-
ion 10 my visits she seemed TO have like affinity
for her male cousins Perhaps that was natural,
too. II IL MAS not. she made most unnatural
union for she Is living with one Of them, now.
in the holy estate OF maiTimony. our butter
and cheese. eggs, poultry, and hams, right good
all in their Kind, come from the dear old home
stead, the farm where NV grandfather lived and
died, aud nv father was born.
But, must on with nv story, II il he a story
though warn you, now, that there is not much
romance before you Cousin Susan had her rus
tic beaux, even In heT teens and they were not
quite blind Indeed they were more than sharp,
In regard 10 he: evident preference for her town
cousin. But, bless you, there was nothing in IL,
nothing At all, until !, was talked into conse-
quence The rustic bellies, too, had their share
IN the commoiion. They could not see why
Cousin Susan should monopolize all nv polite
attentions. 50 there soon grew up that game Of
ieaze, the ripple ofwhieh prevents the course OF
true love from running smooth and which, q;
the same time, Il must be confessed, first makes
the stream Of any consequence. Sue never would
have suspected that she cared q straw for Cousin
John that's ms, undersiand), IL all the folk,
young aud old, bad notfallen 20 joking her about
her supposed attachment.
And what did she do In the matter Just what
all girls do-she denied the soft impeachment.
But, upon every denial, secretly consulting her
own heart she grew more and more TO think that
there might be something In Il after all. Then
she reAenied II 10 herself and still found that,
despiie her mental disclaimer, she had more than
q mental weakness op the subject. She was faint
hearted, very, 10 her silent denials. How do
know No matter Sir or Madam, Master or Miss,
whoever you are that ask. Secrets Of this sort
ara very sure 10 come out on some day.
And then-what a pity that children must out
grow, the girls their short frocks and pinafores,
and the boys their round jackets and rufiles -
ne began 10 discover, and Sue was the frsi to
find Il out, that We were advancing something
beyond mere boy and girl. The freedom Of our
hearty romps and frolics diminished, and Sue
became Miss Susan. Was slow 10 learn but
amer every interval OF six months absence, saw
more and more that she was passing out OF the
reach Of boys play. perceived that must be-
gin TO approach her more respectfully, and TO
treat her with the Difference aud respect with
which young ladies require 10 be eOmPlimenied.
did 80 under protest, and took refuge for liber-
lies under my claim Of cousin. Bui that could
not long coseH either Of us
think began 10 be Jealous Nay, am sure
ofh wondered what she might be saying and
doing with those country beaux Of hers, during
my absence in the town. had now advanced
10 the position Of . partner In my fathers busi-
ness firm. Perhaps The word partner was sugges.
tive. Ny young friends who went into business
this was years ago, remember), went as the
fashion Of those times was, into matrimony also,
as II that proceeding were part Of the process OF
brginning life, forsooth We have changed all
that and young people must now wait ill they
have made their fortunes, instead Of putting on
the yoke 10 pull together.
As I said, began 10 be JEALOUS. When every
body was getting married. felt that ought 70
be making some demonstrations In the same al.
recliOu. ! was lmpellcd withan indefinite iuien-
ton 10 commit the fashionable act of-wisdom
or folly, as The case might prove. Ny dreams,
" they took on any form aud dlslincluess usually
ended In the image Of my cousin. but she was
In the county, and was In the town. ! had
proposed correspondenee 70 her. That would
have been employment. should have had The
excitement Of waliing ior letters; and, moreover,
the opportunity 10 let the ouisides be seen, aud
dive my friends pretsxt for that pleasant rally
ing which, after an 10 boy and gil, 10 one ofthe
chief charms Of courtship. but, when said 10
Susan, one day, let Ne wIiie 70 each Other"
she answered, "why, John What should We
do that for ~ 80, there was, with all my young
friends deep In the delightful excitcmeut Of boy-
love, and nothing but cipher among them .
III IL.