The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-06-29
have ~utiri TO invite Cousin susan TO spend
The Fourth With us. said INV sister Ann
she will not come, ssidI =


= have ~ntirn 10 invite Cousin susan 10 SPEND
the fourib With us. said nv sister Ann
She will not come, said T. 4.
She will. replied nv sister
disputed the point no further bul Sas safe
knew better How could she come, the perjured -
no, not that. could not make that out. for she
had never, 70 nv knowledge uttered even n
lover soaih The faithless But that rouni in
the indictment wosld not bold either, FOR there
was never any breach OF faith on her side and
perhaps ,here was no particular faith between us
for either TO break. Bot We bad met and par
ted, and our pathways hence divsrged, wide as
the poles asgnder Were We not hencesoFih TO
be strsugers Had not the words been spoken
which, sundering love, sundsr Acquaintance
Could We meet again with any degree Of COM
posure Could We breathe the same atmosphere
All this ] said 10 myself, fot ] bad no further
revealed my last country experiences than 10 look
unnuiterable things. when Susaus name was
mentioned, and 10 wear generally. Al home.
yisags which seemed blending OF the aspec, of
Bombasies Furiose with that Of the knight 81 the
Ruefnl Countenance.
4 glorious day was the Fourth Of July, when
VIC were young The noisy recommendation Of
John Adams was not len 10 the spontaneous and
imprompiu exercises Of the younger people The
men took the thing 10 hand, and seconded the
town authorities In getting up Q Fourth worth
while. There were few municipal appropria-
tons for our patriots had not learned the pro-
fciency with which nov they trust their arms
into the public purse. The consumption Of pow
der and pyrotechnics was desrayed By private
subscription. In the same way the expense Of
open carriages for Revolutionary veterans aud
Distinguished gaesis was provided for and every
body else paid for his own dinner.
OF course there must be Q military parade and
favori,e intersnde In the parade was the sham
fight. And special feature Of the sham fight
was the red Indian. Sometimes we rehearsed
Bunker Hill, bni that fell into dsuse. Few liked
10 personate the British soldiers and the old
Continental militia who defended the earihworks
had persistent obstinacy In fAlsifying history,
and refusing 10 retreat. They would Insist upon
fghtiag the battle, not with the result 10 Il was
but as Il should have been
So We usually fell back upon the red Indian
regarding all Indians as Tories and In British
pay. TO PLAY Indian, too, was such . glorious
masquerade, aud with ochre, bFickdust, q horse
blanket, and o tuit Of feathers, 30 easily got up
and 80 picturesque Skirmishing aud skulking
were such iun Aud the scalping was managed
to . marvel BY the cid Of two or three old wigs,
ffom band 10 hand, and from head 10 head.
Everybody was delighted with the show, except
the monarehs Of the pouiiry-yards, Who, ater the
Fourth, looked us meek as sheep after shearing
time, and erowed 10 most disconsolaie and crest.
fallen manner. Their pride bad gone 10 decorate
mock Indians, In q most unaboriginal style.
The persouating Of an Indian lust fell In with
the 'Ercles vein into which had fallen and I
found no difficulty In being detailed as Que Of .
tribe whose annals are found nowhere but In this
veritable history. Cousin Sue arrived 10 the
midst Of the preparations. longcd for scene
but IN she eamc, quiet, easy, unconstrained aud
treated inc as naturally aud PLEASANTLY as " We
were just 10 from q romp In the garden, and
were aged, respectively, ten 10 twelve. J could
have scAlpsd her (msiaphorlcally) for her calm
indifference a. 10 me- and her evident pleasure
In what she expected 10 sec Of the wonders of
Fourth-of.July-celebfat
She gave herself al once 10 the work VI assist
ing 10 equip Cousin John. Her fair fingers APP
Piled the oehre 70 my cheeks, and introduced an
original dash or two Of black 10 give me the true
fsrocious aspect. She liiied up ny headdress,
and took comb out of her own head 10 fAstsn
II, with pins from her own waist.
Ny beaFt was nutsering under ihess manipsla-
tons, and my face out reddening The red ochre
while Sae was ~ unconcernsd 80 " she had been
dressing doll-baby. when was pFonouncsd
all right, with The ssnteniious addition, I" hAnds
can't better you," she stood oa and admired ne,
her eyes dancing with laughter. ! put on my
hotrIdest NaFragabssti look, hoafishsd my pine
tomahawk, gave . right trocious yell, and
bounded out Of the door 10 Join my companions