The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
TTENEtOND WARKIlGE.

~ ANY RANDOLPH.
Maurice Maurice
She spoke the soft word twice before he heard
her, with wSifnl eyes turned iimidly 10 his face
aud then she laid one hand lightly ON his arm
Maurice turned sharply. ~ II some summer nsec,
hnd s,ung him.
what Is IL
May have the litllc grny lonts and aide uul
On Iempl,,on road
T Ride out NO--tcs-! wish Nod wouidn
tease me. ANN
lie spoke haI shly shaking oil the little hand ~.
4 lis ioach were unpleasant 10 him. aud .Amablc
Treslc! turned away, trying 10 tcprrss the tears
that sprang invOluniatly to her eyes.
lie does not love ine she thought "Oh il |
Anc" bu, some spell To hiing bach the old fond.
NESS.
She went slowly out into the bright ante.rOom
where the winter sunshine s,rcamcd through
oltandcr bOughs and swinging trails Of passion
vine leaves aud great Newfoundland dog las
winking and blinking in the golden food.
Nero, yoH love the she muTnured throw.
lng herself ON the floor with one arm around her
canine favoritcs neck and her burning check
resting against his shaggy curls
She was ouly child, this brow n.eyed Anabc
Tns,e!, no, yet sixteen aud she looked more
ehildlAc than ever in her uncOhse.ously pictures
que attitude on the old rug, with the curls hang
ing loosely about her face aud the irfcprcssib BILE
quivcr Oh her lip. but all vi II sudden she glanC-
I'd W with sCarlc, blush rs u shadow fell ac-
ross the doorway aud Nero uttered low warn.
ing growl.
tall, fair haired gentleman vas standing
there, with his fur trimmed hat in one hand and
aa amused expression ON his counirnancc.
Pardon me !or startling you, ny dear little
sirl, he said. gently, but ! have called to see
Mr. TTesc!. Is lac at home
AmaGlc siatumcItd some incohcrcnt sentence
al lac ~ and gha zgWa
aud passed on.
Mis. Tresley took her embroidery aud sat
down under the oleandcr bough. Asshe thread.
ed the hair like needle and lifted on n minia
turc thiInLie OF chasic gold as a loud lerisivc
laugh from the other room rang in her ears.
Your wife Nonsense. Tfesley Tha, Child "
~ know ! have been "a fool returned her
husband voice. in a tone Of annoyance aud
chagrin. y was infatuated mad-Rnd now i,
is too late for repentance.
Where did you pick h"l nr asked the
languid, softly modula,ed vo,,c.
In New OTlcans-eii All uiplAH al ~ gTca,
hotel by the death OF her a;he, alone and unpro.
yided tor. Onc could not bn'l., her
And pity Is akin to love, .mgheI the stran.
ger. IL understand your case .r,cly, Tresley
but surely she : pretty enough % -uii even your
tasiidious taste.
~ doll--a vapid wearisome dol = returned
Tresley, impliicnily And 10 think that am
tied 10 her tor life
Then why the deuce dad you marry her p
~ tell you, Iaynor, was fool 10 her brown
eyes and golden hair aud now, when il is too
( late, have discovered my mistake
well, old fellow, M sorry for you, but the
best advice can tender Is tO MAKE the best of H.
returned his companion, yawning And now le,
me hear what your plans are for the spring
cant you 90 TO Europe with our party ?"
Amablcs dizzy senses comprchcnded the con.
Z mn Gha haI aoN
mo,ionlcss, every word burning its imprint on
her heart ms il they had been live Goals. SO
Maurice was weary Of the pretty child he had
taken TO his home and this explained the cold
I ness almost aversion that her md coaxing had
/ been vain 10 disIel.
4 She sat there nearly an hour, with her head
dropping on her breast aud her hands clasyed
I idly on hrr hncc Finally she rose aud went up
stairs With slow, languid steps. She had entered
/ the toum rhild she lrii II u hard. determined
I woman.
! II was aiuUs, dark when Mauii,r Titslc, ,alLc
out OF his library To look Tor the little wife who
delighted 10 irip on oil his ernnds
| "Amablc Amy
! hui there was no response. Maurice locked
impatcn,ly round.
"Stephcnson, he said to u .mart maid who
was rcplenishing the fire with coal, go gp 10
Mrs Trcsley room and tell her,hai Mr. Raynor
will stay 10 tea.
l Yes, sir.
half miau,c later Stephenson anne back
'She is no, there sir.
Not there
NO, sir, aud Mary Anne says she saw Mrs.
Trcsley go Out, all wrapped up, two hours ago.
Did she drive the gray ponies q?
80, .if she wen, Ou foot. Aud please, sir,
here a bil Of paper found on her dressing case.
with your name on the outside.
/ Tfesluy opened the note With a contracted
Ia tl..s A.
should not gave consulted him regarding her out.
goings aud incomings Hut there was something
in the pcnccd lines that blanched his cheek
II know that you are weary of me had
know IL before you would sooner have been re-.
licvcd of my presence. Forget me-and try ia
return Ia the old time before You ever saw
AxAhiE.
That was all Maurice Tic,iev smiled bitterly
TO himself
~ mere childish pet, be maTuiurcd. ''Sh,
will be- back half frightened ou, of her sehses
as soon as II grows dark. II is unfortunate
however, that she should haze oyerl card thai
unlucky conversation
llu, .lmabd lid no, return she never return.
el.
"lii no USE, sir, said the gray hair cd emissar,
Of the police, shaking the snow from his grea
coat 1--WE have inquired everywhere, but the elu,
fails Us a. the boat landing. Up 10 that spot sh,
was scen-iracked; but there we are AT loss.
She must have taken the boat to GTenoble
exclaimed Maurice, eagerly
''She did not sir, We have tncaEs OF knowing
every passenger that came of a, Grenoble.
Then where eau she be -
That IL the question. II Is now lhlee week
since she disappcarcd we have set agents at worl
wherever there was the slightest probability o
her taking refuge, and still there Is no key 20 thl
mystery Excuse me, sir, but was Mrs. Taesley
easy in her nind-tranquil and collected,
mean when she left your housef
Mo- hardly think she was.
The gray.haircd man pat the tips OF his luget
reieciivcly together.
"Did you ever think there nigh, be roInoi
possibility Of suicide e.
Maurice Tieslcy winccd AZ the awful lOssibilitl
so cody touched upon hy to matter of fact dc
icciivc aud when the door had closed hchiu,
bis horrible equanimiiy, Tfc.iry sank on n chair
with his face buried in his hand,
MY wife--my little soft o. - Nmy I hau
BEEN cruel, harsh--l deserve d ,ilet than tha
heaven should deal With me o.. ! .lrait with tb
lonely orphan. uh, my lost wiir ari thou saf
in heaven, OF wandering homtlcss On The face Q
this cruel carlh3
But there came no ansNtf 10 bis pleading ct,
When the child Amablr bad elt her husband
roof she had objected her footsteps 10 the hiaI
road that led 10 the steamboat landing but 81
was just too late the boat had gone
'wh,Ie shall 20 nov she asked herself
tying ia vain 10 command bet Thoughts ssper
hals eau walk 10 Burghiuth aud ihrn take ID
caIs for New York
Poor Amabis She sOou realized the wid
'liisfeUss ihrte was hetWeen dti,iny over III
road With hes pet ttaE lnutts and llodAtuu n