The Baltimore County union., 1867-09-21
Mistellancons.
THE PRESERTE CLOSET.


Upon my word, ihi. Is aboni iLr ronlrsi pru-
ur,ling ever knew
Colonel Tenplar sat in h. Lachrlur sancium.
where the rays of an April SUNSHINE shou- IN lines
oi gliIiering gold among the beautiful violris
10 the Niaduw, aud drove the lutte canary halt
Wild with s;lVef-Voic,d delight a ,.,n,ium inurl,
crowded with a miscellaneous confusion uf mrrr-
schaums in diiierrn, stages 81 color dressing
gowns cigar boxes, newspapers. anI gorgeous
velvet sippers-hc contracted his brows moOdily ;
over a letter whose pink paper and ,lcc,,r scent
~ foreign perfume hciohencd troublesome lady
correspondent.
'DgAR SIDNEY. Yes. In ALWAYS dear when
bertha wanis adsagrccablc commission cxc,u-
ted-wbat hypOctiies women are 10 l,e suite an
eligible house somewhere. ia some nice locality.
It surely eau be no trouble to engage one for Us
No trouble indeed that just woman ran.
'iun idea No trouble 10 rush from pillar to post
house-hunting Where the indemnity uf bach
-lorhood, Id like 10 know might ns well he y
married man ia good earnest. II ! IA To bc sld-
died with all the responsibility Of iLc thing
won he imposed upon II write 10 bertha At
once and tell her
Colonel Templar gave his JET black moustaclc
"a savage JERK, and pulled his writing desk
frsOluieiy forward. Then n suffer mood sectne,l
io dawn aihwari his mini-he hesiiaied biting
the handle o'his pen meliiaiivey. Poor little
l'eriha-she always was my pet cousin and |
.pppOse It is rather inconycnient for her 10
come all the way here To look ior "A
house-and her husband will he in India ill the
niddle Of May, and--well the upshoi ofihc whole
matter is that I'm doomed to ,ictiniile myself.
nd the sooner its over ;hc better ilcigho
where she newspaper u Just look over the
!" Lets 'it.' aHi ih"u = 20 20 the estate a.cn-
Ci,s
The sun was pccrnF irou behind mas.r. OF
iit Ing clouds, liz" q .hy lrtsis who .I'.futir,y
smiles and hides hcs 'au ~, aii yt- mu o'
faint spring udof,. c,cn IN ,hi hri. ! AMI murti-
wilderness, when Coion,i >.dn,, Trmia' 'iic.i
br.vely forth, armed 'Ht ~ll'ppci will Yati"r'
references. direction. md Hdjgr.-s. tu -u.a-r .u
the momenious husnes' %: house hunting
lie was not n handsome man--yc, vou would
have turned involuntary 10 look aft, lin a. hc
sauniered by attracted Us %, deep smuihetcd
Ere OF his dark eyes .ud u iiin uitlinc Of his
lips No--Colonel 1.u,lat Wt, not handsome
bu, he was what the ladi,l term interesting
Moreover, he carried an empty sleeve where the
left arm should have heen--an everlasting,
memorial OF the red battlefield.
II srems comical enough for me 90 20 house
hunting. unused TemplAr. as he strobe onwari'
ihrousl the dust! streets. Tor me. the solii,t,
homel' - t'ciusc ol unc-anl-ihiril year, Old
Pour tr.i's ago thing. appeared differently "a
mc--fuut wears ngo ! might have dreamed Of a
hon, ri nv own. with Marion Caryrs hrigh,
eyes 20 iight Up its hcati..iunt Ah, mr this j.
= world ~ change \ cafcl,.s wofd ia htil,
misunderstanding here am a crippled Oh
soldier. while Marion j. probably making ih' sun
shine OF some other man lite. Hold an 4 aul
getting maudlin aud romauic--ch >dnr,
Tcmpar This vill never do old fellow
The colonel gave III, heavy black lock u back
~arl toss as IL impatient at hi own hpll aud
vigorously directed hi- attention To 'hr h.' ~
eligible residence in his pocket book
No il--strcet here's the very place Want.
painting badly ou the outside, but may present q
more promising appearance within. A. al events
wen Try.
lie rang the bell, aud after a brief diminishing
Of servants in the hall faded lady in dyed six
and hair 10 crimping.Pins, appeared
rs this house TO let. malamt inquired our
Colonel, deistcniially
Well 'yes. its let, but sou can .c, 10 nnw
Cant see II now /?
No snarlrd the lady yindiciive,
Hours ARE between two aud four
I'm quite SURE lhr female in the clinl.ing pan,
is an old maid, decided the colon'l mentally,
anh think she mus, have brcakinsir'l ~ broken
glass and cambfic needles wonder n 'hr l,eo
pie at No, l1l-----sircct will hc ANY m"f,
affable
\ pTeti, blue.ryed Woman. IN a torn wrapper
and slippers down nj the heel. answered the dooi
bell.
Can | see this house. Incrkly questioned
Colonel Templar.
Could you call again in an hour asked III,
blue-eyed one. Ny husband Il out aud w. Y,
been so troubled with theve. and respectable look
ing agents who carried key with 'cm. that
Uh, beg your pardon. Under the circum
stances will not intrudc. said Colonel Trmpla
with q comic elevation ~ his eyebrows. Per
baps, however, you will be good enough io 81,
~ 4 Al. ~ a. 81.
safe
The bluc.cy,d laly looked after rul"nr Temp
lar as he strobe away, with "a puzzled face.
~ Il we'll did moi let him come in. VA hei
internal coninrni lie looks ~ II le mirh l'r
little crazcd.'
While Colonel Ten,I.lar slrok,l his mon,ia.h
aud pondercd dubiously within hims'lf
4 wonder u look like rogue
'iIerber, Ilcrlic don, you hear The hSp
bell lieriie, say
The gentleman abosirophize,l as lcriir was sit
ting at an old fashioned mahogany dcsk, al's0r
bed In a pile Of blOited manuscript, with lishcye
led hair, and middle finger deeply stained will
evidently a young author, very much u
love with his profession. Directly before hin
stood the speaker, youHg lady OF twenty tire
or thereabouts.
She was exceedingly pretty, with the innocent
blue eyed, with u complexion where roscs sccmc'
10 glow through the transparent skin and
mouth like dash Of scarlet velvet, while h.
lovely golden hair was fastened straight back, II
q great lustrous twist. En- dcshnhillc evidently
but quite pretty enough 10 excug all delcc's a
-four spFinklcd hands, aud hair loose.
Door beli1' repeated the young man, snriin
vacantly.
Yes; some one 10 see the house, suppose an
such figure. Do please, 10 20 tie dOol
BERTHE there's jewel. Mary has gone To III
grocer aud see what a state I'm in
She held up both dimpled hand, and nodde
aFchly IN the glass ai huge Hour patch IN N
reaeh. bloom cheek.
There Il goes again DO make haste, llerli'
aud ou your lie, don't show any Que into II
kitchen. TEN cm us q gem Of a little kiichti
but do not lei them In, for the cake Is half fmad
aud the bread halfbaked and M half distracted
aud The rolling.pin aud spice boxes, aud cgg-bc
lers are lying around loose, and--ihere.
Aud the young lady expedited matters with
push that len fve white dots from her Eve fng
ends on the back NJ Mr. IIerberis cashmere dres
ing-gown.
THE dear, abssnl-mIndsd goose she poudsr'