The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-04-13


| door and window
| "l cam stmv her. anv long.r % though, Phil
ip, walking IN and down the room like lie cage,
bear Ger,y had likened him 10. al like lei,
but should feel like a murderer every time sh
| gave him--her accented Ioyar--on. ~ h.r .ws,
smilcs. couldn't look a, her, and know ,ha
she belonged TO some one else IN 90 to-luor
row mornng-no, won't. I'll 90 tonight ~
| lie glanced nj his watch. wandering n ho La,
/ time TO catch the evening train.
" II leaves at a quarter before six-and IL i
| hall-past five now No. / eannot 90 lo-night
but IN 20 up stairs and rack nv law books"
lie was sorting out his uosscssions half ai
hour afterwards when Harry BrIt came into ,h
room.
"wel old fellow he said. trying 10 smile :
greeting, ~ the handsome Young Law student
entered "shall offer ou my congratulations =
NO T. said Belt, shortly. pulIing al his long
mousIache, aud throwing himself into the leather
| covered armchair.
"liallo She hasn't-"
''Ics, she has 2
''I;efuscd you ?
Exactly
Leslie stared IN blank arnAzcmrut The idcr
that any woman in her sober senses could reAhsc
Harry Belt had never in the course ~ hs wildcs
| speculaiiOns entered his brain
Ibid she give any reason, Belt p
''!Shc didn'I want to a, first but pressed
| her rather closely, aud then she owned up there
was some other fellow that she liked heiter
| ConGound him, saw / p
The young Apollo with the .trairh, nose and
the bluc.black hair was evidently gu, Of temper
Philip Leslie looked at hin, with a dreamy. misty
| light IN his frank brown ewes. and n rurion.
quiver about his lip
You re wrong there Harry Belt. II there q
any man that is worthy Of Gertrude warn's love
and has won her hcarIl should hr ,h. ln,, IA
grudge him the treasure he will POSSES: say
God speed him, and keep him TO cherish hrt as
she deserves
phil you an old fish, said Belt looking Al
him as one would regard "a strange anomaly
There Ism { a bit Of jealousy in your nature
.'Yes, there s-lois Of it," said Philip. ham.
nering a Blackstone down into his trunk.
But mean TO conquer II. like man Harry,
! ani sorry for you-iusi rs sorry as IL / hadn't
loved the girl myself -
II believe il, Phil - said Belt. grnsiinr the
others > hand. and respecting his hon,-, nature
as he never had respected /, bcforc
All that night Philip Leslie lay awake watching
the faint starlight creep along his wall. and
listening to the voicefui silence Of the nd. sum.
mcr night. And when i, was daylight he rose
and prepared for the long iourn.y ih,, was IA
take him away from Gertrude Ware.
Gcriy had not got out her morning ewing
when Philip came in to bid her good-h., She
was dusting the piauo with "A small .ainbow.
tinted feather daster-a dainty piece OF work
which she much liked doing, aud generally took
some time about
'Gcr,y-I have come to tell you goodbye 70
She stood leaning up against the piaiio. locking
like u fair, dropping iily. with the bright feather
brusb in l,er hand
s.Philip. are vou roinr away frou,us
Yes said Philip, speaking bratel,. aud
trying TO keep the crimson Itoin bis CHEEKS
why -
Gerry, said the Young man. simply, j., Harry
Belt and both loved you very dearly--ioved
YOU a. "A man loves the woman he wouii niu
make his wife. You knew this before Yesterday -
II suspected it,
She spoke very low. with her fair head still
dropping, and the curls lying on her shoulders
like motionless coils OF gold.
VERY well, Gertrude when Harry Belt
spoke 10 you last evening, and YOU told him that
you had given another the treasure We both
coveied-yout heart Gerty--I felt that could
Ger,y, am going to turn pilgrim. once again (;
will you bid me good s,ecd ?
''philip, said Gcriy, playing nervously with
her brighi-colored plume. 'dil liarr. tell you
who il wns liked the bcsi -
No, Gcrty.
II did not tell han p
Leslie stood silently holding her hand IN his,
and looking down into her avcried eyes bu, he
did not speak.
shall tell you who il was. Philip -
IL you please, Geriy"
Tie Eel, that he would rather not bear his rival ;
name, yet hc could hardly refuse her proiIered