The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-16

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| ~ see they nre addEesstd 10 yoa, Milly, h,
said There waa.fasilscF inquiry In the expires
/ sion ~ his hacos is4s 81
Would YOU like 90 read them she asked
simply. Mark writes very amusing letters. II,
| gives such capital account OF his lie at Ilong
Kong think u would amuse you TO read Il.
| "No thank you, Milly.'a And he pressed hei
hand tendcFly, as he gave her back the letters
For amoment be bad doubted her but he dis
missed his doubts.
IN The course Of few days there was another
visitor calling IN Calthorpe 81. Mark Lance had
arrived from Hong Kong. lie had written no
letter, hocanse b. was coming In pefAon.
Dr.. Dcndy, attending bis patient with cusio-
mary punctualIiy, found the young man in
the drawing room, and recognized him nj
| Once. Only, the doctor Was not especially plea
sed To discover The photograph hardly lid air.
| Mark lance Justice lie was IN truth sar hand.
sourr than he appeared in his carte de- yisi,c-n
tail, broad. muscular gentleman with sunhntnl
skin, bright unainching blue eyes. and - very
white aud perfect set oi teeth.
Milly seemed nervous aud M 1T ease avoided
her cousin's gnxr answered him inousy llahrslly
Tie hHd brough, with him all sorls of lres,nls iof
hcr--howls, searis, fans, feathers, painting,
Oriental curiosiies, aud valuable knck knackcry
She haf,iiy looked u; siese treasures however.
could with difficulty return her cousin common
words at thanksgiving. She was al pains Ia
avoid eoayersiug with bin -soughl excuse ior
quitting him. iir surveyed her with surprised
eyes 'wns this Miily9S he wssasking himaeif
Aud lie ieli wtonged and hurt.
II must "a now sad Marx. abrupll, l
have business 10 the city.
- snpposr We shal sct yon again soon 80
Mill asked IN hsiu'' tones. Is"kine awav from
him is he spoke.
~ suppose so' hr answered caclct.is
~ IA going sour way into The ciiy--'r ihr
Ostrich lnsuTgncc Oilice, in cornhill, said Dr..
Dendy 10 the Young man. 'I.et me give you "a
I'm Ia my hroughau. you u find go faster than
most cabs.
They wen; away together.
IN a madman aud a fool, that ahai am T.
said Mark Lance, impelnoasly. rs he sa' in the
doctor srarriagc.
''lIow SOP
II cant Of coursr, rxt~et you to understand
or - ml,aihize with lovers miserable imbecili-
iiee the sonng nan went On. fou have never
loved NJ have. Won fou'i know what love il
and know IL
Perhaps moi perhaps not, - the doctor said
with Icriect comrosnre
'' must speak out" cried Mark. must I'll;
some oue--Any onr-whai ! suffer- or shall 20
mad DO you know why came home so sud.
denly because loved that girl becanse | was
sick aud dying for love other because couldn't
tear 10 live longer away from her
You have loved her long p
81 haye loved her all my life. "a a child and
- schOolboy loved her-years, ,eass ago. Ba,
au a fool to romplain--i gave her uiy heart lor
playt thing. she has put II from hrt nov with
tue rsst oi her play ythines, ruined and broken
quite done with had no right In expect she
would do otherwise.
She knew Of your love ~
How could she not know OF Il? iet was
wrong, perhaps, not to'speak out. ! ought 10
have put Il plainly before her. No she docs not
know Of my love. have never dared to speak
OPENLY 10 her concerning Il. ! am the most
miserable fellow On this earth
And Mark Lance covered his h,rc with bis
htnds f.
From the city DR.. Dcndy, having parted with
Mark Lance, returned To cathorpe street
As be- catered the drawing foom, with the
cauiious and noiselcss tread Of man well used
10 sick chamheu end acutCly sensitive patients, be-
hcarcd faint moaning sound.
Miily Lance, with fearful eyes, was reading
over once again her consin'sleiiers.
Forgive, me = she cried; in an agoni@ed
voice, Ill am going 10 burn them. And then,
hardly knowing what she did, she seemed 10 be
Try ing TO fail on her knees at the DOCTORS feet.
lie raised her up with tenderness.
Calm yourself, Milly,n he said.
''liave mercy she moaned ''oh have mer-
cy -
''You are III, Milly," he said gently. Don I be
afraid of me. my dear wonldn't wrong you
that's better. But what pulsc Give me sheet
q note paper ! must write you a prescription.
Mind YOU must obey my Instructions to the letter
lie scribhlcd few lines.
Read that, Milly," be said.
She glanced at the paper, expecting TO find The
usual unintelligible medical hlcroglyphics. She
started. To her amazement she found she could
understand the prescription II was written IN
English. Il ran something In this wise
.'R. Take cousin Mark 10 church with you as
soon as possible, and make him yonr husband.
God bless you. JSo. DExBy. N. D.
How her heart beat
And my father
lie shall give his consent I'm take care Of
that.
With cry OF joy she threw herself into his
arms. lie wen, away signing, very grave In as
pect.
Perhaps shall be abe 10 finish that book OF
mine now, he said gravely. It's time Il was
done. One thing, know more about II than
did. It's but poor, weak, troublesome organ,
AFTER all-ihe hear,-and ts ache Is very hard TO
bar