The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-17
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If0w 4 First Met .uu UJfr.

u Is Just hSe years ago this snuiIntr that M.
granted exemption tor one month from NJ, desk.
aud went do~n with my chuu', IIornrv u, att. Iu
his fathers in old Monmouth, the garden oi that
unjusily abused State New Jersey. I should
never have forgotten that first visit. even though
] had not there met With an adventure that had
tts influrnce on my whole future lite. should
remember II for the real true hospitality uf The
lit ats, for the solid oldtic comfort OF the farm
aud the quiet way Ia whi,h within couple oi
days after my arrival was put 10 possrssion VI
II, and made To feel ~ IL IL all belonged to tnr
10 do jus, ~ pleased with. There Nerr plenty
Of horses. and We rode plenty oi hsh and
Ne hshcd plenty Of wOod-cOCk, and We shoi
All this snail be- spoken with n p'OVisO. | SAL
We, Oy which let u be- understood that I do not
mean H1race's TAO sisters. Carrie and Seitie As
haviag participated IN all these sports They ode
10 be sue, aud charmiugy they did IL : they FISH
I'd, and Am obliged 10 confess were much luck.
Ter than their guest but they did not shoot
though shall exuli over their lack Of this ac.
complishment: ihe, we're charming enough with
cut II. am cure | shall excite no JEALOUSY by
declaring that with one exception, whish I shall
not mention here. Carrie aud Neliie HYATT xefr
the Two most charming girls had ever seen, and
] was just heFiiaiing as TO which OF them should
tall desperately IN love with when my calcula.
tions werc oil disturbed by AT accident, Tor ~ I
suppose must call H. though really sertning like
you in the beet Way know how.
For some days after my arrival ai the farm uy
curiosity had teen much excited hy the oCrAsion-
al ia.Legyfc lavished bN the yOsng iAdirs upon
n once school-ieliow Of their own, May Stevens b,
hainr. who was. according to their high-cuiufrd
account tue mosi Terieci thing IN the sha,r u, a
woman then living. try 20 persuade ny syli that
nothing ia that line could surptss Carrie aud
Nviir but still the repetition 81 this MAY stevens
latu fYh l.sr
neH born passions | formed ut last an imsgins.
~ May Siesrus, aud do what | would the hgure
Was still with M. At last Was ~OIAci into M
agony Ui earnestly. aud tr uh.st With suiue great
purpose which should hiring before me the Obi, e.
OF nv thought oi the two sisi-Ts' continual ,un-
vcrsaiiOn. la What this would have ended il Is
impossible for mc AT this tine to say. had not |
beard one morning ne ! entered the breakfast.
room, the startling wards from Nellie
And so she is coming at lasi. IN 80 glad =
Whether IL was that the train Of my thought
vas upon that point At the moment or what
Cannot say, but knew directly the whole matter
] saw Carrie with an oIlrn letter in her hand aud
coupling II with Nr,,ics knew that tire hitherto
onl! heard Vt MAY Stevens Was about TO become
reality. had 10 need 10 ask questions, all the
information was pro;fcred. May Stevens. the in
comparable May, was 10 spend month at llyatts
aud the. we're 20 exfcei her at any moment
though as the leiut read, she nigh, not be down
for week TO come. \ wcrk II was an age.
ccn'urv md Nas ~ J., n .tier Of excitement My
ion.-' 'nd'r. ihssion - u,arly two weeks duFa-
ii.n Tor N,tit ~. lor.ui.cn in an instant. aud
u,y Nhulr niind Wns absorbed IN making the hest
Ggurr rg..iil. ht'"lc ;he nrW queen. With this
idea ttgan io lUCs into my wardrobe. had
come down siih sufficient cloih.s 10 answer ali
ordinary purpose, including ofcoursr Net;ie and
Carrie, but the ncw .udlrs was certainly wor.
thy Of new rig on NY part. aud certainly should
have H. This rrsol, ton was made within auern
minutes after hearing The announcement Of her
intended coaling, and before two houis had gone
by was whiEzine on my way 10 town 10 carry
out that resolve Ny choicest morsels Of ward.
robe should be offered on the shrine OF Nav Ste
vrgs
had ahseni,d mysglf on the plea Of sudden
memory Of business neglected. and had faithful.
ly promised Nei,ie and Carrie that the next day
should see me dow again at ''Iiyatts'' 60 STAY
out the month that MAY Stevens the wonderful
was about 10 pass with them
Tie TAcking Of the brain that day 10 create n
grand cnsengbi, OF cosium sOmeihing he, ond all
criticism that should at The first glance strike the
beholder silent with admiration, was indeed ter.
rihie The labor of writing Paradise Lost was
nothing ~ H. 7, vas cafly in the dat y hen |
arrived AZ N, city Iooms. aud tor six hours I
dressed aud Ttdr,ss.d, compared. rejected aud Sc.
lrcl,d aud at the tnd uf thal time had laid out
those portions Ui my weaTaLlr goOds ia which 1
had decided Ia make ms lirsi appearance before
MAY stevens u wanted still several hours 10
sunset, and having got safely through the grra,
object of ay ti.ii, | Iho.rh, il ~oald no, hs a
had idea los ,De To take the last train and return
that night to III, ats" Instead of waiting over
until morning No sooner said than done. I
packed my habilimenis, anI away I went. whis-
sing and pulling over an uninterrstinR road 1,
provocative of sleep, so found II hen the shades
of evening iell. Tor 10 the bss OF nv recollection
! was in the very unIds, OF dream In which Nav
Stevens. attirci in book muslin and a male blue
satin, SAT on a purple cloud, aad ad.niringly In.
qulrtd who my taiio, was
Just a. I was ahou, ,o inform her. there came
a crash, and. for "a moment / was not entirely
certain whether Il was the cloud Iha, lad e1.
plodcd or mysslr had torn some portion of ny
aptarel that was oterslrained. II reauir,d bli
a moment 10 waken ne 20 the fact that both prc.
sumpiions we're wrong. Il was our train, the 6
20, that had run of the track, and smashed
things genera" Hrd spiilng the contents o. se'
veFni haeRarr rars ai"nr the l"ad "a s'y unih'
ing Of Frightening hall q hundred pa scnRers int
a condition hor'ering an lunacy. hut most terri.
bic Of all mishaps u spilled me, clothes aud all
inio pool Of mud aud water, from which ! e.
capped With liie but utterly wrecked In the matter
OF good clothes. This was pretty state ~ ih,ngs
and 10 make II cllll NOryr. ! tsag esHtflv hge