The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-09-01
WESTMINSTER, Md THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER l. 1877

swearing at MS ihpudent ofhclousness,
but bit my tongue Just IN time to pre-
ycnt my exposure But it was not with
MN that found my role the hardcstto
play
No; the ladies' were the difficult ones
to deceive. FOR IN tance there was one
oi them' beautiful g'rl OF seventeen,
just returned from boarding school, who
naa nae not seen Mags'e Ice ior three years
vi course sue was S'au 10 zee me- when
she lound out that | was Maggie Lee,
when by the way dId not occur until
alter we had started enc threw her
sell INTO my arms puiieu my ven aside
ana Kissed me halI u dozen times 10 n
manner that made my iinger ends tlnglc
Tor an hour' IL was all very nice, but
II had been 10 "proprIa person@, /
would have liked 1t better. AS 1t was
! ielt as II was obtaining goods under
false preteneeS, and Lawyer BImby
might issue warrant Tor my arrest on
that ground at any moment
a whole knot OF crlnollne then sur
rounded me- on the upper deck OF the
Oo"t, 10 the utter exclusion ana conse'
quent disgust oil Mr.. Bimby aud all the
other gentlemen l Kept very quiet,
only speaking IN monosyilables ~ a iaI'
setto voice But the others Lord bless
you now they gabbIed Under Q
strict promise oil secrecy, the little board
ing school maiden, VINO had Kissed me
SO allcctlonately, revealed all her love
affairs, and also became very unpleasant
y confidential about other matters-in'
uoceht enough IN themselves, but not
eustomar'iy talked OF between ladies and
gentleman: | was terribly embarrassed,
but 1t would not do to give up then. As
soon as my trick should become known,
bob styles trick would come out, and
news OF that KIND travels fast in the
country, and he and his lady love would
be telegraphed, followed, before they
could reach Philadelphia, where the
knot was to be tied.
The river breeze was very fresh where
we sat, and noticed that several OF the
ladies were glancing uneasily at me.
couldn't divine the reason, until Jen'
nle, my little friend from the boarding.
school, laid her face dangerously close
to mine, and whispered
My dear Maggie, your dress is blow.
ing up terribly high-your ankles
will be the town talk with the gentlemen"
Now | was concious of having Il very
small foot for man, and had donncd a
pair OF open work stockings which came
nearly to my waist, with u pair of gait
ers, borrowed from servant girl, in
all of which toggery, my running
gear looked qulte feminine ana res
PeGtao'e out 'he idGa oil the gentlemen
tI'kinS apont my ankles ana ot being
,hus 'Oiu DyayoGnS 'luy VINO would nave
Deen frightened 10 death II l had told
her the same thlns yesterday, was too
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be flattery, Miss Lee"
40, sir, really, you are avery naughty
man., said in the most feminine tone
could command,
lie cast languishing glance at me
through the black veil, and fairly be-
gan to fear of his feelings"
We soon arrived at the grove, and
found our band-epgaged beforehand
awaiting us. OF course dancing was
the first amusement, and Lawyer Bimby
led me out for a scbottische. Ii was hard
at first for me to take the lady's part in
the dance, bat | soon got accustomed
to it. A waltz was pronosed and re.
solved to have little amusementat at the
expense of the unfortunate Mr.. Bimby
had first purposly made him jealous
by dancing with two other young fel,
lows, one of whom | knew in my own
character, but who never suspected me,
as Maggie Lee, The young man killer
"a sort of deyil.may care rascal who