Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1870-07-01

ing the box, not without an effort, Wlthln
nv reach. My great-great-grandmo-
theirs favorite snuff-box! She was nearly
seven feet high, largo in proportion, and
snutfed inveterately This box-chest,
we should now call it-lasted her two
DAYS. And now, dear boy" he continu-
ed, "fill your pitcher, and listen to me.
Harry, you see before you a miserable
man."
"Go on
II tell my chosen friend that 1 am a
miserable man." said Mr.. Longchild.
family, "and am simply requested to go
on""
Before I can sympathize with my
friends sorrows, I must know them"
Harry, I am in love-"
my good fellow" :,
YOU'RE such devil Of a distance Oft. "
said Dick, s'that l can't shake hands with
you; else, for the sympathy expressed in
your tone, I would give you grip you
should remember for fortnight. Yes,
Harry, 1 love-"
"Do so. Marry. And be happy"
Harry, you know the upas-tree under
which it is my lot to dwell" rejoined
Dick. land you bid ue love, and marry"
Il don't positively insist upon your do
ing either It was only hope, rather
let me say, an expectation for see that
your mind is made up"
ITO the first. yes," said Dick, refilling
his immense pipe, and sending forth
volume of smoke that almost obscured
him, bushes and all. but fill your
goblet. 1t was towards the close OF a
sultry August day, that solitary horse
man might have been noticed, issuing
from the picturesque defle created by the
diggings Of the Corburan and Trediddleln
Railway, in close proximity t. the seques-
tered and intensely Cornish village o.
Trecorphen. The animal he best,'ode,
though not less than seventeen and hal
hands high, was almost concealed by the
folds of the enormous travellng-cloak
worn-in Difference to the inclemency O
a British summer-by the rider.
apparition SO unwonted attracted
.,ul@ents more than one comely
W 'ne case " on the broad grin; bu
rustic faee' usuan hat pensive traveller
to none of these did t. -, hae
vouchsafe the slightest heed, until he 4lIl
arrived opposite the very last dwelling :
al eaifics aaf hidden in trees. and singu:
lar enough, in structure, having rather
the appearance of couple of tall dovecots,
placed one upon another, with an obser-
vatory topping all. =,
Il never saw SO queer wigwam y
continued Dick, dropping the incognito.
although of inordinate height, it con-
sisted of only two floors, the lower OF
which might have accommodated came
leopard, who had a growing family in the
nursery above.
Il checked my horse, and was admir-
ing the simple grandeur of the building,
when IA fgure--came into view. -
Dicks voice trembled slightly, and he
passed his hand across his brow.) "You
are, doubtless, not unacquainted with that
majestic abstraction popularity known as
Britannia. Sir, if for the shirt of mail
we substitute woollen spencer; for the
fork with three prongs, one with two; and
for the helmet natural diadem of fawn-
colored hair, interspersed, for the moment
with wisps of hay: you have before you
the noble object | am feebly endcavor'
ing to depict.
1.-The hair decorations [ have mention
ed, proceeded from truss of hay which
she bore upon her shoulder, and which
she flung up, as though it had been ;
penny roll, in the direction Of a massive
head and shoulders which appeared at th'
window OF an adj AGENT loft.
1T was only when she turned and fac
ed me, that I became aware OF the full
magnifcence of that fair woman's proper
tions. I speak of her, of course, as com
pared with existing races. In brighte
ages mere doll, she was now what nigh
not inaptly be termed giantess. Henr.
Halsewell, that grand development, wa
seven feet two inches in stature!!'
without her shoes?'
"Or stockings" replied Mr.. Longchil
solemnly; ''she hadn't either. This Cor
nish Britannia was. [ should say, abou
three -and-twenty. Her manner, sir, wa
easy and digui6ed; and, as she dibbe
the handle Of her tri--bident, mean
into the soil, and placing her white elbo,
between the prongs, gazed at me wit
great calm eyes, the size of cheese-plates
I felt my whole being diate and thrill il
manner to which had been totally IN
accustomed.
my appearance, or that of my horse
seemed to awaken her interest. Sum
moned by a graceful backward movemen
of her disengaged thumb. the individua
in the loft descended and stood by be
side. He also was (for modern times
hale and we'll grown: standing goo
eight feet in his boots.
''For whole minute we gazed silentl
on each other. Then the male giant spake
81 say, mister, won't ye step in 2
There ant no charge, and fathers sigh
bigger nor ne. He's doubled up wit
rheunatis' just now, but he don't min
bein' draw'd out for strangers.
my good sir.' l replied, rather tax
en- aback by this address: BY no mean
Your worthy father shall not be forcibl
Strengthened for me. Do not mistake