The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-07-15
2Hisccllaneome.
4 UIJe.s secret.

HThs Lawreness are going abroad" said
Robert Daua TO bis young wife oue evening. Il
met Tom to-day, ard be said he and "a ~ would
sail ON the 2Cib and the furniture b. sold a,
auction
"Oh. how We shall miss them ami wbai
pity 10 have that handsome old furniture scAtisr.
I'd among strangers We have bad many happy
,imss there. Robert
"iss. AnGc it was thee first saw y0u, DO
yOu remember ,uu ~ctr playing chess on that
old Chlnsss chess-tabls - aisoriei that you did
not so ne come Ia aud I stood soadcring Who
that little maid IN blue could hc don 1 like 20
have that table sold ~ auction. lear Wish IL
would occur 20 Carr go sud % "a Us a. 'Arc.
Nsll pfssrni
''Tha, would BE- vrfy hi,. a. as "a. is no,
~ al fumsuuc. ste has no i~' hoN o. Why We
value u
4 sappo., Il offered 'p ~, IL. Tom would
not accept any "a, .ai taca .e fhSLid Zee. a.
~ bad legged prrs-a'
Yes and. besides, 30 r.a not Afford 10,
KshsH"
Hos much 81, &c ~or,h
% mus' htFr ce, hunifci dollars uheg u
49, ues bot prrssmc tt siu 80 fof hny. a.
it Is aonsshAi lrfascd ~ must 10, ihiak "
b. theagb. dear Yoa knou the las Of oaf
'iuSsu -fanJ sent ioF the Dickens fesiiag and
80 asfss3 10 have ~ Hiofe ifcati 800 fAt dare
~ Ns shosid not plsy ysty u'ien II ~e bal il
-svaliug aloud is much aiosf
Thus ils Lfsvs csutcisauoas lul- uoman
taroed asay ifOu zoe tsmpuus ihes- Asi it
49, not tefumsi lsiascn tb-m AEnis Dana
hosevti. had g'ea' fusi ~ that tough qsaliiy
stich . nos hisins4 % 'ot1uuaev, thsa pfsis-
- e. drmu-a Tie more sbs ,old hsfss.f ihs
ohsa, table 49, auai,a.nao.r tle m0ss iiI ~.
s.s'su' taref suioy tsJI~ g mlsi haze % f4i
hus ID, ssr5 81 sraeu-s tte-rrsA 90 brr, tui
lonr thsf sfeHzrl prstfrst.r AtFn - ARoss
u ere niEef fl- veafy quts.8n aatAst bAsk
fr4 utn ti Ittr 81 tus ...ra'lan its aEsarf. Size
sal.4 vftss turs .af &c - Htgsstrs aul
s1 fsra tle nrri'a s44srs ilad sar not 81
scaooi, s.tsi.i ,rar us,.ts .rettso ~ isf-.
anruf u,n-s s'ot .e. - a c4saffl urrky igu isf
ta- ifoic q BE-. aal haa ihry aai t-st HrE'rd
To D. fsfs 'trt usv col rs1 'ot S1- woaI4
aFuust base seafusi mlurs ftrB 80 1e.c41ls.v
t-Haag sas if 20 ssr t-r oal safds 40 asisi
i.4t ihrff uusi us ihs asf1.3 fet.i't 81 parmsnt
TOW Il be isirhrsl o. safpfi,, A1lrrt . itl
ne tsnT ta1s "a lsf afiir.s an1 snl hisap-
pfse saag BfHfs Bot b~foss ihs dtszy chu.sa
coo 3 hs ftarhs.' mp,t fsusi - dots Hhai
st44 sas ufits Atuat Wtra tad lmr7 Hoo
- 10 ~ talsf Aad 81 utthoai lsot<ft
kussls4rs f'At-afb~a "a hes tsss,ious shs a..
l~afra - y slesni aaring tfsskiAsi, greatly 10
- gssYs ssfFstss ss- ssys'isgAiien. Afisf
ses bad ~ twD spooat - his saucsr, sske.i Cos
tslisr uesn siresiy ssFplis4. as4 posrsd mspis
syfu ossf hsf sirsk. - heszs 10 bs ai.fmei. ~.
sis's. 90 tsslius hsf p1lss at iEqsit4 II shs
bad p, sci Anais ilsc.ainsa sics usss tst
admisA thsi hfr n.ghi nsA b~sa restlrss aud
tus..f - Flsass hin, rfumisst % iats naP
aarne ths day Nsser hatlng ccscsa q suy
itins 'fen hin tsfcfs %. veshi - a ssr-.i
usf "a ifs1 rl-afsnt. tui ~ caas1i,4 hsrrsf
~ thiatlrg hgu weh i uoa4 81 ea4 Tcr -.
[ afsi tl-as nnrr ~ trsu ttm sAs uas glad %
have Eohrfi 50 no fA.e- 80 sas 20 = ffre %
pisn fsfhsp, to uuff Arf Hafy Ter asaAl
la',sa ahoui e. to-ss ssfr 'aiilfaiy G.-f oftzed
bat ihs aaii.ns 81 afuusAnc, uAs altii1E ihroagh
~ hs.s al ihs tine ard sbe wss g.a4 -h.a
ifse - lAfi 10 90 aosa A' bc' fesk
fof "a hepr her ;encii See tsiis .isss
thfonsri ~ h'F hi4diug vofit cane irvsly 70
ssftsss ih,ui To hri' srnisucr oa'y uoabied
hsf Flrs " 80 begiaeiag, ssrc made only 20
h. scored Iui th.s srsnaff too fofmal iaatioo ak-
rspt anoihsf 500 ssnnrnss'ai Sss 'safea shs
tnss' frtofi 20 The cAarmirg oli fafuu's ''onr-
uTon tins Bot ths rghi ~nfis @ Es 81 iasi
sui ftrn 81 Wfat 90 brassig iifA usigh taf
F cam=4a. an4 the already -tslovsd hero ~ saa 70
b sIraaas,d fof Eoeert a'ghsn ani every dsv
chat Thea cen other iatsrfupnout sad daiies
90 uof. wufing that aAy The promised attempt
a. nap occsffrd about haF a. kcar bsfofe
Is'iieri r'tgfn. ha'fng lsen snnrsiy forgotten
I uil isea sai thoash Amaze lay sn las sofa
9Th hsF ttes courg4saiiously eicsed for fails
tffssn mlauiss bet ihoagt's wefc On beg heroius
81 'hs irns. and ones ~ a. up sud made psu.
Cd neuorauia oa the back - a letter, hasiily
packtitd a. her hushauds sisp was h.srd q,
Z ths secnni night her plot wss falls tkelchsd 10
Z hef mlrd ard ii only r.liaissd % pot it upan
pArsr Suneiiugss hole day vouid ass anl
I ho' momsnt u tine could N. hni fcf sfiiag.
ihough exactly 10 the mood ior b, Again. shs
gou'd have lsisnfs but an Alm1N uaounqasrahle
aversion 20 boz zen and u ihs irtsl 20 fsiiy hsr
I p8Ssft by fraiing whai was already written, IL
I sogndvi like Affant neas.nss CERTAINLY 20 sane
editor would accept II. The native ,efsisieuer
! Of her character, kossyer, snabiel her 10 fuish
htf task 10 defiance ~ m.ay isittfuptious asi
dscour ragsmenis and the rough dfsf of hsr
stof, wss completed "a two weeks nwMA
I iEnay looki ing affair. on 20 les ihan twenty.
three piscrs Of papsf--half shssts and Whole
sbssis, tacks of snselopss and concert pro.
| gfamuss white. brown and tnisd gslsr sote
10 Pencil, sose "a iak--a most disfepu IL ble med.
ley bu, she was happy little woman a. abe
scfawlsd the last liH-. stfaighiensd her eramped
shoulders pushed her hair back from her flushed
checks, and whispered, Done at last 4 time
u term Of bad weather gave her LEISURE to copy
u promptly. She was arranging der usat pages
when Roberts step WAS heard on the piazza -
Sks hsrsously crushed the Ms into her port.foiio,
aud was just lufning ths Hes as her husband en-
Tered bat she looked so guilty aud confused
that BE- exclaimed
"liOw, scared you look, Annie Dill YOU take
me for q burglar?
''Oh no but afen'i you early There's no
bad news, Is there p
NO. no, little woman nothing Of the Kind.
lsen writing to mother She'll be glad 10 hear
from you. Are you going TO let me rad your
letter r Aunie was In the closet getting his slip
pers, 70 he did not see her troubled face as she
made snEie eyasiye answer. and changed the sub.
jec,. Robert fefstred no more TO her writing,
and Annie believed his suspicious yer" not exci.
,el--ihai he would think Of II no mote. This
was faT from being the case, however.
The day before the Lawfences Fa.led Annie
mailed her precious Ms, under the non n plume
Of "CynihiS Sullivan" She, was very uneasy
on her rrrand To the post, for fear som. one might
suspect her mission. aud was glad 10 start on her
way honeward, thinking herself UNSEEN butshe
was mistaken, for although her husbands Office
was in another part OF the town, he saw her, and
wondering at her strangely.agi face, his
jralous heart Instantly suggested that she came
frnm the direeiisn Of Tom iawrences Office as
Tom had been an old and ardent admirer Of hers
Iiu, be sough, no explanation, and grew moody
and sullen his wife attribuiing his conduct 10 his
old enemy, the dyspepsia.
As days went ON she had her own inward
anxiety 10 bear, for no reply came from the
editars. Every other day she inquired az tho
Pcs,-cifcc for "cynthia Sullivan" but without
success, till, at last, during the third week Of
suspense, an envelope bearing that name was
actually handed out to her Well was II that
tho postmaster was boxed In behind high
wooden barriers, or he must have observed
Mrs. Dana's strange agitation over the letter.
She lost all sense Of the ground beneath her
feet as she hurried through tho village. and out
ON by.road, where, seated in gap oi the wall,
behind tanglc Of clcmatis wires and baTbcrry
bushes, she read, through happy tears, these
beautiful words:
Mrs. Cynthia !Saiiiran:
"DEAR MADAu.-Your MS, 'Stella's Summer
by the Sea- Is accepted for - Magasiac. aud
wc herewith inclose for II our check for forty
scvcn dollars and fifty cents. Yours, ETC."
There was the crisp, orange.lettered check,
the more than realization Of her widest hopesi