The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-07-20
2upulav Gales.
From taanbers' Journal.
A TELEGRAPHIST'S STORY.

A ThLEGRAPHIST'S STORY,
M " And mu'' you ieAdy 80 away and
famala all niSh' Ia that nasty old box
ofyoafs' ana ie"ve you' Li'''e h'seoad
| syou call heFi al. Aloue mere 10 Imagine
IN oil sorts Vi hotfId thiaSs happening 10
M her poor oll boy ! Oouida you stay
At home Just ior ms olo night
Couldn't poss.biy 10 H. my love,
sall l. struggling inlo my great coat
anl possessing inyseH az inc same time
Of my big driving gloves, which my
little Wlle was aDsen'iy trying to III on
to her own ii'tia hanu5' 49,.
NV' Il very lhuon "ish H. W ilhe'
Do you Hno" ! 'e'' 50 strange and lone
n last nlsht "hen you were away That
e0u,d h'ina'y MAKE up NY m'Hd TO 50
10 bed at a'i' and 10 nlsit can scarce
y e'ar tue Thought lhat you should be
70 ioas absent You know what tlmid
foolish little tnins am
Her arm qa'e'iy stole round me- and
Sue 'goAed up 10 my lace a %''tlu' anx'
Nas zoos ""''e 'Sar stood g'i7teulns
10 inc eoFlefs oI heF sweet piua eyes,
" n.y. you wee goose, SAID /, Kiss
InS away tue Diisht token OF her earn.
ss'Hess' what has put sneh absurd
thoughts ln,o mat wise a9ddie ol yours.
are You a'fall 'h4t the ia'r'es WIlI
v2y@y me, apd 'plfiI me away to Their
gnu "Inu - 'hsy uo' sh'iI tel
m.u 'h4' l n,''y ,el' a ia'ry at home
aau Do. even INC uiahd''hHenls ol Tue
queen hsfseii sinai tempt ne '1to theii
aaeaGhy country bl' seriously, Mag
FS there j. "o1hina 'obc alarmed about
shAl' be hohe Oy seven o eioeA al the
hies'j Out since YOU arc SO eerie, l wall
eai' ~ ia.As, : as pass and seld ~
ny brother ioui 10 keep you company
anu stay ~ 'he mouse al ulsht. VIA
'nl' content you h.''e woman
Nj dgh do taati 1t would look
iOOihn' anu Boo "onld only laugh al
Ms WAeh Ne came, iIe does noi under
nAn9 me 'h'HN no one does a1der
"anu me-eAecpt you, dear Ni'l.
hahA you, mag 'hIuk do uu'
uef''and You Dat here comes The gig
% good bye' aud dea 1 itet lot the shof'
,'me l am away shail DO back long
before yoa have GoGe dgeamlng, 81
AJioS' | mounted the gls and drove
rp'aiy along the frozen road But my
WE fingered by the porch, Following
Ie win her eyes aud 80 long as the
louss was ~ sight, could, on looking
pack' see her white dress shimmeriu.
ehOstilke W the light which s,Tcamcd
'HFoush the open door.
~ AT the time OF which | write, | wa'
Telegraph superintendent on the vii
VA and LonsOank liao OF railway. Ou'
" ,ne clerks, wha was on night duty
hAu GeeA taken suddenly III, aud beine
unable 10 mud Il suitable substitute,
nau taken ms work myself uutil suql
''uo as ne shohld recover | had only
osen married a few months, aud was by
~ means feeonciled 70 the necessity oI
ig4tins my vie and home to pass th'
uisht ~ ihat nasty Old box, US Mag
e1,ed l-and She was perfectly correc
~ hof description But | knew that /
was necessity, aud knew likcwis
'na' 10 efnmbiIns OF miho could menI
Inc matter.
a drive OF about eight miles broush
me to my post. There was nothing yer,
tAWaordinary IN the duty to which has
Oeeh ealledaway, nor was itany new eSpo
renee tome but on thatnlght my mint
was hlled with vague iadeiinable fears
for which | tried in vain to account
Inc night was clear aud windless, ans
away lnthe northwestern sky the aurori
oOfealis was Hitting to and fro in
1nousand strange iaulasllc shapes. A
watched the shifting aud quiyerini
CLEANS, now shooting IN rapid success
sion from one luminous centre, aud anoI
Spreading and rolling wave after way,
across the starry heavens, | bcgaa t
t1ink Of the disastrous omcns OF war
plague, and famine, which in Older
times men drew from such sights
'oomewhat Of the same emotion felt il