Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-11-21

aiied With che sliIagers. discussing poiisi1
sscsihg their pipes. talking q t6eir Gro,
snd ogliBg bin oil Of which was sui
unisseresting to him. 90 he eoac:sded
o walk out and view the vil.sgs By moo,
n light. He had hardly stepped into II
!, ! entry. and before he coald close she doo
# ere be heard . voice iuquire:
Who is shat gentleman
His name is Bluhbls. he's fteu Bo
ton, replied the landlord. ;
1 'Rlsmbls. from Beseesr saiued IN
third voice. snitbdded. You don. q
50: followed bSa i0ss low whistle Of :,
|, Blumble stepped OF the ti...a and walk
; ed up the village street. He bad scarce
ly walked twenty yards before be va
aware af being followed. Giving the ma,
ter but little thought. however, he turue,
from the road into pleasant lane tha
wended its way toward some half doxe,
farm-houses. until he came to rustic seat
upon which be threw himself, and va,
soon obIivious to oil the world exeep,in.
tue business affairs Of Hood, Silver /
Blumble.' He sat until his cigar wa.
consumed, when hc was aroused to The
world around him by the village clock
striking out ten. Buttoning his coat close
around him, he hurried down the lane
toward the hotel; as he turned from th.
lane into the great road he was suddenl,
aud not very softly seiscd By the throat
BY the shoulders. and BY the coat-tails. BY
at least dozen hands. He was rather
too much surprised to speak. even If he
had o chance to; the hands 90 tightly
clenchcd around his throat would have
prevented hisspeaking IL he had not been
30 greatly surprised. As he could no,
speak be listened very patiently to some
halsdozen exclamations of Nov we've 60,
you"
Something desperate must be done, SO
Blunble struck the fellow that held him
by The throat full in the face, Knocking
him down. and then cried out as though
hs expected that this would be the last
chance he ever would have to speak.
What the deuce are you abou,v
The striking question had miraculous
effect upon the numerous hands distributed
about his person, and Biumble was free
He waited few moments to regain his
breath, then looking around him, asked
very energetically:
What docs all this mean?
1t means that if you don't promise to
leave town and not &c, to see Mary Gav
S5u' 6ur TT lbss on a rail- said the young
man, the recipient Of the blow, who had
regained his feet.
Leave town? Mary Gay? Why. do
rot understand what you mean.' remarked
Blumble. considerably mys,ifod.
Well SIR interrupted another voice.
we mean ,ha; you've come here from Bes
ton to court Mary Gay, and you mean to
Gu. out Billy Iligdy here; now if you don't
give up Mary Gay. and leave town to-
nigh. we'll pitch you into the mill-pond.
! Hold on q moment said Blumble |;
I think you must have got hold Of the
wrong person. as / have not the scquain-
tanee Of Miss Gay. nor in fact Of any 9TH
er lady in this place But want you to
understand Que thing distinctly. and that
is, shall not leave town until get rea-
dy.'
Something about Blumble's manner
seemed to convince the young men that
he was in earnest. for they uttered vari-
Gus expressions, such as. That's likely
story" He's ga.sing" Il don't believe
that etc. Men invariably express doubts
wheu being convinced Of something they
had rather not believe.
For few moments the whole party re-
mainci in silence, then one Of the young
denizcns Of ?. broke the spell By asking
Ain. your name Blumble ?
'Ycs, sir
And you are from BOs'on!'
| Yes. sir
And don. know Mary GayT
No. sir
We'll, that's strange. She said his
name was Blumble. and that's your name
he belongs to Boston. and so do sou now
you've been right up by her house. and
We believe you've been there 10 see her
Don't We. BIli'
Yes. we do, replied Higdy.
Well. yaaae men,, said Humble. u
you don't believe me, 60 ask the young
lady herself
BY the whole party. so Humble star,cc
back up the lane; accompanied BY large
escort before. bchind. aud on each side o
him They fled into the yard. and crow
dcd on TO the steps Of neat hooking farm
) house. and Hisdy knocked at the door
In few moments one of the chamber win
) dovs was opened and . pro,ruding hca'
asked:
, Who's thereY &
Gone down to the door . minute
Squire. will you 2 asked Bill
Why, what DO you want ? inquired th
e voice in the chamber window above.
: We want to see Mary minute. rcplie
n voice from the crowd below.
why. she has been absd these tw
d hours. Is j, anything imPorsautr
Yes. We want to see her jus, minute
Well. I'll speak to her.
G In fe~ minutes Mary appeared At II
g door. She ". very good-lockiss. no
I uithstsndisg being called ont Of hcr b
y at sach m unreasonable hour-ana
9 thought B.umtle. For some nomen
y the whole company remained speeches,
al last Blumble. tiripg Of bis sonspisne'
m situation. and the nothing -to-say' spiI
e efthe party. broke the silence BY askir
), the young lady IL she had ever seen hi
= before.
vi Not that I rencmher Of she rcplic
. 1 oEly asked ysa 10 satisfy ,sess ycss
. nsu, said Blgnb!s. .t.r