Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-01-23

He i just the one 10 chsrm ths - !
glri like Thyrsa. He u al shats =
all sAat she wishes I ms. 81
csted IN all the things that iaterj
in poetry. music, and evcrythin ! I
sm such dolt about. He cap q "a
where ! ouly follow afar of andt( sll l
bis careless gfscs Of manner, lis -
Of talk. l feel HE Rreae. dur; i5fSH
beside him.
.Fsystte Blsckmana NAV Be q ii
0d Apollo and Mercury sll In "a
arght kuov. I replied: Il win
pute yen. But il does net follow -
have any occasion for jcaloust.'
NY words Sung him. and ts - = :
Iron tho log on whieA - - s1
sJeeso1ay ? shs esis1. ~
Do ycu lock st Il IN that xsyf 8lSus ?
But what else is il ? I ssked. 1.look
here, Hal. Do you think that beSje I
woman is cngaged-or married, Sh-
she must become ut once blind aud laf?
l can understand how eultivated jman
msy enjey the society Of cultivatejnan,
and yet not have The slightest idea + ial.
ling ia-love With him.
spske with some heat. Tor I 81 IL.
ways liked Thyrza Harrington.
lie turned white as sheet.
You do not comprehend he sait Will,
q certain quiet dignity. Il am casHe no
aspersions upon Thyrxa. Ii is noteasy
for man to say what have said so-icbi:
and you may hare misunderstood the lords
wrung from me BY pride and passioI I
do not think she 10 even aware how this
man has come in between her and se.-
But l see it; and what am to do bout
il? Am l to sit still. like craven and
let her drift helplessly into my arms. when
/ believe she would be happier in th,s
Of another What am / 20 do abo,t 4.
Greyr
For Gods sake do nothing rad, = I
exclaimed. drawing him out into theroai.
where the few remaining rays Of datlirht
fell upon his face. L do believe ycu are
mistaken, Hal. For Gods sake ssd for
your own souls sake. do nothing rash r
i will not act hastily; and I win try
to do what seems to be right be said !,
Putting his ariii over my shouldss. .ijus
life plays at cross purposes with as, from
6rst to last
fle stood for moment looking OF into
the West. where the camp fira Of the
Grand Army stretched away for niles and
miles, twinkliug like stars 10 the distance.
Near BY. our own white tents looked ghost
like IN the gathering darkness. Occas-
ionaily roll Of the drums sounded like
far-of thunder. or bugle-note shot up
ward through the stiffness. Hal turned
toward me. smiling sadly. ps
stray Uuiict wudru-vieur Ei,psss. ..f6s1o1e u
would be . lucky thing but the little
devils never find out those who would vel.
come them, and Hal Brainard is che 6afest
man in this regiment
There was battle the next day. Poor
Jack We left his'sunny. boyish curh be-
hind Us on the bloody Geld. had ! bal
through the right shoulder; but as fos Hal
he walked in the fircry fcrnance withou
50 much as the smell Of Gre upon his gar
ments. p -
1t would be wceks-months, perbaps-
before could use my arm; and Ia Ii,
hot. sweltering hospital / longsd. With al
uuspeakable longing. for the fresh breeze
blowing cool from our moantain peaks; .
thoy sent me homo. -s sEi
The fatigue Of the journey bvoseht on
low. nervous fever. Thyrss came sllen +
see re. She was very quiet and subdse.
in manner. with deeper womtnlines
about her that seemed to have beeufeaiue'
at the expense Of somewhat Of the Il glo,
snd sparkle but I thought her 1ovelie
than ever. with her soft, grey syDs. sn'
an appealing look about the meoth tha
had grown 20 wondrously TENDER
She vas not inclined to talk 0seh q
Hal, and had sort Of unccaforo ble con
sciousness. growing out Of the col Mon Z
my last conversations With the poe Fellow
that kept me silent also. -
Fayetts Blackmann. a. I soon Earned
had opened Law Office in an oljsinin
town, was building . 6ne houss, &ud VI
making himself prominent in pol1 Dcal cir
cles. He was evidently no mere 7slanss
but tho rising man Of the eosuG snd
could but acknowledge to myso1 bat il !
chose to enter the lists he would iced
q formidable rival Whether Be dooss
or not. every v eek brought hiu ailltc
Que evening I saw then i y .
horseback--hs and Thyr1a. 49,
vas only the exercise and the = cn1suI
but there WAS glow dpon hsf o1k,
light and fsdience about her. -
not seen since my return. ard IT,
eyes dwelt upon her in undigu = sd0
! ration. My heart hardened & lnst thel
both. wr
It's The old story Of The o. ess lsnh
I muttered. 20 the gracefal rfsss aissI
psared ovsr the brow Of ths svsr
ly. verify. history repeats itse
There Sas another grest battIe. a
again the heart Of the nasio1oas stirrs
to its centre Txo nights al1vruards. ,
I sat upen the pisssa, with fhyrsa he
ringtcu on q low sess hesids ne. the dai
7ii5xne vas placed In my hauds.
opened e. There vsss the fest
lists tiaks had become % tcssllly fas6ilia
Killed. .wounded.' .Mtsaue.' As
ran my eye harried dous ths sssg column
in the very ffss read - s6ns II y
Brainard. -. - s}s
NV face must have so,a iks tals. f6s
! did not speak ons word, GeThyfsa sprsl
! ap With elssped hssdss slruesoed for
noment ID tsis e61rt - su1tesdues. u
! then saak n my fsss b sku3als1. p1eif'
! vhiss hsaP.a
NJ arm saAst;il psusrses, ssd ] u
besides. worn with fessr. ! sasIed b Z
. no4hsr. I sereameds I skcuted but ths
!, wss not . seal within hensi1g. end I eos