Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-03-06

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the door in these drawing-room ears. and
when he thought himself secure from eb-
servation. would fsll 10 laughing In the
most violsnt manner. and cootinus Tho
bealthful exercise antil he vas as red in
the face as. a lobster. As We nsa-ed Bos-
ton these demonstrations increased in vio-
lence. save that The stranger no longer
ran away to laugh! but kept his seat and
chuckled to himself. with his-chim deep in
bis shirt collar. Bat the changes that
those portmantcaus underwent. He moved
them here. there. everywhere , he pu.
tasm behind him. 10 front Of Him. on each
side Of him. He was, epiles.Iy getting
ready 70 leave. bptas We were. yet tweu-
ty-hve miles frora Boston, the idea Of such
early perpetrators was ridiculous. -.f
II &C hsd' entered the city then the mys-
tesy w0uld hare remained unseived. but
the stranger .; last became 30 excited that
be would keep his seat no longer. Some
one must help him, and as I was the near.
est he selected me. Suddenly turning. as
il l had asked a question, he said, rock
ing himself TO and fro in his chair the
meantime, auaslarping hislegs aud breath,
ing hard !:
Been gone three years. y. Pa p
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"Ycs. been in Europe. Folks dom,
expect me for six months yet, bat got
through aud started. telegraphcd them
at the last station !; they've got It by this
time" As he snid this he rubbed his
hands and changed tbs porsmanteau on
his left to the right. and one on the right
to the left again. 7 ,,...-
SCOT a wife 7" said,I.
eyes, and three children" he return
ed. and he got up and folded his over
coat anew. and hung it over the back Of
the seat.
You are pretty nervous about the mat
ter, ain't you?" | said. watching his fd-
getty movements i 10 -o7-' = ris oa
"Well. L should think I wa.,a he re-
Piled: III hain't slept seundly for week.
,lAsea lAyss lEev.r he wena On, glancipg
nwer TONE, III an almost SD sstski sspea kius gs In
this train will sux cf The track and break
my neeklbeleraI get 10 Boston. Well,
the fact is. have had too much good luck
for one man lately. The thing can't last,
taiu't natural thattit should. you know |:
Eve watched il. 10 First 1t rains. then it
shines. then it rains again !; it rains so
hard you think it's never going to. stop |;
then it shines 50 bright you think it's al
ways going to shine; and just a. you've
settled ID eisherBelief. yon are Knocked over
BY q change, to show tha, you know moth
ing about H. ia .s..~ mTF t...
."'Wcll. according TO your philosophy
said I. "you will continue to have sun
chine because you are expecting storm. "
HIS curious, " he returned. after q
pause. '.but the only thing which makes
me think II! get through safe is because
I think I won't" ''N. 'sa.'
~"Well. that is eurious.' said I. }
: "Yos." he replied. "l'm . maebinisl
--maac discovery-uobody believed it,
spept all my money trying to bring It ou
-mortgaged my home-a:l went. Eve
rybody but my wiie-spunky little woman
said she would work her fingers off be.
fore should give i. up. Went to Eng
land-no better there came within an &C,
Of jumping of London Bridge. Wen
into a shop to earn money enough to come
home with; there met the man want
ed To make q long story short. rv,
bsoush. thirty, thousand pounds hom
with me"
Good for you." I exclaimed. 's".-
NJ. Ycs.v said he. :" thirty thousand
zpounds; and the best Of it is she doesn'
kno Y. anything about it. I've fooled ne
so often and disappointed her so much tha
L just concluded | would say nothing about
this. When l got my money. though
you better believe struck . bee line 70
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And now you viii make her happy.
said I. - .-5f
: Happy r' he replied. why yo'
dent know anJthing about IL. She
worked like dog while I've been gone
trying TO support herself and the cLildre
dccently. They paid her thirteen cent
fapiece for making coarse shirts that
how she lived half the time. She'll com
tdevu there to the depot TO meet me in
y gingham dress and shawl . hundre
] years old, and she'll think she's dresse
Pup. Oh. she Won't have no clothes afte
4 tthis-ob, no. I gacss not" and With shss
words. which implied that his wife q xard
robe sould soon rival that Of Queen Vic
1soria's. The stranger tore down The pa,
ssge way sgsin. and getting in bis ol
3 iEssrner. where hs thosght hinself ont {
sight. sent through the strsngess pan,s
!. mine. laughing, Ps.,ing bis mouth into u