Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-11-12
PORT TOBACCO, MARYLAND, NOVEN

udu written 10 GuS. Sno was fearful
he would be angry with her for some
plain truths she had stated. He
would feel humbled at the low Zap
psrently) estimate she put upon him;
and above all, she thought he would
say "She has no right to set herself
as my mentor; / am nothing to her."
This last consideration had decided
her; she would not give it to him.
She was to take part in a tableau, and
so she asked Clara Cogswell to tend
the post Office during her ABSENCE
just as she was turning away, Cad
said, ''There are no envelopes, Lu !;
have you got any?" Lu put her hand
in her pocket and pushed aside the
- ore, the one she had written to
- and slaiided Cadta package and
q number of letters, some sealed, others
unsealed. She had been gone but o
few minutes, when there came tap
at the window, and then Gus's merry
voice
"How many bushels of letters for
me, Lu ?"
Cad's pretty face peered out from
behind the curtain, as she replied,
"One Mr.. Impudence." He handed
her a dollar and took his letter,
laughing. Poor Lu, she would hard
ly have looked so serene in the tab
leau, if she had known her letter was
in Gus Hills pocket, instead of her
own. She had handed it to Cad with
the rest, and Cad had given it imme-
distely to Gus. "Was it chance or
something more?" Gus intended to
read his letter, but some one claiming
hi, attention, he thought no more
about it until he reached home. As
he read, emotions expressive of aston
Iishment, anger, and sorrow, passed in
turn over bis face. He knew the
handwriting at once. Walking ex-
cihdly up and down the room, he
exclaimed, 'Can / indeed be in the
danger she represents? She advised
me to leave Hudson, and tells me to
make q man of myselfw He spent
the night in thinking and planning
Just as the first faint streak of gray
appeared in the east, he threw himself
upon the bed and slept until noon.
After dinner he called upon Lu.--
He spoke of the letter, and said, 81 am
going to take your advice, and make
man Of myself. / have come to you
for your promise to be my wife, when
| shall have abstained from liquor one
year. and earned q living at my pro-
fsssion meantime. Can you promise
and trust me, darling
The little hand was placed in his,
and she said, 81 trust One higher than
you; He will keep and help you, dear.'
He went ont from her presence,
feeling somehow lifted out Of himself
and the narrow, aimless life he had
led, into broader and nobler resolve.
He seemed to have courage TO do aud
dare anything for her dear sake.
Five years have gone by, and the
town hall in H is again illumina-
ted. Tonight there is to be "A tenn
perance lecture by an eminent lawyer.
The hall is crowded, for he is native
of H, and she is proud of him. A
gentleman passes up the aisle, follow
ed by lady leading two-year-old
boy by the hand. He seats them and
passes on to the platform, where he is
introduced as the Hon. Augustus Hill.
Yes, it is Gus, u noble man and a
Christian, making his mark in his day
and generation; and taking his stand
for the Right Luella is his proud
and happy wife; and little George is
the light of their home. Again |
say, WAS it chance, or something
moraI'