Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-01-11

whats this 'Somerard affair all
about Pa p inquired Bur,Iock's eldest
daughter oil hmm the other day. - the
family were sitting around the table,
after It had been cleared Of the supper
dishes. 'ta'
: 'why in the world, Nellie, done
YOU read the papers. aud keep yourself
posted, and be able TO converse fiaeaily
upon the topics Of the day. like every
body else;s he asked sharpening hn
razor on strap Tor the mornings use.
Il dent h.se any time, pa, 10 read
all about such things said the young
lady, scesiRg her worstsd fcr the unoea0
she was working.
"Tine why, hang II, vou've got
time enough 10 learn the Chinese LAM
guage, il you'd mind to try" Ire tsI
marked trying the edge of his razor oh
hair.
well. nobody expects u girl 10 know
all the stuff that's in the papers" re-
marked his fair daughter.
That's just where you're mistaken
Slrl. Every person ought to know
what's passing around them, and tie
able 10 express their opinions. said the
old gentleman. putting up his razor and
going of 10 bed.
One day last week the girl wanted a
new Fall hat, and remembering her
parentaFS remarks she hunted up 4
couple OF old papers and set herself 10
work to master their contents. After
a couple Of hours study she lard them
aside, and smiled gently TO herself as she
thought how she would aston,sh and
please the old man and how he would
chcertully launch out his pockct-book
and count down the ducats for the pro-
posed new bonnet. SO great was her
impatience toeNhihit her knowledge that
she could hardly wal, ill nc had finish
cd his supper before she rcmarked:
$50 Twccd's got back, pa.
Yes, dear; they've 60, him safe
enough at last" he replied. looking st
her with a slightly surprised look,
II sec he had a very storm: passagc
in the Herald Yacht" she observed,
tinkling her knife anI fork together.
Steamer Franklin YOU mean, not
Herald yatch," he corrected pleasant
".
And :" they put him back in iail'"
she continued.
Yes, dear. he said, looking more aud
more a>toni>hcd al her.
But its pity they didn't find the
boy with him. isn't it,"
wv hat boy Nellie :" he asked.
..h b. -. Il
poor little Charley Ross she asked
simply.
Hadn't anything more 70 do with It
than the man in the moon" he replied.
his face clouding over with d,sappoint-
ment again.
His daughter kept quiet after this FOR
a few moments, then is he took his
seat in the easy chair near the fire and
-troked the cat. she handed him his
slippers and remarked
so South Carolina's been decided
for Havc>, "a"
"ic<. that's so dear; I'm glad 10 sec
you've been posting Yourself little
he said Frightening UP again.
And ,hat'li make Tuppcr the Gov
crnor. won't II = che asked innoccntIy.
"Tuppcr; Lord! no. He's an au-
thor, child not politician; he hadn't
ANYTHING TO do with elections" he ex-
planned.
well, wasn't Sitting Bull elected
in Florida =
Sitting iiddlc>,ick<. why. he's an
Indian chief. girl he said. sadly. his face
putting on i,s gloomy look once more.
Il didn't mean Sitting Bull. pa.
mean Carl Blaine: | knew 1t was some
funny name" she said, seeing >he hau
made a mistake.
Burdock groaned to himself, s'r,kcd
the cat the wrong way, and made NO.
answer.
An the turning boards in Loui>iana
have stuffed General Sheridan shs
prattled on.
"Goodness. Nellie what are vou
talking about" asked Burdock, ner-
vously.
The young lady kept quiet fcr five
minutes by the clock, then the reCoilec
ton of the new fall hat with the nod
ding feathers. spurred her up 10 fresh
effort. aud she opened on him with
do you think there II be a war IN
Europe, pa"
Il hardly know. dear. Russia ap-
pears to be very firm IN her demands,
and affairs over there wear n rath-
er stormy appearance be answered,
though,iullv.
well, | DO hope Cuba will conquer
Turkey anyway for think those aw-
ful Turks are just perfectly hateful.
DO for pity sake keep quiet, Nell,
till you know what YOU are talking
about he remarked irTitably.
n do know what I'm talking about.
and the paper did say that Russia was
So,ng to help Cuba TO take ireland"
she replied, looking as ii she was going
to Cry.
Il believe 10 goodness, gil. Won
know les than big green poll-parro, -
he exclaimed, aH-rily. gong out INTO
the kitchen Ia talk io his wiir.
Miss Burdock Is still wearing lsr
summer hat fixed over, and an air 90
injured innocence, aud informed her
mother Yesterday in burst of Conf
dence-
"I wouldn I read another line ut tlIosc
nasty, mean, storytelling papers II
had 20 rn hareheat.d all winter"