The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-02-15

| on their way TO business laQles on SHOP
ping or visiting expeditions to the grea
metropolis-all waiting with more or les
impatience as their different natures dicta
ted.
Among the motley crowd was a young
lawyer who had spent the whole week il
his sick-room, and was now on hi
way to his neglected duties in the court
room.
"Soon a carriage-with prancing horses
coachman and footman in gay liveries, the
whole establishment of such magnifcenct
as to shed lustre on the little station-drovt
up. A young lady-attired in great splen
dor in furs and velvet diamond solitairet
| sparkling in her ears and on her bosom
her eyes brighter than those diamonds, hei
| personal beauty very great-alighted from
| it. All made room involuntarily fol
her and listened to her lively chatter with
her companions, two gentlemen. She was
certainly star of the first magnitude.
sour lawyer was so occupied with
| watching her that he scarcely needed the
last arrival, three young girls, very simply
dressed, yet most lady-like in their personal
| appearance, their faces beaming with health
and happiness. They took their seats on
a settee, just vacated, by the stove.
HE did notice the tallest of the three
arise and insist upon plain-looking
woman, who had just entered, taking her
warm seat. When his eyes again returned
to Beauty, who was shining in strange con-
trast to her opposite neighbor, sad-look
ing woman, with an infant in her arms.
another small child at her knee, while two
more were running around the depot to the
annoyance of the passengers, in weary
tones was telling her friend of her hus-
bands sickness at N, where he was at
work, and how she was going to nurse him;
but must take all the children with her.
"Here the shrek of the locomotive
sounded, and in the rush of the passenger
for seats our lawyer saw the blue. eyed CIR.
go up to the weary, worn mother and in
sist upon relieving her of the care of two
of her babies, placing one on her lap and
the other by her side, unmindful of the
amusement Of some of her fellow passen
gers. BY the aid of the rosy fruit from the
apple-boy's basket, and her own pretty
stories she entertained them until the train
reached N, when she handed them
back to their grateful mother.
"The train soon reached the ferry, which
was quickly crossed, and the great mass
of animated humanity was poured into the
heart of the metropolis, until the close of
the day should call them back to their
homes.
During the busy scenes of the court
room our lawyers thoughts frequently re-
Verted to Beauty. Evening found him re-
tracing the steps of the morning, just in
time for the ferry-boat for the $50 train.
"From his standing-place by column
he was delighted to find himself Elsa uis
with Beauty, in furs, velvet, and diamonds,
while directly opposite were the girls of
the morning. He would have passed them
by, but he noticed the blue eyes fixed up.
on tall gaunt woman, in an obscure cor
ner, who seemed to be in great trouble
Her eyes, swollen with weeping, were often
upturned her hands clutched each other
in agony. The boat stopped. Telling her
companions to 60 forward for seats, she
fingered. Approaching the woman as the
passengers passed forward, she said "You
seem to be in great trouble2" II am go
ing to my sons funeral he was killed yes
terday on the Erie road. OH with fresh
burst of grieD 'his poor wife and children
Take this placing bill in her hand and
with some whispered words of sympathy
she left, followed by the prayers and bless
ings of the stricken mother.
"Our lawyers better impulses prompted
him to follow her example. But no he
must hasten forward, SO, if possible, to get
in the same car with Beauty. And he was
rewarded by getting directly behind her
as she piloted her way amid the pedders,
newsboys, and fruit vendors, who are al
ways around on the arrival of and depar-
ture OF train. She had just reached the
car when the rich drapery of her dress
caught in the basket of an old orange-wo-
man. In endeavoring to extricate herself
she overturned the basket, the golden fruit
rolling in every direction.
1.-The poor old woman gave scream of
distress. oh my, what shall l, what shall
| do have no money, and was to pay for
the fruit out of the sales
shocked and grieved, our lawyer turn
ed to assist; but the blue eyes had seen it
too. A pair of neatly gloved hands were
| already at work. Then, as the conductor
gave his loud call of All aboard the
shrieking putting engine was about start
ing, 1 can stay no longer she said here,
take this; you need it more than do,
slipping a bill into her hand.
| With feelings akin to reverence, our law
yer lifted the ministering angel into the
already slowly moving train, and restored
her to her anxious companions, who were
saying, Helen will surely he left. She was
always attending to every one but her.
SELF
ga veil had fallen from the lawyers eyes
Beauty appeared in her true light. She
was no longer beautiful to him, while q
halo seemed to encrcle the gentle Helen
ITO tell the truth, tired as he was, he
followed her at respectful distance to hel
home. He managed to learn her name
She was the daughter of a well-knowr
clergyman. He quickly found means o.
introduction, and managed to improve his
acquaintance. 1t ripened, not into friend
ship, hut something warmer.
Sand now" said the Judge, rising anc
approaching his wife, many years hav,
passed since that day. And our lawyer
no longer young, only feels increasingly,
thankful for that eventful ride in the cars
And now allow me to introduce her tt
you" laying his hands upon her shoulders
And the experience of years has only prov
ed how wise his choice, how much NOR
he admires, how much dearer the wife thai
the girl or the bride.