The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-10-14
to ber since he came home r.

to Der since he came home r.
mot that know of but John,
ii he is your brother. he hasn I a
spark Of manhood if he doesn't mar
~ Miss Nancy yet g
But sue is rather oil now"
! 80 is he--ten wears the older
"Well, they would have married
twenty years ago If il bad not been
for your senseless chatter, aud that
NJ few Others of your kind, telling
hcr he went twice a week to see
squire Nesbits daughter, when he
was only posting the old gentleman s
oks-dJin N h work to Increase
his earnings.'
snow, John, don't go rakiug over
the past ap sorry enough and
told hin about it last night but
you know | didn't iud ont the truth
until he had gone to California.
Dear me to think that's twenty
years ago and now he has come
back well of But bless my soul
John, now | know what's the mat.
ter with Nancy she's doing that to
al tract Peters attention
"Oh, NJ It's oulv u little after
six, and don't think nes mp yet.
III warrant he's up aud watch d.
ing her from his indow."
"Well, it doesn't seem to NO that
she would rig up in thlt kind OF
style, and make such fool of her
self think girl, no matter hIw
oil she is, will try TO look resp CT
able aud act decently II shp wants 10
gain M honest man = heart.
But don't you see she has ths We
ry old SHAW on she used to 20 sloig IA
riding With him p
well, she is making pretty
show Of herself to others, Gs well,
cor see the crowd Of boys climbiu.;
'u tue feuce ani yOnlrr goes =
vo"d nf women, sJ,nJ vi Jlo.u still
,n night caps
"Yes. there's Mrs Fuisbre, an !.
drs. Sny dei; aud Suiiia \ lcuDuus
,ni Auut Betsy Bly III Just run
mt aui see what tbhy think pf snsl
, 'u,ics." And the uneasy bat goo
m urel gossip WIS gone. To oin n
,r3wl Of her i,ln1rel spirits hurry
ins toward Miss Nnucy's gate.
In ~ few minutes urariy the
entire population OF tho village had
| gathered ar0rni the neatly kept
door yard wheie the oll 10 ,kidg liz
1T was swnying, row gently, then
gehemcnily, an again stundiGg mo
inules7 but never gliuc.rg around
mt seemingly unconscious OF tbe
.uIious gaze Of The villagers.
Miss ,uncy h,d lived long alone.
aking NJ interest in gossip aud ten
lriEniLg oi the ueighbornnut. do.
voting Der leisure tine to birds and
10 'ers, while sac earned hsr living
by iuucy knitting, sewiag aul EN-,
nroidery, which sLo Lid lot = liin IL
ijostOU.
Her well known habits of seclu-
ion made the fast swelling crow
At The gate dislike to,intrula futher
unon her while she seemed couvulsed
with such rarox7sms Of glief, o
'uirth, which II WAS they could moi
tell. Curioxsity ha reachei y do.
gree that was absolutely painful
when Tom jones, the bal by oi
the village, rang ont
"Ill bet nickel I can go up and
hing the old girl, aud she wont SLAP
my face, nnther !''
Tom was reckless mischievou'
lad of sixteen, and he set astride tn,
fence. holding n five cent piece be
tween his soiled thumb aud fore
finger, eagerly scanning the faces o
his companions to see il any Of them
was willing to cover his stake.
II dare you to do it," said one
producing a similar coin.
"Ilere. Bill Kerr, you hold them
re all I've got, or Id make it dol
lars in place of cents" said Tom, as
he relinquished his coin and vau!ted
over the fence.
Sure enough. the audacions young
rascal mounted the steps and plac'
cd one arm tenderly around the
swaying figure. To the utter amaz
ment OF the giggling crowd, she did
not repulse him, but stood motion
less, with his arms encircling hel
lank shoulders.
Now the old bachelor, Peter Pons'
by. had been watching the curious
spectacle, as his sister-in-law sus'
pected. and when be saw the audac
ity of the yonng vagabond. Tom
Jones, he dashed down stairs with
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