Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-04-21
she commenced her benevolent minis.

oHC NOiHhtrHtcu neF HcfOient ihIilfHr
trations in his behalf.
You are not looking so we'll to-day.
Misiure Morley; | hope bein' out owes
your hour las night dident do much
damage to we. | thought see 10
gwine by a leetle arter dark actin 4
kinder sort o. sick, Z she said, undauutv
ed by The quick look Of surprise he bent
upon her with frown.
The peculiar powerof youreyes, Mrs.
Pry, piercing through the darkness and
making the discovery you say you did
hardly iustifes my courtesy 10 disputing
your conclusions made under the more
favorable circumstances Of nearness ard
daylight; nevertheless, | thank YOU a.
the interest ybu feel IA ms hsalll 40
willtry TO atone for The trouble your com.
passionate curiosity must have given
you, answered Morley, taking letter
from her hand, the superscription she
had been trying 10 spell out while be
spoke.
81 don't much understand your high
dictionary talk, Misture Morley, but,
howsomever, | willtell We as a old friend.
you he'd better take better keer on your
sell, young man, for my ole man. hoover
tux the Squire, who was acoming from
the boat. he sed and he told him Tim
Flahartys hotel was hardly the right
place for pious, prayin young man
like ye TO git to the Legislator from, ans
that he had see you turn down Blk
'smlle" al the bar. You musen mins
an old body the likes O. me, child; faint
every one as kin keep a secre. as Pau
line Pry ginerally do. MOORISH q
never could make much ofa hsl 81
spellin, but this is writ wus than any
ever see; here, spell for yourself, and
she handed bun q letter he recognize
at once as the chirography Of a brother
lawyer OF Baltimore, who was accused
by bis clients Of dipping the claws u
his Canary, which he kept as a pet II
his Office, into the ink and trying %
make as many attempts al words a. The
several parts could blos upon the PAGE
at the same time.
II am somewhat surprised that he
Squire had the temerity 10 look Ii ii
such a place aud al such time; The
road ~ 20 broad theteabouts there could
not have been any compulsion for BIN
to come near enough to have bis eyes
assaulted by the Ighi you describe =
returned Morley, good-naturedly, alicc.
ting not TO take the meaning Of her
words; being insensible 10 rcpr0sf. il
was useless TO try 10 check her, and a
there was some kindness ID her ifn,
llou, he thought . beyt 20 D .u6sae
replies Shiie ne 8seiigsas - =.
/ mail
20, from al kin end o0t from III
little niger gal Tim hircs 70 helT
ihat poor, dear, oyerworked wiic o.
hiAen, the Squire's no stranger ~ tat
back gate; bu, YOU know It's through n,
Squire's friendship Pry holds relus
here, and musenl blab too loud. thoDgt
don't mind telling yc, child. for
know We aiore ye know'd yourself,
continued Mrs, pry, hurHedly, for lea
she would lose her listener before sh'
could vcnlilaie some other news pres
sing on her mind.
| But Morley, having pocke,ed his la
letter, turned TO the paper dcparlmen
and asked Tor his local weekly Whl,
she tossed the contents Of the larg,
basket over, Morley asked IN answer I,
her last tit.bit Of scandal
Mrs. pry, did the fact ever sirik,
sou as an astonishing one, that this pref
~ village OF ours might still exis
if every person disposed to attend (,
the business Of others would hnd biz
OF hers so important or worthy OF ,hei
industry as to leave them no time 10 Ia
dulge their morbid curiosityi"
"Ah Misture Morley, We are all II,
sons and daughters Of old mother Eve
but ! CUES, your, paper did not com,
over yet; III! send il to the Office o.
soon as il does, returned Mrs. pFy
not willing 10 beiray the privilege sht
had taken with il.
mo very great matter for the pres
ent, but we must not lay all our frailtie.
Of this nature on the shoulders Of moth
er Eve. She at least was attending 1,
her own business when she obeyed he
impulse TO pluck the apple. If conve
nIent, Ill take the book Mr.. pry Dor
rowed a few days ago. presume b,
found it to answer has porpose.'
"IIe writ the deed reckon. but Mr.
| Ernest had 10 correct il arler az. Pr
would never make lawyer. hul he
not behind the times ndoin' what b,
should not do and leasin undone wha
he should do"
4 And as she walked into the adioinin
room, her hands clinehed ais IL stie he'll
the bosom Of destruction ia anticipation
OF some duty near at hand From It'll
beaulat in the corner, which comprise
library, medicine store and china repos
tory, she took the borrowed book an
was about to return TO the office whe
sudden thought struck her, and sh
opened the drawer at the bottom OF III
cupboard which presented Hortu
Siccus as complete in ITS iancied pow
ers as the charmed pot Of Macbeth
witches in lis spells Of "fenny snake
scale Of dragon or root Of hemlock, BIZ
10 do Mrs. Pry justice, she had only th
most humane ends 10 view 10 the pre-
paralIon OF her herbs. She came OF
bringing handful of the dried leaves
and nie tno, ~, an ,,..xst, o,.,,.f. -. r..