The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-07-08
miscellaneous.
A Way.Sidc Flower.

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They were walking up Glove Lane" in :
gay, chaltcrng proccssion-girls with laurel
wrcathed hats, Young men hearing shawl,
and empty baskets, Il matron or two last o
all Stephen Felton, Il child on either side o
him. and in his arms little Nancy FORSYTH,
half asleep. Wherever Stephen went Child
rem followed, led by attraction irrcsstibl,
as that which draws iron filings to the mag
net. Grown people could not understand
this attraction, but the little ones never mis-
took about it, Sleepy ms she was, Nanny,
small hand kept patting his shoulder ms they
went along, and her voice coocd words o
drowsy cudearmcnt which made STEINER
smile, gloomy AS he felt that day. Eacl
cheerful reply 10 the children's questions cos
an effort but he spoke checrlv all the same
and tried to keep his eyes from wandering
forward to where Captain Uallett walked bI
the side of NIillv Graves, with his handsome
head very near hers, and his voice murmur
ing low sentences inaudiblc to the rest of the
party. MANY chances were sent back at thi.
couple from those in advance, for Ned Hal
lett was the novelty of the moment, n hero
and a stranger; and the girls who were onl,
too well disposed to pull caps for him
thought it quite too bad" of NIilly to Absorb
his attentions as she had done all day.
But, after all, what could NIilly, what caulC
any girl, do, when an all.conoucring captai,
takes up his position at her side in earl,
morning and never leaves it till late after
noon? 1t is not in girl nature to resist sucl
tribute, and Stcphanic Dc Witt, in front, wa.
partly justified in calling it "a desperate fir
lation,h although fear the pout With whicl
she spoke was due rather to amoui. Dy0pr
than outraged morals. But on Millv'g sid,
it was not all Irritation. For all her merry
saucy ways, she was sensitive, crcdulot!
creature Just the woman TO give gold fol
dust" and stake her all in that unequal bar
Ter so common in this world of misundCr
stood values.
Her fair checks were flushed and her blu,
ewes full of shy excitement as they walked
along, talking about-dcar me, who dJ pCo
pie talk about when they are Young and O
differing sexes? Captain IIallctrs fine eve
said more than his tongue; his martial mus
tachc seemed to give point and value to mcr,
nothings He carried a 1.-the little cane
with which he emphasized his sentences
now cutting the air now bchcading a muI
lein, in IL way which Milly thought fascinnt
ing, And then Love Lame was such n prctt,
SPOT, the very place TO be-clouucnt in. If
winding turns were hedgcd with fragran
growths, woodbine, bricr, sweet fern. an,
bay Overhead the trees met and clasped il
shady arches Here and there = mini; honey
suckIe rlinted in the NET work Of green or ,
trail of shimmcrinr clemotis TLr mr.,
nrimrosc lirht of n clonLIcss cuuent s;Gn,
down throu@h the cononv If bonghs = lirh
brreyc stirred, FIN If delicious smells /
WINS like an evening in fai,y.lond
suddenly n turnin~ bronght thcn to q form
clad hank AGAINST which SET in y frame
work of trnmnlone vcr,lurn Stood nnn rnso
of nnrfrct wild wood ninl noisoJ ,t lin of
clnetrr of vivid leaves II waS ike mn on
chontcI nnecn Mill thongI,t INV "'' WI
"ITow bcnm,icnl = she cricd.. I'm, cvcr q,
t,o words Inft hcr Inns tIn rostioss 'o,o now
thromch the oi, nirl,aI thn rosa ROW -, II,
s,n," and cont !, ntn tho I".,,, r,oi Tt
whiriwind nf hrnl,nn loves Scc n0 "ir
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