The Baltimore County union., 1882-11-04
THE MARRIAGE PoRrIow.

AnliSeroS No. October soth. lss:.
THE MARRIAGE PORTION.
There lived. about five or six mile,
from Els,on. Pennsylvania, . few year,
/ sircc, an honest farmer named Hendcr.
son. who had twovcry pretty daughters.
Ellen and Maudc. The first was about
,wcn,y.;hree years Of age, while the lat.
| ic- was but nineteen The farmer was
4 thrifty, well to-do man. though by no
mcan, roh ~, the family lived IN cN
cellcu, style. and the daughters had rc
covcd good cdu,l,un,
Both OF these girls were pretty. bu,
Maude W., perhaps the Landowner
There was uo lack ot attentive Young
/ geu,lcucr a,ihc farm. though hcrcigh-
bofho0d WA- Eo; very 'h,okly settled
bui beauty draw, o, with a,inglc hair.
and the young ladies were 'hc centre OF
! a gay little ,ii,ic ot friend,
Bs and-hy itcame abou, tina, al earn.
CT. handsome, and sturdy young farmer
fell dc>pcrl'ci, in love w.;h Maudc and
proposed 20 her On her part she loved
Henry Master, above an The Young fcl
lows She knew, and told him ifankl,
tia; be might speak 20 her father ia
the meantime she tonfdcd the mattel
g. her mother. a kind. hearted symIa
,he,iC parent. whO saw no objection 90
90 the choice oi her far daughter. bu,
al, VAS let wl,h the father 90 decide
Henderson s1s Ncfy ,traigh;-f0r.
w1rd and opcn.mouthcd man Iha, is,
he aid exactly wha; Sc meant. ne mofy
OF less. and ,ha, be uttered freely, When
| Harry Masters called ham OF one SADIE
and told his rspccia, cfflut as 20 MA1dc
the father .Id Well. Mf Master,
Maude d, Young wanted Ellen 20 l.
married fr, ,hcIs oldest. and has,
gol q marriage portion of Si,sse 20 give
her; ba, haven't iaid By anything se'
Tor Maude
- have got pretty we'll beforehand
Mr. Henderson. toE man bat twcn;Y
fogf wear old. and VIC shall Dc able :.
do very wei. have no doubt"
Won meaa lol' !. take Maudc wlih
oa' any marriage portion p sad ;h'
aihr-
''lcs. >.f. ycr sladis
"Wel. it is plcaan; 20 hear yog ,s'
so. because i shows ycgr homes, sfee
ton. NJ Master. bai am too pfou,
q ls, Mauir maff, an'l can give hc
q ,aogAui ~ ;wo toward, h1u,ckccp
iug
1T, no, worth waiting ioi. ,ir. q
long a, We ,ctliy iQn'i ncci u and bo''
are content
"Ihcn again, ia rather Maud,
wogldn'; marry un'. her sister mar
red. bccaa,e shc's 80 much Older. o,
YOU sec. x Will actually make her an ol,
maid. I; isn', iair, Mr Master,
ELLEN }, very popular wI,h the gen
ilcmen. and will soon be married. - al,
the other
"Tha,'s ust wha; I've said to myself
and then shall begin 20 pick up I mar
mage portion for Maudc"
II ;fus: tina; j. the only objection
Mr. Henderson ?" said Harry Masters
"Why. ycs YOU arc i promising anC
respectable Young man and come o
good family" sand the farmer "bui
can, let Maude 20 until have so; TO
geihcf a respectable marriage portion
10 give with her hand. "
perhaps you will think more ilvora
bly abou, II, said the lover "l'li speai
with YOU again"
"All right. Mr. Masters
Harry and Maudc were very fond o
each other. and now talked over ,h'
matter very seriously Maude coul,
no, blame her father and did no, hcrsel
like the idea OF going 10 Harry wiihou
4 proper portion TO contribute towarC
their joint partnership in domestic lite
"Ncvcr mind. Harry" said the hand
some young girl ELLEN will soon b,
married. ! have pretty good reason
for knowing
"Ah, bu; then your father says h
wants time 10 pick up a marriage por
tion for you, and that will take three o
four years, perhaps"
"That is good while, is il not
Harry ?" said Maude, just blushing
little, for fear il sounned forward an,
bold.
"li's ages :" said the young fellow
"think OF waiting three long ears--why
We shall be old folks by that time -
"Not quite as bad aS that" sai'
Maudc.
"'m sure my hair will be gray by tha
time IL
Nonsense, Harry! Now you ar
joking"
al was never more in earnest in m
life," said he, as he stole kiss fror
her pretty lips, and ran away, so rs no
TO hear her chide him for his boldness
"Maude," said her father, cominI
into the house from the barn, al wis
you would ride the sorrel mare int
Eas,on and get this hundred dollar bill
changed at the bank. The workmcl
have got done with the roofing Of tn
barn and ! want to pay them of to
night"
"Very well, father. Let John pu
the side saddle on, and ] will be read
in FIVE minutes"
| The sorrel mare was brought up to th
door, and Maude was soon on her wa
at an easy hand gallop toward Easton
She had an excellent seat, and was
good horse-woman. As she knew thi
very we'll, she would not have objecte
to have Harry see her just now but b
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