The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-02

M", suppose you'd both be glad
if I'D get married ?"
rackey! wouldn't we, though {?
l'tNbe willin' to let you have my
circus money if 'twould help any
butitmight be another fizzle. Guess
I won't"
mo, don't want the money but
| want you both. when Mr.. Dunstan
comes, to speak of me as though
was The best of sisters. You under
stand what | mean, Pet, and you can
instruct Dick better than can. Don't
Alude to my hair, or if you do, why
spsaK of it as though it was my own.
! u 1ou can carry the impression that
| mabout twenty years old, do so"
MH fact" cried Pet, Indignantly,
aftnrshe had departed. "she wants us
49, falsehoods and tell you Dick,
wouldn't do it to get her married
fifty times! Though to tell the truth,
our home would be much happier if
she was in one Of her own"
'Pd lie Ike white head to get her
married" said Dick emphaticaIly.
One day, a short time after the
above conversation, Dick Haywood
was sitting Oh the bank Of the river
that flowed past his home, at no great
distance from he house.
He was occupied in fayorite pas
time, that of fishing, and it seems
almost wonderful what an amount OF
patience and perseverance the most
restless of boys possess when engaged
in watching and waiting for bites,
which only attack the face and hands
by innumerable mosquitoes, and
never seem to interfere with the bait
which floats idly in the water under
the very noses Of the fishes who pass
and repass it in utter disdain.
Suddenly loud splash a short dis
tance down the river attracted his
attention, and he glanced in that
direction just i'll time to behold a
young man draw in a large bass,
which seemed to his excited magma
tion as though it might weigh dozen
pounds out Of the water.
"Crackey !" he exclaimed, using
his faYorate expression, "he's got the
boss place for fishing. | Just wish
he'd take me in the boat with him"
And as if dividing the boys
thoughts, the young man turned at
that moment and caught the wistful
sgprsssion on Dicks face.
''Ihe fishing is better out here" he
called, Would you like to come in
the boat ?"
81 guess l would" answered Dick
drawing in his line and preparing to
join his new acquaintance.
The young man rOwed to the shore,
and when they were waiting for
bites" Dick, allowing his curiosity
to get the better of him, asked:
"Do you live about here anywhere
| don't knows I'Ve seen you afore. y
Ppm stopping in the village few
days, and it's lonesome business when
one isn't acquainted. l like boys, and
| hope you'll have good luck fishing
Here, take my line ; Pm tired, and
I'll sit still so that | Won'tsCar youl
fish away"
This generous offer won Dicks
heart at once, and he was ready tC
meet any requirement his new friend
might demand.
"You seem to be pretty we'll ac.
quainted about here" began the
young man, cautiously. "Are you
acquainted with the new heir Of Dun
stan Hall !"
"The what ?" asked Dick, with his
attention directed toward a mann
moth bass that was swimming tanta
lizingIy over his baited hook.
"Mr. Earl Dunstan, the master o
Dunstan Hall ?"
"Him as is coming ter live at the
halI?" asked Dick.
"The same. Do you know him p
mo; but | spect he'll be relation
o. mine soon; an | spect to have
horses to ride, an a boat, an lots o
things, when he marries my sister,
$50 he's going to marry your sis
ter, is he?' asked the young man
with merry twinkle in his eyes.
Eyes, You see, she's twenty-si'
year old, l heard her tell mother so
the other day an she amt married
yet, She expects to catch Mr.. Dun
stan with her frizzes, an gewgaws
She's hired me an Pet to help her
only Pet says that she won't lie ever
to get her off'n our hands; an Pc
has it the hardest of anyone. Sh,
has to take her old dresses, am
s'pose she's got TO be little girl til
Celia's married, if 'taint for twent.
years. You see Pet she's sigh
prettier'n Celia ever was, an she''
take the shine all Oft7n her, if sh