The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-08-11

IL was 4 bright day, ana there was TO
be pleasant picnic party that after
noon. Sybella and her bethrothed
were among them. They were all old
friends and Mrs. Ruthven was in her
gayest mood, and chattcd merrily with
all-perhaps little more with a shy
young fellow of eighteen, who was in
the company, than with any other,
because Of his youth and shyneSs.
Arthur Austin had begun the day in
his usual good spirits; but as it went
on he grew gloomier and gloomier,
and At last relapsed into perfect silence.
In vain did his beiroihed cndeavor to
cheer him. He scarcely spoke or look
cd at her, and at last his manner began
to have effect upon the whole party
One after the other grew dismal, and
the return home was as solemn rs
funeral procession.
At Sybella's door Austin lifted his
hat coldly and babe her good evening
without even pressure OF the hand.
"You are coming in, Arthur" she
said, softly.
"No," he answered.
care you ill.,"
At that he turned sharply upon her
and said aloud: "No, am not i'll.
am not blind-that is all. Nor deaf,
either. have watched and listened
to-day to my cost. Good EVENING""
"What did he mean, aunt ?" cried
Sybella, when the door had closed,
"What has been done. saw nothing"
"He is pretending to be jealous of
young Mordaunt," said Aunt Margaret,
quitely. "Sybella, have courage. He
means to quarrel and break it off with
you, now that he thinks you pcnnilcsS.
Tell him the truth, and he will soon re-
cover from his jealousy Keep it TO
yourself, and you will never be able to
molliiy him."
And this time Sybclla only sighed
But she went TO her room and wrote
pretty letter TO her lover, begging him
TO come to her, and when he came she
met him with an offer of her lips, which
he shocked her BY rejecting.
"You know how have been Offend
ed, Sybclla," he said. "You know
you iirted with that boy Mordaunt all
day.
al did nothing of the kind | never
flirted in my life why should begin
to do so now? No woman was ever
truer than have been to you -
al doupt it !" said he. al have seen
much, and suspect more; and, since
your conduc; has alienated my heart
from you, we had better part. There
is only one way Of managing these
things"
Sybella looked earnestly at him.
She saw no jealous madness there
only cool determination to set aside
his engagement with n woman whom he
had never loved, and whose fortune
had been his only object from the first.
And she knew that Aunt Margaret
had been right but she loved him so
well, and trusted him SO entirely, that
it seemed to her as il the knowledge
would rend soul from body. She tried
TO hide her tears, but in vain.
Slowly she drew her engagement
ring from her finger and put it into
his hand and turned away. At the
door strong hand grasped hers. L,
was Aunt Margaret's. She led her
niece to her room, and returned to the
parlor before Arthur Austin had left
il.
Standing before him. looking straight
At him, she said: $50, sir, you have
been tried in the furnace and found
wanting! You know that my niece's
loss Of fortune is at the bottom Of this.
Don't prevaricate; you know it is true
! have seen through you from the first"
at is not your affair, believe" Ar.
thur answered, sulkily. "Of course,
when man expects TO marry money,
he isn't pleased to find himself saddled
with poor wife and her beggarly rela-
tions. But of course was jealous.-
I've broken il ali off with Sybclla on
that account, and it's her own fault"
"She has had lucky escape, Mr..
AUSTIN" said Aunt Margaret, "bu, be-
fore you go, let me tell you little Sc
cret. Sybclla has not lost her money.
The bank that failed had not a penny
Of hers in it. And rs for the beggarly
rclations-you mean me, you know
poor Aunt Margaret is worth her $780,
900, and every shilling of it is TO be
left TO her ncicc Sybclla Ruthvcn.
warned her that yon did not love her.
| forced her against her will to put YOU
to the test. And now see that was
right, and you may so, Mr.. Arthur
Austin"
Mr.. Austin departed. A month
afterward he wrote 4 penitcnt letter to
Sybella, telling her that he believed
himself to have been causelessly jealous,
and quoting good deal from Byron
and Shakespeare on the subject. But
the woman who is fooled twice by the
same individual must be hopeless idiot,
and Mrs. Ruthven will remain Mrs.
Ruthven until some better man asks
her to change her name.
DD-The interest in the international
rifle match, at Wimbledon, has been
greater this year than ever before. II
exceeded by far the interest in even the
Queens cup match. Last year but lit
tie attention comparatively was paid to
the match. The scientists say that
whenever the weather was cloudy, misty
or threatening, the Americans invaria-
bly, made better scores than the British,
but that with every clear improvement
in sunlight the British gained. Scientists
say that the experiences Of sea captains
corroborate the statement that Ameri-
can eyesight is generally far more pen
e,rating than the eyesight Of people Of
other nationalities in sunless weather.
The scientific gentlemen who make
these observations have ventured cx-
plantations, although it has been gener-