The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-05-10

How people could eyer have talked in
such language
Well, one day | was in the steam
boat on the lake, and | was locking
over my account-book. Pepper al
ways makes such a point Ct my keep
ing accounts. because he says ii teaches
the me value of money, but no one
ever knew the value OF money letter
than | do. had Gigi with me, and
it's awfully expensive boarding with
dog {; and then the servants are always
SO grasping | declare they're just
like those horrid daughters of the horse
leech that SAID, GIVE give ~ though
why the daughters were bit worse
than the sons | never could see. only
people are always slandering women.
Somehow or other | never can get
my accounts exactly right. There were
four dollars | couldn't account for. so
| just put them down to "charity," be
cause "sundries" has an mbusincss-
like look, though, to tell the truth. I'd
only given ten cents to an organ
grinder.
| was so hard at work ! never no
ticed that I'd been taken ever 50 far
past where | ought to have got out, 50
just stepped out at the next stopping
place, and waited for another boat 10
take me back. 1t was quite a pretty
spot, with trees and things, and 4 sort
of cave not far off; and sat and sat,
and gazed at the beauties Of nature till
| was most starved. All at once |
heard a noise behind me, and looked
around, and there was Fred coming
out of the cave
l thought for moment maybe re
morse had driven him to retire from
the world and be a hermit. Wouldn't
that have been romantic?
l glanced at him very haughtly, but
he began right away: Miss Cassidy
oh, Marie don't let us make ourselves
miserable by keeping this up :"
"Who's miserable?" | inquired.
"Speak for yourself, Fred mean Mr.
Delbert."
A horrid, uniecling twinkle came
into his eye, and he said, do YOU re-
member Miss Stonehenge?'
"Oh yes" said l, Jelly. she had
such long nose ~
''She has it still
Don't jest on such a subject, if you
please" he said
well" said Fred Il admit that ii
is a serious one. The point is that
she was married last week to 4 Pro
fessor, of Sanskrit'
q suppose she's refused you,' E!
said "and you've come to me to he
consoled."
Then he said lot of absurd things
| won't repeat and told him how !
thought he'd gone to see Pamela that
evening. 1t turned ont that the poor
boy had come back with malarial fever
and wasn't able TO leave the house
and Ned Parkinson had dropped in
and borrowed his umbrella.
But that doesn't explain your not
answering my note" | said.
"Nou see, when it came | was very
sick at my rooms, and there wasn't
soul to do anything for me but an old
man with wig
well. did this prevent you from
writing to me-" asked for can be
NClN tStiI WHICH, 1 itCl HhC II.
"Of course not but | was too sick
even to raise my head. As soon rs |
could stand, | rushed around to see
you; but you had gone. Della Jones
told me that you had gone to Chau-
tauqua SO | followed YOU, and here /
am"
"Well,' | said sternly, III forgive
you this time, Fred but you've treated
me very badly. ''And Fred, she has
got long nose
"Shockingly," he said
So we were married, and came
South for a wedding journey; and
Oh there's Fred. It's time to start.
Amt he a darling? Do tell me-is
my bang all right Thanks. ever 50
much ! Bv-bv