Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-02-08

,bor and red lavender to MY rescue. H'
"Mamma, willie kill lus;' whispered :"
Donald, who was tin!d Child, and - =.
chung close to me. ~. -.
shall | cut of his lead with my :, :,
tin sword, mammag' taviei TCWmy' 81 81
the irrepressible. -
Betsy" / cried, ron'ins myself to : :.
the paramount necessity Of not faint = =
ing, "place yourself at t. vio32w ;.
watch for passers-by-
Eyes 'um.' E
Explain to them o1FdTcai;l Pre- ;
dicament," l went CT. e-cwnon help
the instant it aPpcar5i an3, rove all, :
keep every deer cad easement locked
and boltcd, lest thai fcal in human
shape should break loose and attack
is. There's an old rifle up stairs in
the garret, isn't there, Betsy" add
cd. with a sudden inspiration.
"Ycs, 'um." said Eetsy; but it amt
lust in Grst-ratc workin' order, cal
culatc."
"There isn't either stock nor lock to
IT, mamma" chimed in Tommy. 81
loaded it with ashes last week, and put /
in pebbles for bullets. and it wouldn't |
fire off worth a cent.
"But there's the crying-knlfe and
the FOUNDER, n mma, suggest
ed Donald.
looked at the eloG. Only eleven
/ 1t would be six hours atthe very near
est, before my husband would return
from the city. Suppose that there
should be no passers by between that
time and this
Betsy" said ], his won't do
believe my hair vi turn "hite WIN
this terrible agony suspense
'--fr'. VA -'r !. ss,s. -. .'... - =.
'''i'is r9S5y, WHO Hdu tne
ohakspearlan faclnss of mot marking
withal."
Either you or l must go for help"
Iuttered, distinctly.
"lf it wasn't for goin' right past the
barn door, l woMd't mind, said
Betsy.
"lt's fastened pleaded.
But them there wooden buttons
doesn't amount to anything" said she
And only s'posehe jumps out at me ?"
was just about to reproach Betsy
with having no elements of the heroine
in her composition, when little Donald
who had posted himself in the garret |
window to watch, came tumbling into
the room with Tommy close behind
Mamma mamma" they shouted in
chorus; there's somebody coming and
we guess it's Deacon Gadsly on horse
back, riding back from the train.
stop him" Igasped mercv,s
sake stop him"
Hes a-makin' straight for the barn
maam, said Betsy, who had stretched
the skinny length of her neck further
out Of the window than | dared 70
"IIe's heard that feller hollerin'. He's
unbarrin' the big doors. Land O lib
erty' there comes the poor crazy crea- 8
tur out with hop, skip and iumn, I
Wall, if the deacon likes to risk II 7 7
6
81 have heard of instances where S
some particular individual exercised a
unbounded influence over the insane " il
| said family, and" =
At this moment the deacon bin,ao,s
at the door l made haste 70
open it.
"Be ye all crazy here?' said he, with p p
smile on his sunburned countenanoo III
If ye amt, what in the name of ol, W
.reation possessed ye to shut mn NV =
on Hiram in the barng" OF
"Your son Hiram I gasped feebIv Il
Was that your son Hiram2 pl
bought it was an insane manr' al'
"Whatg roared the deacon it
"Betsey said that you shouted ont >. tn
ou rode by, Tel your mistress to oan tio
he children in-there's an insane ns' i wi
1 the barnn' sh'
Good Jerusalenl" cried tbo a. A
apping his knee how folks will oct an
lings twisted roundl never oai,, n se' bas
lch thing. What l did say was as Ia lar
There's tame lamb in the boro ""S, lea
romisel one to them boys Of vour. Oft Of I
yer since they came up here and hiS this due
ornin our Hiram fetched a. - 'iiis due
lar little cosset' and there he is munes ,eS holl
g clover down there, with Iri uii0ii- the
,Itin' en- to the Fops And you snn a,a nat
,sel it was crazy man. Ia S S.,, sup mos
}, hol That beats air. 49, NJ give
The deaeon'' ordinations al, blad
rough my li''ie parlor like distoo. opt whe
under. | looked reproaahe ll''"it whe
stsy as the cause Of al, - y al spec
nat damsel, however o,s panic. Indi
ms of discontinue 1t waa eu no thre,
av. O' ner yarit
"Vall" said Betsy slow,, a po'
,,tt,o hard O. bs,,,,9' Il always tam
y " i''''V .over. In ever since "whi
d the scarie' ", - and s'pose ~ form