Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-11
DISENCHANTED.

W III Cdrl sic mad definitely MADE ul
his mind to propose to Augusta ColtoI
Augusta Ann" as her unsophisti
Gated relations phrascd it in theii
everyday talk.
"She is diamond among glass peb
bles," he declared with all lovers en-
thusiasm.
Are yor quite sure that she is
diamond at all?' dryly asked DR.. Bel
on.
Mr. Carlisle had been spending tbs
summer at Groton Point, in dreamy
desultory sort of way. He was one .:
those fortunate or unfortunate =
lung men whose career in life is al.
Sly made for them.
EsAn old uncle in the West Indies had
'oye aeathed him a fortune, connois.
lsurcousin who came abruptly toM
= sAia ! raild ! grTrrry ot paihsaft&
Just when he was preparing to en-
himself thoroughly husky cough De
eloped itself, the medical man talked
Nimly of consumption and he was or
1red to the seashore for the summer.
"There is nothing the matter with
]
me, said he, impatiently.
"But there will be" ayerred the
learned disciple Of Esculapius, "if you
don't check this thing in its very in
ception. Westward Ho, now, or Rhyl'
Or"
"Nonsensew said Carlisle. q don't
care for any of those fashionablere-
sorts. If | am to be banished any
where, I'll choose the place of exile
myself What do you say to GrOton
Point?'
"Groton Point Groton POintF re-
peated the doctor with puzzled aF
Il may be very deficient in modsrh
geography, but l may say | ne'ef
heard of Groton Point"
NO, nor anybody else" said WIZ
Carlisle, smiling. "And that IS ing
reason l am gong there. 1t isasolf
tary fshing-station on the West coast-
There's absolutely nothing there Ou'
surf and sea-gulls.'
And so Groton Point was selected aiof
Mr.. Carlisle's summer residence
! There was little one-stored hosiery
there, fronting the sea- while the post
office was at one end of the village
and variety store at the other Whsie
you might buy anything from 'ali0"
candles and matches to an anian"c
I'D plow.
There it was that Miss Cotton threw
her net over his unsuspecting hVal'
one day, when she lost the soVereSn'
wherewith her mother had sent hel "
the store for a lot of carpet warp seven
yards of red flannel and box oil pah-
ing powder.
She was so pretty. and plump, anu
distracted, and her blue muslin gO" Il
set off her blonde complexion ana , uur,
1 ed hair so exquisitely, and hih
had not seen any woman but 'ne Id
andlady for a week.
And they found the gold piece i''H :
among some rocks by the se'shOie
where it must have dropped if0iil
Augusta's pocket when she puileu wv
ler handkerchief to crush away 'i'e
lies, which were troublesOmeat Gro'oh
Point when the wind set from eei
ain direction; but Mr.. Carlisle 10
something more serious sun
aeartl
"a tshermaid of low degree! ne ii'u
quoted, laughingly, when he eohie'se'
al these things to his college ena''' ~
young DIR. Bolton, whose quiet s's''l
Lettice, he had once admired u -
Of way when both the young men "0''
IN the graduating class.
a wild rosebud, don't you SEE =
genuine daughter of Nature "nO - =
never been out Of sight OF the ocean
"Oh" said DR.. Bolton.
"Of course she has no eA'e''O'
polish, added Carlisle. "she WIN hS''
everything to learn. But she Is - :
freshing as compared with the cohssH
tional city young lady that one gs's .
tired Of
Exactly" said DIR. Belton' SsT