The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-05-23

| trunk before which the statlOn-maSter OF
| this unsophisticated village stands aghast.
| But all that Lefty sees, as the traveller mus
her veil to kiss Toms sister, and extends
hand to Tom himself, is a handsome dark
face surrounding a graceful figure, whose
| good points have not suffered observation
at the hands of any unskllful modlste:
| Then they all vanish with the rattle OF
| laughter and carriage wheels.
Lefty settles herself back in her chair
with a little sigh, and plies palm leaf
fan, as if to blow away bit of cloud that
seems to have sprung up from nothing, as
| clouds do, on her pretty face. 1t might be
supposed that she is jealous, were her pref
tiness sufficient to justify such indulgence
in the luxury of feeling. And II her PINK
cheeks and yellow curls have been really
the attraction that has kept Tom Porter
dangling with compliments about her path
to and from the station all the season, 1t is
only natural that she should feel a certain
anxiety on the Introduction of black eyes
and brunette beauty on the scene. Toms
attentions have already plunged the sta
tiOn-master into n savage gloom, whose
outward manifestations take the form of
| strange hostility to the baggage of inno-
cent passengers; and if Squire Porter had
known what terrible thoughts racled the
soul of Billy Johnson, the engine-driver,
he would never have risked the safety of
his family on the rails behind that one of
Letty's lovers, who, to tell the TRUTH was
| the most favored.
ia t'I ~, ptoy ~
t INK q, f az, VI CTr ni met
| enough to permit her to owe him a grudge
should he transfer his fancy; and this,
with an intuition not surprising under the
circumstances, she fOresaw would be the
result.
l fti+, + tba o,I,.,d afFnc+io,, Of
hn engnoed,y,ino sdn1ie1. would be 10 do
iniustica IN nor co53acit,, for, ambition which
ma So1Iiro;s son nd oronseJ. and &C Che
Huttarod nor fan Che Iia,v IN, a Ii+t1a flame
If onimoeitI, o~,inst aii of tbem togathar
Nor was she f9,, yyromo, in hal, estimate of
+bo situo+Io, Tho bG1sos Of portnr md
Amdan yraraip no yvny ovarsa TO an oIli-
oncn that seemed tba most natural thine. in
bo,,o1.IJ ot,J n r,o+nL ,I,Losa ,,ossibiIit,y
fad Lao,, fn,nsb dnT,od il, tb ,,,i,to cro "
nties IF Tho ci+t- ,,o,,Id ,acniy,a inn,rISe IN
tba rural festiyitias Of the s1mmay to the
srrotif co+io, of IN ro,co,,,,ed
Tbn rossiil Of S;n,,i sao, had +bis b,si
noes a. raiI ne ,n,iIb ,n,.o Iio,.toinino 70
n0n1i,- aF'i,s af ti,a I5oioi'horbooJ
b;"b AID low. sotiSfactnriI,- a,.ranIroJ II
1yes not datorninad Nv +bis o,5tb",.it,J
,,,betlar tho ,ad dino, ,,-c TO toI,o 1,oco l,G-
fo,,o Tho cIosn Of th, seoeo,, ~, oo,I,y il, tho
1yinter p,,efo,.ence ,,,os l~oneTaiIT oiynn
w. H., o+,,. 49, ,d ~ No.. tf . a,,
which Senmyon da,- Lrnuabt his sister
+La Ja1ain,,,,or+ Of tbn +a7a+ af ,rossi,,'
Ioo,.;,,Ir bo,Ii,,a ,a,,,,,o,,oa,,la,,t ~ oor,,
,+h - 49, T. - c,,,,,,,it - 0 ,
r,Ian child
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S'NAo anu et'' 'tiil4lls1 anu tN't'
axnond and plorifv themselves ne onono
the events with which he MANAGED TO con-
meet himself this SIMMER The mysteries
of teIegraDhv were never too dozen for his
probinr. as the arcana of love was NOT too
sacred for his investigation and mastery.
He not only had. for small bov. n won
derfuIlv accurate comnrehansion of his sis
ter Lettv,s romantic tendencies. but, he also
developed practical usefulness as the
Ariel to speed with her messages. and the
Cahban to scrub the corroded metal ele-
ments of her battery.
While the summer DAVIS missed onietIv
and hotly ENOUGH at the station.
the augmented household aft Squire
Porter's spread itself over the country
round about in daily iunketinp of
the most hilarious sort. Such a genius
for nicnirs sucb q talent for fsbino
such an endurance in mountaineerin% rs e,
Miss Van Amden showed herself to possess
would have caDtiVated the great Pan him
self, and Tom Porter, who was a worshiper
of the woodland deity, found his devotion
turning more and vet more strongly toward
this handsome priestess. Talk of the
glamour of gas-light and Clubhouse flow
ers, of the infatuation of the dance in
crowded bathrooms, of all the destinations
) of stereotyped fame. why, q young woman
of good parts can work more havoc in a
fortnight of rural pleasuring than in a
whole season of artificial campaigning.
If Tom Porter did not confess to this fact
in so many words, it was none the less true
that Miss Van Amden commenced him with
in week after her arrival al SMYRNA. and
dragged him a willing captive over hill
and valley, attuning his soul to what he
IMAGINED 10 he conr0rd with noturn INT
what was in reality the romanceof his own
heart 1t was on their return from n
mountain partv. filed but not surfeited
with Dicturesuuc views. that the two fouud
themselves in advance of the rest. WALKING
alone.
ssThere are the corriooes inst ahead of
us. said Tom. "SunDose we Sit down here
and wait for Nillv and tho othersyu
"Wbat pitv we left them 60 far he
hind - sup~astad Miss Van Amden. Affect
inc to adinst her iountv hat aft n more
sedate ANGLE.
mot a bit of it: had almost forgotten
they were anywhere in the world" replied
the young man. eagerly and unsuspecting
ly accepting the suggestion his COMPANION
had so delicately limited. Let's IMAGINE
, | we have uuitp Stennpd ont of IL Oursalves