Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-01-08

sign: it was from others we heard Of
her engagement. All and there had
been time when | knew the most SO.
cret thoughts of her heart almost be
fore she whispered them to herself,
bat that time has goae and past. As
the old song asks:
Can the summer a ways last?
1t was gone for me at any rate: but
| loved my little Miss Daisy still, and
| did not mean any promise she ha'l
ever made to me should come between
The sun of prosperity and herself. 1t
was not likel, giant felloH-a plod
ding student-shouId control the fan
cy Of Girl who had seen the great
world # London, and talked with
lords AMI earls aud dukes. Ga, no.
Better now than afterwards; better she
Anew her mind in time And go |
wrote anl gave her back her troth,
and sad: tod bless Won. dear, and
maae YOU happy. Your faithful! bro,
tLer, Gilbert"
signed myself her brother. becaus~
| thought if any dAv she wtn'cl help
she would then come 10 me for it
People we're beginning to look for
ward to Christmas, when one day my
father handed me- our country paper,
marking one special paragraph with
his finger.
a large and distinguished circle of
gu.>ts are expected to assemble early
in December at Beechdeah--among.t
them Lady Emily Tudor and Miss
Cuthbyrr. The marriage arranged be
tween Miss Cuthbsrt and Sir Ernest
Tudor IS 10 be so'emnz,d in January. y
The paper dropped from my finger,
aud nui;ered to the ground. Well. it
had come. knew the worst. Little
| thought, when my darling with her
angels face and winning wavs first
ran up to me. the day would ever
come that should shed tears over her
detection. But it Was s.. Oh, Daisy,
false. false. cruel DAISY, to take an
homes; heart but II make plaything
of 1t.
wouldn't give up, however: life
had 20 be lived, no matter how hard
might seem the struggle. Not even
10 my father did | say what blight
had fallen upon me. He knew, how.
ever, think. From the time WAS a
boy he ALWAYS seemed to understand
by intuition ANYTHING which was an
moving It's mind of .:s os!v ck!!l..
1t w, for TINS reason no doubt, that
when We heard. q out fortnight af-
,crward<. the "distinguished p rty''
MAS suddenly broken up In con.eGueuce
or the serious illness Of Miss tuth bert.
,ha a,i,oc.lwlf. Of SIR Eru,s, Talor,
ria. b., sad ~ ne "TU 90 over 10
B~gch1.an. Gjlb.rt. and nnJ ont hat
D.. the matter
wax better absent he felt If /.
yo1ny nan ingplres about A Young
!, ,g.s viii ALWAYS wag. HI.
r.. w., h.vonI snsnicion. II,
-,uiI ak for ,ilin,s of our darling
.,,h ..,r,ni,v
Mon met him A. the station on
his rernrn ne lookci very grave.
"Nr4t - ~ PRAY tell me the
y,,s. s,r 81. nrc." said,
Il Mil " hs an .w-r,J but do not
mention n To yonr mother. She might
-,.nr,a,b herself r vou JlL. II i
.n.ffo., nsnr DAISY has gat-yjruIent
s,n,lfn. xI,rI The doctors i, no,
know how i may end"
..>m,IIoov ;" renea.,l agha.t
.p,,r u 'sv' Poor noo- p,isy,'
Poor Ilt,Ia Ni. j Isv cbim.d in
nv father tendrrlv. Il shall never
forget the wav She sad those words
th. first time We SAW her"
The DAYS went by. the long. lrrsry
anxious d.vs. It was the morning Q,
rlad tllings. Peace on earth, good
viii to men," the old bells seemed tc