Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-06-01

'na sa'' me chance for my life-that
anu '''e crack which gave me breath
o. ~ "a the hot, sitting place. was
JaH y eitactually omersed as were the
monks ia oldeh tines when they were
walled Up ia thcir living tombs, for nc
amount Of frtngth served to lift the
n alIFa'17a'ticle.
~. something fluttered at
~ se up and cackled.
-, white hen.
'9sr and she knew me, but
sess g didn't want anything Of
me company. could sec that.
- get outl OH but
00a shaa She cooked her head i'm.
p'ly to ono side, stepped daintily
ny aperture about half as big as
- y, and saw at glance that she
business. The less sense the
NV astinct; l saw that the creature
"oaa get out somewhere.
IVY not use her for carrier pigeon
an' 1s establish commu iication with
.n0 epslie world2 l couldn't dare to
dio ns's and be pitched out to the cat
W y iorkfuls, or put through
'ni'9aiog machinc, alrhough l might
'''ss- 7 such treatment, and | couldn't
get myself
! Tore leaf from my noto book and
wfO'9 something like this:
OV'ie % my rescue. l am buried fathoms
deep y oats, northwest corner of the barn
luaO opposite the house. My blue necktie is
'niuss through the crack. Perhaps you can
See ~ am moved in. Your relative,
FRED INGERsoLL.
! ued the note to the hen securely
WIN = portion Of the necktie, the rest
iiul'erea from the barn, and Biddy
stepPea forth, 'onc foot up the other
loot down. carefully, conscientiously,
as hen docs, and by and by faiat
rusfli1g spoke hopefully of her progress
to my waiting heart. Meanwhile was
a prey to anxious thoughts.
suppose she should never reach the
light but perish ia her pcrilous jour
ncy, become hcmmed in and unable to
go alE iurther; suppose she should
lose 'ho letter in her passago-but a
trium liant cackle assured me that the
white hen had reached the barn floor.
and Blessed sight! little later saw
her tl rough the crack walking proudly
awaypm the door with the letter
plain Aview.
llls.n ssso yssaass ieslies drov.
into Y yard Prettya Well, | guess
SO lou don't often see handsomer
girls than Janet Harding's. One was
dressed in seal brown, the other in navy
blue.
"'Do look at that henP cried Seal
Brown. 4 do believe it's billet doux
from your William. If it is, now, I'll
clap my hands hard, just so, and I'll
say, Billy; do send mc one, too.
Zone, two; and will it take two to
satisfy youf said Navy Blue, laughing
at her sisters saucy face. laughed,
too, and fell in love with her then and
there.
"They lured the hen toward them
with handful of corn. Seal Brown
swooped down and loosened the letter
and read it.
'lsaw all this through a crack in tn,
barn ana heard them make merry over
the distress Of their city cousin.
wei, to make a long story short,
the girls dug me out, for the men were
in the meadow after moro oats. It
seems that they were in great hurry to
get at the oats, and the hired man
moved away. Probably the first fork
lul covered me and that was doubtless
put on without looking. Nobody knew
JUST now 1t came about. When | came
to view did the best and the only thing
couia dol lau he | aad tho girls
aushed. 1t was lu licrous introIuc-
Ion to the family but it served its turn.
le'ni the girl no less charming than
rely; Hurry filc lad home from
;oi'gc; Mrs. Hirling, lady in every
ems of the word, and Mr.. Harding,
nreSd, corpu.ent and good -natured,
'ndthat is all"
alll' they echoed. "Thcre ought to
2 Iivedding."
Neere is to bo wedding" said the
'ik coolly.
R fAich, Navy Blue or Seal BROWNE
IVY Blue.
4 fVhen are you to be marricd2"
Yer, perhaps
NY L thou sht you SAID there was
TO 4 weddinsm
pol dill. Navy Blue is to marry
her William"
Aaa you are in Brown study still" "
said one sIyiy.
ffed actually b.ushcd.
lcs, The most puzzIing study of my
NE, and the most interesting" and he
walked away
Hard hit, isn't hc9"
iue rest nodded. Il Hartford Times.
~ lie Meant Nothing.