Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-03-16
ND. MARCH is, 1888.


9TH p citation OF despair, which l tried
ty bltatc, but in an Eaglish and unsuc-
to il Jul fashion. And when they were
cess lly run down by passing gondola
rud lich happened not infrcquently) she
(wh ended to cry, and l did the same.
pret i, in pretty pantomime, she would
The It ltdownward to the SKY to tell me that
poiaias destiny that caused the shipwreck
it wi 9ur flowers, and l. in pantomime not
of q 50 pretty, would try to convey to
hall that destiny would be kinder next
her n, and that perhaps tomorrow our
timcslcrs would be more fortuaate-and
flow he innocent courtship went on.
so be day the little maid did not appear
o her balcony, and for several days
on nothing OF her, and although
saw bw my flower as usual no flower
thre e to keep it company. However,
can n time she reapp9arcd dressed in
ATTIC, Tx and crying often, and then knew
bla9E the poor child's mother was dead
thazear as / knew she was alone in the
as fe,l d. The flowers came no more for I
woiinFral days, nor dill size show any sign /
sevt ecoynition, but kept her eyes on her
of x, except when she placed her hand I
wor lhief to them. And opposite to her
kerr the old lady's chair, and l could see
was from time to time she would lay
thai In her work and gaze at it, and then
doy lod of tears would come to her re-
fl But at last one day she reused |
lief leli to no | to me, and then her flower
her ?. Diy after day my flower went
car r. to join it, and with varying for
fortEls the two flowers sailed away as of
yor, tut the darkest day of all to me was
J. IN good looking young gondolier,
VIII. 1ding right end uppermost in his
star--ldoa Gor could see him in the
gon 81 worked his craft alongside the
Ssh and stood talking to her as she
hou on the balcony. They seemed to
sat Fix as old friends-lndeed as well as
spe, tuld make out, he held her by the
l C. RI during the whole of their inter-
harl r, which lasted quite half an hour.
viepSntually he pushed off, and left my
Ev4 hrt heavy within me. But l soon
hebds heart of grace, for as soon as he
too Il out Of sight the little maid threw
VIZ fowers growing on the samo stem
twI segory of which l could make
"a, until it broke upon me that
no eant to convey to me that he and
sh' Yere brother and sister, and that
sh v cat7e 70 Ue zr--SSs- Z ttls---r n
3Inodded to her cheerily, and she d
~ y a to me and laughed aloud, and d,
i, bd in return, and all went on 70
sEhen came dark and dreary time, fo
for n became necessary that l should is
undIergo treatment that confined me nj
abs dutely to my Led for many days, nj
andI worried and frettcd to think that
thvFlittle maid and l could see each III
other no longer and worse still, that o.,
she would think that / had gone away "
without even having limited to her that y,
| was going. And lay awake at night r.,
wondering how could let her know 9,
the truth, and fifty plans fitted through W
my brain, all appearing to be feasible =
enough at night, but absolutely wild /,
and impracicabe in the morning. Ono i.
day-and it was a Iright day indeed -
for me--the old woman who tended me
told me that a gondolier had inquired Y
whether the Eagish signor had gone
away or had died; and so learned that .,
the little maid had been anxious about "
me, and that she had sent her brother a
to inquire, and the brother had no ST
doubt taken to her the reason of my .,
protracted absence from the window. =
From that day, aud ever after, during +
my three weeks of led keeping, flower Il
was found every morning on the edge II
of my window which was within easy a
reach of anyone in a boat; and when at g
last day came when l could be moved =
I took my accustomed place on the sofa i
at the window, and the little maid saw l.
mdrand stood on her head, so to speak,
and that was as eloquent as any right j
end up delight could possibly be. So 7
tho first time the gondolier passed my
widow l beckoncd to him, and he +
pushed up alongside and tod me, with f
many bright smiles, that he was glad =
indeed to see me we'll again. Then ] l
thanked him and his sister for their
kind thoughts about me during my re- I
treat and then learned from him that .
her name was Angela, and that she was :
the lest and Iurcst alden in all Venice. T
and that anyone might think himself !
happy indeed who could call her sister,
but that he was happier even than her
brother for he was to be married to her,
and, indeed, they were to be married
the next day.
Thereupon my heart seemed to swell |
to bursting, and the blood rushed j
through my veins so that / could hear it I
and nothing else for a while. managed l
at last to stanmer forth some words of
awkward congratula;ion, and he left me
singing merrily, after asking permission
to bring his bride to see me on the NOR I
row as they returaed from church.
'For," said he, "my Angela has
known you for very lony-ever since
she was a child, and she has often
spoken to me of the poor Englishman
who lay all day long for years and years
on sofa at a window, and she said
over and over again how dearly she
wished that she could speak to him and
comfort him; and one day, when you