Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-11-09
THE LOST SPBCTACLES.
BY EMMA A oPPER.

y laid EN- right down here" sa
Mr. B.nnett; "and now they're gone
Myra looked up from tho long sui
ner-tabl' wa clearing. with SUI
prising lack o agitation. She had n+
6ept house for NJ B.nnctt for tho tw
years since Iii wilc hal died withou
{ earning that he wa, ry probably til
: most ab'oat-mia led old gentleman il
the world.
Laid ON ri hit dowa here Mr.
Bennett repeated, fumbling about Of
. the kitchen window-siII; "aud now
they aia't here Funayl
lie speko quoruiou,y; and after a
Io1g, hard day with tn. thrasher, il
was not much to be wondered at
"Arc you sure you Llt them thore2,
"a Myr'. Sic had put the same question
on hundred preyiou, occasions; but
Vie spoke patiently. She had had
Nard day, too, getting dinner and SUM-
pr ior eleven men was no light task.
ut Myra's sweetness was never Iufl u
You could hav5 guessed that with ono
look into her soft calm, pretty blue
eyes.
Am l surer said Mr. Bennett
,h'rply dropping into chair and win.
ing hl' face with red handkerchief
IN wv what's the use Of saying III T
Myryf Doo't always know where 7
lay my specialized Irecollcct putting
en- dowa there, j st alter supper. and
,ncn y stepped out to settle nm with
Fliiok, and fused round tho born
~ 80 ana now l come BACK and tbev,ro
! 1oass.- - | recollect it, said Mr. RAJ. =
- ugh Tvs Lecollection -
not to be disn"fos,. ..n, thlugtI-
pest goid- bowed ssIaa=ess 1870 -, !
EN- common. IdoP'e know "h"t : Z
hem on today TO-. Jest to get 'em 81
toll, Is'po3e. t
"stolel' said Myra in shocked re- 4
nonstraucc.
oval, I've got my suspicious, Mr.
; nnett responded, crossing his legs
With jerk. Il We got 'em. What
10 you think, anyhow, O folks that
lire out to Varick to thrash for do-
ar day, a-wearing white shirts and ,
olIars, and having hands just as whit. )
3 that pIate2 VIII do you think of itl"
Ir. Bennett demanded, cor .usively.
Myra's gentle face, bent over the
utter-dish she was scraping, flushed
warmly.
"Do you mean Mr.. Goodwinl' she
altered
How'd you know himl' said Mr..
3ennett, suspiciously.
"Oh, live met him. said Myra,
mildly. "Hc's staying with the Blacks, J
ext door to Aunt Mary's. HIS Mr..
Blacks nephew; and he's in Aunt !
i rvs sometimes. I've met him there
"Hml hev-hev you2' sal Mr..
Bennett, with contemptuous grunt.
Wa, you better let him alone; that
ay advice. II amt Iooai1g my guess,
e aia't fit for nobody to mcctl"
Myla, checked, and brushing the
alb o-cIoth with Altlerilg hands, was
ilont.
Docs it look jest right" said Mr..
Bennett sternly, ''for a young man .
slick and good-looling fellcr though
e be-to be going around with Vario ks
hrashers, with them citifed ways"
He's doing it on account Of his
ealth, said Myra, Lraveiy interrupt
lg. III came away from the city Tor :
ountry air and exercise, and he's iade- !,
endent enough to take the exercise in \
way that will bring him a little =
loney. He isn't rich. I
How do you come to know so
luchl said Mr.. Bennett, acridly. II
Told you, eh3 Wal, it's my advice X
ct to let him tell you any more. Won't c
o good come of it. tell ye We got
" suspicious. 1t amt j st ii ht,
ont caro- what you say; something
'rong about it. For ielIer like that Il
0 60 round thrashing, in them
lothes-' n
4 suppose they're all the clothes he {
as with him." sail Myra, patient y 81
'ln them clothes, and with that air n
his. You needt tell me! Mr. Ben D
EFT ended, vaguely but immovably.
Yes, his manner, are better than C.
yd Young's, or Yarick 5" said Myra,
'okinc rucfuuy at the stained cloth G G
here Varick had eaten. but is that ,
nything against him, NJ. Bennettl
wal, know jest as Wei as I want
, where them glasses hev gone to-" b
aid Mr.. Bennett, with stubborn irate- a
ess. Il
DO you seriously think that Mr..
GOODWIN has taken them9 sail Myra.
er pretty eyes remonstrantly wide. y
pretty clear case, seems TO mo- t
lid Mr.. Bennett, dogged.y. "There
ouldn't another one o them men a e,
one it; know 'em all. want over in
leased with him fust minute see b
im." Sc
Myra put the gOblets into the dish N
an silently.
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