Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-07-14
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=, had "a he gaugrd accor,iin t..
Jan. Of ,h' huyer and tell ynu old Dca
IN Avery would never have gn the scowl
'ns -i''rr"r,i u Squire Page had hap
f+icd 10 have s,h, -. ....Ii Of his
lh'acon Avery had u daughter. aquict
gentle giri with slight. graceful figure.
and face we'll you don't src such faces
now day~-n r"af tine complexion with
a d-licnie punk trembling W 10 her lips
when she WAS spoken to Her eyes were
great hmPrd wells changing with every
thought. and her hair was soft chest nut
brown waving about her face In Its own
wnyward style
She was u lovely girl bccamo a pro
fcssoi young and was always to bc seen
In the end of the dcacons is''' very Sun
hav rain ~ 90 .. nad much
80, n kind OF digiliiied
..oout her that kept the fellows at
distance But when she WAS long bout
lsoi ~ Harmon Page btgan TO go with
tier
'ile was n handsome high spirited
chtp lively and iull OF talk. and ~ dif
ferent irom Mercy Avery aS two persons
vel, could c But they loved each other
therr = no doubt about that Manys the
time vc sen hci grand eyes SPARKLE ami
prtty checks hush at llarinnns witty
-I"Ss hes n. size was really brilliant And
lIe with hIs proud spirit. always giew
strangely gentle with Mercy
'So IN spite OF the rivalry that had nj
ways existed bet wren the two families no
One wniIid have distur,~-i the two iaI IL
uot been TOT Virginia Wax. She wns q
co,isin oi Con Fori first wife. and came
there visilin frIm IL. south
Virginia was cailei y handsome girl
with her brunette face tnsliing black
eyes and heavy black curls nlic was never
tired ~ Juggling aound her neck She
hal q g'HHl .i,Ai tn of what yuu call
style ami Aniiiyvillc folks who ddn I
know NJ much of the ways OF the worlu
a. they do now were rompleicly fasci
natesi with hei taking WAYS The young
fellows ~ particular hoverd around her
like moths arpiiid candle
All excerpt Harmon Page II, had en-
gagged hmsrli Ia Mercy ami at first gave
the new,,'nri the 20 by The Pages aud
Fnr'is hHi n family feud "i g,rn! many
years standing which kept them apart
fri our thing and Virginia had plenty of
company b-'>ti,'- llariiniI
But ! snpinSr Harmon indifference
piputai the giyl ani SHE snnblaai the ot her
h1yS aini rNrri,ri all hci charms on ilar
non
She came Ia the fall aud along about
Christmas time the nrIehinrs began TO
notice That Nigiu'a was mighty thick at
the pavrs
The two houses were pretty near 20
geihef and size used to run over 10
Mother Pages "n some excuse nr other
twenty times a 'iay Perhaps I want
strange that lIarnnn h~gan I" Ia hattrrrd
by II Tie ha'i A. g,HL y turinrui ~ any
chap IN the I'lArt and he gsh in tue habit
u taking NiIgIula considerable
iUu nse. tn'Sitiun evrryi hing ~ more
cases than QUE aud Virginia was right
there handy while Mercy hv-i At the top
II one ~ ont old mshinnrd tnnnrciIr lent
hIlls with n dradiid hard rnlli l,alding
tuIt
Whether she knew how much Harmon
was taking the other girl was not known
%ome thought not She didn't get out
much except 20 meetin that winter. and
she had enough OF her fathers spunk
tlHmt her not 10 let on that she saw liar.
ulon foolin with Virginia Wake at tho
n1Inins
There was splendid slrlghine that sea
son the kind We don have these days
AMI some of the yNjiIng tnlks wanted To
have . HrHrrM slelgh ride II waa put on
tran time 4" time. tlll twas finally set Tor
mr THURSDAY night
II was the night oi the regular weekly
FiysI m'-'iIng AMI after the time ~ the
H. SH- 1T. -''iihL ilarnmm WIN was the
nN Pr'irs~.n ~ the parry ir"-i hiile
has" II changed E'a Virginia Wake