Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-05-31

| Blewitt began to khiaE 1ede,
one himself. Here bin 80 4 ney
er heard Of q reaper q hing
machine or cars. He III - full
cloth pants and eroa u IN
lounge at the house BIZ 6msel
down and tried to calmly saiing
over. When the doctor ale
for a pail and barred Ee arm
lie took out his lancet, al Ilb1 Blew
lit groaned again.
i nznst take gallon i 49,. sait
the doctor. and thsn III cain
down dbe ell right
Don't yoa knaH hleesiin ! j plaset
q fitx Il Ill u ~. .
nov l. VzAnnsla -
and plunged in his Ianset auii
tainted. When he cam@ toshimss b,
heard one Of the girls talking alout
an artist down in the village who tol
profile pictures with 0 spindle as rht
ural as life.
What do you want Of such blahed
pictures as that ? said Blewitt fon
the lounge. Why don't you 60 diwr
to Takem's at ALBANY and git pDto.
graphs {?
Photographs, said the whole ami.
"; what funny names he gets tf in
his crazy fancy
Blewitt was too weak to argue, and
he seemed to be somehow out ofsym.
pathy or knowledge with altman.
kind, so he lay still and watched the
girls get supper. He noticed that the
freboard was down and a fe was
built in the fireplace. A kettle was
on the hearth and was covered with
live Goals. Soon he saw the girs take
out OF the kettle some nice BISCUITS
and he weakly said
why don't you use the cook -stovs?'
Poor pa, said Angelina, how he
Cook-stovel Wonder what
he means?
Blewitt closed his eyes and thought.
Bsyley, his new neighbor. was q man
he could trust-that is. in anything
but money matters. He knew Bay
ley was badly in debt, but he was a
good fellow. He would send for him;
30 he called his wife and told her 10
send over for him.
''uLy.,--L--'.-....-...-sE us .Rles.ii
'Bayley has been in Jail for deot for
the last ten years.
'ln-jail-for-debt, said Blewitt;
here we are again. ! have been
/ give up; but say.
here is two cents. You send letter
down to brother John and he will be
up here in a day or two
Why, husband, the mail only goes
once a week, and then he will be three
days coming up on the stage. and
furthermore, it will cost a shilling
twelve cents-to send a letter to AL.
bany.'
Say said Blewitt, Just hnry me,
will your | don't belong to this cen
tury. Stage coaches. twelve ce..ts
postagel Telegraph him, thenI
There goes another new word, said
his wife in solemn voice, and she
wetted a cloth and laid it on bis
as she repeated to herself,
Telegraph; what a funny wordl
Blewitt was in despair. Could il
be that all the common things of life
were to him a dream? Had he eve,
ridden on the cars2 Did ne ever own
a moving machine? Waf there ever
a telegraph pole in frontb, his house,
He turned his eye and looked ont.
He only saw the tall post and long
pole of the well-sweep, Along the
other side of the road ran a dense
forest. He was willing to swear that
he had once owned 0 nice meadow
where that wood was. Backed ur
against the log fence -. q. OK car
with neap as large as ycsEg liber'
ty-pole. Down cellar he could heal
the banging of an oldfashioned churn
He looked up the road 10 the east AM
saw the road was full ofgreat hemlocl
and pine stumps, and over it tn,
doctor was coming on horseback, will
saddle-bags before him.
Blewitt was man Of determination
and be arose form the lounge an,
went TO the door to consult with hi
wife.
Maria, said he, there has beel
enough Of this foolishness. You star
at everything / talk about. and
can't locate myself. or seem to FAY il