Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-11-30
STORM AND SUNSHINE E.

- UAM AMI DU NOIllN Il.
"Sl o sho dr4t the hens Look
at the wfo'c 'ches o-diggin' up my garden
'ecds' Ald Miss Penelope Blossom
ra1 rs st as her rheumatic knee would
permit toward the offending fowls, her
blue gingham apron, outsprcad from
each corner "iike sail all set to
favorins gales tapping up and down
in unisoa with her shnll "Shool shoot
,hool'
The hc@s and ;li ir lordly leader fed
in diamay bsforo this indi % clal ap-
partition behind them.
"Pd like to wing your neckl9
CALCULATED the wrathy spiustcr, as she
chased them quito distance up the
road to secure herself against their re-
turn to her domains.
'Eh-what, madamc7' cried out a
lite, stout rcI-hared gentleman
whom Miss Blossom, in her zeal, had
run into. Tho sud len collision camc
near demolishing the littlo man, who
could only gasp you've nearly
knocked the breath cut of my body p
Il wu3 talkin' to them chickens"
Miss Blossom sail, ap2los setically.
oh, yon didn't mean my neck,
then9" burying broad smile in the
,lepths of a red cotton handkerchief.
~ feel enough like it if you was
the owner of tho pcsky creaturesl7 sh4
returned wrathfuiIy.
81 would take my chances Of be ing
hurt much by such fair han nds,n bowine
gaIlantly, but not without triAo Of
sarcasm in the tone of his words.
A faint suspicion entered Miss Bios
sons mind.
BE you the owner2' she demanded.
pointing with one long, bony finger to
the still flying fowls ahead of them.
who were ow vaulting lightly into her
next door-new-neigh bors yard.
'Fortunatcly-I think l may say
they are mine, seeing they havo been
tho mears of making me acquainted
with my fair neighbor, Miss Blossom. !"
'Humrhl answered his fair neigh
Dor, bearing in mind her ruined garden.
1T mayn't be so fortunate if they cum
a-liggiu' in my garden agin,' with q
grim smile.
"May ask what you would do in
that caseF he asked blandly, yet there
was trifo of glitter in his round
blue eyes.
"Po,-pie is good" was the Ominou,
answer.
such pies arc very dear under somo
circumstances, came the meaning re-
ply.
Yes, so I've heard" coolly. "But
l hain't bit stiagy; rIl ask you il to
dine, making tiff little curt-y.
Thank you; II como, and bring
along little pepper to season it with
not exactly the kind that comes in
b)xes-som thing tfil more biting
significantly.
"WhiIe you WI, about it you might
fetch some salt to save the meal from
bein' fat, Mr.-Mr. -"
'My names BiIbcrry, ma'am-Josiah
Jarolehcm Bilberry, I'll have you
understandp with rising wrath.
Got most as many names as chick
ems" disdainfully.
Eve got what the Lord evidently
left cut Of your composition, angriiy.
whats thatl' advancing with
mutual ire toward tho enemy.
Sense" he snorted," forgetting hi,
manners entirely in his rage.
"You' re an impudent manP
You're sassy womann'
What might have fol owed and been
my sad place to record, was presented
by tho sudden appearance of fair
young girl, as sweet looking as June
rose, attended by an equally handsome
young man. The beliigerent attitudes
OF the tall woman aad shcrt little man
caused these two lovers, who had been
secretly walking and talking, as lovers
are wont to do, to cry out in stimuli
taneous concert
"Aunt Penelopel What is the mat
teri"
"Unclo Joshl What does this
meanf
Matter enough, l Ishould think p re-
torted Miss Blossom, glaring fercely al
the young man. "Who is hel" donating
the subject by one long forefngel
pointed so near tho aforesaid ''he's"
handsome eyes, that he involuntarily
retreated step or two.
'Mr. Bilberry, auatie," began the en-
barrassed young girl, but was cut short
by her indignant relative.
Eve had enough OF Bilberrys fol
one dayl' with witheriny glarce at
the little man. Come, Miss, yoI
march home With me- And don's ist