Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-13

Tonight God knows what thing shall tdn
Th;.,arth is racket ;nl ttiut
EX ,.f"ut. s'C"pj"ss o'rr .''. ii:
And we, who from the Il II were made
Thri vita our mothers pain
In I'urance.
No man will ever know the exact
truth of the story. thou h women may
sometimes whisper it to one another
after dance, when they are pu ting up
their h#.r for the night, an | comparing
lists OF vict ms. \ mH', If course. can
not as Isl at IT," T. N tons. So the
tale mn be told from the "utside-in
the dar,-all wron%.
Never praise a sister to a sister in the
hope # your compliment reaching the
pruper ears, and SO preparing the way
for Won later on. Sisters are women
first. AL sis ers afterward. and you will
tiHd tia YOU do yourself harm.
Sau iarez knew this when he made up
hi, nj ii to propose t. the elder Miss
Co, l.IEil. Saunar''Z wa Il strange man,
with few merits, so far us men could
SEQ. though he was ropu ar with women,
AMI carried enough cDnc"lt to STOCK a
vicpruy 5 coriucil, and leave a .itt e over
for tine commander i'll chef staff lie
was a civilian Ner.' many W 'men took
an interest in 5 SlImarez. perhaps because
his manner to them wa, offensive. Ii
YOU hit Il pony over tle OSe ut the out
set of your acquaintance he may not
love you but he Will t IKE II deep interest
in your movement, ever aiterward.
The elder NJ IS G pl'igh was nice, plump,
winning. and pretty. Toe younger was
not l,rattv. AMI, from men disr"gardlng
the hint set forth above, her sttle was
repeIant and unat racttve. Both girls
had practically the same figure, and
there was strong likeness between
them in look and voice, though no one
could doubt for an instant which was
the nicer of the two.
Slumarez made up his mind, as soon
as they came into the station from
Behar, to marry the elder one. At least
we all made. sur, that he would, which
comes to the same thing. She was 20
and he was 33, with pay and allowances
of nearly A % rupees month. s. the
match, as we arranged it, was in every
way a good one. Slumarez was his
man once said. Having drafted his reso-
luton, he formed a select committee of
one to sit upon it, and resolve to take
his time. In our unpleasant slang, the
Copeigh girls hunted in couples. "
That is to say, you could do nothing
with one without the other. They were
very loving sisters; but their mutual
affection was sometima IS inconvenient.
S umarez held the balance hair true be-
tween them, and none but himself could
have said to which side his heart in
clined. though every one guessed. He
rode with them a good DEAL and danced
with them, but he never succeeded in
detatchng them from each other for any
length of time.
Women said that the two girls kept to-
gether through deep mistrust, each fear
ing that the other would steal a march
on her. B 1t that has moth ny to do with
a man. Saumarrz was silent for good or
bad. and as business likely attentive as
he could be, having du. regard to his
work and his polo. Beyond doubt both
girls were fond of him.
As the hot weather drew near and
Saumarez ma lie no sign women said that
YOU could see their trouble in the eyes
of the girl5-that they were looking
strained, anxious, and irritable. Men
are quite blind in these matters, unless
they have more of the woman than the
man in their composition, in which case
it .oes not matter what they say or think.
I maintain it was the hot April days
that took the color out of the Copleigh
girls cheeks. They should have been
sent to the hills early. No one-man or
woman-feels an angel when the hot
weather is approaching. The younger
sister grew more cynical-not to say
acid-in her ways, and the winningness
of the elder wole thin. There was moro
effort in it.
Now the station wherein all these
things happened was, though not little
one, off the line of rail and suffered
through want of attention. There were
no gardens or bands or amusements
worth speaking of, and it was nearly a
DAYS journey to come into Lahore for a
dance. People were grateful for small
things to interest them.
About the beginning of May and just
before the final exodus of hill goer5,
when the weather was very hot and
there were not more than 20 people in
the station, Saumarez gave moonlight
riding picnic at an old tomb six miles
away, near the bed of the river. 1t was
"Noah's Ark" picnic, and there was to
be the usual arrangement of quarter
mile intervals between each couple on
account of the dust
Six couples came altogether, including
chaperons. Moonlight picnics are useful
Just at the very end of the season, before
all the girls go away to the hills. They
lead to understandings, and should be
encouraged by chaperons; especially
those who5e girls look sweetest in riding
habits. | knew case once. But that
is another story. That picnic was called
the Great Pop picnic, because every
one knew Saumarez would propose then
to the eldest Miss Copleigh; and, besides
his affair there was another which might
possibly come to happiness. The social
atmosphere was heavily chai sed and
wanted clearing
We met at the parade ground at 10;
the night was fearfully hot. The horses
sweated even at walking pace, but any
thing was better than sitting still in oul
own dark houses. When we moved oil
under the full moon we were four couples,
one triplet, and Mr.. Saumarez rode with
the Copleigh girls. and loitered at the
tail of the procession wondering with