The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-03-23


into it. But we have managed to
get along very we'll, and, as you see,
we have Il plain but comfortable
home. The children as they left,
one by one, the old man would say
do as | have tried to do and you
will get along.
The narration of this little piece
of home-life, running through a
period of not less than 40 years, so
simple, sincere and earnest in it's
character, so free of artificial life,
indeed from long toilsome road.
the child-like way in which it was
given, commanded not only my ad-
miratlon, but excited the most in
tense interest.
was just in the act of making a
remark relative to some one of her
statements when Young girl of 16
or II years appeared in the door
way of one OF the doors leading out
into the porch, and who, in a mo-
ment, | learned was her daughter.
She was as pretty a country girl
as ever summers sun had tanned,
the beautiful idea of an artists
dream-the moving frontispiecc to
a poets thought. Plain, but neat
in M general appearance, her
homemade dress, absolutely devoid
of all artistic ingenuity, could not
conceal the perfect grace and
rounded outlines Of a most superb
form. The glittering masses of her
golden hair, hair that seemed to
have caught It's hue from the sun
light and held it evermore, hung in
careless profuson behind her ears.
Her small and delicately shaped
hands, somewhat snnburnt, one
might readily haye supposed, had
received their toughest usage in
handling and training the flowers
which adorned her home. Her lips
we're lovely, laughing, chlld-like,
scarlet as rosebuds and full of charm
AS she stood in the doorway, EVIL
IDENTIFY the victim of surprise, the
soft rose blush of excitement, the
languid lustre of her deep blue eyes,
the charm of innocence, the unsul-
lied purity of her sweet and shad-
owless youth, with the dawning
consciousness of womanhood Just
touching 1T into graver thoughts
and deeper earnestness, were suffi-
cient to make her dangerously lovely
to some youthful cavalier, who,
from chance, would stop to cata-
logue her charms-charms more
pivuant and irresistible than in the
finished graces and polished wit of
women of the world-charms that
are oft times the eloquent insignia
of woman's sovereignty, but to one
over whom the oscar and yellow
leaves" were resting they seemed
but hooking memory, the dim
and, shadow outlines of those days
of mellowed and purpled splendor
which have gone and forever.
know not how we would have
remained, for both had become
deeply absorbed IN the matters of
conversation, but as the evening
shadows were creeping down the
mountain sides, like death shades
stealing over an old mans soul.
Mr.. Browning suggested "that we
CO." Having said goodbye" to
all, and just as We had turned to
leave the young lady handed to Mr..
Browning a very pretty bouquet.
/ felt considerably cut that she
should have given it to old man
Browning, who had four daughters,
the youngest of whom was as old
as she. had made most of the
talk and was vain enough to think
| was by far the handsomar of the
two. | was better dressed, for |
knew was coming among strangers
but Browning got the flowers ''all
the same" There was one refec-
ton. however. which | kept to
myself, that seemed to give
some little consolation, that was
she was extremely diffident, and l
perfect stranger, another exem-
plication of the old adage "drown-
ing men will catch at straws."
A brisk walk of few moments
brought us back to the encampment
and in a much lesser time we were
IN conveyance driving on to Oak
land. During the ride Mr.. Brown
ing informed me that he will have
erected and completed rustic but
comfortable residence where his
shanty then stood by the approach
of the coming summer, where he
would be able to accommodate, at
reasonable prices, those who might
desire to come and remain during
the fishing or hunting season. That
it was a convenient and pleasant
drive over u good road from Deer
Park and Oakland, 10 miles from
! the former and 10 from the latter.