Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-11-10

sht cannot love either of them, or she
would know But she say she think
she will marry one of them, and tell
her that Mr.. Lefroy is coming tonight
ana she must say either yes or no
to him, and she say that l will break
her heart
"'Wcll, IN the evening strange
gentleman come, a very fair gentleman
with pretty curly hair, and he ask to
see ~ Marie She look over the
stair and she say to me-
"sIt is the other one.
"Phen am nearly crazy, but Marie
say she will not go to see him till Mr..
Left9y come. Perhaps l can tell,
she say, when L see them both to-
gsther.
"When Mr. Lefroy come, we go
dowo the stair and there they are,
both together, and they look hard at
each other. We talk little while,
and ten l say: Gentlemen, what is it
that ron want?'
"Aud they both say quick, Marie =
And 1Iarie she say:
But you cannot both have me-
Is it not SOP And the one that came
last saw, very angry:
sYou must decide now, which one
you viii haven
''Then Marie look at him and frown
and soy quick:
Every well then decide now that
l willsnot have you.
ssThen Jean Lefroy he smile little,
and the other one walk out of the house
qhiel face like storm-cloud, and
then ~ sit down aud crxl... SShe,
viii not speak to, jean Lefroy, al
though he coax her very hard. She
only say that she will stay with
me, her mother. Then Jean he bow
and ssy to me that he hope my health
will Keep good, and Marie stop crying
and make him grimace, and he go
away, too. They both come back,
often. But she cannot tell which she
like best ever, and | am very weary.
Almost l would be glad that she leave
me and marry. So one day she tell
me that next week she Will marry, and
there is no time to get her the clothes,
and she will not tell me which one. |
like them both very well, and L feel
bad, but she only say, you will see
On Thursday she would marry, only
quiet t-like-only those who marry her
and |, her mothor, there-and we go
to the church together. When we get
to the church, look to see which gen
tleman, but see no one. Marie is
cool. She say; Let us wait. He
may be late, and she smile to herself.
| think it is very strange; but at last
l see Jean Lefroy come round the cor
ner and Marie run to meet him. When
he come near, | see that he look-oh,
horrible! He have his arm tied up
and his coat is torn and one of his
eyes has black mark and he is lame.
He wear no hat and the collar
and tie are gone. Oh, it is
dreadful. But 1 say nothing. 1 fear
Marie change her mind again. But it
is not so. They are married, and |
make Jean tell me why he look so
dreadful.
"'Well, he say, Marie tell each of
us, separately, that she will marry us
to-day, and when | see him L smile,
not knowing that he has had her prom
Use too, and when he see me he hold
the head high, not knowing that |
shall marry her. SO all the week we
nearly have our fight, but l never
touch him till-well, last night Marie
write us both and say that she will
marry the one that will get to the
church first. We both get the note at
the same time, and / see that he is
getting ready early and l hurry, too.
When he leave his house, l leave mine
also and all the yvav wn try fo Lyaa,,
each other back. 1t is very hard work,
and two hours after we leave the homes
we have got no further than the first
corner Soon we start to run, but we
cannot get past each other, and then
he catch hold of me, and then we fight
some more. But soon | tear his coat
bad and he cannot wear it and then his
vest, but madame will pardon me that
] cannot tell her all that happen. At
all event, we have to go home to get
the clothes and get here first. -
I Madge Robertson in Romance.
Two ories of "StOnewall" Jackson.
''As an illustration of 'Stonewalr
Jackson's belief in the matter Of ab-
solute obedience to the letter of an
order, said a Confederate veteran to
the Louisville Courier-Journal, 81
have heard a story told Of an incident