The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-01-19


friends. and | shall make them visits anu
doubtless next summer they will be coming
to see me. and | We no doubt by that time
you Il be glad Of an invitation from the
Berkeleys to Bar Harbor. wish | had
some pleasant girl to stay with me while
you re gone
I'm sure | should not be glad. Aunt
Bessv. So We won think of it any more
We can keep the pace. We We dropped
out. We are in another planet. To all N
tents and purposeS-a planet where there
iSn any money.
We'll. | gueSS can find money enough
to buy some new cards. 1t does soil y"ur
fingers To play solitaire
4 suppose the good people here would
say it soiled more than the fingers. Wei;
| m thankful we don have much To do
with them
I'm sure the minister i pleasant
That man
Well. he Is thin. No | build mp
there-red on black believe that ace
has human intelligence, and has hidden
itself under the whole pack Where d"
You suppose al the skies are But It ;
your own fault. If You didn ike being
thrown on a parcel of pumpkins and bisots
for company. YOU had the chance of Com
monwealth Avenue and the hest that H'~-
ton has to give.
i don know if it were the best "r not,
at any nate for me
Dear me. Elizabeth. cried Mis-
B,ssv. who Is il Jane Is letting iu3 Ny.
Talk of aneels-it : the minister himself
and there , no time 60 get the carls out Of
the wav-and they were just coming ou'
Il, !, wicked, asked Elizabeth
of course not. Elizabeth
Are You ashamed Of d"iuG Ii'
Ashamed
Then lee tkr minister enmc ia. said
the stern youn. Woman-'he minister,
however. not having wait,i for permission.
and s;audiu. before them new
.Gud morning. be- aid And It l.
a e,..l moruine-one of the crystal clear
morning, that seem to ,,.mc straight ir'm
heaven. The >ky has q -plcue"r. the
earth ha> purity the strength has aV's"r
on -ueh January day iha, aTc Ike the
constant revelation. Arr You PLAYING
~,Iitairr Miss Hi-hea-iiy'
We all il patience said MIS-
Ee~>v. with di.uit,
It rsluir,-s pa,ienye- Is ihai wha' tie
old saying rrfer~ to. Patience and shuttle
the carlst Which pnc arr yoa' irving
the Four >ea-ou,t
Mr Ellis you bon think it v7ong
t. play paticnccs
III Though, yoa d,i said N'~
Bss-y
\, p~t. d, a rrl,,f' r. r., d,wn
she .srliu ~ work ur ihuucht'
y change fD,m utrrwraught iHicl
Icrt to uuslcrNruu-h, luiss iliiy -aii
Elizabeth. fr,m the window whrrc she
"a, icauing back Ike a living pisturc #
Nothing e. IN
Npu auI then -aii tho minister
There arr l-aplc in my pari,h--it l. =
wiIs parish. Mis- Eiiralvih IL uslud,- Al
/ meet then. = a yuaug girl ~ n,y parish
/ .hauld II. glad Il yaU upuli cxshause
Tlas,-. wiih now and then Ter an hour and
have hry PLAY yuuI ~.li,airr Vhile YEA de
her work
Tn, idea ,sid Nii~> li,-sy
/, + po, my ~liiairr said EIatslh
4 ds>Pi-e {,
-Young psoIlc ds-l.i-c IS, easily. Ms
Bs~sy
l. 1t hari worls asked Elizabeth
Ine,-sani work tirl.-S
How b. you knew I cs,ah b. It
putting down the rr~e gcFauium lsaf -be
vas pinehinr
| dn {, -ad Mr. Eili. taking ap the
serauium lrsf 4, k,a@ a. h. bve,i he
va newer conscious 81 5hc s.-rut Of r~e
errauium wifh"m rrinrubcTIn- the hight
that shat jntu Elial-c,h ry,> A. she
spoke
Huv d. you knos she oo,sld PLAY ~,i
,airvs said Mis- Bs-~,
/ don 6. indeed said the minister,
refeetively. WUuld you advise her Go
learns lookiue up quickly
No. sh"ulin g. ,aid NIi~, B,-ssy.
shortly / wish had never hearj ii
IL Ii l. mere bondage
Blu, Why
Why YOU think yoa y de- il just thi,
onoe. and It rant help sy.ming uut the
next time. aud you DO II once more, and
yau never leave ID. It, fascinating
idlene~> There the Russian galne--thai
excite> all your cupidity And therr .
the -cloek that reduces yea a. idiocy
You hate to give up, and the whole morn
ing gnne and nothing done and y"uT n
tired To death. and SOU feel guilty said
Mi.s Bessy. with the flushed face Of con.
fession Il was saying a little while az,
i, made me feel ike drunkapl-
You Mis- Highcastle,
You don mean Ia say you approve oi
cards. MIR Ellis:
( Il mean 10 say ylid the minister
( rising and walking 10 the hearth. wher,
he proceeded to mend the fire, that d
not accept the old superstition Of de
moniac quality inherent in these bits %
. pasteboanl a. il they were necessarily
Z things Ia be- accused aud tod, If the Eyi
+ tine
But they do sometimes seem po>,es~ed
/ They mock YOU. The card YOU wan
comes when YOU can use il. and do hat,
+ Ia bt. beaten by them 90
. -You are not beaten by them but by
+ the wise mathematical Imagination Of th,
men who invented them, giving a half
+ glance at Elizabeth lost in thought
Il don know Sometimes do thinl
there i some occult power in them, the,
are - freakish. 50 perverSe, 80 obstinate
Let me see. according to your owi
account Miss Hishcastle, You are enslave,
to them, YOU wish YOU had never heard o
them; you are fascinated by them; yol
will not give up Ia tothem--are you sure it |
the cards only that are obstinate and per
verse? Then Mr. Ellis laughed 'Tha
is what think of cards. he said The
are not bad playthmg if one must hav
playthings But if one cannot make hi
game after few trials. and is infatuate,
to keep it up why they cease to be play
things. And, after ALL plaything, tina
arouse one temper one cupiditv. tina