Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1895-12-13
Miscellaneous.
MISS SABRINA FAIR.

ter, said Mrs. Fair, as she turned to-
ward the young man, who was paying
his first call on his neighbors, whose acre
of land adjoined the western border Of
his immense farm, and who could hardly
repress smile.
Plain as no looked, he had read more
than most of the folk in Longbridge
and knew Milton by heart.
"Sabrina, fair, listen where thou art sitting
under the CLASSY, COOL translucent waves
In twisting braids of lilies knitting the loose
train of thy amber dropping hair"
He silently quoted from "Comus
"Yours is quite striking name, Miss
Fair"
"Well," Mrs. Fair said, II always
did bate Jims and Johns and Marys aud
Sallys, and wanted something extra for
my first girl Just then we had doll
fair at the church, and the ministers
wife, Mrs. May, named the dolls. There
was one lovely doll, and some ono said,
"why, her hair is amber-color."
"I'll name her Sabrina then said
Mrs. May.
at struck me as lovely name, and
7 had nv babv ohristened nv il. IFS
R;ble nnme / snnnoso os tho minist.r,s
wife chose il SKI Ind Rutb and Nao.
mi and Reheccn and lots If others
youno Oaks said "Ah v,s natu.
ralv p md Mrs MAR went an
tSabrina's hair IL sort of amber.
colored too If van notice "
"Wbo conld helm notioin, il p, asked
thu f,r,nor Sahri,, tossea bor haaJ
and gave Mr.. Oaks n baugbtv look
From tbot moment abe smoke oolv
when addressed and then in monosvI
lables
ooh mamma how ,ould vou - sb,
cried when their guest was gone "Tell-
inc =, vonng man n notice NV hair
and about nv name Know he tbouoh,
il Queer for his mouth went up Mt III,
corncrs"
81 know he admired Won" said Mrs.
Fair
"sabriua dom, be A goose ; we mr.,
az moor as we can be and live. and her,
Is n fine voung man who was struck n
first sioht Eyervbodv spenks we'll q
him Tho rnrm IL all hi, own. he ba.
M one Init n sister who ia engaged /,
be married Such chance for YOU. anC
here Won are turning IN YOUR nose a
him alreadv
"Well mamma +" tho oirl renlied 81
emit helm Il You made me angry. and
he made me angry and I shall lust hate
him from now on 1osides. he evidently
thinks nm anxious for hia attentions
ri show him I'm not. have a little
nride. Who could holm noticing il. in.
deed and he stared at me as if I was I
calf offered for sale"
81 think it was quite an elegant com.
plimept," said Mrs Fair,
II do not :" said Sabripn "He had
M rioht to nav me condiments tho fra
time he saw me
"sucb n bioh character neople giy,
him !" said Mrs Fair al think he's fin,
lacking too Brenv."
"He's not I" tho Girl renlied. az don
want to marry n farmer ANYHOW sbal
choose n DOCTOR ar n lawyer or some
thing like that"
"'rbe worst of II ID tho man choos
ma we have onlv vcs or M IN s,v
s;,boJ Mrs F,;r
GAnd who aver comos here IRONY
Do vou want 10 IN an old maid ?"
"Jnst M anon no MT +" Sobr;,, an
.ma.od ,oso;nn ho. anal, hn,d Az
L"w pIl novor taLn anv notice of VI,
Oh, y
Sb. Lo,, Ia, ,o,d vo,noo.k.
,uho bod raIlon in ,ono NTH hnr ~ sr.
s;aI, aolIoJ onna,an,lu m.rmla woI
opsmod hu Mr. Fa;r Shin, wa
o obI;aad ~ M into ,ho norIor nn ,bos
ooma " e. 81, aLo az, ha Tho m;"do,
o oUa ~sa"ha. D anJ ~, IA 'ah "ao,
o. .no wLon common civil;ty oblioo
r. ~ !,
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oanI . ."sa "";,h -. =" a,,n; ." a., :
n 1,Sl' ono w." - apo ,.;ahod ),
,,.;n no t;na 49,
Everv one knows that the ordipar,
man ia univ led an bv the thought tina
a woman IL running AWAY from him
0aLs mas M, sunop;or IN Tia sex in gep
oral He nretcnded not 10 notice talked
10 tho mother looked at the daughter
mode tho latter verv accountable Offering
~ fru;t and veoeiobles and bided hi
e