The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-05-04
Srlert Storp.
A MERRY MASQUERADE.


and he was its clerk As for the diScon-
tent. that could be naturally presumed from
the long hours he was expected TO keep
and the ridiculously small salary which was
deemed a compensation therefor
The structure was lofty and the office in
its top story, for even public buildings have
attieS for the storage Of rubbish. notwith-
standing their general dedication, and 50
the prospect afforded to these intermittent
pausings was extensive enough to please
the vilest of men. Crescent shaped the
city stretched in the foreground. limited
by the dull icy bound river. Beyond. the
gray and brown hills arse. undulatins, aS
If in a primeval day q voice had command
el. Dust thou an, To some gigantic
torrent A. dreary a dust that now re
vealed themselves denuded IT verlure
vet denied the covering of snow Here
aud there nestled or lowered farmhouse or
country seat. humble or conspicuous in
unthiuking revelation If their masters.
Tn une If these latter. crowning a distant
mound. Clarence 5 gaze often rested with
Increasing glooui. suppose she Is rush
ing arund The house Ike mad. he mut-
tered up-e,ting things for the laulable
psrTTn~e of ~traightins them.
Poor Nellie poor Cassandra If she
woald only take common sense view Of
thing, how happy We might be BY
.Ioye the mere De- for her the lesS she
values il haven smoked this year,
nor cunc % the club. excepting Saturday
nights. and who would stick closer to bust
ues- than And with what reward
You haven even begun to undo vet, to
say nothing of iuing, Wa her last critical
relnark. ! sweat II wen, . girl | wouldn /
pride myss.lf on predicting evil for ,hsre |
wished g,-pl And yet the murc J find
fault with her the mssrr dearly lnve her
Thar the man nj il, suppose always
exc,,.ing the apple and lefcu,lin@ the hg
leaf
The d,nr oy,eued-an unusual pT',ee-d-
ing ~ the pan of that door-aud a Wifi
of smoke vaS followed hy tall aud Ian
zslI young nan What Ciareeo.
,ail this ncu cumer. Hard at il. cb
| .houli -ay 81. replied the injured
ClApn,s haven bccn uat sines ia
gick ,hi, m"1,ing except an haur or 81
f,r iuugh tel YOU Ned ThomS..n, II
| hadn q .incerr pcr-onal rsarl fer the
uclfaFe 1t the b.ard I j resign in i've min
ute=
p,p b. that my boy They 4 ae-
tuslly have to mee, TO appoint yoar SUE
se~g VII, ,an you AZ fy an assist
asst
\ WIS,
@An extra clerk then
%nh. wcll. wha, couM expeyt Trn
shs C5yn Servirc Commission 1hrFc .
ia,i al-mt - mueh riyility a. utility then.
They pFoiably send ,ne hay-s',-l spa
waited fr,u, c,vhiie by -iV fsyt 1t yawu-
ing
oh. father saald 6x that There
ceald be- = ienpYrary appointment y,su
know And then a draft irom uue of the
asher departments II a suitable man. and
b. uoulln h. subject ta examination.
Ye-. | kapW. Ned. your father Is aS
powerful as hs j. kind Int what would
yonr sister. what On earth would Nellie
say Il she heard had a clerk
What more could she al Clarrncc
Because you and perform our RESPECTIVE
laiigs. | A. Clerk of the Court. aud YOU
IN charge here, uithau, physical wear aud
5sar -he pnaoune,- a. Idle aud worthl,-ss
She d.<-n ,,sursiscr the weight # re~pou
-ibility ~ The burden of rsuline For a
woman to ssr oue thing clearly she has 60
shut her eycs to everything el-e. Vow,
there father, faE Instance. iou know
what the paper say of Father ~ rather.
what they DON say, for that : easier.
Well she simply won read them and
tbn- her iaith ,hnvee on ignorance. but
she takes 1t cut on you and me
Ys.. repliel Clarence, mo,iily
h5ee !. blind. that WIN she - acute
To- my iailines
nun yoa be- - sure of that old boy
reloined Thomspn. eunsolinely Nellie
often assures me thar her worry over me
i a sign of sisierly Affection fer which !
should be grateful
That t, sighed Clarence, Il ye
been surfeit,d with sis,erly Affection ever
sincc your e,s'd parents admitted me =
lntl, hoy into the intimacy II year home
over there. Grateful would a> >"ou
think Of saving grace over neyer-chang-
ine diurnal bowl of cruel But | N
through. Ned don think | NJ selfish,
and do assure your mother of my leve, but
( / ~ through. I'm not coming over any
more | simply irritate Nellie and she
( fairly maddens me. One ~ thoroughly
bad as she believes me To be should be
segregated Wen. In do the -esregat-
iug. Think how jolly and considerate she
j. toward every one excepting me And
toward me, as you say yourself, she a
regular C'assandra
Well she just as hard on me
You What difference dues il make
10 YOU You re her brother II brothers
and sisters didn quarrel there d be no
such thing AS real family life But all
1 Ned she has changed toward me aud
can stand it. If those old childish days
hadn't existed. then | wouldn { know
+ what | had lost never had thought
I thea which she didn share We wandered
hand in hand through those fields bright
/ with flowers. and there Were flowers, too.
+ IN our hearts. Now the fields are dull and
barren. and there are no flowers for me.
Shes changed and it because haven
/ that | can stand it. Ned
You make me melancholy. old boy,
really You do. had no idea you could
mix up flowers and fields and hearts 81
/ poetically | think ii YOU that blind,
you know, but | haven any ointment
with me. Try cigar? At all events.
you are blue and hipped from too much
confinement. You won mind my speak
ing to father about that clerkship? He
do anything for you; besides place Is !
place. be it ever 50 lowly.
Thanks. said Clarence, as he took :
light. I've sworn off, but with hope
smashing at their present rate ! don set
why resolutions should count. bo What
YOU like about the extra clerk. do neet
air and little recreation, for fact. The
bow must be relaxed you know But !
come over with you no more. Those hap
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