The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1895-08-16

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fear.
"George, please-please don't! I am
so sorry 1 was jealous and cross and
wicked"
And the tears began to show them
selves again, so, without more ado,
went to the bow and took header.
found that the water was only about ten
feet deep, but the ring was not to be
seen. On coming up for breath, found
poor Virginia brandishing an oar over
the side of the boat, with view to saw
ing my life if possible. / seized it with
much show of distress and waited un-
til got my breath. Virginia implored
me to come back into the boat, but I
was obdurate. After the third dive re-
turned to the surface, triumphantly
holding out the object of my search. I
swan to the side of the boat, and tax
ing hold of Virginia's left hand, I
placed the ring on her finger. We made
many vows and promises, and it was
not before some minutes had expired
that I began to realize that was getting
awfully cold. Clambering back into tho
boat with some difficulty, 1 pulled to
the house as quickly as could. AS we
came in sight of the lawn Virginia ex-
claimed, "Of course there's that horrid
Mrs. Carruthers waiting for you"
"Horrid, did you say, Virgie?'
ooh! forgot, George, dear, but Mrs.
Carruthers is there at any rate. What
will she think? What shall tell her?"
"We'll say I caught crab and over
balanced myself into the water"
''But do look as if I had been cry
ing?''
She did Enthusiastically, but before I
had time to answer her we arrived at
the landing stage. Mrs. Carruthers
greeted me with:
"Why, what ON earth have you been
doing?"
'Poor George fell into the water,'
replied Virginia, with winning smile,
"and I saved his life with an oar.
Didn't I, George?"
All through dinner that evening Mrs.
Carruthers chaffed me numerically. I
bore her raillery with great fortitude,
and afterward, when Virginia and I
were sitting on the piazza in front of
the house, we made solemn resolution
that we wouldn't break our engagement
again for whole calendar month at the
very most. ilbert Burgess in Sketch.
Cumberland Dialect.
Farmer (loquitor)-So ye've landed
at last! Well, A'se proud to see you.
A III just tell the lad to louise the horses
out of the conveyance. He's deaf, but
A'll soon incense him. My missus has
been only very middling. She's keeping
better now but she's very useless (help-
less). What a meat there is in yon field
the year! When them Irish beasts come,
they was as lean as paddocks, and now
they're as fat as butther. It's getting
sare fogged up, however; we began to
ploo out part of the field, and then
rued it and gave over. Yon great saugh
tree has mashed the dixie. It's bad for
the land when the dikes is down, the
beasts carries all the management into
the paintings This cundith has got
properly stopped with mud. Gif A was
just to rummel (stir) it bit with a
stick it would soon hush AVA. There's
a mint craving here, A can feel it.
Tash! A'se gotten stang from
wesp. There's wesp 'est here. It's
strong 'un. and the beet is coming out
thick. It's a very kittlesome and can
kersome thing, is wesp stang. One of
Jobbie's lads, the Tom one, has got
venomed hand. Hewas stung by slew
worm, and his arm swelled up, so he
got it charmed by an Irishman. Them
from Connaught is best They spits and
breathes on the wound. Ave heared tell
gif an Irishman draws ring round
tead with his finger it can't stir, and
them Irish beasts is tarrible for banish-
ing snakes. A was once just about sit
ting down i'll some spratty grass in yon-
der slack, when an adder cummed out
and fissed at me- My word! A did runl
Eels is kind of adder. er.-Gentleman'
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