The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-15

Delsie Downs stood on the corner of the
road at the turnpike waiting for the four
O'Clock stage to pass When the old stage
driver reincd up his horses to take in his
passengers look of surprise came over his
face As he took Delsie's valise in his
hand and held the stage door open for her
to get in, he asked Going visiting,
Delsie?''
There were no other passengers that
afternoon, and, as the young girl had
known the old stage driver all her life, she
was glad to have some one to unburden
her heart to.
81 don't know, Mr.. Davis, where shall
fetch up. I've started for the city. I've
made up my mind that ii is time for me
cannot stand Aunt 'Mandys aggravating
ways another hour.
The driver kept drumming on his dash
board while Delsie was talking. When
she finished, he said; "What's your Aunt
Mandy going to do without you?"
That's her lookout, Mr.. Davis. She
never appreciated anything | did for her
| didn't mind the work; | could get on
with that well enough, but she is so I'M
reasonable and fussy that she keeps me
stirred up all the while. | want to 20
and work somewhere where folks are
pleasant. Many times I've gone upstairs
and packed up my things, and said to my
self: Now III 90 to the city and get a
situation; ! won't stay and be imposed
upon another hour. But when began to
pack up, I'd wonder what Aunt MANDY
would do without me, for nobody else
would 90 there and put up with her ways
Then I'd make up my mind to bear it Il
spell longer. But to-day she tantalized
me so much that just made up my mind
that I'd 30 on, and Pm going
"Your Aunt Mandy must have took on
bad when you left Delsie?'
''She didn't know it, Mr.. Davis. I'm
so chicken hearted that if told her | was
really going, and she made fuss, I'd be
just foolish enough to take off my things
and stay"
you've done first class for the old
lady, Delsie. Al the folks in town will
agree to that
"Why didn't any of them say so when
they came in, and knew | was so tired?
When anybody is trying to stand up under
a crushing load, it would tighten it good
deal, Pm thinking, if somebody came in
and gave a lift by few words of encourage
ment. If folks thought was doing any
thing worthy of mention, why didn't they
tell me so once in while? 1t would have
helped me to endure it all
''Well, that's just what they ought to
have done, Delsie. But | suppose they
took it for granted that you knew you
where doing good work. Folks take too
much for granted in this world"
'What fuss folks made over Agnes
Wilcox when she came home from college
with the prize. And what time there
was over Lucy Whtcomb, Mr.. Davis
when she came home visiting after she
started that dressmakers shop in the city
and did so well. That man who lectured
at the school house last winter talked about
going to work and finding out what there
is in US, what strength of character we've
got, and what we're capable of doing"
"Well, now, Delsie, let me tell you it
amt half so hard to march behind the
music as it is to trudge along without any
tune. 1t takes lots more strength and
Christian grace to put up with an aggra-
waiting body like your Aunt Mandy than
it does to 20 out and work where other
folks are stirring about lively We all
get tumbled up and down in our mind
sometimes. John Bunyan said he did,
and he was about as good a man as we've
heard tell of. Delsie, you're running