The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-19


verse ratio to his stature, and Lucretia
had ruled lin as a playmate, married
him in his stalwart youth, and COM
manded him ever since. She did not
take tn" trouble to explain matters to
him now.
''EurilIy IIenerictty's comm home.
We'll hev to send Il vessel to-morrer
You CANT 90, William Luther. because
lhcrc'll be some things to unload from
the boat to-morrcr noon. Send Nathan
Frederic: he's GOT nutliin' ter do jest
now
My land? what : the matter with
EurilIy Henerictty? She amt sick,
ma, is she!'
His only child was the apple of the
storekceper's eye, and he had been very
reluctant to let her 90 away from the
island. Lucretia Elvira felt a fresh
access of irritation.
"When she comes home, pa, you'll
see what's the matter. She's maxim 4
fool of herselfover Elmer George, thet S
all.'
William Luther sighed, and went off
to carry out his orders, pondering
heavily and sorrowfully as he went.
Elmer George had been q first Eavorite
with him, too. There were but three
families, all told, on Far Island-the
Pratts, the Stapleses, and the Fosters
with the natural result that every
body was everybody's S second cousin at
least, and that surnamcs were seldom
used, as being practically lndistin-
gushablc. Elmer George 10y common
consent, was the finest young man in
the whole intricate connection. There
was nobody on the island could sail a
boat better, or play more skilful game
of croquet; and he was a handsome
lcllON. lOltildliucit ailu iitld"oi NiHS.
If he hadn't money, he had plenty of
sense and caIacity. Eurilla Henrietta
would have all of her parents goods
some day-the store, the wharf, the
three vessels" besides what Lucretia
Eivira's forethought had laid up in the
savings bank on the mainland. Why
should she not marry any one she
liked? 1t was all those ,olish summer
boarders that had put such notions in
to his wift's head. the stolekeepcr re-
tected, and made them all unhappy
ever since. First, she had enlarged
the store-that was all well enough,
though it had been large enough for
twenty years of trade, and needed no
more room, to his mind. Then Eurilla
Henrietta was sent away, after 4 def
mite and unpleasant explanation with
Elmer George, in her mothers pres
cncc-a scene. William Luther dimly
felt. out OF which the Young man came
much more creditably than Lucretia
Elyira. Eurllla Henrietta cried and
said nothing. and went off. still Obedi-
ent AID still weeping, t, Cousin Lois
Jane 5; and her lover, going on his
next coasting voyage. had never been
heard of again-ha, nor the ship, nor
any OF the crcw-since the great storm,
Il year now, and more The summer
boarders had never come back again to
the island-not caring for another cam
paign on dried goldfish, probabl y-and
still Lucrctia Elvira kept up her new
ideas, and meant to, apparently, to the
end. ''She 50 stirrin.' murlnured
her husband. as he returned from Civ
inc Nathan Frederic his sailing orders.
Now Eurilly IIencrietty nd me, we
understand each other, nd we like rest
ald quietneSs: we amt SIT on style,
like M is. My lilli w,'vr got ter be
stylish, though. now, and we might cz
we'll git accustomed to it, fer If ma
onctt makes UP her mind, its all over!
Eur!Iy hi !ht cz we'll stop lrettin',
pore little girl.
While her mother WAS thus accusing
an | her father rNcusinr her, EGrila
Henrietta was getting ready to come
home. too weak and sick to care about
anything. 1t was truly not her fault,
for she had gone dutifully to Cousin
Lois James. AMI taken every lesson
that the little town could give. work
ing c)nscientiousiy, for hers was not
nlture - rebel or be pcrycrsp a
little wild-rose slip Of Il thing, rs gen
tie rs Il kitten. anl rs lovin' nd inno-
cent As Il child-thet's what Eurilly
IIcnriettv is said her cousin. but,
law, she amt on. to learn, nor to take
holt Of II ,thini She amt her mother,
T. she never will b., nj why Lucretia
l1n'i Sc it, with all her sense, is what
beat mel Jest give Eurillv IL nice
youlg t.Ilow fpr Il husband, and a baby
in her arms, nd she'd be as happy as
queen, fer thrt's what she's born fer,
and nothin ciSr,
II guess most m II II | heap ruth
cr hey thet kind Of wife than Lucre-
tia Elviry's kind" replied Cousin Reu-
ben Henry. with cAucllle. Cousin
Reuben WAS 4 philosopher, and had his
own views about womankind
Eurilla liked Cousin Reuben; indeed,
she liked all her cousins, and tried hard
to be happy on the mainland. But
every night she longed for the sea on
the rocks below her window, and the