The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-08-26
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CEDAR PARK, MARYLAND,
AUGUST THE TwENrY-TE

We had to say good-by to the Ladye and to
her blue hills. and night when the moon
rode high in the heavens, and the clouds as
they foatsd away slowly brushed against the
mountain tops, We went aboard q train and
were whir1ed to the South again. The missy
mountains, the blue shadows, the lines OF hill
and valley had 80 long filed my eyesight and
my thoughts that 1t was almost with sense
of lost identity that found myself seeing the
long, sandy levels OF Maryland's " Eastern
Sho,," From q green valleylapd walled in by
the mountains we had come to white sands with
the Bay lisping all about-only the same ola
moon, placid as ever, looked down upon US,
never bit surprised to find. US in the South.
Like patient schaelmstIess abe sits up there
and hears" the dogs and gaaders ard owls.
the plant Of the erieketa, and the freq ehor-
uses, and what ell else she has 10 listen to as
she watches over the earth In the night season,
no one can tell.
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Tho journey dewn the Bay from Baltimore
was surprise to us. When we Looked up the
schedules and finally planned to take an even.
ing boat down, We found one staidly aud re-
Specially labeled and timed, and ens that We
never dreamed would prove tryst!ngplaee
for all sorts and conditions Of love.siek maids
and mea but such 1t was with Cupid playing
the most outrageous prauks. Besides ourselves
were only three or four travellers; all tho rest
were exeursonists In loves domain.
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There we're pretty shop-girls attiFed In
chiffon waists, untidy skirts buekled slippers,
and various other combinations of fneEy that
were at odds with propriety and refinement.
There was the stolid maiden, whom we see
everywhere. This one had tied red ribbon
around her throat, and there her coquetry
ended. She plodded along heavily and quietly
after her young man, said yes no at proper in
tervals, and was apparently unconscious of any
difference between herself and the more viva
cious womankiud.
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Just to accent the differences there was
small 15-year-old, ia braids and short skirts,
who skifully entertained several admirers,
discussing everything from ethics to bias seams,
keeping her swains safely and contentedly
away FROM the older and prettier girls. She
prattled away in the most deceiving fashion,
giving the impression to the masculine mind
that she was timid, helpless little thing, but
all the while the astute feminine eye could see
that she led them a pretty dance with her ques-
tions and parryings, and that some of them
would soon have to drop out OF the race and
content themselves with girl of slower wits.
But one youth held his own and gave promise
of holding out we'll.
There was also young Jewess, as handsome
as the young women of ner race often are, and
possessing certain serious grace that deceived
one into thinking she might be serene and
fair woman. 1t was very disappointing TO have
her file and clean her nails all the way down,
making soft replies and dropping her eyelids
prettily as she talked with Isaac at her side.
When she was through, he took the ale and
worked away at his nails, and all through the
sunset through the twilight glow. and in the
moonlight they courted In this fashion. But-a
| truce to all sweethearta! They are the same the
world over. The rose and mantilla may serve
tho Spanish maiden more gracefully than Re-
becca's chosen inn element OF coquetry, but prob.
ably no more successfully, for Isaac adorcd-
and 1t was none of the worlds business any way.
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This Is place of much delight. The nights
are glorious. The white sands the twilight
glow on the bay, with tho trees shadowing the
edge of the shore. the little waves carrying the
color aud light, and the great yellow moon ris-
ing slowly ever the waters, making fairy
pathway from the earth to wide, cool sky
places where the stars are shining.
There are plenty OF new flowers here--that
gayest of all the milk weeds--the red orange
"butterfy weed, meadow beauty" or deer
grass" fragile, pale lavender blossom at first
glance seeming like the evening primrose, ex.
cept for color but showing on closer examina-
ton curiousy -curved stamens and pistil and
quantity. shaped seed vessels. Theso pods are ex
actlv the shape of graceful vases with swelling
bowls, narrow necks and faring rims, wrought
of leaf material in green, tipped with red;
bright pink wild bean that tanges itself all
over the fences and bitches; sweet-scented
white blossom that has not yet revealed the
secret of its name And besides these are the
dear common I" flowers-Queen AIMS lsces st.
Johu's wort and golden rods.
ELSIE PoMERoY McELRoY.