The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-12-23

having playing 1oOtualI DOWN on The pa
rade ground?"
Davy cast a heavy glance toward the
lively youths, but could not muster a
word or smile to please her.
Don't look so awful, Davy," pleaded
the little girl Besides, here comes that
Ernest Maxwell, and he secs you
Up went Davy's head at Tat, and his
eyes measured the approaching figure
steadily
Ernest Maxwell carried some music I'M
der his arm too. 1t was By the same divine
composer as Davy's. No sweeter because
it had such an expensive binding, am
sure. Neither was Ernest Maxwell, HIM
self, any Scandor because of his own ex-
pcnSive binding.
But he seemed to think that he was,
and he gave Davy /. very patroniZing nod
as he passed.
No use, Draxy!" burst out Davy, as
soon as they were out of hearing, Il don t
sec any justice in it, and l can't bear it,
|, here that snob, Maxwell-his father is
just cCaxing him, bribing him, to go to
Germany and study. Schwarz told me 50
in tho class, yesterday"
"Oh, my POOR Davy! And you've got
to give up your music and go to work il
that horrid old place"
''Tisn't that! l don't think I'd be
mean enough to bcgrudge another fellow
his luck Eut-ohEkow can l stand it!
The noodle doesn't want to go, and won E
go. III walk through fire for that chance!
That S why l don't GET it
Draxy Looked very sorry, but she could
think of nothing comforting to say just
then. SO she only crept Il little nearer t.
his side and cast her eyes around in quest
of cheer
There, behind the iron fence, was the
old cemetery with its mounds and tombs,
lying so still and cold in the winter sun
light.
Here and yonder, ON the soldiers
graves, still waved some drabbled rem
nant of the little flags placed there, long
months before, amid the flowers and the
tender grass of spring
Draxy's eyes grew large and solemn as
she locked, ana it occurred To her, i'll
some dismal association of ideas, to say
darkly: "Oh. Davy! Did you know-they
say-some of the tombs go under this
mall, and there arc people buried down
below these uagstoneS we are walking
onn'
Dear little Draxy! All her efforts to be
cheerful had failed to gain the least re-
Spouse from Dayy. But something about
This gloomy question and her saucer eyes
und hollow tone brought quick smile
and fash Of fun into his face.
''Ies, lavo beard it,, ~ he said, looking
down at tho little face beside him with u
loving and amused expression.
But presently he added in bitter tone:
What then? Ii is no worse to be lying
underneath the stones than to walk on
above them, all your hopes gone, ambi-
zion crushed out of you"
His voice quivered and broke. Draxy
stole her little hand in his, and they kept
on again in doleful silence.
"Drax," said he presently in tone Of
mischief that she knew full well.
WHAT" she responded eagerly.
Here is the baroness" said Davy.
oh, my gracious! Oh, Davy, please
turn off and walk the rest of the way on
fremont street. can't go by that awful
old woman. No, can't"
Oh, that mysterious cid woman, crouch
ini there beside the malls on the big COM
1n;;,i. grinding her old, cracked, half mute
hurGy gurdy!
Who has forgotten her? In rain and
shine, year in, year out, there she was al
ways, sullenly turning the organ crank,
scnrning the ch,ritablc who dropned pen-
mics and with her eagle eve piercing each
face that passed. as if on the eternal watch
for some one
Lem and raunt and brown and vrfn-
killed. was she-imperyiou and indcstruct-
ible-rained upon, blown upon, shone up
OMIT was all one.
There she would be still when next you
passed, familiar as the malls themselves,
and vet forever a mystery.
"Ugh-h- hp' chartered Draxy, who al
Tays fell into panic at the sight of her
Il wonder who that awful old woman is
Iookinr for2 Wboorrr if is nity him
oh Davv inst IMAGINE Won yyere-the
ono And you'ye walked and walked all
round tho vrorld but at last Won will walk
across mis- common. and she'll catch
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