Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-09

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II awoke one morning and found my
self famous" II the pronouns in this
quotation were pluralized il would then
describe the proud feelings which ami
mated the breasts of the whole White
Cap gang when they arope from their
nights revelry At the sRed Hogse Farm, =
January 27th, last
Our managers, the ladies. were espec-
tally anxious 20 capture this stronghold
1.-THE occupants have a strong hold on the
ladies' heartsl because they realized it
would be crowning victory 20 the sea
sons campaign. They had been flank
ing round the hills Of the Head OF the
Bay" capturing the lonely, solitary
bachelors. but here, If successful, they
could kill two sports with one stone !"
and chen. too. 1t would be defying the
gay and attractive ladies OF Chaptico 20
heard the lion In his den." and by pro-
grcssice steps TO take from them two of
their first prizes
for had they been ''forewarned" they
would have been "four armed" and our
final crop (of bachelors, could not have
been Garaered in so easily. Although
our "Basis bescer' was not ON hand, We
all managed 10 meet with or packs at
the gate. on time, and the chase for 1.-THE
DEAR began. =
There we're some "close shayesn and
from the HILARIOUS outbursts OF Laughter,
the lips mus-t-ached. Il was by short
cuts and long strands, that the points Of
the game lvandyke) were made, and il
vas not until the last clip that the win
ners bobbed up. Mrs Mamie Stone,
our chaperon, was allowed the honor Of
taking the ladies' first prize-she took a
prize from our gang last year.
His Majesty, of ''red neek-tie" fame,
won the gentleman's first prize-a .'tie."
by one (wonI game(s) Miss Bessie Ora
SON was the BOBBY match for the ladies,
and Mr.. Fred McWilliams won talking
machine to help his cause in the future
The bIoac Of TIE 5ugie that night was not
heard,
Holy silence this time the White Caps
preferred;
The moon gliding ON, lent her aid as of
yore,
and soon they surrendered, who had
ne'er before
Been captured, but Jon-quil, willingly
bet,
Has often been swimming by sly Cupid's
net.
And If he's tempered with that attract
i've snare,
Perhaps he has been caught while loiter-
ing there;
But we hope he was free when conquer
ored (at) last,
AS we've NO ''treacherous arms" for
holding fas:,
The fiEe toasts he prepared were enjoy
ed by all,
Some responded, while others he had to
recall
MIR. Chunn's talk on "Courtship" caused
quite laugh,
His words still haunt us, like the dying
calf"
THE Bill Nye of our Club" was Mr..
Pills toast,
He proceeded by giving his frog n
G. Rs was Hardships of Bachelors
Dir. Sprigg's. Washer, then '.there were
others"
What nice support il is needless to
say
That hearts were again reached by that
same old WY
IL mans can be 30 rrach'd, why not
woman's {, 20?
Bnt with so many hearts what would
the tco do?
They would be too hetrty, and 1 think,
oh my!
If such were the case, with "heart fail
ure" they'd die.
When in the parlor, "our boys" they did
ask her,
Miss Mabel recited her favorite-"Las.
ca"
Her talent was marked and we still
wanted more,
"The Goblins will git you" followed our
encore.
Mr.. Chunn sang a solo, all could ad-
mire,
The girls fiocked around him, to make
u full choir,
Our host. the POSTMASTER, seemed round
up with fun,
His wits made us stay till the dawn had
begun.
With hearts much "be- Reeved," yet with
memories bright,
We then thanked our kind hosts, and
babe them good night
BRo-SIs.