The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1899-02-25

CERTAIN KALI WORKS,
c3 Nassau ST., New York.
shades of night were peeping from behind
every tree in the grove and the whip-poor-
will perched on the topmost branches Of
the same trees were tuning their ras plug
voices for their nights jubilee, Ben and
Mary linked up and hied them into town,
all the old boys, with their June bugs
hanging to their arms, followed in their
wake, each 50 full of laughter at the spec
tacle in front that scarcely word was
spoken en- route.
The next evening just at beautiful sun
set several OF the boys were corner loatng
at the foot of Partridges hill and Just
when the last golden rays of the queen of
day were lingering and taking their even
ing kisses from the pretty flowers which
bloomed i'll profuson in the grand old
parterre, all at once Will McClay uttered
a whoop that would have put old spotted
tail himself to hasty flight, and pointing
up the slope, he yelled, great God, boys,
look yonder. Promenading down the hill
was Ben and Mary. OF course, they
thought that they were gazing direct into
each others lovely eyes, and as far as they
were concerned they were, but to the boys
it appeared that Mary was watching the
sunbeams on the green slope of Partridge's
hill aud Ben was counting every shngle
on the old Farmers Hotel, now Hotel
Elkton.
And how strange that Ben had come all
the way to that epoch. heart whole, and
there never was mau who had hated
womankind with the intensity that Ben
had hated all except his mother.
Woe he unto the man who would dare
flirt with Benny's sweetheart, for Old
crooked eyes constantly carried long
cleaning knife in his bosom, and it was
just ready to be plunged to the hilt in the
vitals OF the first swain who would dare
lay his loving arms around big Mary, as
the sequel will prove.
Ben and Mary James love was flowing
as sweetly and softly along as thistledow
that was being waited by on the lovely
bosom of balmy May zephyr up to this
time. Ben had told his comrades that he
had already popped the question, and that
Mary had said wait till the sweet bye and
bye. And in consequence Benny was as
happy as any sunower, big or little
Time has hurried US up to the golden
autumn of 1865. Crooked eyed Ben and
cross eyed Mary are two of the happiest
mortals in Cecil county, and they have
long since announced their intention OF
giving grand ball, and the boys and girls
are suffering the pangs of expectancy in
anticipation of the coming event.
About the last Of October several OF the
boys walked into the hotel in the Hollow
They had heard the sweet strains coming
from the bosom Of Beck Jane and knew
that the heart thrilling music got it's being
from none other than Ben himself When
they entered Ben shifted Beck entirely to
his left hand and jumped up and ran to
shake each comrades hand Come,
Ben, and have something said three
or four OF the boys, all in the same breath.
And after the ardent had been set up three
or four times, Jesse Pierson said sit down
Ben and play us Early's Retreat up the
Shenandoah Valley. And Ben did play
Jesse's favorite, and never was sweeter
music listened to in this world before or
since, after which Ben placed old Beck
carefully in her box, set her on the bar,
and then said-Now, boys, the ball comes
of next week, and want you all to come
and fetch some money, and ask all OF the
boys to come and to come prepared TO give
dollar or two, for Mary Jane has about
800 of my money keeping it for me, and
as soon as we get $50 more we will get
married and then we will have big time.
II tell you how me and Mary Jane are
going to open the dance next week | am
to play five iigs, one right after the other,
and Mary is to dance each one from end to
end with no intermissiop, and when she
has finished she will jump clear off the
floor and crack her heels three times to-
gether before she comes down, then kick
the ceiling with each foot, and then she
will pass the hat around, and she thinks
she will take in about 500 for, said crooked
eyes, she says that she has done the same
thing before.
The eventful night came, and so did the
boys and girls, and a lovely night it was.
Fair luna was in her zenith of glory, and
her silyery beams were dancing in all the
open spaces as if delighted because the
boys and girls were. We repaired to the
place of jollity, which vas up on old Back
street.
TO BE CONTINUED.