The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-03-09

| LIS, She Salu, turning TO the gypsy
"look yo' sharp, an yo' shall say my for.
tune. Here be sixpence an doan't yo' say
no stories. mind yo'."
| The gypsy, a gayly dressed dark wo.
man, with villainous squint, took the
! sixpence and James hand and, bending
over it, with divided attention and n
| rowing eye for fresh clients, muttcrcd a
| certain formula she had repeated many
times that day. Jane Anne listened with
strained attention. To her this was u
| very serious undertaking. 1t was not
| easy to make out the gypsy's gable in
the noisy sect, and Jane Anne was used
to slow Welsh English and not this cock
ney romany lingo, but she managed to
make out that she was being promised a
rich dark husband and many children
and that she would walk with many o
lad before she found the right one"
"Do you want to marry Johnnie
George" asked Jane Anne when the for
tune telling was concluded. The fair
haired girl blushed furiously and turned
away, but Jane Anne was relentless.
Her feelings were not very fine. She
spoke openly of things another girl
would hardly have whispered. She re-
peatCd the question impaticntly.
Nv, lilp Otiitl- dIlNSll ~ Bsly anu
showing fight, as even the gcnt!est crca
lures will "Yo' can have him an vel
come. Yo' did draw him from me. an 20
can keep him. but. oh. anwel. anwel. l
did low him, and | do now whatcffer.
An look y0', Jane Anne Jones, twas me
he did low the first"
well. them" said Jane Anne, who all
this time had been maturing Il plan in her
vn.,, as,NtN 1t
George neither. ! don't want other folks
chaps, noa indeed. an if yo' doesn't have
him now somebody else will. maybe n
gypsy 'ooman. An he have got 'stifa
cat, soa be could easy have the names
changed an yo' be married next week
Now us will find him an tell him."
Johnnie Georges consent was a minor
detail which Jane Anne did not take into
consideration. lie was playing in a co
coanut shy while Jane Anne had been
having her fortune told. Jane Anne
brought him out, and he found himself
face to face with his late sweetheart. II
was an awkward moment. Jane Anne
alone was collected and calm as usual
The orchestrone burst noisily into the
"Sweethearts' Valse," and Johnni,
George gigglcd nervously to hide his EN-
barraSsmcnt.
"Look yo' here. Johnnie George" be
gan his fiancee, II ben thinkin O. things
a bit. an now l come to the point. J
'ont marry yo', but here's your olt
sweetheart ready to have yo'-yo' he
bain't you?" she said, turning to the girl
who did not answer. She was cryiny
quietly and would have run away had
not Jane 'Anne's hand lain heavy on he.
arm. "Wcll, she be-" continued Jan
Anne, who under other circumstance.
would have made a splendid champion
for her sex. IAN. Johnnie George. yo'vc
got that there 'stifacat. so yo' can jes'
get the name changed an get married
right off, an doan't bear yo' no malice
Johnnie George. What | be doing is
for YOUR good nm yo' shall have tina;
eight day clock with the likeness of th
Prince O. Wales on the door wass bu,
An mind yo'," she said to the fair hare,
girl "yo' see he do bring home his wage
an take off his boots fore he do sit dow
In tho fire ~ nights" Tho two. who hoL
listened TO this exbortotion in mute 81
Iencc. continued staring at each other
when Jane Anne had left them and dis
onrnornd in tho crowd The man vo,
A. c.. a. c.I IL. go, M. IT,.
worked slowI TI but he Ind comnrebended
what Jane Anne wanted him to do. His
old sweetheart was very comely; perhaps
he bad oven thoupbt repret fully NJ bar
whom oonrtinr Tho n,oro nr.otiooI stron'
GER minded lane Anne, Certainty lane
Anne had been masterful. She had hard.
Iy let him hive n drink the whole day.
He did not think he would enioy life
mich with her ALWAYS at his elbow
"SboII wo do no che d;d COW mo deor y"
he asked the Girl basbfuIlv.
81 be willin If yo' he" soid she. whose
Iovo nortool ~ ,L.t divine ,roI;tv which
"beorcth NIL things. endnrsth NIL tbinrs ;:
."rhon nc nil ,rn5 - coil bo r.ith &C.
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no+n ~ h;.. nI.' u 'ne mai i'"se u"
1t was beginning to rain whom Ian.
Anne left the fair. Brilliant lights flare,
on ,hn Shows and nc chn Irft thn tow,
Ishi,'d hor th, m,,;sn nf ,rn shn,,,s -,
laughter and oaths died nw,r, hmt 81,
could still hear the crasrlrss blatar
music of the orchc&trcne as she mac
her way up the Hill. There WAS rloistu.