The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-29
By J. POLK RACINE.

| keep in my memory our love of the
| past.
With me It's rs bright a> of old.
For deep in my heart it WAS planted to
last,
In absence it never grows cold.
| think of You darling. when lonely at
night.
And when all is peaceful and still,
My heart wandcrs back in dream of
delight.
70 the old rustic bridge by the mill.
| All. forgive me dear reader for repeat
ing those very dear old lines above. but
| they seemed 50 appropriate. and the
spirit WAS wOoing my old heart so per-
Sistrntly that could not resist its plead
| ings
One morning in rosy June, | jumped
| into Mr.. Samuel Milcr'S OK cart with
| old Charley GihhinS who had borrowed
| tn" cart and oxen to take II griSt to the
mill. Old Charley was to wait for his
griSt Mr.. Brown had told him that two
other orders We're in front of him. and
that Charley must wait several hours. if
he waited ut all. And the good old black
|
hawed old Buck and Berry down the road
I" spreading beach tree right above our
swimming pool. Oh. how joyous was my
littl" heart at the thought of having Il
good splash with Lew and Til in the
pool. | hunted around for the Brown
boys. and soon we were in our seventh
heaven of delight.
Mr. Brown. the father of Lew. was Il
kind hearted gentleman to everybody. and
extremely indulgrnt with his children.
Every one loved Tommy Brown. as he
was called by all who knew him. Mr..
| Brown WAS a lover of poetry, and Il
great Admrcr of the wonderful Scotch
bard Robert Burns. He could quot" Mr..
| Burns poems from end To end without II
miss. and ALWAYS when in Il iovial argu-
mcmt. Mr.. Brown would rchcarSc
SnHtchrS of Burns verses. which would
| just fit the very place. and Tommy was
| invariably declared the winner of his
point. | well rccoIcct the first time that
| ever heard poetry quoted. il was on
that very morn over fifty years ago. We
boys We're still SplaShing in the pool.
when suddenly dear old Tommy parted
tn" under brush and pc"rrd in on our
pool. in the shallow part of which three
/
| littl" boys We're rompin@ in Il hoiSt"rouS
outbreak of glrc. Hi no there. YOU
niue NlIl"I"N' linen ne S'I"
"Oh. wad some Pow'r the giftic gic us
| To see ourScls as others see lis
1t wad frar mou" hlund"r free us
And foolish notion"
Then Mr.. Brown said. Lewis where
are the hntchrt and nails. | want to
mend the pig Sty." And what Il lovely
herd of swine he had in the pen lust
back of the rumhling old mill and near
the tail-racr.
Lew had been using the hntchct and
nails in constructing u raft by mailing
several pine boards together. This little
ark was to carry us safely over the deep
place i'm the uuol
Oh, how rnudlv is my old heart whiS-
prring To me tonight of Lew. and the
"old rustic bridge hy the MILL"
beneath It IN" stream gently nppI"d.
Around II IN" hlr!S loved 10 tnIl,
In" now Tar away sun my thoughts
l"hdIN stray
/" IN" "Id rustic hiIdg" ny IN" NM.
How | ,vnuId lnvn ia L,v, ,lI INV ,o,l-
ors ,,r,unrJ togr,hrr to.nirht Thar |
u,i,.Lt sir. to th,u, ,f ,h, ..,Id r,,.,i,.
lhriLro hv tho mill
nh. ala ,ynnJon L,.d,,o i ,,+ ,horo
nav thr mad turl,iJ v,tnrs fran, .L,v.
lh,L lnr,r sinc,. .v,,,,t TN, ,u.ti,. .,ru,tur,.
from It's marines and mann. uf if. In,r
,IJ fr,,,n,,ut. h,L ,I,,,,.oJ and ,,,,,,.,I
far dawn and rvor ont ia tho MIGHTY
w,tn,. far far hnvnrI
'rhnro i ono nthor Incident of that
d,v which shall urvnr ma nnvnr far
pn II c,mr obout in This wise \fte,.
we h,d Jnrnnd am. luno hr,.cbo. and
lrh,,l, shin. Low ..,iI 81 am ,,,ir,, ia
tbr hnu.n fin. uincn nf hrn,d nul Int
TOR if vnu will wait tb.ro ot th,, nv c,rt