The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-11-21
A LONESOME BOY.

The boy sat cuddled so close to the
woman in gray that everybody felt
sure he belonged to her; SO when he
unconsciously dug his muddy shoes
into the broadcloth skirt of his left
hand neighbor, she leaned over and
said: "Pardon me, madam, will you
kindly make your little boy square
himself around? He is soiling my
skirt with his muddy feet" The
New York Times tells the story. The
woman in gray blushed a little, and
nudged the boy away. "My boy ?"
she said, "My goodness ! he isn't
mine" The boy squirmed uneasily.
He was such a little fellow that lie
could not touch his feet to the floor,
so he stuck them out straight in front
of him like pegs to hang things on,
and looked at them deprecatingly.
'I'm sorry got your dress dirty" "
he said to the woman on his left. II
hope it will brush off," The timidity
in his voice made short cut to the
woman's heart, and she smiled upon
him kindly. ooh, it doesn't mat
ter" she said. Then, as his eyes
were still fastened upon hers, she
added, care you going uptown
alone?" eyes, ma am, he said. II
always go alone. There isn't any
body to go with me. Father is dead
and mother is dead. live with Aunt
Clara in Brooklyn, but she says Aunt
ought to help do something for me,
so once or twice a week, when she
gets tired out and wants to go to some
place to get rested up, she sends me
over to stay with Aunt Anna. I am
going up there now. Sometime /
don't find Aunt Anna at home, but I
hope she will be at home today, be-
cause it looks as if it is going to rain,
and I don't like to hang around in
the street in the rain"
The woman felt something uncom-
Portable in her throat, and she said,
"You are very little boy to be knock
ed about this way" "Oh, I don't
mind," he said. IT never get lost.
But I get lonesome sometimes on the
long trips, and when I see anybody
that I think I would like to belong
to, I scrooge up close to her so I can
make believe that I really do belong
to her. This morning was playing
that 1 belonged to that lady on the
other side of me, and 1 forgot all about
my feet. That is why I got your
dress dirty" The woman put her
arm around the tiny chap and "scroog-
ed" him up SO close that she hurt
him, and every other woman who
had heard his artless conversation
looked as if she would not only let
him wipe his shoes on her best gown,
but would rather he did it than not.
THE MOON AND RAIN.
when you see the new moon
Eangin' straight up and down, look
in sort of sour like, you're not goin'
to have rain for at least two-thirds of
the month";" said an old observer.
"When she comes up lookin' like
she wouldn't spill, then it's goin' to
be good weather for two-thirds of the
month.
"You can bank on that, boy. I've
been watchin' the moon for weather
more'n thirty years on land and sea,
and the dip tells the story better than
any weather prophet that ever called
turns on the weather from headquar-
tiers down in Washington.
Further than gettin' a cue on the
weather" he continued, "you can
tell by the color of the moon whether
it's goin' to be a warm or cold rain.
eff the wet moon looks red it's
goin' to be warm rain. If it looks
bright and silvery like it's goin' to be
chilly rain.
1--WE been watchin' Luna, as they
call her, come up over Jersey for a
number of years, and I haven't found
her sign to fail yet. "-Philadelbhfa
Inquirer.
SOME PEOPLE seem to think you
ought to pay rent for the place you