The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-06-04
The Bachelor
Cousin.

yours lllS COUSIN jim Dt+sll coming mere
to stay the summer?'
''Twenty, counting the last stop
which WAS from May until November
really that makes twenty and a-half
times your cousin jim has visited us. He
began early and stayed late the last time
you know. What has Jim Foedyke got
to say this time, Silis!'
''Same old thing, Mandy; same old
thing. jim never changes HIS tune; he
works on my feelings and says about how
he longs to visit the hooks and Corners
of the farm once more. Speaks i'll u
fetching sort of way about the old swim
min" ho.e down under the widows; also
grips me tighter than Il burr about the
fishing place below the mill dam, where
he once ynnked out II four pound pike
with a minnow hook. jim : got the same
old gift of drawing folk to him that he
always had. Poor Old boy! He has not
changed II bit since he Went to the city
to build up a fortune. He's cut out for
"a bachelor and will always 20 it alone to
the end. If he waS married and was 60
ing to bring along Il naughty wife and II
lot of fresh and Snucy children, I'd
think different about his coming year af
ter Year. The poor. lonesome Old boy
clingS to the place if he has got barrels
of money: | can't say ITS he throws his
wealth. around when he does come"
"Only pays ordinary price for board,
that's all and no more. | will say this
about cousin Jim-hc never finds fault
with things: he never complains; warm
meals or cold, they're the same to jim.
He really seems to enjoy lsDnin fare the
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We" i'Nt ~ WIZ "',' say " nm
pop, This,
"Dn,'+ Won 10 if SiIos. G,n't Won do
II WHY that would he cIuc1 ami wrong.
and II vnuIL lrrnI; fine r,,r ,,d bachelor
beo,.t Won orn thn only ore Inc has cot
left of fine old stock i'm these parts: the
11.st ARE oll gone tC, the city,, SilaS, cousin
I'm i,s+ ,ir,., for tho ,.iyht nf vonr face.
ord fine old n,ncc where Won anl i've were
bov, rorcthrr If is like :, heaven with
him ia rc+ h,ck here with Won and thr
dcor oId familiar tliums, he loves 50 much.
Now Won sit right down and tell him we
will ha tickled to sce him uroin, Say to
hmm thot tha annie trees are bum1dnr ND
am., irst fine window of thc little chamber:
GOV 70 him tb,+ tbo GRASS * ,-re,ncr than
owen. +bnt tho SNOWFALL hush honas, heavy
and tbo+ thc ROSES were never 50 sweet.
You mi ght say to him that my last churn
was the best | ever had since we got the
new COWS Mention word about my
raised biscuits and say a little something
abOu the bees and the nice honey. 1t
will come like breath from the old
sweet home when poor cousin Jim reads
that lie will hardly be able to wait,
DOOR hoy.
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The lines hung liStlessly from ms hands
as the OH mare walked SioWIy ;loiiS Tile
familiar lame toward the house, where
Mandy stood III the doorway with n giad
sImile of welcome overspreadlng her KIND
ly face Then when the horse HALTED at
the block, he Sald, handing over the lines
to SislS:
81 think | have been driving right into