The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-11-19
BY GRACE BOSTWICK.

an awful dow, lof she SPFlll'fi lt lost
ever bit of her spirit and went about
pafe and liStfcsrs for months.
You see, Landry WAS II fine fellow, an
uut!pI!al fellow. | don't believe there
.rvsi$' i selfish fibre in the mans whole
marx cup He wgt& essentially hig-heartcd
snd lpvabe. IIUmely in feature tu posi-
tive ugliucsS, he welS still attractive in
appearances. He was famous in Il small
way ~ the author of certain dclicslt"
love sketches, very tender and dainty i'll
sentiment, ard so unlike him il>> to seem
inconsistent with what We knew of HE
Character \ right jolly good fellow.
witt plenty of seitsc and Il cheerful lot
OF brains under his sandy poll.
He and Kit" had been engaged for Il
long time. and knew that he fairly
wolShpcd her. though he was very quiet
about it. | felt II mild sort of envy, for
/ had never plmnhcd the depths OF love
my,rIf I'd had my little affairs. hut |
always Lated myself during their prog
rt.,a. because | couldn't really feel
.wgl> only amused and entertained. never
touchcd. My Friendship with Kit was
the one real sentiment of my life. for
wc lad been fiko brother AMI sister fer
10 ycais; ever since she had begun to
year, for long skirts uul put her pig
taii# up into the crown of womunly dig
nifty. Whenever Landry WAS away |
took his place at her side. and jolly good
simt& We had and many of Them.
\ few months before Lann,ry'~ death
exit" seemed to change some way. Sh"
took to incoming i,hout for all the world
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Then ! caught l.! hand and pulled her
down 10 me. kissed her, as | always
had. and for Il i,u;Grnt she laid her face
-;r@alrSi my tti."k.
''WhHt if you'd been killed. she wills
p,.rrd. What il you'd been killed.!
"Youd still h:,Vr Landry, ] r,torted,
AND kit" e,!aF!! ! me. 1t wasn't the
first time. br 9'ir means. for You see,
we'd been hoy and girl together. |
couldn't help Srr.ilG that her eyes looked
funny. \ new vLrr,> sion I'd never seen
there hriOrc-HGlyd wondered.
1t WAS shortly after that poor Landry
can't. down with typhoid. 1t was Il hard
Ease from thu, St"lt. Sometimes it gets Il
grip on n nr9ru stad an VI. ID. can >ce
that there's 40 hope whatever Thank
goo lnc<., we wnr all there with him.
He wasn't aitrim, ass he had been the
greater part OF Ais lfe-Sncc he'd been
IN littl chap, in fact. He wasn't lonely.
Sometimes it %rianrd to me that he was
happier thar had ever seen him. |
felt that he was glad to go, and |
couldn't understand it, 1t broke us all
I'D. every one ur us. for We loved the
poor fellow.
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