The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-07-07

and Mr.. Darcy went to ride and he
didn't laugh. He didn't come nights
after that /; but Mr.. Darcy did, and
they went riding, and he kept com
ing; and Marian wasn't nice to him
after while, and they didn't either
of them come. And Marian was
cross to me, and didn't laugh, 'cept
when she had to.
Zone time I was down swinging
that way when he went by, and !
thought he'd jump the fence and
swing me, but he didn't, and he didn't
look /; and / didn't say anything. II
he didn't want to look he needn't.
The next time 1 didn't look, but just
swung awful hard to show him he
needn't swing me. Marian was down
there once but she wasn't swinging
me and he didn't look, and didn't
look, and she didn't. And when he'd
gone said: He amt my beau ; I've|
iolted him. And she said 'jolteA|
shimp and I said Yes, jolted him,
and I swung myself read hard, and
she kind of laughed little, but not
much.
"Once saw her crying. but not so
you could hear her, and ma said kind
of cross, but not real cross: "Well,
it's your own fault, and she didn't
say anything, but went upstairs.
ellis sister didn't come when they
thought she would. Somebody was
sick and she had to stay.
II saw him riding one time with
Matte Ames, and he didn't look,
but Matte said 'Hullo, Josie, and I
didn't say hullo. Matte Ames used
to go to school with Marian, and they
were together lots, but she don't come
to the house now, and Marian don't.
l mean she don't go to her house.
And the other day I heard her tell
Blanche Howe that she hated Matte
Ames. She said she was a hypo-
critic. I asked ma what one was, and
she said 'twaSsome one who pretend
ed to be your friend and wasn't.
"We were down to the beach two
weeks in August, and when we came
home I was down swinging that way
when he came by. I didn't look,
but he jumped the fence and said
shouldn't he swing me. But jump
ed out and sat on the bench, and he
sat down and said: Wasn't he my
beau any more, and I said No, I'd
iolted him. And he said: What had
1 jolted him for, and I said 4 don't
think much Of beau that don't look
when he goes BY and he said i
don't think much of girl that don't
look when he beau goes BY Then
he said is your sister at home 2 and
/ said 'Why?' and he said he wanted
to see her, and / said She don't like
you,' and he said 'Why?' and I said
I shouldn't want to go riding with
hypocrite, and he said Who has been
riding with one?' and | said You
have and he said Who was it ? and
I said I guess you know and be
said No, he didn't know; who was
it ? and I said Her last name begins
with a and her 6rst aalas begins with
M, and that's all I'm going to tell. +"
"He said I didn't go riding with
her till some one else went riding
with some one, and I said Who p
and he said 1 guess some one thinks
Mr.. Darcy is pretty nice, and I said
No, they don't; she don't care the
tip of her little finger for him., and
he said How did I know?' and said
She said so,' and he said Folks
didn't always mean what they said,
and said Il guessed he'd come if
she thought he was pretty nice,' and
he said Didn't he Gomez and 1 said
No. she wouldn't let him.
"We were sitting there and some
one called Josephine 7 and I said
'What?' and twas Marian. And she
said oh, good afternoon, Mr.. Ken
sington,' and he said Did you have
nice time at the beach?' and she said
Yes, it was lovely there, and he said
4 suppose you were sorry to come
back, and she said Yes, we hated to
leave dreadfully.' She sat down in
the awing, but didn't swing, 'cept to
teeter it with her feet. And he said
1T seems an age since I've seen you,'
and she didn't say anything, but just
teetered, and he said 1T seemed as if
there wasn't anybody left in town.
and she said Why, didn't know
Matte had been away and he said
She hasn't, that know Of
"They talked lot, and she laugh
ed some, and he did and that even
ing he came up on the piazza, and he
said Wouldn't 1 let him be my beau
again? and I said I don't care, and
l sat on his lap. And he said you
won't ever jar me again, will your
and 1 said What ? and he said You
won't ever jolt me again, will your
and Marian laughed.
"He came the next night, too, and
I sat on his lap till Winnie came, and
then we went over to her house to
have some ice cream they'd had for
supper, and when I came back twas
dark, and walked on the grass, and
they didn't hear me, and I said Boo !
and she jumped off his lap.
1.-THE next morning when I was
swinging that way he jumped the
fence, and she came down just then
and she said Kenneth isn't your beau
now; he's mine, and said He
isn't; he's mine, and he said Won't
it do just as we'll Josephine, if III
be your brother? and 1 said I don't
care and he swung me real high,
and my foot just touched the branch" :"
ONE SUNDAY two small boys were
industriously digging in vacant lot,
when a man who was passing stopped
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