Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-03-23

OPENED EYES
b Leslie FORD

near way, Mrs, Pnfklue called 10 her
daughter 'lIl Bet he aud Mabel
have 1Alalrnlasd aAnAs ahas ehlpnnt
snapper Charlie Wilkes. for ahe wsa
out al8omohling with thai fai.o
yesterday. ana they passea ne depot
three tEaea. 4 II llsey were just ses
ternsinaa ssn Should scs them
Mrs Perh us ianpea Ia combustion l
With me stsil of praeticca npasip
bat IN this 6ase sbe had reached tits
right conciuslSn. lef En and Alahel
had a. sled the night hefoea WAon
he went 10 mako his usual SUNDAY
evening cnIi
Zen bad uicl Is arcid peniltnnk
Charlie WIikcs. tt,e dapgef young isaa,
wlo. whiie or Is vacation Fisit 8
Marshyllse. bod beea paying MaA1 -
much asfHnlian sa 80 me toFR uas
wondering bow much i9neer zen
would 4and il was0rl pti1g BIZ
fcot dnTn AZ in ard 1ishal III
on the ffpns ppreh ,haFa pAs 6 s,ialse
tense q tmptnaln9 looa Fquses
ton noved laltiaa Sts ocicek
came aa paaae5, a1A fFan over sAe
bill casse the faint sounds * 10
church ergan
Arc ws going 20 tho union song
aorvica soninhtf aase6 Ben
Whit Tor Fetcybed Mabel "a ila
ten 70 Mamie Cobb nv 10 pRaina
Elsie Martini
seen iiko gou eniaycd the
church social 1Aaraay nisat. aiat II,
Il looked tlat vay u al 9alsl6er li1e
ne. Tlua aen touched oa tho spRrA
that s3niqdad aig intention 10 avesa
the enc suhiect % whleh they were
bosh thlnklrs
yes, GA. end thae hecAnsa / was
with q I've eirp. snapped Mabel t
3 faw ecglg iiisc tllst llsCd IA Narah.
vile thered b. aosteshlhs % enjoy ali
the time
Ben iook hls hat from gha eas ~
tho porch eeut
Since ypnya asae q Paia t0ss
there's ~ kaiofmeat ion yoe "a ~
oempang. can m,ehtY econ gallsge
sou q b. Zen 81 apaed t41 8ieJs.
ard added Coed nlebt. Mab6i.
Yoa'ii nos apfhpod esb nv con
pany aKaln 3 SEQ ga 2aa soTi
of tsaF tslne man. yeaii
blanla the ouan Wtep iHg 20
wrong 1 bge Yafa aae8, an3
/ lm 8afe r ht Mabal
disappeared Bf6na g defaas ana
/ Han NaiAfa ai af9gHa TOWN ~ aen
hia boarsina Aeie oaly sffsc hloes
away.
fspria tt sat sellowe. ma,
bel aea 9hafl.A iHt6 0iisa
eoan togothar " tlle oasfyamg towns
people On Saturday celebration
Yves held 81 honor ag fhr e0npitlian
/ Of The new sown hall. and the leslfgi
Ties oeaei with ~ 0tnnlaa c0Ecott N
tae public square Mabel ana young
Wilkes bad been dashine at0usd
town 10 IA agtpsaabile aad taay
stopped pear the Square n i.sf8n 70
/ The hand
Gee. this e DC iiie Dor you. Mabe
/ said Charlie vita rseg familiarity
Yon ought % % "a iiio city WAY
any number u Girls with less edues.
tlon than you Eet from iltson ia TWEEN.
~ dollars wea& fpf the liehteet Sind
I II Office work. and evenings they'ga
nothing 70 40 but dress up an go
10 SHOW or a danca
Bun AEy cohh was boone INST
week, weakly protested Mabel and
Aha makes a good SALARY but Eha says
Il II hard % maae friends IA tha risy
aaneng tle kira of peopla youd cars
Ito call friends
@0h. well II q Tiri ncts like 4 s.is
people viii pass hsr an. bas yoaa
never have % 81 AZ lns fcf friend
Or q bean-~ee 3l8ly ast NhHN rm
anywhere around Charlie 6aDpga
hia arm around Mabcis walm ana
started 70 draw lisr 10 him. hi, "a tbst
instant fhcFe came q crashing aca0d
from tao band platform ana tun.
dred shriekiag solces ifem The crowd
Mabel started 70 spring forward. but
Charlie tightaaed hia arm about her
She wrested heraA away irun bfD
and turned her eyes hiaHnEly upah
him as sue let herself oal ~ te caf
How dare yeuf Ah1 Shaa people
around na arr being kiiiea! Why
don't you DO something 70 hplpg aha
almost alricked at him.
Why should / a. anything came
Charles indifferent reply IT'S no.
concern 81 miae Il thcse Rubce want
70 gat their nedka broken sven your
friend, the station agent and haggane
hustler, Ii III that gang sac
| All Mabel could sco was 4 y0nng
woman huggiuz throe.yaafoiu boy
% her breast. und number Of exs
cited men trying 10 make room al
the ground 70 lay Ben Todda Hump
torm. She pushed hnF way 10 bis
side She couldn't speak, but she
looked her agonized questions SO
plainly that a nsan explained
Ben saw that Brooke Kid dart in
der tho platform playing hide and
seek. Then the crash came, and
while the rest 81 ps wsre looking out
COR cur skins Ben lasled undef and
grabbed the Kid and managed rs
drag him out belore that lat crash
came
Doctor Smithson was busy examin.
ing Ben. and after what seemed a
Tong time he announted THAI aomh
bad bruises and fractured arm we're
The most serioua apparent injuries.
Ben inquired whether the child has
ESCAPED injury n wag Mabel vino
answered but sbe Dent Down 10 near
10 him thai nobody heard an sha saia
copyright. 1915. Ny the Mcclure Mawapa
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