Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-07-27

think | remember sharing with him the
happier sports Of childhood. till one day
a stranger came and crossed the sea -
Then remember nothing save a cottage
near The rivers bank. where at twiigh,
| used To listen to the whip. poor will and
sob myself 10 sleep. Long years inter.
vened you visited us, and spoke to me
kind words to which my ear was all IN.
used. | was grateful and became your
wife,
"Gratcful. Nettie was that all. Did
you not say you loved me, and have
not lavished upon you everything ,ha,
money could procure +! Did | not take
you from fisherman's hut, and fit you
Tor the society IN which have placed
you, and now do you think that mere
gratitude can repay me for all my ten
derness and love : But such is"
William. William :" shrieked the
young wife, "do no, be angry. scarce
knew wha, said; do love you better
han all the world beside
We'll Neuie, | will try to believe on
1t may be this cold, pel,ing storm has
dumped your spirits and caused goo.
my train of thought. In future YOU
shall not be lett alone, but surrounded
by friends OF my own choosing. But
come. let US have sunshine within, If
there are clouds and storm without let
me have one Of Your favorue rs,"-and
he led her Ia the piano.
Il will, W ,lIam; but do not scold me
any more when | AN sad; aud she
pressed her falr young cheek afec,ionate-
ly to his, Then with gentle touch on
the keys, she sang;
"There is n mis-; surrounding me,
That makes my heart feel sad
Come, Come, Ne,tie, no more Of that
let me hear something ,ha, will make
you ring out that old H.. .ppy laugh, which
used to drown the murmur of the waves
when we walked bv the sea-slde Ba,
no matter here is Bette to tell US tea
Is ready, and after that we will prepare
ior the opera.
'.Bu, this IS ;. bad storm, William ="
Never m,ni-our carriage dosn't
leak. II YOU bad no, rlch husband. you
would have 10 stay at home, and think
how tiresone that wonld be -
Not IT we we're win those we loved +"
mentally exclaimed the wife; but her
husband could not read her ,houg ghts-
One only knowch the secrets Of the
hear, AMI e, us thank Him that it IS so.
An hour Iater. and William Clavor was
on his way TO the opera, bu, Nellie was
at home. The plea OF severe mead.
ache had the desired effect, and she was
alone IN her chamber 1t storms,
know" she SAID "but have not braved
severer ones Than this, when he whom |
upon the roarlrg sea, aHd the angry
waves lashed themselves INTO foam III
heed 4, not though every drop OF ram
become an arrow. Iw,ll see NV mother
tonight; thou h poor and humble, | VIII
not desert her. True he has forbidden
the tn see her again, but he gives no rea-
son, except that she is poor, | VIII go;
/, will gladden. her aud relieve her op-
pressed heart. Should he return IN my
,bsense, he cannot guess the truth, Tor
he THINKS her many miles away. Is this
deception Am doing wrong! No, |
lnlute no one SO vail aaay."
"Wal, Mssus Clavor is the s,rangest
Young Ia woman | mean. Mr. Clavnr
,ald she had sch headache she couldn't
20 To opry with hun, and he wanted me
10 fix somethin' kinder nice, and | got 1t
eehymost ready. when the lust thing
seed vas her gwoin out the front door, tu
iahe walk iii rain-storm that wnd
drown fish Wal. | never seed the
like. did you. Pe,er!"
oh, law, yes; you orter make the
fires and do the choring round the house
kinder as du, and then, Be,sey, you'd
see thing or tu that 'ud make yonr
eyes bigger than what they are materially.
Don't YOU spose she IS oewilched with
ghosts ' he sald, putting his lips close to
Bette's ear, and looking towards the
door to make sure no one overheard.
"Wal, ! can't say, Peter, wha, is the
matter; but you shouldn't call 'em
ghosts aud witches, and all that sort o
thing, in these ere days"
"Wal, wha, should | call 'em then J"
why. spe,sts, yer fool, yer! Don't
yer know that ghosts amt fashionable 2
They've all cleared out TO make room
for modern provements its the spefi:s
that cut up all the monkey shiues now
lippin over tables and"
Didn't tell yer. Bets, didn't tip
over the table and break all them ere
dishes l'other morn,u when you was cut;
now that counts for It,.
"Hold yer tongue, yer fool; it's alters
the way, that smart 'lec,ual woman
gifts fool for a husband. Yer'd never
got this place in the world, II ii hadn't
been for me; seed the advertisement
for man with smart Wife, and |
know'd twas just the place for me. But
go long up stairs and see u the gas
lights; don't hev The house blown up
while the folks be away. hark there
comes Nike Oh, Lord il there's any
thing | hate, and want tu kill, IFS an
| Irishman. don't see what they want tu
mix N. all un here together for can't