Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-04-13

mothers grew up aud SO did we. Each
day we grew older, aud it astonshed
some people that the "pa,r" was so pre-.
cocious. 1t did not strike me in that
light, SO continued TO grow and Bessie
continued to grow, until she was seren.
teen, and / was-a little older, having
stepped upon the stage Of action few
months prior to her appearance in .his
subunar sphere.
We lived within stones throw oil
each other, our house fronting the South
and theirs fronting the North. Need
any one wonder that somehow we used
to start for school at the same time, aud
Likewise return home in company! Yer.
| lily, greater wonders than this have oc.
CURED. Again need any one wonder
that, after learning many lesson hard
to learn, began to learn one that was
quite easy! But then the learning was
all on my side, and it was necessary to
have another one or it would be useless.
This new lesson was about Lore, and
blue eyes were my teacher. Bessie pos.
sessed the blue eyes, but she seemed un-
conscious of the arrows that had darted
from their magical deeps and pierced my
very heart.
We used to call each other brother
aud sister: but one day | SAID Bessie" >"
and she opened those great blue eyes in
wonder and establishment, asking Had
she offended me. wanted To tell her
Yes, aud exact the penalty Of kiss for
wha, she had done; but for fear she
might question me as to particulars, |
passed the matter off lAughingy, re-.
marking as | smiled at her innocent
query, .Must always cali you--sister!
Bessie thought minute and ihen-she
remembered an engagement Ii was a
whole week before | got chance to
speak to her again. thought the en-.
gagemens rather lengthy and my thoughts
came ou, in words. THIS put blue-eyed
Bess IN a pet, and she pouted her pretty
lips and looked as cruel as you please,
and d-ran orer the ray As she crossed
my heart beat strangely y, acting as though
II would like 10 cross, too after while
i, stopped palpitatlng, and as, since the
people have told me had no heart, II
mus, have escaped Oh that remar kable
OCCASION |. probably 90, in the custo-
dy OF Bessie, and II could only have
followed suit, this paper would never
have been penued by me. Blu. | could
'n. and consequently drdnt The re-
sull is fearful TO contemplate alone
experience.
A large city was onl soE.e seven or
eishi miles IRON our place and as, one
Sunday afternoon the wheels Of PGbus
were rolling quietly down the West, |
was sitting quietly under the shade OF
an apple tree, | saw light carriage stop
orer the ray. and spruce young fellow
Jumped out of II and into the houst.
can remember that moment as tho it
Was Yesterday. couldn', sit, ! couldn't
stand, | couldn't walk, after witnessing
such an occurrance, so lay dopn. 20
won man-woman | sobbed, as | lay,
tickle females, what nex.!" aud as /
pu, the query Poll caught it up and
few, chattering the burden Of my lamen,
into the house. Iarose and followed.
Thereafter | was an objec, Of pity
My mother guessed my secret, but she
could not help me. Sunday after Sun.
day came and went, aud with each Came
the light wagon and the spruce young
man. hated him as | hated Garter
Snakes. al,hogh hue was doubtless as
innocent and inofIensive as they are.-
But he was too much Sin" while | was
tout" over the way. As am on the
s,oole Of confession, | may as we'll state
that brought him "out' one night quick.
er, having chucked lighted pack Of
Chinese crakers at his horses feet. But
it was on the eve OF independence Day,
so the folks thought it was the doings OF
some mischievous boy instead Of the en-
vious mortal, who watched the whole
proceedings from the centre Of null
berry bush.
was lmpelled BY Love not Mischief,
so you see to wha. tricks this passion, if
i, is unreturned, is apt to lead.
Bessie and | met-but our meetings
were like the recorded visits Of angels,
few and far between. Then she was so
shy and so surley sho was so bsshful
and was so boobyish that seldom and
less seldom did she Cross over the way to