The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-09-18
VOLUME XII XIII l. NUHBRR i5l I,l IS

i foe you, you kaow, but they couA %
stay to do anything else, fof they've n
o 10 lbc Of u sunrise 10 see ib6m thSu
: calves; rasd;they wont b. honse bs5Ss'
! midnight lreckon," concluded Nm. Peas
!. with an, orscuias shaks Of the kead. IS
9 -But I'm eIpsctiag company te-night
, Imother,r apsvered Latty, NTH tie seey
, tinge widening and deepening througl
) hcr cheek and il woulds't bevesy polha
! 10 b Of when they come saDS :. 80 -
4 ~Well RI ifkcly you'd hare time 70
get back sforc they do child. Kiti any
o your bcaux, ! can send 'em out to tho
naples" .slgr gal O tiSo .
u Now Il tho truth must bs told Lefty
Pcase had two admirsrs fos whom there
had often, Of late, been struggle between
her affection and her pride. ~ ',' :.
i Jason Williams wss country iusr-
chant : smart looking young man, who
had recently gone into basiness for him
SELF He Was always dressed In broad-
cloth, stood behind tho counter with tho
politest bow and smile imaginable, and
was voted st the winter singing school,
the greatest catch" In the town.
Then there was Seth Peters the miller
AWAY down in the silencs Of Lcttys
heart was voice that plead fos him - it
never did for the merchant Seth was
certainly good looking and intelligent,
| while noblcr heart never beat Cor the
woman Il loved; but then his bow wasn't
to be compared with yason'A and no wore
blue ovenlls which were dnsted over with
-four from Monday morning till Saturday
night except when he visited Lefty.
Il was certainly great coutrast, and
the girl felt It keenly (as any maiden Of
twenty would) when she rode past the old
mill and saw its young ownerin his pow.
dercd clothes, lifting up the great bags Of
whest by the rope that danglsd from tho
window, or pouring corn into the large
trough under which tho great wheel
plasled and groaned in tho stream al
day lit wss, n W. said, agreat eontrast
to 20 on few rode farther 10 the new
store, with its green shutters and large
sign, and see Jason standing in the storo
dressed better than the minister, and re-
ceive one of his inimitablc bowA E .
Then It would mako such . conquest,
and all the girls would envy her 70. She
wonld be, Mrs. Williams, ths m<reAaafs
wife" 1r. .t..l .. -.
It sounded exceedingly we'll, and yet,
when she thought Of il, that voice would
rise up aud speak for the miller sgain.
Poor Lefty. no wonder II was 70 severe
a struggle between her affections and her
pride. ,y.- .r. .,
She looked out Of the window, and tho
full moon was shining down on the bare
earth and whitening the naked branches
Of the tall trees. The sweet pensiye light
stole softly into the girls heart, and drew
her towards It. ..r. rt
IL guess Ill run down to the grove.
II anybody comes, you can talk 70 'crn,
mother, till l get back, for ! wont be gone
long," was her sudden conclusion.
The girl had not bcon gone more than
Eve minutes, when thore was knock at
the door, followed by tho entrance Of
Jason Williams. He took seat by tho
| great fireplace, and chatted few moments
with the old woman about tho new meet.
ing.house, and the prospects Of an early
spring, when suddenly there wss another
! light tap at the door, and in answer to
Mrs. Pesse's "come in" the millor made
his appearance. ~ ,1I-. r
II was not 80 remarkable coincidence,
after all, that tho young men should both
visit Lefty this evening, for il wM bright
enough with its balmy air and large round
moon to WOO any man to visit the woman
Of his seeking. ,a..l
OF coursc tho merchant and tho miller
could not have regarded each other with
peculiarly complacent feeling; and prob
ably each wiL Il the other thooaand
miles Of, notwithstanding they met quito
as cordially as Is rivals could be expected
to do. ...f,a
.-..sd;nr,v s,d :, ,..t I..on n,nrHs.d
10 Seth that they should 70 down to the
grove in search Of Lefty, to which tho
latter gladly consented.
| She did look Ike . picture - she knelt
there piling up the dosd, old tree boughs
while the shadows and the moonbeams
danced rcntlcssly over her figure, a rest-
'es. = thoy. lit =.
INC young men ca"e suddcn, uPon
nsl' na SnS; .nS sp''ng " Win ~ aS ~ .aIs. Ia.
ano oouna'ps ~ %e o'o1o 'n'o % ne'
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