The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-08-13
and the hcy's hargbty spirit entirely
,untiurd

( Ellsworth, Elswo.th, whore arc you
going ? Phtrc came down the gardcl
walk an eager, quivcring Voice that mad,
the boy start, aud turn round eagerly, "a,
he stood At the ga,dcn gate, while tn,
light oflthe rising day was flushing tn,
grey mountains IN the cas-, with rose col
ored hues a momeni later, a small
light figure, crowned with golden hair,
aud large shawl thrown over her light
dress, stood by the boys side.
why, Nellie, how could you! you u
take cold in your bare feet, among these
dews.'
/ can't help it, Ellsworth 1t was
tear swollen face that looked up wist.
fully to the boys. You see | haven't
slept any, hardly all night, thinking
about you, and SO | was up looking out
of the window, and saw you going down
the walk
well, Nellie, said he, brushing back
her golden hair and looking at her very
loudly, You see can't do what father
says must, to-day, aud 50 ] am going
off,
20, Ellsworth, what wiz uncle say =
cried the child, betwixt her weeping and
shiveriDg what will uncle say; How
long shall you be gomez
DON'T know said he evasively, |
shan't be back to-day, though But
you must not stand here talking any
longer. Father will be up soon, you
know. Now, good bye, Nellie
There was sob in his throat, as he
leaned forward and kissed the sweet face
that had only seen dozen summers, and
then he was gone.
Go and call Ellsworth to breakfast,
will you Ellen ? said the deacon two
hours later.
He isn't up stairs, uncle Aud
hen, as the two sat down ~ theirs, |
EIlep bri fly related what had transpr
ID.
The deacon ) fac grew dark as she
,roceedeL
He tuiuks to elude the confession
nd fightcn ma by running of for tNo
u three days be sand he viii ed ou,
bat he L. ml,Iaken
80 ,har day au4 ILa p,X. passed, aol
he aeon sa,j uuthiug ~ Jg,. h4' E'igu
'uo va h'- adopted yo,Id aud lAe or
,nau daughter OF lis w,ic's most iuti. (.
lla,s taj,ud noticed that lie began to
oo6 restless, aud t. start anxiou>iY ar..
le sound OF "a football, but still Els
yOrth came lot. /.
Al last strict search waa made, au +
t was discovered that Ellsworth had
.ouc 10 sea, ia a ship bound tot some
,art OF the western coast Of Asia, Oh u
breo years voyage.
| hope be will come back better
oy than when he left was the dcacon's
J!iiary commercially, but in the long
igbts Ellen used 10 hear him walking
yaiIessi y up and down Ill his room, aud
Is black hair logan to be thlcky scat
.red with grey
But the worst was not yet come One
ovembcr night, when the winds clam )
red ferccly among the old apple trees ,
! tue garden, the deacon aud Ellen sat
y the fire in the old kitchen, when the I
'rner removed the wrapper from his
eckIy newspaper, and the first passage
lat he saw was one that told how the
zip -, the one in which Ellsworth |
id sailed, had been wrecked off the
,ast, and every soul on board had per-
he'd. b
Then tho voice Of the iather woke up b
the heart of Deacon Grant. He Z
aggered towards Ellen with white, h
lggard face, and wild fearful cry,
Ny boy my boy! 1t was more than .
5 proud spirit could bear. %, Ellis a
Drth Ellsworth y and be sank down 4
useless and bis head fell into the lap ii
the frightened child.
After this, Deacon Grant was chang u
man. i know not which was Vi, G.
ost to blame, the father Or the son.
tho sight Of God who judgeth right a
usly. Il