Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-11-20
Gbr Story GcIIrr.
Mrs. RAD(:I.RY.

Is there any law in Engiani which
will protect me from Mrs Ba1gcry
am blchc!or and Mrs Bligery is
widow. I.e. no ono rashly imagine
,ha. am about TO relate a common
place grievance, bsuse have suffered
that hrs. sentence 20 escape my pen
Nv objection 20 Mr. Btlynry IS. no:
,ha, she is too fond OF the memory of
her late husband. She hal not attempt
.l TO marry me- she would no, think
Of marrying ne. il asked her. Under
stand, therefore. If you please, At the
outsct, that nv grievance IN relation to
this widow laiy is grievance Of an en-
,irely new kind.
Le, me BEGIN again. | am a bachelar
of certain age. have a large circle
of acquaintance; out so.emnly declare
tha,,he la,d Mr. Badgery was never Mum
bercd il the is. OF my friends, never
heard of him in my life =; | never knew
,ha: he had lcf, rclic.; | never set
ewes on Mrs Bld,ery until one fatal
morning when | went to see il the FIX
,ures were all right In my new house.
Ny new house is in the suburbs OF
London. l looked at it, liked it, took
it, Three times visited it before |
san. my furniture in. Once with
friend. once with a surveyor. once by
myself. 10 throw a sharp eye. as l have
already in,ima,el over the fixtures The
third visit marked the occasion on which
6rs. saw Mrs Badgery A deep ia
tcrest attaches to this event. and shall
go into details in describing it.
Irang the bell of the garden door
The old woman appointed to keep the
house answered it. directly saw some
thing strange and confused in her face
and manner. Somc men would have
pondered h,,lc and questioned hcr -
| am by nature impetuous and rusher
at conclusions Drunk, said u
myself and walkel on into the house
perfectly satisfied.
looked into the front parlor. Graf
all right. cur,ain-pole all right, gas
chandelier all right. | looked into tho
back parlor-ii,.o. ditto, ditto, as w
men Of business say. | mounted the
stairs. Blind on back window righ. :
Yss, blind on back wiqi W righ'
tpenel the door Of the front df7 M
room-and there, sitting IN n''ld
II the bare floor, VS. L larla w'-nl' o.
a little eampstoll She was i-~=>.I r
.h, deepes. mourning. her '1rc Wa a
aen BY the ,hickes, crap vel rs r ,'S
and she was groanirg sof,ly to hrs p.
In the desoll,e solitude Of my new uniur'
nished house.
What did | do f, Do! | hounceI
back into the landing As if | had been
shot, uttering the national eXclamatiol
Of terror and astonlshment "Hullo
a, d here | particularly beg, in paren'
Thesis. thar the printer will follow mJ
spelling Of the word. and no, put Hill
Or Halloa, instead. both OF which art
base compromises which represent nf
sound that ever yet issued from an Eng
lishrnan's lips l said "Hullo. :. anc
then turned round fercely upon th'
woman who kept the house, and Sa'C
"Hullo :" again.
She understood the irresistible appta
that | had made to her feelings. ant
cartscyed, and looked toward the draw
ing-room, and humbly hoped that
was no. startled or put out. aske'
who the crape-covered woman on tn
camp.stool was, and what she wante'
here. Before the old woman coul
answer, the soft groaning in the draw
in..room ceased. and a mufhed voice
speaking from behind the Grape ve'i' al
dressed m. reproachfally, and said