Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-08-13

but presently recollecting where he was
and seeing it was brua dayli, ,ht, he
jumps out Of bed. M ,kss his morning ab-
lu,ions. and dresses himself in grea.
haste, determined to wit no longer for
an answer than it would take him to find
out the object ofhis dream, Down stairs
he goes and into the parlor; she is MT
there looks into the gtrlt n, but does
not see her. when suddenly bcthinking
such notable little dame might be a
good housewife, he starts for the ktch-
en-. Where, forsoo;h, he finds her sing
ing like bird, clbow-deer in the be ID
trough, kneading away for dear life
Johns heavy tread betrayed the intruI-
or, and she looked up.
"Do you want to know how to make
johnny cake, Mr., Wolfc |" she cxcaim.
ed merrily.
NO" said John, rather seriously, for.
like a man Of deep and earnest feeling
as he was, he felt that he approached a
crisis in his life; mo, | do not-mv
johnny cake is mixed alrcady-I only
want to know whether can get it,"
Tue widow did not know what to make
of it. ''WeIl," said she, II do not know
any reason why you should not
That replied Join sis what | want
to find out and as you know, my dear
friend, that two beads are better than
one, | have come to consult you about
it,"
So, to make the matter plain to her,
he related his dream to its termination.
"And now, JAM" said he, II am here
for an answer. VIII you be my johnny
cake? Yes Or no."
Jane had held her heal down while he
spoke. blushing celestial rosy rcd-as is
quite proper, | believe on such occasions.
But James was an earnest nature, like
wise, and all triAing and fun had vanish
ed, when, looking up to him, her bright
eyes Drumming full Of joyous tears, she
gave him just one Of the sweetest kisses
he ever had in his life.
For ever and e7er,,' she cried '.for
ever aud ever, John, if you will have
me-"
Just at this moment the old lady moth
er stepped into the kitchen, AMI brought
them both to their senses by exclaim
ing
why, jan ~
"Oh, mother, mother, said Jane, Il
am SO happy - and she left John to en-
brace her mother. "He has askcI me to
be his wife, mother, give me joy-l am
to be John Wolfc's wife y
There were jolly tim $, be sure, in the
old lawyers house that week, and when
John Wolfe carried off his little wife to
New York, there Was the me7riest we'd
ding party in that village that ever drove
dull care oat of doors.
"Well," said my friend Cynic. when
| paused, "now, with all your yarn, You
have never said one word about being
rich. | shouldrather think the old law
yer, her father, must have been rather
poor; how could his daughter be rich
and folks do say that John Wolf. mar
ried rich wife ~
Folks say good many things, some
times that they do not know anything
about said |. "John Wolte's wife was
not worth ten dollars in money, when he
married her; but it SO happened that
very soon after her marriage, an aunt OF
hers in Boston, died suddenly, and as
Jane had always been a favorite of hers,
She left her her entire fortune. | have
heard say it was hundred thousand
dollars, but | don't know, and don ;
care but do know, and John Wolfe
knows, too, that she herself is an ample
fortune for any man-and that, Cynic,
is the way John Wolfe got his rich wife.
ANOTHER Mrs. PATrES. The fol-
lowing statement in the New Y ork pa