Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-03-25

his rosy checks yellow and wrinkled,
and his bright eyes dim and sunken; but
neither dust nor hear frost was there to
wipe away--that one night ofhorror had
added forty years to his age.
In the course of that day numbers who
had heard of Gabriel's adventures crowd
ed to the inn and sought to see him, but
none were admitted save the three who
sat continually by his bedside-his weep
ing young sister, the bold Arnold, and
Mas ter Joss, the most unhappy of ALL;
for his conscience ceased not to say. in
a voice that would be heard You alone
are the cause of all this BY way Of a
little self comfort. the sacris,an used to
exclam at intervals 'lfI only had hold
of that Lawrence If once had that
Ottkar by the throat" But both worth
les kept carefully out Of sight; nor were
they ever again seen in the fair city of
Vienna.
'Ah p said Gabriel. towards evening.
'tis all over between me and Annie -
She would shudder at the sight of an
old, wrinkled, gray haired fellow like
me-
No one answered. His sister hid her
face on the pillow. while her bright
ringlets mingled with his poor gray locks;
and Arnold's handsome face grew sad
as he thougnt-'thc poor fellow is right;
there are few things that young girls
dislike more than grays hairs and yellow
wrinkles.
have one request to make of you ALL
dear friends said Gabriel, painfully
raising himself on his couch-sdo not
let Annie know word Of this. Write
to her that am dead, and she'll mind
it less, 1 think; then I'll go into the
forest and lie, the wolves eat me it they
will. | want to save her from pain
"A fine way, indeed, to save Annie
from pain y cried a we'll known voice,
while light figure rushed toward the
bed, and claspcd the poor sufferer in a
close and long embrace. My own true
love you we're never more beautiful in
my eyes than now. And pretend that
you were dead A likely story, while
ever CNllu Ill ' leHlld is tanning VI NUN
Ing but my poor boys adventure Aad
let yourself be eaten by the wolves -
No. no, Gabriel; you wouldn't treat your
poor Annie so cruelty as that
A regular hail storm of kisses followed,
and it is said, how truly know not.
that somehow in the general melee Ar
mold 5 lips came in close contact with
the rosy ones of Gsbriel's little sister -
Certainly he was heard the next day to
whisper into his friends cara fair
exchange is no robbery, my boy; think
you take my sister, the least YOU can
do is to give me yours.
1t does not appear that any objection
was made is any quarter. Love and
hoped wonderful physicians, for though
Gabricl's hair to the end of his days re,
NAMED as white as show, his eyes, are
the wedding day arrived, had resumed
their for TINS and brightness. A happy
man was Master Joss on the day that he
gave his blessing to the young couples
when Gabriels sore tried love found its
reward in the band of Annie.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE. The senior Mr.,
Gay. oe the National Hotel, at Wash
lnston. bears quite resemblance to
Gen Cass; upon this the correspondent
Of the n. u Times tells the following
story:
A stranger. who supposed he knew
mine host very well, put up at the Ma
tional the ether night. Since this house
has become the crack hotel at the cap
itol, it is quite full all the time, and the
new conner was necessarily, for the first
night, sent to the upper floor to Sleep
Coming down stairs in the morning a
little cross. he met Gen. Cass there, who
has a tine suite of rooms, in the hall,
stepped up to him, and in language
more forcible and rapid than elegant,
said
III I'll stand it You We
put me at the top of the house. l must
have a room lower down"
Gen. Cass-(intcrposng and nervous
Ily)-"Sir, you are mistaken in the per-
son you arc addressing. l am Gen. Cass
Of Michigan"
Strange (con!usedly)-" Beg your
pardon, Gen. Cass thought it was my
old friend Gay. Beg a thousand par
dons, sir. All mistake, assure you,
sir
The General passed ont CT the build
ing, but as luck would have it, the
stranger met him full in the face again,
but in another position This time he
was sure he had mine host, for the Sena-
tor from Michigan he knew had Just
gone out. So the stranger stepped
boldly up, slapped the General heartily
and familiarity on the shoulder cxclaim-
ing:
by heavens, Gay. I've got rich sell
to relate. met old Cass up stairs, Just
now, thought it was you, and began
cursing him about my room"
Gen. Cass- with emphasis) -"Well,
young man, you met oil Cass again."
Stranger sloped, and hasn't been
heard of since
The New York Times closes an editorial
review of the present aspect of parties, as
follows
"lf the Democrats are unwise enough to
nominate Southern man or any man stand
ing upon the new intervcntion-for-slayery
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