Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-10-19

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to! You know two heads are better
than one and another merry laugh
told how little gravity the thoughtlcss
Iglrl was capable Of entertaining in her
gay young heart. Pray 80 on, Emma; ;
see how dcmurc ] am and the roguish
eyes laughed again, despite the prim-
drawn corners of her ruby-lippcd mouth
Then, doubtless to add force to her re-
quest, she threw the chain around the
Kittens neck, and they scampcrcd off to-
gcthcr into the garden.
Emma laughed heartily, in spite of
herself, at the little witch's pranks, and
ran out after her just in time to prevent
her running pell-mell across a iavorite
fower-bcd.
These two girls, or (as our fashionable
city circles would dcnonimte them, tho
love best the simple and youthful tirlc)
young ladies, were long-tried friends, hay
ug been associates from childhood En-
ma Lord was the daughter of II respccta-
bic citizen in the village of Bnmblc, aud
was some three years the senior of her
mate, the laughing Nellie May. She was
possessed of all those excellent traits so
desirable in wife, and was in every way
Il prize, though she was perhaps not Nell
lies equal in personal beauty. But, as
lshc has little to ito with our tale, | may
as well say here, for the satisfaction of
wiie-seeking gentlemen readers, that She
was at that tune brtrothcd, and subsc-
qucntIy was married to the object Of her
love.
Nellie My, her gay companion, was
the acknowledged belle Of Bumbe, altho
she had bat just turned into the realms
of q" sweet sixteen Her beauty wa, of
that clear, soft character which CAUSES the
behodcr instinctiycly to think of velvet,
or wan's-aown or of whatever else is re-
markabIy soft and delightful to the touch
\ complexion clear rs alahaStrr, possess
ine faint domask tint that derpcncd into
4 cheerful red ON her dimpled check and
features eloquent with feeling and glram-
ns with expression, were tempered by
+" Eye.. blue a. .Iuaos s3y. when st,rs ight up
ltsdecp, clear music lln.uishins 1s love
In all tLcir Liagnisr, fuGt
Light a. but used 10 traIl on .ill,cn down,
Aud echo mesie; aud i hand that looked
But made t. Wauior Ger tine golden harp.
OF her GmIts, We need not peak. Our
story viii develop aLl thai uesl bcsaid on
thai orr. Ste vas possessed Of an cX-
.ecilent reputation Tor kolat-~ and sweet
nc-~ of temper, ami her heart WIS known
10 be as lovely d, il c4thly easket.--
THUS ii WAS not surprising that, accord
in1 10 the oil Scotch rhyme, all the
}4ath, in Bumble were
'.Wooins at her,
ra ing at her
Wanting hei, but could nae &C. her
George Ross, who has beca introduced
in The conversation Mt the opening Of the
story, was at this time Il clerk in the post
ollie. Al Bundle, which his father served
the government in experimenting. IL
WI, in village rarlance, mighty stylish
chap, a5~oruteI with the .'ir~t cut
(Which term WAS thea AMI there under
,tnol to mean tha LAWYERS SONS, the doc
t9r's sons, the bankers daughters, and the
merchants aalghtel~l wore Il coat and
unmtntionablcs Of the " latest cut (which
term, in those days dill not mean II
.mcai bQy as to the former, ami u IN CIR
'cuS r;d,r rs to the lattei); was The
'' back at the ballroom the pluk OF
the public a-sembhEe; the life ot the
h9lt-rilc and the "d.ar fellow every
where. With this description of his char
.artcr, the reader Will he amply prepared
lur the announcement thut HI, principal
#tIn vnS ia -rrur, the 1t.tpll.t,D ION HIfufr