Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-06-15
Mi5teuantnus.
The Way my Wife came to me.
\ CAPITAL STORY.

It was the day on which the United
States steamer was due awaited the
event with Importance. for expected il
to brin. letters that would either COM
mand my return To America, or give me
a turlough, hy which ! might escape the
the dcnscly packed city Of London.
FiYe months prrviou, 10 that time |
had consented 10 takc charge Of deli
cate financial affair that threatened to in
tcrrupt. if not entirely destroy, the busi-
ness relations between an eminent eumpa-
ny in America and some foreign houses
Embarrassing aud pcrpieNiug as the
tangled transaction had heen, it had al
iorded me certain pleasure, for without
,elt-hattery, may only sav that had
maintained my position through the
whole affair with credit had ceded
nothing without getting more than it,
equivalent | had managed with such sat
i>iarion 10 my employers, that towards
the finishing of the business they had lett
me with few restrictions But a | b.
gan to see a favorable and brilliant tcrmi-
nus to my diplomacy, Also made the dis
coyery that my health was suffering
Travel and ccascle,s activity Of mind,
along with the nervous stretch To which
nv nervous system had been subjected,
he,an to tell their effects in headache and
,lccplc>s nights, and it was with a longing
tor rest thai | had taken the train for
Liverpool that | might get my iuNtnlc-
tion, at the earliest moment of their ar
rival
1t was, therefore, with no small de
gree of pleasure, looking from loop hole
of a bedroom window, that | noticed
among the craft floating over the Angie
sean waters. the American steamer COM
ing in aud no sooner did the report OF
her signal gun announce that she had
touched the wharf, than drove down for
my letters They were there, but they
brought no summons homeward. " The
cotton crop" 81 wrote my senior, " was
total failure. and the event would doubt
less affect greatly the state Of the market
abroad. and il would be necessary for me
To remain another month, or until such
time as | could be certain that the iluc-
tuations could have no bearing upon our
recent arrangements, had better, he
added. +" conhne myself TO Eng gland, visit
the Lakes or a watering-place, but not re-
main there in ease of contingencies. At
ter reading the above with a halt.chcckcd
-ieh, | bu,toncd on my linen coat, and or
dercd my baggage to be taken TO depot.
The next morning sat down III his
t Majesty, Hotel, at Brighton, 10 break
fast Of -hrimps and whiting, and after
saunterine awhile on the Downs, and tax
| iug hraeing sca-bath, returned TO my
=. apartment, as the ob>eluious waiter
called the twelve by fifteen feet bedroom
and throw myself upon the lounge /
must have slept sometime when awoAe
my two broad bedroom windows, which
faced the sea, were thrown wide open,
aud through them the wind was rushing,
and blowing about the curtains, and
bringing ON its breath the saline scents OF
the ocean. lay still as one after wax
ing suddenly, inhaling the heath-irelght-
ed air. and listening to the boom OF the
waves as they dashed against the beach
when a gruii and heavy voice which sound
ed as il proceeding from behind the
lounge, surprised me. rose, and look
ing about discovered large open ventl'
lator just over the head of the couch
that was the medium that conveyed
sounds 10 me satisfied, sank back tc
my reverie, when the voice sounded
again, clearer and louder, so that could
not help but hear these words
So, Bess,' it said, you mean te
thwart me you think because you have
always had your own way with me ina
you will carry the day now but yo'