Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-10-14

Had any new deposits lately :
None of any magnitude,

Ila0 any new Oeposlts IQtoly
None of any magnitude.
brought over I LADY ,tfis morning.
who seemed to have business with you.
Widow W .lls2
Yes.
Do you know. said the cashier, whsth.
er she has had money left her lately?
None that know Of, said the deacon
picking up his ears. Why? did she
deposit any
No but she inquired whether We re-
eeived deposits as high as five thousand
dollars.
Indeed calculated the deacon. Was
that all she came for )? he inquired >
moment afterwards.
No; she changed gold piece for bills.
Ha? pondered the deacon, reaectively:
did she give any reason for enquiring?
No; she said she only asked for curl.
osity.
The deacon left the bank in deep
thought. He came to the conclusion
that this curiosity only yelled . deep
motive. TIe no longer entertained .
doubt that the widow had actually found
a pot off gold in her cellar, and appear
arces seemed to indicate that its probable
value was equal to Ave thousand dollars.
The gold piece which she had exchanged
at the bank appeared to confirm this
story.
l rather think, said the deacon com.
placently, l can see inte milestone as
far ae most peeple,-a statement the lit.
eral truth of which defy any one qucs.
ton, though, as to the prime fact of peo.
ples being able to see into milestone At
at all, doubts have now and intruded
themselves upon my mind.
The next Sunday Widow Wells ap-
peared at church in a new stylish bonnet
which led to some such remarks as these:
How much vanity some people have, to
be sure! How woman who has to keep
boarders for living can afford to dash
out with such bonnet is more than I
ON tell l should think she was old
enough to know better. This last re.
mark was made by lady just six months
younger than the widow, whose attempts
to catch husband had hitherto proved
utterly unavailiug) l suppose, coutinu-
ed the same lady, she is trying to catch =
second husband with her 6nery. Before
/ would condescend to such means
Id-d'd drown myself.
In this last amiable speech the young
lady had unwittingly hit upon the true
motive.-The widow was intent upon
catching Deacon Brancroft, and she in
dulged in costly bonnet, not because
she supposed he would be caught With
fnery, but because it would strengthen in
his mind the idea that she had stumbled
upon hidden wealth.
The widow had calculated shrewdly,
and the display had the effect anticipate
ed.
Monday afternoon Deacon Bancroft
found an errand that called him over to
the widows. 1t was about tea.time. lIe
was importuned to stay to tea, and some-
what to his surprise, actually did. The
polite widow, who knew the deacon's weak
point, brought one of her best pies, q
slice Of which her guest partook Of with
zest
You'll take another piece. I know.
said she persuasively.
Really, am ashamed, said tie deacon.
and he passed his plate. The fact is he
said, apologetically, your pies are so nice
don't know where to stop.
Do you call these nice modestly said
the widow. l only call them common,
| can make nice pies when l set out TO-.
but this time my luck was not so good a.
usual.
l shouldn't want any better, said the
deacon euphatically.
Then l hope, if you like them, you'll
drop in to tea often. We ought to be
more neighborly. Deacon Bancroft.
Deacon Bencroft assented, and hs
meant what he said. The fact is. the
deacon began to think the widow was .
very charming woman. She was very
comely, and she was such an excellent
cook Besides. he had no doubt in his
mind that she was worth consids. rable
sum Of money. What objection could
there be to her becoming Mra. Ban
croft ? He brought the questisn before
her one evening; The widow blr an.
ed, professed to be greatly surpr sd
in fact, she had never thought of N,
thing in her life. but on the 'Shole. shf
thought highly of the deacon aud 70 out
short the matter accepted I'm.
A month aft-sws .rds s',e was sustallec
as mistress of the dea cons lsrse house
somewhat to TIE sur PRISE Of tho village
people, VINO could not CONCEIVE how sha
had brought him over.
Some weeks after the ceremony tho
deacor. ventursd to inquire about the DO,
OF gold which she had found in tho eel,
lor.
! Pot of gold she exclaimed in sur
prise | know Of none. What put that
extraordinary idea into your head i?
The deacon anxiously related the cir.
cumstanccs on which hals expression vas
grounded.
oh' hor, deacon. I only asked from
pure cur, ',osity.
AID was that the reason you made ia,
I, iuiries at the bank =?
Certainly, What else could it be
The deacon went into the barn. aud
for about halt an hour sat in silent medi,
tation,
At the end Of that time he calculated,
as a closing consideration, after all. she