Ellsworth American., 1864-01-22
Mi1eellaM eous.
The Thief Punished.

Ivauhoe Jordan W.. the last knight
crrant. When | use this term, do not
mean to iusinuate that h. wore armor or
.cmulated Don Qa1otc-living IN the
nineteenth century, this would OF course
have been impossible. In appearance
Jordan rcscmbIrd other wei-dfessel men
Of tis evaage and set; but at heart dear
reader, he Was Z vrritahlc knight errant,
The last relIcn CLEAN Of chlvalry fingered
in his bosom, and tinged his thoughts his
actions, aed the poetry he wrote at times
tho fading glory Of the past, mixing him
in truth, if not in outward appearance,
',hc last living knight.
The words pretty sirl' never escaped
lvanhoe's lips. sai he had never been
known TO discuss the respective charms OF
rival bellies; to him the name Of woman
was sacred and all were of necessity cx
cellcnt and charming, Tho o'd ladies'
spoke OF him as a really polite young
man :" for to them he was all vencration,
and had never been known to Interrupt
the longest story ever twaidled The
Young ladies' admired him tor his beauty,
and were pleased by his courtesy bat. l
am sorry to say, did not perfectly apPre'
ciate his devotion, which was IN extreme
contrast to that of the other gentlemen of
their acquaintance. They were holder I;
told their admiration in & lances and whls-
pers waltzei with an abandon which
must be seen to be appreciated, and never
doubted for moment their powers OF
fascination. They knew when they had
made an impression on the other gentle
men, but they did not know the effect
produced upon the heart Of the chlvalrous
Lvanhoe Jordan. He never valtzed un-
told gold could not have made him so ia
,misiar with beings whom he considered
only one step below the angels. He never
.oeled, or gazed, or drew his chair close o
theirs, or become stricken with . mlratlon
Of some particular ring upon lily finger,
and made that admiration an excuse for
the protr.cted holding of the little hand ;
from afar he worshippei: and though the
most devoted of their admirers-perhaps
the only one at once ardent and respect
Sul-he was neither esteemed nor under
stood
The prettiest little lady of all Ivan
hoes set was Annie Lee. | could not
describe her il would for her beauty lay
not in eyes, or teeth, or hair, though all
we're perfect-not in form or complexion,
though both were bewi,ching; but in a
certain fairy-like tascnation,which chain
ed and riveted the eyes and heart togeth-
er. When the fact that Annie's father
was millionaire, and that she was his
only child and heress, is mentioned to
the reader. it will be no matter Of sur
prise, that Miss Lee was the belle of the
circle in which she moved She liked il ;
what woman, pretty or ugly, if she is
worth anything, does not like admiration
and the eciat OF being beauty and an
hciress but she wore her laures very
modcsty, and you could only tell by an
occasional CLEAN of her dark eye that she
was aware of their existence.
Ivanhoc OF course adored her, and
equally of course he did not let her so
much as suspect such thing. lie wrote
sonnets on her eyes in secret sent bou.
qnets. every flower of which conveyed a
meaning, by bearers who were charged
not to divulge the name Of tho donor, aud
contracted habit of repeating her name
aloud in solitary places; yet, al! the
while, men who had not halt the love II