Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-07-13

and the blood lowed conionslr
We'll. upon NV word y remarked Mr.
Harrison, HERE'S anotherp
Another, How contcmptuons the word
sounded to me, 7. Margaret I,aiicy Mon
roe. confcssedly n l,clIe,a bennty. n lady
of rare acomplishments. bcs;d,s he;pc ~,
heiress to n hundred thousand dolIars-J
was lust another Whv didn't he cali me
a person and done with IT. We'll what
wonld hc do with my frivhtful wonnd,
MIX a little flour s nd salt and put on';t i,
said he that will atom thc bleeding. II ;s
a mere tri0e.'
It NAV have been n mere tr;ac. but Il
was enough to make me swoon. Or ner.
hans swooned out of downright ycy,tiou
ut the man.
When recovered, he was gone. By-
and-by. when Belle and were aIone-we
roomed together. Il asked her what Mr..
Harrison said and did when tainted.
lie said Belle answered, Lay her on
her back. and leave her alone
is that all he said!'
NO; not quite. Some one brought the
-four and SALT and he put it on your finger,
and said. There, tie rag around it,
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l should certainly hate this young man
object of interest to me that could scarce
ly keep my mind off him an hour at time.
was not long i'll learning something of
his history. 1t seems that "a love of adven-
ture had sent him on a cruise round the
world, when he was a boy Of about sixteen,
both his parents being dead. lie had been
absent from his native country four years
without interruption. and on his return had
decided to 20 to the academy short time
to correct certain lack tin his clucation -
This explained why man of his advanced
are shonld be attending schooI-.f,r bc was
twenty one if he was a day. Rrlle assur.J
me. myself was about seventeen
was the ONLY female student of Cnrnon ot
the academy. and it was on that onnnu"t
that Mr.. Harrison man;f. st.l so,a Jnnrn',
of interest in me sunnos. far ho vac NJ
most enthps;ost;c in h;s admiration, orth.
i scholastic tonone So snw n ooo5 JnnI
Of him after ali
rho following winter. at , marty ot Mrs
Sands in Standard, ono hittcr co,J n;yh,
T choncrd to be alone with Ncllie Will
nne moment IN an nn,er ,h,nIor which
was used asa cloak. room for the lacv rucsts .'
There was a fnrinu, fire in the si,S,. md
its sides we're red hot. Nellie was vrrv
pr.Ytv airl Int rather dnll. She wnr. n
dress of some rausy fabric. and g,in~ too
near the stove they tonk fire. r,,,, an, nf
the room screaming at the ton of my ynicr.
Mr.. Harrison, Mr. Harrison ob. Nr
Harrison y
H.. came ouicklv ;nto the hall SAW mo.
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as was running back into the room he
went past me, flushing me aside rnthrr
rudcly. aud took in all with a quick cool
glance. Nellie had haus d a quilt from II
bed that was in the room, and was trying
to stine the flames. He threw her on the
floor, rolled her over and over in the quill.
like a mummy, and extinguishcd the flames
at oncc-hugged her. too. She was not
very badly burned, after all and her face
was not touched dy the flames so that she
remained as pretty as ever.
Remarkably sensible girl sid Mr. IIar-
rison, afterw: rds, to Il group that clustered
about him in the parlor. Most girls would
have rushed headlonG into the hall. scream,
ing likc'-hc looked at mc-'lke mad he
added with quiet smile. If ever mar
ry,' he said, which probably never .llal,
shall marry Il sensible wol,an-a woman
who would not set up Il scream fouryouny-
est should fall into IL tub of hot water, but
would pull the child out as quickly as pos
siblc, and send for the doctor
Somehow. was vain enough to think
this sarcastic speech was intended solely to
rcbuke me. knew | should certainly
scream in such n ease. 1t was my nature
to scream, and how could help my ma
ture!
As for that poor littlc..Ncllie Wells, hat
ed her. and almost wished it had been my
own dress that had caught tirc-only /
should certainly have burned to death be-
fore Mr.. Harrison would have come and
wrapped me in quilt and husged me.
From that day forward, some powerful
influence was at work upon me. | sirus,
gled hard after that cool manner in danger
which MIR. Harrison possessed in so cnl-
ncnt degree. even vcn;urcd. in the
pursuit OF perfection, to ask him how he
could do 1t.
.Supopose, said he, tits because ! natu,
ra''y nave S,'c" an extreme terror OF d"hEel
l" e.t'! s'''Pe-suI" n.y.! ~ Pa'"!
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