Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-07-27

"Walking in the cool air. The house
smothered me-"
$50 it did me. | could not rest have
I Just come out to get u breath of air."
ut is almost morning." | said, and pass
cd on into my chamber.
| knew who watched, without food. with
out rest, in the chamber of death. by whose
door my footsteps led j; but ache as my
heart might. had no words Of comfort
for sorrow Ike lers---so passed on
CHAPTER ".
Several minor circumstances prevented
my going in search Of the woman who had
excited my suspicious os1 the previous day
until about niue O'Clock of the morning
when engaged an officer. and we two
went quietly. without communicating our
plans to any one else, to the tenement house
before spoken Of.
A Although Blankyill was not large vii j.
lage, there WAS i'll it, as i'll nearly every
town blessed with railroad depot. !, shah
by quarter where the tougher portion of its
working people lived. The house stood in
| this quartcr-it was three story frame
building. occupied by q half q dozen fanii-
lies, mostly those Of Irish lnborcrs, who
found work III the vicinity of the depot. |
had seen the strangegirl ascend to the sec
ond floor. in the dim light of the previous
night, 80 we went up anl knocked at the
! first door we came upon. 1t WAS opened
by decent appearing middle aged woman
who held the knob i'll her hand while she
waited for us to make known our crrand
We both stepped into her apartment, before
We spoke 4 rapid glance revealed an i'll
nocent looking room with the ordinary
furniture of such a plaee-a cooking stove.
bed, table, etc. : but 10 other inmate, There
was u cupboard, the door of which stood
open, showing its humble array of dishes
and eatables es-There were no pantries, nor
other places of conccalmcnt. was certain
that had seen the girl csiter this room
at the head of the stairs. so | venturcd
ais Your daughter at home. ma am -
..ls it my niece You mean -
detected an Irish accent. though the
woman spoke with but little hroguc" and
was evidently an old resident Of our coun.
try-in IL manner Amcricanzed.
"0h, she is Your niece suppose so-a
tall girl with dark eyes and hair y
That's Ieesy herself, Was you want
ing any work done ~
taking the matter ont of my hands. Il
wanted to get "A set Of shirts made up-siS
with iine stitched bosolns." lie had motto
ed Il cheap sewing machine standing neal
the window. and II bundle of coarse mu>lil
III II basket near by.
..lt's sorry am to ,liHappont yon bn
I.eest ], NOT with me NOW. and hardly ven
tnre on the fine work. make the shirts
for the hands about the railroad that hasn't
wives ef their own To do lt-bnt for the iIn'
L"so"n,,'' aouhtfui'y thou, Ii to i,,, ,,ur
the machine does the stitches up beautiful
Ii it wusn' for the button holes ~
"Where is LecSy Doesn't she stol
with You -
"It's her have here always when she,
ont ol place Shes an orphan, poor girl
and its not in the blood of a sullivan t,
turn off their own. I've brought her NJ
from Il little thing Of five years oId-gircl
her the ctlacatlotl. too. She can read ant
write like the ladies' OF the land
You diCin't say where she was, Mrs
Sullivan.
shes making fine things in a fancy
Stare III Now York caps and collars and
sleeves and the beautiful tucked waists
she's such taste, and the work is not so hard
as plain sew ing-iour dollars week she
/ gets, and h0ardcd for two and Il half. in IL
nice .cntcci place. She expects to be ILL
waited to The iorcwolnaiS place at seven
dellars the week. before many mouths. Sht
Was here to stay over the Sunday with III,
She often does that ana she's gene back
+, by the six o'clock train This lnorning-aae
I she'll be surely late at that hour tried
to eoay her ta stay the day, she seemed st
poorly, She's hot bee! herself this long
time-shc seems going i'll decline lika-
its stopping over the needle. think She's
50 nervous like, the news OF the murder al
most killed her. Twas an awful deed thai
wasn't it, gintlemcn | conldn't sleep Il
wink last night for thinkin, el that poo1
Young man and the sweet lady he was t,
! have married. Such IL fine, .eneroue, pc
lite young gintleman ~
"Did YOU now him =
"know Inn as we'll as my own son il
had one --iiot that | ever spoke to hin
but he's passed here often on his way II
i his fathers house, and to Nr. Argyll's; ant
Lee>y sewcd in their family these two sum
nerS when they've been hero. aud wag al
wars twice paid When she'd 30 away he'l
say, laughing i'll his beautiful way, "Aut
how much have You earned II day, Miss
sullivan, sitting there all these long, ho
hours. and she d answer, "Fifty cents a;
day, and thanks to your mother for tht
good pay; and he'd put his hand i'll hi
pocket and pull cut u ten dollar gold picc.
and say, ''Woman amt half paid fol
their work it's II shame il you hahn
earned dollar day, Miss Sullivan. YOU
ha,nt earned Il cent. So don't be afraid t,
take tits your due And that's wha
made LeeSy think 80 much OF him-he wa
sn thoughtful Of the pOor-Giod bless hin
How could any body have the he, 1T to do it
loei, at The officer and found his eye
reading my face. One thought had evi
dently flashed over both OF us but it wa,
a suspicion which wronged the Immaculate
memory of Henry Morcland, and |, for IN.
part. banished it rs soon as it entered my
mind 1t was like him to pay genercusl,
the lahors of Il Sickl Y sewing girl; was no
like him TO take any advantage Of he
ignorance or gratitude, whicl. might result
i'll her taking such desperate revenge for
her wrongs The thought was an insult t,
him and to the noble woman who was tt
have been his wife. bluslcd at the in
trusive, unwelcomc fancy but the officer
not knowing the deceased as | knew him
and, perhaps, having no such exalted ide;
of manhood as mine, seemed to teel rs i
here might he thread to follow.
"Leesv thought much of him, You thinl
Mrs, Sullivan, taking chair unbldden
and putting on a friendly, gossipng air
Everybody speaks we'll OF him. So sh,