Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-09-28

DO you know him!' asked.
do not Know his name, und ! have
never met him. All the acquaintance /
have with him, have made through the
medium of his chirography. Ii is sufficient
for me; can not mistake, then obscrv-
ing my puzzled and incredulous look, he
smiled. as he added. by the way, Richard
You are not aware of my accomplishment
in the art of reading men and women frou,
a specimen of their Handwriting. 1t is one
of my greatest aids in the profession to.
which have devoted myself, The results
| | obtain sometimes aston ish my friends
But. assure You. there is nothing marvel
Gus in them. Patient study and unwcaricd
observation. with naturally quick pcrcep
tons. are the only witchcraft use. With
moderate abilities. assert that any other
person could equal me i'll this art (blaeb
art some OF my acqnaintanccs regard it. }
by giving the same time to it that IA mus-
clan would to master All Instrument
Il do not know obout that. Mr.. Burton
guess it would take Il mind of the singu-
lar composition your own, to make much
out of an art with no rules and no tonnda-
ti0ns.. 1T has its rules, for INC. But as
proof is better than argument, show me
any letters or scrap OF writing you may
have about YOU. | would like to satisfy
you before we proceed further, for | do
not wish YOU to feel that You are working
with crackbrained individual, who il
riding a hobby at your expense
cnpticd my coat pocket OF its contents,
among which were several letters one
| from my mother, Il note from my uncle i'll
Washington, an invitation from an old col
| lege chum to attend his wedding i'll Boston,
and two or three business epistlcs from cas-
ual acqnalItances-one, remember, an
entrealy from Il young man, to get him
something to do in that magnetic center OF
all unemployed particles-Washnston'
| Of these revealed to him only the super
scrption and signature, with perhaps some
nitnportant sentence, which would, i'll no
way. of itself bctray the character OF per-
suits of the writer's. | need not describe
my surprise when, in each instance he
rave Il careful and accurate description o.
tie age, appearance habits, profession and
mental qualities of the person whose hand
Wtitlng he had eXa'nined
could hardly credit my own senses
there must be some .lt0cnS pocus' about 1t
as in the trick which jnsglers play viii
cards. But my respect for the carncstnes'
of nv companions pursuits, and the indu
table nature of his proof, did not allow me
to doubt any length of time. | became t
believer in Ills fi4ctS, and give these faet'
to my readers, at the risk of seeing til,
ulajn sensible nose Of the majority turned
ita with an expression ot skcpticlSit, mort
/ itt lny to M. Mr.. Burton's character is {
real one, and the truth OF his wonderful
fte,iieyenruts will become hlstrot.
The terrible interest OF the subject Wllcl
| had brought us together did not permit L,
To spend much time i'll these irrelevant cX
perimeuts. We discussed the past ant
present. Mr. Burton assured me that he
/ had never, for ;lday, lost sight ot the cast
that lis interest in ii had deepcncd, rath
CT than lrsscnet that he had not been dl,
during all this long period; but that he hat
already gathered up a fact or two OF SON,
! irportancr and had been on the point ol
sending for me, once OF twice. lie had re
Trained, waiting for some lights to cnlml
nate. ana now. he was 3 lad enough to get
hold of that letter
He informed me that I.ncsy Sullivan wa!
living quietly i'll the city. >nhsiStIng most
n upon dolil,ions from himself, she brin:
! too lar gonc with the consumption to eNcr
herself much With the needle. The chllt
VAS healthy and pretty.
made NO inunire, after James Argyll
hut he told mr that the youg man came Ire
oucmtly to the city: that, ior while h'
had seemed lispiritcd, and gainblrd deSpcr
atcly. Int that lately he was looking an'
behaving better
1t is IN, impression aiIcd he, 'tha IL
i. about to marry oncot his cousins 800 prob
ably the Youngest And Is to his bad hall
its / caus Il, indirectly, that if they wer
n,t reformed, he should be convicted o
them before his uncle. This dldtaltcr
became convinced that he would marry on
of the Young ladies' out OF compassion 10
the family,
Nv head dropped on my hand, 1t wa
long since | had amy iidinsS OF the Argyll
death could hardly have created il NOR
barren space between us. Yet now that
heard the names of the girls mentioned,
flood of old emotions broke over me, b,
meath which | struggled, half suiincated.
Keen pain shot through sny heart at til
. idea of Mary, that innocent, most sWc'
and lovahIc elrl, becoming the wife Of
man like James. tclt as itit ought to l
prevented, vet how could Interfere VIII
4. should wish 10 ! | rccall"d the hon
when she had flown to mc-had said, :
believe in You, Richard. love you!' IN
knew that had put construction up"
he fearful, passionate OF that last avowa
which was, after all, not warranted. aa
feared that she did really love me. and thi
in the last moment ot SORROW and trouble
her feelings had betrayed themselves to h(
own comprehcnsion-and had lett ii hol
that it was not so. My own unanswere
passion-my lonely, minated llie-ha
taught me sympathy; and was nol so II
terly selfish as to have my personal vanlt
tckclcd with the idea that this young crea
I nre loved me, who did not love her, exec
: truly as sister. Yet now. when hearil
: that James had turned from Eleanor
her, felt pang of pity-a wish that 81
might rather have loved me than him who
cold. dcceitful bosom could never be a 81.
shelter for Il woman as allectionate AS Nj
rv. With this regret felt triumph TIL
t Eleanor had remained unassalable on Il
sublime and solitary hight of her sorrow.
: was what expected OF her. gloried
her comstancy to the dead ] had low
her for this noble beauty of her natul
: and should have been disappointed had Il
test found her wanting in amy of the attl
: butes with which my worship had invest,
her. She had done me wrrng too cru
for me to complain about but | wou
rather, still, that she should wrong Inc til;
, herself.