Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-10-12
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The Dead Letter.

The Grst tinc ever saw lGm WAS ove,
his llt;lr shop, which. vou recullcci, was
nu, far from my auut's III ut,Hk,iIc N,
snut sent M. ore evening, for sonicthli.,
tn relieve the tooihaclc, and went iuto
the nearest place, which WAS the ncw one.
There WIS iio one in but ll.r owner, | IVA,
surplisc,ihr hr the great politea.ess with which
he treated me, and ty the interest he sccm-
ed to take in ihu cast oI NY aunt. He
MAS Ion. timc putting up the medicine,
pastiig the lni, on aud making change,
II that | thought NY amt would surely lie
l0H, Il. temper before could bring her The
ldrnp>. lr asked our name, aud where W.
fivrI which Was al. thought, but a bit
at ,i> bttracl. To @ei the gaed viii 81 his
ep>togHerS Mss Sullivan nsllally >Pake
with great preffiett, but occasionally a
touch III her mothers country, i'll accent
ar cx,rcsSiol,. hetr;ncd hci Irish origin.
= hat sg;ts tr be stst.ii,g al etir arl'ttlH
,arcc. bnt not The end al it. 1t Wa. mt :,
frn darS hfturc he made an cNctsG Ia call
Al our huH>r. Mas a lnllns Slrl then,
20, and lteal.I,y ; and the plan ,rati, ot ii
i, that G.nlg, rAnfl,N fell Il! !uyc Wi;h lAr,
. wv HNit WAS NFlh liIUtH b"lttith' 'i''i-
iir | HaHld be a E4l not to encourage him
that lt,, va, u d lctor and Il gentl"lnaii-
and Would keep tlIs wife like Il lIdy-thai
there would he liza niorc GONG ont l.! the
day to sew and SLAVE for others. il | We're
once married to hun II Was oitir what she
expected of me, tlat would at beast be II
doctor wife. after the Scllooling She had
given me. aud with the good looks had.
1t Is no VANITY III me. liuW. IA say "t this
ela,. 50 >non to bt mingled with the dust
ot the earth that twas beautiful too much
81, alas. Tor my own peace "t nllnd-i"f 1t
Aiad,. iae drsplsr tac humble and honest
suiinrs who might have secured me Il low y
lappv he. Yet it was not that. either,
and I'll not dcmcan myself 10 say so-lt
WAS not because | WAS handsome that |
held mlself alooi from these IN my own sta
ton: it was because ! i.lt that had
though,> and taste, The, could not under
staitd-that my lie was above theirs III
hope. in aspiration. was ambitious. but
only to drvclopc The hest that was in me.
If cond oui " hr., nccdlcvoman all ':y
days. then would Ae 40 .anftu! Mltli my
Mul. us alnloSt Ia paint pictures with my
needle and ,lircad, Bat THIS ja"'t telling
vou about George lbor!cy. From the
first, took dislike to him, I'm not S"pd
at reading character. bnt understood his,
pretty thoroughly, and was afraid oi him,
/ was yer, cuid to him. for | saw that he
was of :. quick, temper, and dld not mean
he should say that had ever encouraged
him. told my aunt did not think he
was gentrnan-l had seen plenty oi
real gentlemen in the houses Where sew
ed, and they were not ike him. told her
tan. that he had a ylolcnt temper. ani IA
jraluuS dispositions. and could not make
any woman happy. Hut she would not
ihnl. of him in that light; her heart was
set on tn. apotlecarN'S chop, winch a..
said. would "roW into a fine drug store with
the doctors uamc III gilt letters Oh the
door OF his office.
/ George soon offered linlS II. and WAS
terribly ANGRY when refused l.in. be-
hcvc hc loved me, in his selfish way, bet
, trr th.;n he ever loved any other human
.er"ature. lie wou!d not give me up, non
allow me aiiy peace from his prosecutions.
! He doggrd my steps whenever ! went out
and if spoke to any other man, 1t put hlm
in a rage. got to feeling that was
watched all the time; for sometimes he
! would laugh IN ms latclni way anu t.I'
me of things he had seen when thought
| lim miles away,
Twice. il particular, remeniher OF his
being in savage passion, and threatening
! me. 1t was aftcr-hcrc the speaker :
voice, despite of her efforts to keep ii
steady. trclnblcd and sund--he had seen
me riding ont i'll the carriage with Mrs.
Morcland. lie said these people were
making a fool of mc-that | was so set NJ
by their attentions. Us to dcspise hlni.
told him that ii despised him, it was not
for any such reason. 1t nas because he
bchaycl 50 unsentlemanly toward m}e, SPY
ing around me, when he bad no business
whatever with my affairs. That made hla'
maddcr thqn ever. and he muttcrel words
which l did not ike | told him was
mot atrait! of any mortal thing, and didn
! think he would irighten me into marryin.
him. lie said he would scare me yet 50
Il that would never get over it, J thlllh ne
! liked the spirit showed; it seemed the
more tried to make him hate me, the more
determined he was to pursue me. poii
+ know how it was that understood lliH Sc
well. for in those days there had been moth
! inp whispered against his character IN
deed. people didn't know much about INN
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