Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-11-01

nitions kindly enough. although without |
much disposition to profit by them. He !
apologizcd by saying that he fol |
lowed the CUSTOMS Of bis countrymen, and |
the practices Of his fathers before him !; and |
that it did not become the like Of him to !
presume to be wiser or better than his an |
cestors. who woEe holest men, and who.
he believed. had gono to heaven. The ap |
pearancc Of respect. however, with which |
he received these reproofs, went far to rec |
Ouclc Jeddiah to his practical neglect Of |
them, and kind of friendship ct length |
grew up between the two settlers and their !
families. Yok's pretty daughters came
to attend Williams meetin 70,
and Williams son was frequent and vel
come visitor at the house Of the hearty and
hospitable Dutchmsn.
Yok's family, with the exception of the
negro domcstics I have mentioned. con-
sisted only Of himself and his two daugt
ters. Mary. the elder. was somewhat tall,
with delicate shape. and peaceful. in
nocent look. The climate, aud three gen
erations Of American decent had complete
~ done away in her personal appearance
all traces of her nn.ch extraction, except
the fair hair and light hlue eye. She was
sincere. single hearted creature. whom
the experience Of eighteen years had not
taught there was such a thing as trcachery
in The world. 1t was no difficult matter tc
move her either to smiles or to tears. and
had she lived in this novel reading age, she
would have been inevitably spoiled. As it
was. the poor girl had no book but the BIZ
BILE, of which there were in Yok's f1mily
several copies in the ord Dutch letter. and
she was forced TO content herself with weep
ing over the fortunes of Ruth and the res.
direction Of Lazarus. Geshie. her little
sister. little more than year younger. had
an appearance of finer and more san.
-pino health than Mary, and all that ex-
cess Of animal spirits and love of mirth
w.thwhich youth and high health are gencr-
all accompanied. She was ruddier, short.
ter in stature, and fuller in her proportions
than the elder siste,. and under the shade
Of her thick brown hair.her bright eye then
shone out with look so arch and fall of mis-
chief that like the sun in June, it was not o
thing to look long upon. The two sisters,
though so little alikr,werc both so kind and
good as the day is long, and were acknowl-
edged to be the handsomest girls in the set
tlement. People, however. were divided
in opinion as to which was the handsomer
and more agreeable ofthe two. The great
cr number gave the preference to the
blooming and sprightly Geshie, but James
Williams. the son Of Jedidiah thonght diff
ferently;
Young Williams who had come with his
| farther to the new settlement, was frank,
high spirited giddy young fellow He had
given some proof Of fr0wardness in early
youth, and his father had set his heart up
on seeing him one of the burning and shin.
ing lights of the church, ems.ating in
the pulpit the eloGuence OF Solomon
Stoddard. and the sound doctrine of Jon
athan Edwards. He had sent him to Yale
College to furnish his mind with the world.
ly learning, trusting to his own prayers and
| to Providence for the piety that was to III
him for the work Of the ministry. But his
expectations were wretchedly disappointed
for the young man proved refractory under
the disipline of a college. and made so gooj
use OF his opportunitied of rebellion, that
in less than u year he was expelled; III
came L0mc to read Horace and shoot sqnir
rcls, and bear a part in the psalms sung al
the meetings for religious worship helda,
his fathers. He could not make up his
mind to the labors OF iiusband.y, and yet
was uncertain to what other cOurcc Of life
to bctakc himslf,
Young men, who have nothing else ta
do. are apt to hmase themselves with
making love. Time hung heavy on the
hands of James Williams in the new
and thinly inhabited settlement. He wan
dercd the old woods. that stretched away
on all sides, till he was wea-y; he found
them altogether too gloomy and too silent
for his taste, and when their echoes were
awakened by the report of his own fOwling
piece BY the cawing of the crow. or t.nlI-
ing that these sounds would interest him
more, if they conveyed human meaning
He grew tired of reading Horace ina place
where nobody cared for his Latin. At
length he would shut his book, lay his gun
ON two wooden hooks in his fathers kitch-
en-, and walk down to the hon sc of hon
estYok Suydou, where the good Dutchman
greeted him with cordial grasp OF hand
and his daughters with smiles. James was
soon master Of Dutch enough to tell the
story of his college pranks, which usually
called a hearty laugh from the old gentle
mau, sentence OF two of kind expostula,
ion from the elder daughter, and a torrent
of good -humored railery from the younger.
in return for the proficiency which the so
ciety of the family enabled him to make
their language, James offered to
teach the yonng laaes English; and the ell
der readily undertook to be his pupil. As
for Geshie, she had no ambition that way;
it was she said, silken, glozing tongue
the tongue Of pcddlars and sharpers, titon
" for those who wished to defraud and
deceive. she was contented, for her part,
with the plain houshold speech in
which she had been brought up, the Ian
gpage Of honesty and sincerity: James be-
gun to read the New Testament along with
Mary, it being the only book with which
she was familiar. After getting through
with few chapters, it was exchanged for
a volume of Richardson's Pamela which
had then just made its appearance. James
hud contrived to possess himself of a copy
while at New Haven. and conscaled il
as carefully from the eyes Of his father es
the quail hides her nest from the schoolb0y
He knew, il that it was discovered, the COZ,
sequences could be no less than the great
wrath Of his father towards 80 graccless d
sou, and that the offending book would qe
burnt with fire.
Gesliic soon had location to pay her sis
ter multitude of sly compilmcnts on Her
proficiency in English. She had never
known, she said, tutor SO assiduous; nor
q pupil so teachable. 1t was not indeed,
extraordinary that Jamesshould fancy him
self in love with the prettiest girl in tho
settlement, nor was it more so that she
should be seriously in love with him, Tie