Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-07-12
Al ;ccll la i,so II 8
The Advertisement.

The Advertisement.
Dear John, do write, come, or let me
know your address, or meet me. have
much to tell you. Onr boy is gone.
can't 90 home without seeing or hearing
from YOU. Lam broken hearted.
NE"
crt these words in the form of an nd.
vertiscment. from my daily paper, and put
the slip i'll my ve tpocket. can tell why
| did so; the ptcous appeal greatly at
tected me--ny name was john. But if,
as supposed. it was some poor, wrctched
wife who thus pleaded, it could not BY any
possibility he for me. for though l had one
boy he was twcntysix years old-my
good Susan aud l had heelr welded twice
as many Years, so tried to dismiss the
matter altogether, but some way it would
keep recurring.
resumed my meal. somewhat un.asily,
after | had folded my mornin. paper. |
was not sitting in my own eozy breakfast
room, Int in II little country inn. whither
, business had called me, and after satisfy
Ing my appetite. thought less of the CIR
Cumstauce that had made HE almost mis-
crablc.
am afraid I did not often feel for the
suferings oil others. My life had been
passed III an ever manner. There had
been iii my history neither ups nor downs,
to speak OF. My circumstances had al
ways been easy, my wife cheerful and
trlf,y, my children I'm my eyes) paragons
OF beauty and a!f'rc;iun.
Particularly did beast. if ever boast
! rd--0t my son Horace. William Horace
his name was, but we always called him
Horace. He had never caused inc Il days
trouble, Always ohcdicnt, given some,
what to rrservc-a trihc sccrctiyc-he had
grown up handsome and trustworthy. l
never thought it possible for him to drei-
axe from the tru,h would have trusted
III WIlh uAeountrd go.d.
| ahros. woyshiPpcd him. and often in
my heart accused my excellent wife OF
'"."E'ss h"ca"se he did not praise hln
IS r.ucA as thoucht he deserved
But @usan'a iHdrmrat was better than
,"ne. Il always turned ont to be, III the
lo&S rnn : and many's the ilino have
wished that had trusted her in matters Of
bas'ness. that went wrong AS sure as
"ei,d against h"riudgmcmt.
Ahout the breakfast, it was very sood'
! oniy dycadiully lonely. As soon as de
F!#'ched it took the newspaper again.
and again that paragraph ! rsan 10 haunt
me. until letter was hrouaht in. 1t was
IN SusanS well known handwriting. In a
tuml,ling had the mssivc open. In five
minutes was transported back. miles and
miles. and sat in that dear old parlor. |
slArIt the honev>ucklcs and the geranlums.
and saw tie fuschias all glowing and
scarlet, and | heard the soft pa;trr of the
,;,'ia,,. 't,' ,"J f-l, IA ,ra,,,s b1sc'; almost
,r.,'1oSs ''. nnl, rr,,l;nc, o,,a;,,st nv l,nnr
=; t',', Lnr,ea Nnn i,n,m in bor
I,t'r ,-,.',r;.aa ~" nt,I4. II was his
,.v,., IA ,arh.,ns ~. ostorishrd tbnt
hora c'.,,',,a,;''n, ,,,', r,le' nrrt,v H,,l,.
,~o",,n. ,Iau' twrutv three years old
"'','t' W '"o' IA ,., .,lnr, Lnr would
H., .,..i ,, ,r ,L,r;t,. tn nn;.r ths noor
NV L,,,,. sh. s;;J vhr, She cp,nc
81 l'.rfo,',-I., Thon .bn
os.' w. ,,'' II, " nf s,,. h,stor,. ,rhr rir,
80 ~ . -, ~. aolo anI e., rs,rnnst
i',. iaa, sa,,'., ~ hcr tnshn;1 she
i'. "" ,,,', T.,io al,;,J a,l ~, ,l,, avn If 70.
,, Hu h,'' i,,, L"ard tb,, hcr I,o,bnr b,a
.I.i '',,'',9 Sa,t', or ,onf.,,anf E.yrr Sha
h", '' @.,,,' ,ar,. ,, ,r',,,rff,. no. rnonrh ,o
t.s, ,.', " lr ~, ond 't''' - n GiS,ta hanlih Van
',,oI, ,r, W., hn,r ',n n,rh mss Wolr. that's
"','" 'lo J,nnl .sincr sba n,orr;ed
ana M snme wav I f1lt nv old heart warm to
t,'is Wi" 6nsnlntr girl So said she might
came r,,,u " she came, and I'm glad of it
she's not over pret,y-but there's Il sweet
eynyrs.;on in h,r face that quite cnchants
ma Unr voice is musical. and as |
listen M to her, ! half fancy that / have
,I MolIr hac!; aaain. hone von will np.
nrovc Of Whit | have done, (Gol bless
rer wl,n, Jid shc ever do ANYTHING didn't
an"rorr ann ,, far am confident that. in civ.
n,r q bnn,c to her. have taken an angel
r. o onr hrnr,h stone unnwares. Horace is
sill AWAY, shooting-ls his vacation no;
aver ave-. Ion3
n ,.r. that's what surpriscd me little,
and 7 WINS ,lro somewhat anuoyed at the
Innr @ s,ny "t nv hov. for he was to have
br.n at home u week before. Bat |
,hnrol, vnnro mon will be ynnnr men.