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

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James was obliged 10 defer big lessons til
It could he found; sometimes tic master
and scholar. on attempting to rise. found
fastened to tlIcir chairs, and
heir chairs fastened together. James was
Of q snperstitious turn; lie had
read Mather's .Aiagdaka.' a copy Of which
W some accident belOngc d. to his father.
and had inbibed deep respect for spirits
and goblins. Geshie was not slow II, dis.
covering this weakness in bis character.
nor in making 1t contribute to hcsff' amuse-
ment. She had an abundance of stories Of
supernatural tcrrors. and always took care
to relate them to James in the evening"
On moonlight night she would tell him Of
an apraSitsan seen by moonlight, and on q
cloudy evening Of a ghos I that walked when
you could not see your hand. She would
then enjoy his evident alarm. as it grew
late. and as he looked alternately at lis hat
and the window. In the mean time, Gesh
le notwithstanding her pretended contempt
Tor the English tongue. was making prog
ress In learning it equal at least to that Of
her sister. In truth. slio was sufiiciestly
indifferant As long as Mary Was occupi ed
with the Ems lisl, Iesfament. but when the
first voleme Of Pamela was brought tn the
house. her curiosity to know its contents
prevailed over every other consideratiou,-
After that she lost nothing of the lessons
james gave her sister; slie treasured up in
her memory every English phra,e sl;c heard
uttered: she read Pamela by stealth; aud
her talent for lnimicry soon gave her u
tolerable command Of the English accent.
A year had new passed since James and
Mary mad become acquainted with eacl
other. The settlement was growing every
day more populous. and James had no diff.
f.culty of finding companions to cheat him
Of the tedious hours. There were also
among the daughters of the new corners
some who might be thought as Handsome
and agreeable as Mary herself. His aifcc
ton for her, by q perversity not uncom
mon in young men who are loved better
t,an they deserve, began gradually to cool:
his visits to her father's house became lea,
and less frequent; the poor girls English
studies were wofully neglected.. and final
ly discontinued altos sether. Once she ven
tured to speak to him Of his altered be
hayiour but he gave her an indirect ant
trifling answer, and after that. she .pokt
of it no more. But she felt it none tn,
less deeply her heart bled in silence ant
in secret; she became mechanically. wa,
often found vcepinp nv herself and scem
ed going into n deem dcclno. Tho roo,
old Suydam. who suspectof notb;nu ~ n,
trrc cause Of his daughters mala,iy. a(te
prescribing all the household remedies h,
could think of, called in tho doctor. not
withatanlinr sLc nrotestrd vrh,.mentl,
aga;n,, 4 'he1octor c,ms Will, hi. saj
dlebars ON hi. arm.-a smocs faced vonn
man lust settled in the placc. who tiouob
himself happy if his prescriptions diJ no
apprayrte tie disorder He examined III
n.tient.s : seemed tn hesitate ahout her co,n
nla,nt. hut.os he wa. called. he knew hi
auty too we'll no, to nrc.cr;he. hc ,Loro
fore ordered her littIe yaler;an. and tonl
lila l..vo Cc.h;c who understood ha
sisters d;,crdcr better than the nhysc;ar
and knew That il was not tn ~ ke.ied X
maa;c;ne' threw the drng ont of IN. ,;n,
anw =. hc wo. como. and save,l h.r ti,c d;s A.,
Sn rus, If sw. .,low;nc 4 '''' '''~ ''''
Til. k;n3. .hcnftsd xirl nov und.rtoo,
bcrself to he her s;ster. nhvsic;an ST.
sha sr,r ~ bcr al, III. o,A sonr. sho ~. -
momhnr..S r" 1h. ! 10Th aid ah5 morrv s comno.a T 20
bv M tho mel,,auous nocts of Ho,lnnd. Ian
"1o md banded down in the Amcr;can s.,
tiemcnts from mother to danyhter' for m
hundred year. Mt lca.t. She drew he
Firth IN ramhle in tho mcadows ona =
n;crce the grent ferest arornd them in va
r;ons d{fccfion. nalono darE aud smootl
nath, % icaJ;ng IN the .nnnv cu,t;vSjs,
nnep;ngs Iateiy made nm ;ts ho.om Sh
callcc.ed for her entertainment ALI the cns
ain of her ncicbhorhool. mimicLrd III,
Yankees. danced. cabcrcd and rlovcJ
thousand monkey tricks to divert hi.r.s Al
her efforts we're ineffcctuo, to restore be,I}l
and snirits to her sister. 'and shc saw
with a sorrow almost increased to despair
that this was only to he hoped for from
the return of her lover's- aifestiens.
1t was now October. The forest'
around this valley; where therp then Wal
little else but forest, had put on their col
Ors of yellow, orange and crimson; ant
looked yet brighter in the golden sunshine
OF tho season that lay upon them. Th'
ripe apples were dropping from the young
apple-trees by the cottages Of the settlers
the chestnut, the 0aE, and the butternu
were beginning to cast their fruit; squir
,rcss were chirpln.g and barking on tn
oranehes OF .ne NaIna.' raooi's wSr'
scuuulng oNeI .ne "''sn' 'e"'es lin' II"
sca''ctea oeiow ena lne "eaty WHIT :
M .ne par.''usG; % Us n Ie TO-, t"se n"'" sne s'Suiu
.oiu NOV "eN pc Ivy ocen P"'"Pe'eo y!
'ne apuE aa%ce :,t! y. 'ne ,rns"n.
JAMES w N,'a,,.s e'e,u n"' .es's' ''ic .enip
tatoh OF sncn nns Mea.ner, anu 80 ,,'ac' at
game: he e. was aIs'"! "n"e aays ~ TN
aep.ns .. .ne "u"us x ~ -, tHe t; e',,ae .rn"e yo
nhisht near INC iePo's VI ms lowing rec