Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-03-08

joys opening bu'i~, affections growing flowers
Once lishty spraGg within her Reamns track.
Oh lite was beautiful iu those lost hours
Mrs. Francis Kermit was lettering ovel
her breakfast ttable-hcr Young peopl,
dropping III one after another to take theil
morning meal .-tlny friend Mrs. Kermit's
menage leans to rather too wide an indul
gencc ;Jlast came Morgan Kermit. who was
at home during vacation at the Cam
bridge law school, and his friend Charles
Boyne, then his guest.
The Young people were in the midst Of a
discussion OF the opera which had cncllant.
when on the preceding evening, when
Miss Adelaide Ru,hfol.'
Ask her to come down into the break
fast room John said Mrs. Kermit.
oh, mama, don't uttered two youne
rcmonstrants of fifteen and seventeen
Mama. who e instinct it il to give Il
guest her best welcome, motioncd to the
servant To obey her order, and then said
The fire is net yet made in the drawing
room Lizzie. and really do not see why
You should nos be pleased to see Miss Ad
claiGe here
Miss Adelaide, the very sound is enough.
said one OF the girls, and in reply to Charles
Boync's inquiry, lis Miss Adelaide ct
ogressl' Ruth answered. struggling hcl
shoulders, No, but an old maid, which i,
next door to it, yoa know
Pardon me, replied Ciiarlcs Bovine
something Ike a SHADE of ditapprebatiol
passing over his coHntrnance. 4 know NJ
such thing. NV dearest friend belongs t.
IL, ni oil ,rai,l. 4 =
for her sake rather dislike to hear that
term OF contempt used
The Young ladies were, in sailor phrase
rather taken aback lay this sentiment frun
their favonte cavalier. and it evideutl,
placed Miss Rutherford in Il new light, ful
when she entered Caroline thought sh,
had Il high bred air, which she never befor,
observed Lizzie was struck with the re-
markabc sweetness of Lcr wise. and my
yoang fuyoritc, Ruth Kermit--a noble crea
tire i Ruth, but with the presumption ant
confidence too apt la mark our girls Of I'll
tccn-even Ruth, to whom it lad not be
fore occurred, that beauty could outlyt
two az three and twenty, thou.ht Mis-.
Rurhinrd must have been handsome.
Miss Ruthsnrl had come on some errand
quielly done, and with painful conscious
ness that the yonng people We're conStrain
cd by her presence, site soen ta0k her leave
Morgan hermit. with "a ehaf.i> teriSfir 20
lltcuc-s, Isl h,cA gives mr an agreeable i
snrauc, that the heart 81 ,9.ttesv has no.
pas.-.d awat With the generation that hu
gone. attended Ni-4 tlt,aiac To the door
aud rcrntrfei, saving;
4. this the lidr. Euth. whom rau sav !,
next deer t., au egtt-st should !. ke tl
see the ,opus lJdy WIa rfa.ujsts Ia be :,
.otr,r ai thirty a. Ni.s Ettilugd.'
.Ihlrty" eNrl1imrd Ruth.
Not ,iorr ,han thirty. | imagine. sal,
Morgan q. -lr, molIF,
.Nr-. th.rl taTce az lasr-lei me s,e-
ycs, thirty gAree. S.it Mas ia. taenty.
tour nine ltlrs ago.
.Thr, tbrre' pretty old, mother
'I'ha; jepeuds upon the POINT OF sisll'
Caru.ia> = ne. Al Tort. I've, thirty ap
pears quite t"ang
ia, Yes, uaeth,r' cXrlatmri Ruth, 'lpr.
" I've 8 yuUhs enough tor tou-. nctcl
thiuk ot your brUs uld bet /; Is quite :
dttisGrnt ihiH- inr - unmarried FrrsnH
Nov there d your Old -slaalmate-i sep.
pose Ms Elr4nuF > hnt uldee than you.
hEt sac Sc as tu o. - Old a. the hills.
call WoHHn ei iugr or live and .Wrnty,
Who is not married, an old maid
How I'D ar yam, Caroline"
Twenty tW0. nulhcr.
Then IN tRo yeals. u.v dear, vau may
get yourself doNa - tlat l..aba ul le-0!a-
tionllRt old muias iahAb,t, accord.pg to
your siytcg Rush
AL turned To Caroline, hrilliant face
to her lips still bright with thu freshest
dew of youth --'nd al laughed al the.ridic
uluus picture suese ted.
4 am glad Ia -cc even suspicion o. .
blush on your check Ruth, sud her broth
cr. There ii an old ,lyiGs that hawks
won't pick oat haWk do not thinl,
wqmen verify H. hey asesle term of re
preach. old inoils. ior ~ II : ~ their es-
tmatlou, very freely one would think il
We're more natural 10 hedge about the uR.
fortunate ofther own seNtfitbc u misfort
une,) with reIerepee
Well, Morgan! exclaimed Ruth
We'll. Ruth, what surprises tuuh
Why, Morgan YOU tall Ike an ~ nar
who has half duzen old maid daughters,
On the contrary, mean tn talk like a
young man who has halt 4 dozen vouug
maid sisters, perehance may he--
Net old maid sister, -llL, nn. Morgan.