Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-12

The Broken Mug.
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CONCLUDED.
Marriette walked out Of the rsom weep
ing bitterly. and dste.tin In her heart th,
beautiful mug.
The judge stroke his nose with the palm
Of his hand. and wisely Madame
Mahon. do not he too precipitate; the littls
dove will acquiesce when it knows me bet
ter. l am not impatient. l undcrstan(
wOmankind. and feel convinced that be
fore three months have elapsed shall hav.
crept INTO Marriette's heart
Ills nose 10 much too long for that,
whispered Marriette, who stood listening
at the door. And. in fact, three month";
passed away without NJ. HautDar, in I
having forced even the end Of his nose in
to her heart.
But during these three months Marriette
had enough to occupy her mind. The muA
and something besides, caused her greal
deai Of annoyance.
The mug formed the sabj Ct of converse
ton for fortnight in La Napoulc. Every
one said that it was present "f the judges,
and that all things were arranged for the
wedding. Tn. more soleinnly Marrietts
assured her young c0mpaulOus that she
would ria her tsruw herself into the SCI,
than marry the Judge. the more they per
sisted in teasing. Dv saying--Oh ,how |, sss
ed it will he to rcpose nndct tlie shadow
of his hose J., This was the first annoyance
Then Muda,ne Man"n WAS 80 barbarous
us 10 force Marriette TO wash the mug every
morning at the fountain. and to fill it with
fresh flowers. She hoped thereby to ac-
custom her daughter 10 the mug. and the
love of the d"nor; but Marriette continued
to hate both the gitt and the Civ .r. and
she considered her employment at the foun-
tain an actual punishmrnt. Annoyance
the cOnd.
Then regularly. twice week, she found
on the 70. k, beside the foun. ain, bou-
quet Of the choicest flowers. appearing to
nave been arranged eypress!y for the beau
t.iul mug. There was also a slip Of paper
twisted round the stalks of the flowers;
upon which Was written-- Dear Nar.ieue.
Now. Marr,ette was not such foal AS to
believe that there were still fairies and
msgcans in the world. Consequently the
flowers had bceu left there ny Judge
Hautmartln. Marrette would not even
smell them becaasc they had been contain
mated by the breath frOm his nostrils: kut
she took them because they We're prr;tier
than wild flowers. The slip Of paper she
tore into thousand pieces aud scattered it
over the spot where the flowers had been
laid. But this did not vex NJ. Hautmartin
in the least, for his love was rs inlmeas
nrahly great after its Kind as his nose alter
its kind. Annoyance the third.
At last, however in the course of con
versalion with The judge, she discovered
that be was not the donor Of the flowers.
Who could it lie ! Marriette was astonished
wheh she made this unhoped for discovery,
and from that time forward she took tn
flower. with much more pleasure from the
rock, but-who had lett t,'e.n there ! Mar
rieite became IA most unusual thing for a
young sirl)' very curiOus. She guessed
first one, then another. young uIan in Lid
Napoulp. bu. it was not to be guessed. She
watched and listened until la at night;
She rose earlier iu the morning; but she
watched and listened in vain. And yet.
twice week, the miraculous flowers lay
upon the rock, and on the slip Of paper
that was und round them she read the
Gil, mt sigh addressed TO hsr-Dear Mar.
rlettei This was sufficient to have excited
the curiosity Of the most Indifferent person.
Unsatlsied curiosity. however. becomes
AZ last positive torture. Annoyance the
fourth.
Gu Sunday Father jerome again preach
ed upon t q trxt-WOnderiul are the dis
pensa. Ons of heaven; and Marriette hop
I'd that. by some wonderful dispensxtion,
she would he enabled to discover the donor
OF the flowers. Father jerome, thought
she. il Away right.
One summer night Marriette was awak
encd by the oppressive heat, and could moi
10 10 sleep again. No sooncr i'd she per.
ceivs the first rosy tints Of the morning
appearing above the surface OF the sea than
she sprxng out Of bed. aud, having dress
ed herself she went out to wash her fac.
aud h.uds at the fountain. She took her
straw hat with her, rs she intended IL
saunter for All hour on the sea shore, aud
perhaps hattie IN secluded spot that sh.
had discovered.
Bnt ia order to get to the secluded spot
it was necessary to ascend the rock at the
back of the house, aud thence decendinp
to pass ''y some p0megranate and palul
tree.. On thus occasion Marriette could
not pass by; for under the youngest Of tn.
palm trees lay young man fast asleep
and beside him lay 4 bouquet of the mos,
beautiful flowers.-She also saw . piec.
of paper twisted round the stalks. which
probably contained an address to her,
How could Marriette pass by
She stood still, aud trembled from head
tU foot. Then she determined to return
home; hut before she had goue many steps
she stopped. and looked back at the sleeper.
But ut . distance his face could not be
recUgnlzcd; now or never was the secret
to BE- discovered. She again tripped light.
ly towards the palm tree; but the sleeper
appeared to msve, and she again ran away.
he movement. however, had been mere
Imagination ON her part, and she again Ap.
preached the tree. Could it he possible
that hs is pretending to sleep, thought she,
again running towards home But who
would run way on account Of y mere posi-
bility She commenced her journey to the
palm tree with renewed courage.
Dung this wavering OF her mind, be-
tween curiosity and fear-this tripping
backwards and forwards between the house
aud the palm tres-she had advanced each
tune some steps nearer the sleeper, ioI
curiosity WAS overcoming her fear.
OF what consequence i. it to me whether
he BE- asleep or awake The path lead'
past him, aud merely pass by. SO thought
Msrriette; but instead Of passing by sht
stopped in order to examine the sleeper'l
face, and put On end to al uncertainty con
cerning the don T Of the flowers. III
meanwhile continued sleeping as soundly
a. if he had not clssed his eyes for montt
before. Aud who was it-wh0 else coult
it be-but the reproLate Colin!
And 30 it was, who, BY sending the mug
had caused the poor girl so much annoy yance