Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-01-07
Whole No. 7'7. No.
Vol. Xv.
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memory wer,'
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have been sufficient to remoy>
even so, determined to extort
ther testimony from her, if it were p,
sible to do so. Yes, Mrs WINCH |
said, if you will intrust this portrait
into my keeping, | will engage to
make you very excellent photograph
copy of it. But do you know, the
more ] look at it, the more it gives
me the impression that it is the por-
trait of man who walked with limp
of man one of whose legs was
shorter than the other. Ridiculous,
of course, but that is the idea it gives
me. As | said these words, | look
ed full and untlinchingly. into the
widows eyes. Her face blanched to
dull deathly gray before had done
speaking. while the firm FIRE of her
ewes quailed and tlickcred, and til en-
tell utterly before my gaze. Her thin
lips tightcned over her large white
teeth her breath came and went rapid
ly; and her long thin fingers closed
unconsciously over the wine-glass
which she happened to be holding at
the time, and crushed it to fragments
in their conyulsive grippe. She got
up without word, and stretched out
her arms, and drew the picture to her,
! like woman in n state of somnam-
| bulisn, and then turned and walked
slowly from the room. But when she
reached the doorway, she stopped
and her head came slowly round. -
though It were worked BY mechanism,
till her eyes mot mine with one brief
ticndish look Of mingled hate and tear,
which, If looks possessed the power
Of annihilation. would have withercd
up your poor friend on the spot. |
saw the widow no more that night.
was too much excited to sleep, and
sat hy the open window Of my bed
room, smoking and thinking till day
break How can set down, how make
YOU comprehend. even Il tIthc Of what
Thought as / sat there: some vague
outline OF my history Is already known
10 YOU, aud one Of these days ! will
fill in the details. and colour the pc
turc for YOU; but even then, YOU viii
but family realise my state of mind On
that night, when | deemed | had found
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.uS 7''i ~ WHICH, - )" -'Il ""'' eA.'. -
hitAetto % me liApchel'ap'e' Jay A1d-
oen the secret "l h'y ear. J me-
encountered MIS-. -" ihcA ~ lhe
1901 oi the stars as l vas c"iAiiiS
Gown 70 breakfast heAo morning
thought she looked pH'cF tlan usual
h,!t hsr "'ne4inour was % ducJ AuI
must haye tbouobt ~.
nigbt. Mr. Eurisl, " Wy rude Iaa
-nila. II believer sad with
ms. brntba,.'s r., rtrair, sHatcbaJ
ana In the room VII " Vr hand.
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manners 10 cyn;ain wb,rn sur uI
.-,u what i. well kpo,rn NJ. ,,,, ''ist
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tacks oi FcTI-o' r. t,;,,.J win
ness. fecith@ lht preAh"Il.-
toms OF al attack LaSt hi9Ht, Aas(
70 leave the room WILlle hAd 'tl+
control oyer my actions l nc
sclZlh9 the plcl'Fe was Hc!c. t-a
stihcttEc impulse % Feci4lih WEI Lc
tie 50 hlg'ly, ana aL tic lhohlcH ,Cu.
only hali conscious OIL "AA1 ('"-
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not a
" DaJ COtliI 10 Dut uLlcf some COM
mohpIAce PHRASES OF cIFiiiIJ tH4C ihc'iiI
nothing: III my secret i4e'ttV' "oi'o'
el th'V l.4e "o.li'h was y ny 10 'iiS
Acr tone carried no tQ1' 'ctioh Win y.
amt a4a'h' now co"u' oe'ieNe IloF ~
idce of 'he i't1 '1l1I l i'S't c''E'''i'l'E Ioc-
4 ognlzed tne portrait Q. tiie man re
called her orotH'I' "i''t tl"I htI su'"eH
+ Illness declared ilSeI eA''cILS "y liIc
moment "heh 7ilc became aware oi sucH
recognition Oh my pafV' No--''icie
was certainty Soiiietii'li9 'n0ie " tl'e
case tiilh was J"9O 'iieii IS'oie on l'ic
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liiat l il''' lli''''o Ills "o'ii'n my ei'e'nS
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