Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-11-25

"a" taheH W ieaNinp tue mouse NJ ~
a. NJ. and not returning till night !;
but whence and from what cause such
a vagaboudizing humor. .eitler Mrs.
Muffin (the housekecper.) nor he
CThomas) could explain.
ThlAnews caused mighty commo-
tion when Mrs. MayGew gave it out at
Mrs. MHotscone's tea-party. The
whole party burst into cxclamations
Mrs. Wholesome declared it very
strange now Mrs. Maydew pronounc-
ed it 'incomprehensiblc: Mrs. Curry
combe thought il 'unkind :; MISS Bohca
hoped that nothing might come Of it,.
And then all these ladies' remained for
a moment silent: for the same thought
had traversed all their minds, "a hor-
rid thought. which caused them of a
sudden 10 birdie up together. and each
IN secret, 10 vow vengeance upon the
culprlt. lf Mr.. Jack Ha>iland was
nowhere 10 he found it must surely be
that he had been enihralled. But none
save women could have done this deed !;
and so-logical but bitter conclusion
Mr.. Jack Hayiland was no doubt in
love.
Alas. poor Jack Not even upon him
hal the eltingod any pity. Right in
the centre Of his good stout heart had
the barbed arrow struck: AMI il was
of no use trying to pull it out.-Thcre
IT was and there it must stay through
sorrow and joy. through day and night.
till gray old wears aud Father Time
deemed it well Ia close the wound.
He had fallen in love Yes. one dav
on the beach, while picking up pebbles
with the little MHotscones. The
weather Was cloudy and the sea was
running light. The wind. Like III
bred urchln, was ronping 10 a.d fro
over land and water. covering people
with spray and casting up sc.,-wecd IN
gigantic banlfuls. 10 throw at the pass
ers by. The little M'iIo,sconcs were
merry and sou-ed lack Hayl-
land had seen his hat disappear in the
gust, and sail in triumph up the British
Channel.
Every thing was going on well. when
OF sudden. br-r r-r-oum crash and
monstrous wave, as BIZ as house,
burst foaming, raging lad spiashing
on the beach. Away, with howls Of
terror. rushed the little M'iiotscones.
abandoning a whole fortres OF pebbles
10 the fury Of the elements Away al
So rushed whole bevy OF nursery
maids. children. and startled Young
ladies'. like leaves in autumn before
southwest wind. Screams and
laughter mingled with the noise. and
br r-r-r-oum crash down came n 500
oni wave. This time the last remain
ing straggler took 10 flight, but not
quite fas; enough 10 prevent two pretty
mai,lens. who hal been wandering too
near the shore. from being o,ertaken
bv the trcacherous tide, and bathed up
To their waists in water. In ten sec
olds. Jack. who had been on the look-
out. was hearing them both up in his
arms. There was great deal OF petty
crying. a great deal of alarm IN the
fearful blue ewes. great deal of sud
den paleuess on the little pink checks
but on the whole. there was more
fright than hurt Before the third big
wave had burst its bounds, both were
standing high and dry, and not very
much the worse for the wetting A,
was natural. however. Jack protested
strcnously against their going home in
their wet clothes. His own cottage
was hundred yards or They must
come there and dry themselves, while
he sent up 10 their mouse 10 get them
other dresses There was no refusing
a silver flask had already been produc-
ed from Jacks breast pocket, and the
contents soon brought warm glow
back TO their pallid faces. The two
Young la'lies began TO stammer their
thanks To their rescuer next they be-
gan TO laugh at their own wretched
plight and bv the time the cottage
was reached the accident had become a
joke. and they were little geese TO have
ever felt so frightened ut it.
This was the beginning Of Jacks
misfortune. The two Young ladies
were cousins, and both Of about the
same age ghteen. One was Miss
Lucy Chatfeld; the other Miss Annie
Haywood II was Miss Lucy Chatfield
who spoke to Jack. and tod him this:
Her father. Mr.. Chattield, was rich
city me chant, who lived in London
all the week, and only came down TO
shingle from Saturday till Monday.
Mss Lucy had no mother and Annie
Haywood was staying with her on
visit. Miss Lucy hoped that Mr.. Hav-
land (whose card she had in her muh)
would come and call on them; papa
would be delighted TO see him and
..Annie and this was said with
blush-should be very glad to thank
him again. The address was Beau
champe Villa. ON the road TO the clid.
When Mss Lucy Chatfield and Miss
Annie Haywood had come out Of Jacks
room, where they had put on the warm
dresses brought down by their maid,-
when they had shaken hands with him,
and gone away smiling in the most
prosaic Of four-wheeled flies, our hero
felt as though two rays Of sunshine had
left his dwelling. The cottage seemed
dark, and Jack felt miserable. He
picked up tiny wet kid glove which he
knew to be Miss Lucy's and kissed it.
After that he ran 20 the almanac to see
what day it was, and almost swooned
with joy to find it was Friday. and that
consequently, as Mr.. Chatfield would
be at home on the morrow. he might
call with perfect propriety at Beau
champe Villa. That evening he absent
ell himself from party where his
presence was Indispensable for the get
ting up Of chara,les, and wandered
bout ~, thn haach till twoIyp o'clnek