Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-05-05
Miscellaneous.



One day. a good many years ago, q
young woman knocked AT the door Of 4
little cottage in the suburbs of the
town of New-castle-upon-Tyne. The
knocN was Immediately responded TO
hy the opening of the door within. An
agel woman. neatly dressed, and who
hal evidently risen from her wheel
was the sole inmate of the little cot.
bless your heart. girl. said the
dame, as she entered with her visitor,
and sat down to the wheel again
there must surely be something par
ticular abou. You to-day. for you did
not use to knock"
i was afraid some one might he with
you, mother said the girl who had
taken a seat opposite the spinner
And though a neighbor had been
here. replied the uame. this surely
wouldn have frightened you away.
But the truth is. YOU have got some
thing 10 say, somethin. 10 say 10 me.
Catherine continued the speaker.
kindly; 'ont with it, my dear, depend
upon the best counsel old Hannah can
give
The Young woman blushed deeply,
and did not speak.
Has William Hutton asked YOU to
become his wife. Catherine said the
dame, who easily and rightly antici-
patcd the matter that was in the
thoughts Of her youthful visitor.
He has mother" was the reply.
he woman began to birr earnestly
At her wheel.
Well. my dear said she after a
short pause. rs not this what you have
long expected-aye and wished: He
has Your heart and so. | suppose, II
needs no witch 10 tell what will be the
end ont
This might be all very true, but there
WAS something on GATHERINGS mind
which struggled TO be out, and out il
came.
Dear Hannah said she. seating her
self close by the dame, and taking her
by the hand, you bave been kind
friend-a parent-to me since my poor
mother died, and have no one TO look
10 for advice but Yourself | have not
given William an answer. and would
not until had spoken to YOU more
especially as something-as you once
said
What did l say, Catherine inter.
rupted the old woman: nothing
against the man you love surely. ii,
is, from all that have seen and heard
kindhearted. industrious. and every
way welibehaved.'
Yes Hannah replied the woman
but You once said, after had brought
him once or twice to see YOU, that YOU
did not like those-those sort Of low
fits that sometimes fall upon him, ever
while in your company. l have offer
noticed them since, Hannah continue.
Catherine, with sigh.
Plague on my thoughtless tongu,
for saying such things to vex you, IN,
dear child? He was soldier, yo,
know. a good many years ago-befor,
he was twenty-and fought for hi
country. Perhaps he may have seer
sights then that made him grave t.
think upon. without blaming himself =
But whatever it D,ay be, meant not
Catherine, that you should take sucl
passing words to heart. Ii he has som
little cares, you will easily sooth them
and make him happy.
As the worthy dame spoke, her visi
tors brow cleared, and after som
further conversation, Catherine left tn
cottage, lighted at heart by the though
that her old friend approved Of he
following the course to which her in
clination led her.
Catherine Smith was we'll entitled :
pay respect to the counsel of Hannai
The latter had never married, and ha
spent the greater part of her life in tn
service of = wealthy family at Morpeti
When she was there, the widowe
mother of Catherine had died at New
castle and on learning of the circun
stances, Hannah though friend merel,
and no relation, had sent for the orpha
girl. then about ten years of age, an
had taken care Of her until she grew I
to maintain herself by service. q
finding herself unable to continue
working-life longer, Hannah had returl
r ed TO Newcastle, her native plac
; where she lived in humble comfort {
the earnings Of her long career
servitude. Catherine came back vii
! her to Newcastle, and immediate
entered into service there. Ham,
and Catherine had been two years
these respective situations, when Il
I dialogue which has just been record,
took place.
: On the succeeding expiry of her ter
of service, Catherine was married
the man whose name has been stat
as being William Hutton. He was
Joiner by trade, and bore, as Hann'
said, an excellent character. The fit
' visit paid by the new married coup
was to the cottage Of the old woma
who gazed on them with truly mate
= nal pride, thinking she had never &c
O. so handsome . couple. The few yea
spent by Hutton in the army had Civ
. to his naturally good figure an ere
manliness, which looked IS well in o
of his sex, as the light, graceful, q
f.;. ;noonunua c0untenancA Of ca