Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-01-12
Miscellaneous.
What came Of the EARTHQUAKE.

I'll Ia. deacon should come ia" che
;nurmur'i, "Dcacoa Is dreadClly
severe CA cards. and-Ilark 80
"IfandlN'~ gone Oh, for a walk dar,
in-. said 'Icclcv. her sweet face ear.
n,>' pleas hurry And she com
posed herseii,o listen. adding with :
utiie qua'eriIg laugh. Tell me whom
l>hall marry.
Nonii marK John Saunders" wa.
tpiN.
'tci, shook her head. shadow
cro>ed hcr face
hi say YOU viii. dears." repeat
ed ~ little old Lad, Il decided tone.
granny. n's impossible now 4
halt whispered the girl. for John .ud
haAr qiarrclci."
"l"Nci' quarrel>. child. makes u,
di'l'fcnce whatever. responded ID,
o.d iait. sharply, s,l shufilin. th,
ears. Il tell YOU Zee. it in m,
buEr-"
Ne" don't you see q in the cari>'
"pon't | or course 10. Thor.
s"a stand. with light girl bc,rcer
Noa-'cry light; she f4ce- vou. an,
o. i4rcs sou. HI, loan ~Aund . q.
-nd t"drc going Ia marry han. u
M -c-'iiAmHui> are months There.
eic'tH IA all lr~s than wear.
t"liJou -. ueary. Massy sake &.
ihsi Tie deacon. Aud under al.
breadth Of her generous linen aplpi
welt the cards
No. granny. IL, the grocer, boy.
npled Cicell, looking i4ruush tll,
saS- half Of the oh fashioned doer.
"Deacou's - set AN. out cam,
"A cards again.
. I'll Hsed 10 Dc ma,tcr-Aaui =; III.
lntfortln- when | aa- Young wuina.
AT worldly. Folks said IA maze :
mat o money If | charged nrit. a,
fat fori'utcllcrs 10. aui / '.un'i u.
ioibt "f b.. Why. ta'5 : q, HaWl...
I lha "A>-marg,I 4 llcu.irl,tA: .lr.H
T now any ue..r-whcn farmer Il
.N "a great AG-Alu. THAT Arg bean
move come back from the h>hin.
gro,d. and no more he didai.
I Told .ezzr Il Ackmcr-shc that's :
Jonc uOw-thAt she wouldn't kee,
Der ian over next Christmas | wen
to h funeral. Dear, dear, what
+ sWeetcorpse he made -
"O' cried ticeiy, with a littl,
7h,vct did YOU see all that in TIA,
c.:d> r
w II. yes, | thought / did but
kiniei guess felt it more in my bones
Isas awful weather too. that year. a
the tshing-ground ana poor 10,
Blackn"r had consumption; lac neyc
was good for much. Where'd yor
ind thnn cards. child =
''in .he old blue sea-che.t up stain.
Ciccly replied. absently.
Iw.uldu't do for the deacon TO sc,
en-, sad the pretty little old lady
for. - Clcely declared, size wa,
picture. with her white ouhs.. brLA
eyes. ard ROSY checks. He, AN
fully dJ,n on cards; but somehow
they seem kinder natural 10 me, sA
contlnueI shuiiliug them again. an,
I've hat many q good game fore
married YOUR gran'ther. He don
know one ard from another, poor sou
and spse lis best lie don't.
haven't hal \ pack in lny hands 70
thirty years or up'ard. Iou see.
used 10 go hoae once in twel month
and Your amt Smanthy, as good
women rs Ner male pie-crust. sh
would hsye ler little game o cards
and 50 | always humored her bat
bless YOU, it wouldn't do to let tn
deacon know it. S'manth's been dc4,
lhirty years this month She vas beau
tliul At whist. iiere, child. pat .cu
out o the way quick I'm sure | hea
the deacon now
Clceiy took the cards, and ran al
into her own little room with them
Placing them securely away, she pro
ceeded to tie her hair with a lon.
PINK ribbon. knotting it tastefully OF
the top of her head,
lie cart help loving me- shc -
peated To herself, with a saucy littl,
nod. as she arrnged her curls, gain.
INTO a pair of sunny. sailing eyes
but while she looked a shadow dim
med their brightness ; the pretty fac,
grew sad as she murmured, in hal
whisper. Oh dear, if it wasn't for IN,
dreadful tongue -
She sat down to think over that las
interview.
i needn't have been so hateful sh,
murmured, her lips trembling it'll,
a. faithful memory reproduced til,
scene.
l told him that | had nerer loved
hun what an awful falsehood Thi.
IS the second quarrel. too. | know
how It will be-he won't give IN, and
III die first. What ask John Saund.
er's pardon. Never,
80. with glowing cheeks and shin.
in eyes .Cicely sat and stitched in the
sunshine. her pretty face as resolute as
II no handsome John Saunders had
ever called forth its dimpling smiles.
or teased il into the momentary kind
ling Of anger. Nobody noticed how
quiet she was. as, after her sewing
WAS done, she went about the usual
preparation for the evening meal, ex-
cept Bob, "a rough boy Of twelve, who
watched her furtively whenever he
glanced up from the battered copy of
Robinson Crusoe' which he was read
ing.
"Say Cicy, / saw Let Davis coming
home from school" at last be said.
and went on reading with all is might
Now Lettie Davis was the light girl
in the cards standing between Cicely