Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-09-21

mental sex followed the example of
youthful Nature, and were prone To
over-dress and glaring etIoresence,
Miss JOS simple and tasteful raimcnt
added much to the physical charm of,
II 1t did not actually suggest senti-
ment to, her presence. 1t i said that
Euchre-deck Billy, working in the
gnich at the crossing. never saw Miss
olinsbee pass but what ne always re
marked apologetically to his partner
that he believed he must write a letter
home Even Bill Masters. who saw
her IN Paris presented to the favora-
bic criticism of that most fastidious
man, the late Emperor. said that she
was stunning, but big discount on
what she was AT Madrona Hollow.
IL was still early morning, but the
sun, with California extrava sancc, had
already begun 70 beat hotly on the lit
Tie chip hat and blue ribbons. and
Miss .Io was obliged to seek the shade
by by-path. Here she received the
tiinid advances of vagabonl yellow
dog graclously, until. emboldened by
ms successes, he insisted upon accom-
panying her. and becoming slobbcr-
ingly demonstrative. threatening her
spotless skirt with his dusty paws,
when she drove him from her with
some slight acerbitv, and stone which
haply fell within ffty feet Of its dcs-
tined mark. Having thus proved her
ability TO defend herself with charac.
tefisuc inconsistency she took a small
picn'c, and gathering her white skirts
IN one hand, and holding the hriln OF
her hat over her eyes with the other.
she ran swiftly at least a hundred
yards before shc stopped. Then She
began picking some ferns and a few
"iid howers still spared to the wither-
Ell heids, and then 4 sudden distrnst OF
her small ankles seized her, aud she
inspected them narrowly for those
bur-. bugs and snakes, which Are sup
posed 10 Ilc IN wait for helpless wo-
manhood. Then she pluckcd some
golden heads Of villa oats. and with
sudden Inspiration placed them ii Lvr
black hair, and then came quite nn-
consciouslv Y upon the trail leading to
Madrona Hollow.
Here she hcsitatc,i Before her
ran the little trail. Vanishing at last
into the boSkv i p,hs below. The .un
was very hot, She must be very far
from home. Why should she not rc,t
awhile under the shade of ma.lrono,
Nhe answered these questions b,
gong there AZ once. After thorough
ly exploring the grove, and SATISFYING
herself that il contained no other in .
ing human creatures, she sat down un-
der one of the largest trees. with Il
satisfactory little sigh. Miss Jo loved 7
the madrouo. II was a cicaniy tree,
M dust ever lav nnnn IL varniShnl
Was known 70 harbJr grub or insect.
She looked up al the rosy arm, in
teriocked and arched above her head. .
She looked down at the delicate ferns F..
and cryptOgams Al hrr feet. Something I
gIlttcrcd at the foot OF the tree She
picked II up It was a bracelet She Z
examined II carefully for cyphrr or ln-
scription; there was none. She could
not resist a natural desire d clasp ii
on her arm, and 10 survey ii from that
advantageous viewpoint. TINS ub.
sorbcd her attention for some mo-
ments; and when she looked up again
she bcheli At a littlc distance Culpcp-
per Ntarbotte.
He was standing where he hai halt
ed. with instructive delicacy. on first
discovering her. Indeed he had even
delibcratel whether he ought not u 70
away without disturbing her. But
some fascination held him 10 the spot. I
Wonderful power Of humanity. Far
beyond jutted All outlying spur of tie
Sierra. vast. compact aud silent.
Scarcely a hundred yards AWAY i long
leasued chasm dropped is sheer walls !
OF granite a thousand feet. GA every
side rose up the scrriei ranks OF pine
trees, in whose close set files ccnturiSc
Of storm and change had wrought no
breach. let all this seemed 10 Cul-
pepper 10 have been planed bv An All
wise Provid nee as the natural back
ground 10 the figure Of pretty girl in
Il yellow dress.
Although Miss .Jo had confidently
expected to meet Culpepper. some
where in her ramble:now that he had
come upon her suddenly, she felt d.-
appointed and embarrassed His man.
ner, too. WAS more than usually grave
and serious, and more than ever seem
ell TO jar upon that au1acious leyity
which was this giddy girls power and
security iii a society where all feeling
was dangerous. As he approached
her she rose to her feet, but almost be-
fore she knew it he had taken her hand
and drawn her TO seat beside him.
This was not what Miss 10 had ex-
pected, but nothing is SO difficult to
predicate as the exact preliminaries OF
declaration of love-
What did Culpepper says Nothing,
| fear, that will add anything to the
wisdom of the reader. nothing, | fear.
that Miss Jo had not heard substan-
TALLY from other lips before. But there
was a certain conviction, tire-speed.
and fury in the manner that was deli
NipuSiN ho'Si " tHc touu5 iddN. ~
was certainly something to be courted
In the nineteenth century with all the
passion and extravaganza of the six
teenth it was something to hear amid
the slang of frontier society, the
language of knight-errantry poured
into her by this lantern-jawed. dark
brown descendant of the Cavaliers.
do not know that there was anv-
thing more in it. The facts, however,
90 to show that at certain point Miss
Jo dEopped her glove, and that in re-
covering it Culpepper possessed him
self, first of her hand and then her lips.
When they stood up to go Culpepper
had his arm around her waist, and her
black hair, with its sheaf of golden
oats, rested against the breast pocket
uf his coat. But even then l do not
think her fancy was entirely captive.