Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-03-28
permit me to present my sister, Miss
Allen: Mr.. Merrill. Carrie.
The young people bowed, and Merrill

70 be allowed to remain here, as | ar
partial 10 outdoor air.
lexpected you sooner, or | should
have warned Mr.. Merrill tha, he would
md II pleasanter in the library, Carrie
added.
johnnie found me fighting yellow
jackets, and was loath to leave them un.
subdued, "a we had robbed neighbor
Bartons wife OF boiler of hot suds ex.
presslv for vigorous attack, and the
men were little shy of grading into the
fence corner until had wet down the
squatters. Fire would not answer. As
the nest was on the lower rail. and the
4 grass would have been almost sure In
| catch.
| But come into the house. George. and
after dinner, will show Won a, pretty
/ place To throw fy as there i in the
| State.
Sit down, while | Law off nv denims.
said Harvey, a. he led his guest into n
coy little sitting room.
lou Will find some papers there.
though lsuppos YOU digested a daily thi.
morning There j. the last .igricuhur-
t5, viii warrant you have not seen thar
| and Hearth and Home or two. if INV
sister ha, not given them 10 our dairy
woman children, as she generally does
| Whcn she has read them herself; thinking
mat the poor we have always with Us |
suppose.
II be back IN less than sever minutes,
SO make yourself easv. cried the merry
fellow as he ran up stairs.
seating himself by the open window
ne young man. while awaiting the re-
turn oi his friend. looked about him.
he same Iolly, frank soul that he
was at New Haven. nothing could spoil
MIN, though how he can stav in thi, Quiet
place. ana drudge through these hot
days, when he is one of the best chemi sta
that ever took his B. $, is ahead Of nv
calculatio rs
Il don't know, though either. n. be
stand, much in need OF nv comIni,era.
tl"n, with that widc-awake sister of his
ior company. Let's see here's a piano.
there's sewing machine. that guitar
must be hers too, and shades ofRanhacl'
there easel; Allen don't paint So
liloquized he, stepping quietly into the
ba! window TO get better view.
Looking out, he saw that the sketch
represented the meadows and hill be-
lore him with great fidelity.
DO all these things, and biz washinps
TO boot, eh: Well. il anv man had toId
me | wouldn't have believed il: cool.
dinners. too, no doubt wonder il She
a'"aSS expects to live i'll this way, he
mu-ed, reseAting himself
Allen told Inc that his sister was n,
Mount Holyok-. until after her mother
uied now she IL paving for her educa-
hoh by keeping house for hcrfather. like
dutiiul child; and household help be-
lh2 80 uncertain. she helps herself, with
,he assistance OF thai little creature that
/ "a" peeling potatoes. and her brother
'''Whn e. ife",f asgPs,.
ness-like way thar must To az - = -;
such training
III get myselfin TO stav "A week.
just TO study her, for she certainly dit
icrs much from any woman whom
have met
The young man stretched himself out
in the easy chair and yawncd
The still summer day and his mcdita-
ton combined, rendered him well con-
tent with his situation. Their character
were leave Tor the future to develop.
soon tho her apparent came down,
hummins softly snatch from the last
opera. Taking a chair, he inquired;
How did YOU happen to find u out,
Merrill? had no idea of YOUR being so
far from the gay world at this season :.
supposed YOU were at Saratoga, or were
of for trip TO the Thousand Isles, with
q lot of other fellows who had the sum
mer to kill artistically.'
Not l, indeed. Then YOU hadn't
heard that had quictei into a sober
Young NJ. d., aud had been admitted 10
Partnership with old DR. Selwin, with
fair prospect OF succeeding to hi, prac-
tee one OF these fine mornings
Not word of il. Permit Inc to offer
congratulations upon Your luck V escape
ffom the ranks OF the do-nothing brig
age, which generally recruits among YOU
chap, who have a heavy bank account
under your lee
Thank You, old fellow, and in return
let me ask what you are devoting Your
surplus energies To Expected 10 hear
OF YOU as settled in a drug store in
Thriving western town, or a superin-
tendent OF some chemical works nearer
home
i am intending to enter upon the lat
ter in the spring.
Indeed, where do Won propose locat-
ing"
Here
Here. why l didn't suppose there
was an opening for that sort of thing
within fifty miles of this neighborhood.' ;
Il here is though; propose to engage
IN the manufacture of grass, beef and
mutton
You don't mean to say that YOU will
turn farmer?
No, not turn farmer, for Lave been
one from boyhood, and nv father is get
ting old and mean to rent the place in
the spring, and install him in the chin
ey-corner for the remainder of his
days
'All right, I'll give in; but why ex-
pend such sum upon your education
II its all to be buried in the earth
The most fitting place for it. l bury
II that II may grow, and if | bring this
farm upto high standard and introduce
improved stock and labor-saving ma
chinery, j t will he money we'll spent,
not only for me as an individual, but for
every member of the community in
which was reared.
why, yon are a regular enthusiast,
Allen; you, whom we used to consider
so calm and unmcved, as you worked
among us in the laboratory.
~ enough ~ ulakc one enthusiastic
too see the future that is before the aeri-
culturists of this country if they will but
reach forth and grasp it, replied Allen,
his clear eve kindling as he spoke.
Such an army Of non producers to feed
around every manufacturing village, and
wars and rumors of wars in Europe.
enough to insure ready market for ali
the breadstuffs which we can spare.
Dinner is ready, Harvey, said a pleas
ant voice in the doorway, behind Mer-
rill.
lie turned and saw Carrie, in a fresh
white muslin, with a rosebud at her
throat, and two or three twisted care
lessly amO & the braids of dark brown
hair
She presided at theltable with grace
which charmed the fastidions Young phv-
sician, even more than her self-possession
over the wash-tub, and, the meal finished
he seemed in no hurry to pursue the sport
which he had left his duties in the city
tc enjoy.