Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-11-14

wife. of all the incapable, indoleni-
! can bear everything about tha, wo.
man. DIR. Saul, hut her folded hands
and gool humor, but that drives me
frantic. Sunshine
'lou'il nave them la Pontefract' 5
Woods as neighbDrs. took No. 320
for thcm,' sail Saul. You can look
II ON The whole family as missionary
ground, and 20 to work in it. Piley
Will bring them up in a week or two, |
suppose
Al least I'll attend To having the
house set IN order for them The
/ door-bcll rang at that moment and her
face changed. There they are. That
j. Susan Piliey's gurgle OF laugh IT
shes alive. aud the children as usual
all taking Al once
We rose in confusion and followed
her. NON Mel's heart woul,i warm 10
a luug u he came as guest. was
moi al All surprised wien reached the
hail To find her with SWAIN of Young
PiIIoNs cunging to hcl. While She
laughed and kissed and huggci their
mother with the sinccrest affection.
80 good in YOU 10 surprise IA, ia thi,
way. Nusi" : speculation meanwhile in
her eye a. 10 Where in tins box or a
house they were TO sleep.
1t was Ben's doing. The doctor
telcgraphed for him to come up last
Tuesday. but he said. no. lie would
bring tile whole family and SHOW you
all that hc could act with decision ald
prompuy-fof once with the usual
running accompaniment Of laugh.
Bat where j. Benz
GA lie lost one OF the checks for
the largest trunk, believe. aud those
stupid baggage-people would make a
difficulty. 80 he sent us before him.
Here he comes. as Ben, tall and thin
a, ever, and wi;h the usual appearance
of having ju,, been blown rs yiolcnt
wind into an excited good humor,
came in
God hlc~, YOU. boys = sciziul the
oh doctors hand and mine. melted
AT the first touch. There certainly
neYor was fellow as gentle and GEM
ine as pillcv. Melicent. when he
turned TO her, gaze him a mother,
kiss, Her keen eyes had already tie
patches on his coat, and that Susan
ani the children, july n il was. were
sill persplring in their winter clothes.
The water stood in her eyes with all
their keenness
Now, could anything bc better
than this: !: cried Ben. linging hat and
Na.ise IN one corner. All here to-
: sN''N' "HNS 'HoiS AAu no HOpc oi
seeing the doctor tonight. tell YOU
doctor, that offer of yours was the
plank TO the drowning man. had
well-nigh gone under. And You're
just at supper. Were always just in
time. Sue. Here Joe, aud jim. and
Molly. ticking them of with enormous
slices of bread and jam. Were all
half-staryed-forgot somehow 10 bring
lunch.
What about the lost trunk : inter-
posed Meicent.
oh. il will turn up sometime.
put The matter into the hands of a cab
man down there, an honest. reliable
looking fellow. couldn't stay all
night. What became Of the check is
the mystery. did not put it into the
unlucby pocket Sue
His wife laughed. giving the baby n
lump of sugar.
'Eh Iow's that. Pilley"
a pocket Of mine, out Of which
nothing comes at the right season.
Cost Us dear, though, lately. You
heard of the chance lost in A
collegeF No! Vacant chair of as
tronomy and natural sciences. Why,
Saul energetically. their observatory
consider equal 10 that OF any in the
country. They've one leu, there which
a man would give years of his life for
the chance Of using
Was the professorship offered to
you:'
Yes. The most absurd mistake
The trustees wrote to me making the
proposition, and of course | accepted.
1t was just after closed my school. !
put nv letter in this pocket. No, |
did not neglect To send it, but when
did forgot 10 put Il stamp on II. 1t
was too bad, too bad = growing serious.
They waited until their patience gave
out. and then Boehm, a German from
Bonn, was pushed in by his friends.
A month afterward my letter came out
of our village postofiice. quite clean
and fresh
The salary was large suppose"
Yes. But one can make money
anywhere. But such lens
When will Your furniture be here,
Susy?' said Melicent. TO break the
awkward pause.
Ben and his wife glanced at each
other aud laughed. 10 tel. the truth,
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