Ellsworth American., 1872-05-16

''''''t HSf iboic CLOSELY. ana as | dt
80 little by little the vision becatn
more familiar. The face was not
strange one. but to place it in a sati.
'at tory locality was puzzle. l though
ot my school days in Medwav, Mass.
of the girls and boys who used to 81
in Tic same cliss-room with Inc. !
dreamy siupur came over me.
Thought was back in the Bay Stat
a-an. and that | was chasing a l,ttl
yellow-haired girl over the fields an,
meadows: that when about To IA,
hands on her she would elude IN,
grasp with n merry laugh How Ion.
| might have drcamt | canno, tell i'm
| was suddenly aroused by tile stop
ping OF the coach. and the yell of tn,
driver. Columbus =
As became fully conscious. turn.
cd TO see where my fellow passenger.
were. They were gone but upon III,
walk IN front of the hotel where ".
had stppDed. | saw the lady aboYl
whom had been puzzling my brain
Ia the arms oil tall, heavy bearded
man, smiles of undi>guised pleasure
| pla1iIg uDon both faces.
'ilusb'nd and wife, | mentally cjac.
uIatcd my future employer
Not caring 10 remain at the hote.
where the coach stopped, | lnqulr Il Of
/ one oil Tue ioungcrs at the door. as To
the locality where the contemplated
newspaper was y be published. llav-
Ing learned this. set out 10 find il.
which | din. There was no mdlca.
lions that anything hal been done 10
"afd pushing ON the enterprise. as the
building seemed 10 he deserted. En-
tcTing II, all the doors being unlock Il
l iound the iirst door Uttered with ma-
thi"efN, thrown proniscously together
parts OF Il hand-prcss. IN. xcd up
with part uf = Rug-ic's up-ide-iown
J'h"rr. 6"Ihg upstairs, found thc
>"ihc chLotic state OF affairs Cases.
s'""cs' boxes Of type, sonc opcl.
'"Ine broken, as II done purpuselN ty
t'c negroes VINO hld carried the na.
tcrlil IN. | felt DISCOURAGED ami
heartily sick Of my prosprc.s. As
stool, iike au pograpnlc Marlus, IooA-
my upon the RUNS | was startled by /.
step ant II voice.
Is thi, NJ. Rlnsom:
turned and II, held the gentleman
who had taken away the l.,y pt,,,..-
ger OF The stage coach, huldiug o..t hl,
maud 10y Nay OF welcome.
lr>. sli, returned. Col. Davil>.
presume
AZ Aour service and, without W at
ing ior 4 r,Jpindcr. continued: FMS
-- 30 -~--'' - '-''-.' I'm s,rr, n
Ransom, That we nave not cVervthinii
Ia @oOI order, but whatever hep Nuu
may watt, 10 get matters straight,
Hoht bc afraid 10 sick it. By the
MAY haze engaged Two youm. lei
lows, printers, 10 come here and help
yon- II they salt you, keep them; if
"ot. act your own way. want YOU
10 suit y Yourself IN all mechanical ar
rangeincnts that may uc made. But
YOU must he tir. q by the long ride
Aou have had: 1t Is a long journey.
You will feel better in the morning.
however. Let us 90 down to tie hotci.
viii arrange matters there 10 suit
you. Come along = and without wait
In2 for All appeal, he lei the way.
Ine colonel spoke rapldly and IN a
sort of disconnected way ; yet there
WAS a tone oi gent.iity III his manner
and speech that spoke Of good breed
ing. lie was very tall, slender, yet
graceful IN his movements; but the
most attractive feature OF the man
was the head, which was massive, aud
indicative Of a powerful mind. His
dark gray eyes, while kindly express
we, nevertheless bespoke a viii tuait
| could not be conquered.
Upon arriving ut the hotel, whittier
accompanied him, the colonel, as he
was called. had Il whispered converse
| ton with the landlord, and then turn
| ing 10 me, said
Mr.. Ransom. Mr. Walker will take
good care oil you. May 1 expect you
III the morning.
Upon my assuring him that would
be at work on the following morning
he bade me Good afternoon, and went
off.
The hotel keeper was no eNceptio.
To the class who cater the traveller n
country towns. 80 soon as the coione
disappeared, he turned To me, with .
cJnii.icLtial wink. and said:
'Ihe kurnel l. a qucel man. | rcok
on You he GONG into the newspape
office with hlm!
Yes. l replied.
You know General Taylor. l recA
on!
No, have not that honor l re
turned
'Well, the coloncl's great friend o
Old lack S. Was through the Mex
can war with him. Ii hes 'lected,
reckon Kurnel Davids won't be lief
out III the cold
Il know very little about these mat
tiers, MIR. Wa ker,' replied, observing
that he was determined upon drawini
me into Il conversation. AS l ai
very tired, would be Obliged to yo
if you would show mc 10 ny room
! Being really fatigued by the ion
; ride and the constant jolting u whic
| had been subjected in the stag
, coac.l. sought my couch, and wa
. soon sound asleep.
On the following morning went t
= the Office, and found the two yOun
: men, of whom the colonel had spukel
, waiting for me. We went to work
!, earnest, and soon hal tue room clea
t Ell, and the stands put up. The wol
of laying the type, putting up I'll
. hand press, ETC., kept us employed f,
the next three days.
S On Saturday afternoon, the thi
e teenth day Of August. 1S4S, l had tt
d office in complete order for beginnin
> work. Having got the chases on Il
, stond, and the heading OF the pape
I, Columbus Wing, and the head coluu
}. and dste rules in position, ask'
e Colonel Davids, who stood by, watc
j. ing with evident interest the work 9