Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-01-18

y not that last characteristics the seer
q many women keeping right. aud ,
ueny others going wrong?
- brushed the bloom of the peac
Noeniy when he went away, ior th,
v.aied idolatry of his had been yer
casant to her; nevertheless she bore
nvely, and made the best of that whic
eniAined to her. Il am sorry. for ws
20 fond OF him. she said to her love,
With that disarming frankpess wbic
omen oi her calibie know so we'll ho,
g use. And Mr.. Bligh, hearing hel
3ld not wonder that his nephew ha
zen scorchcd BY the fiery ordeal throug
gnich he had passed.
Ahere was this about Il. too. tha,
Wss such clean fire that even her ow
sex could not ,desDise and condemn an,
Rsophecy evil things concerning Mis-
A'undec's warmth. just as she love,
nght, and dancing, and flowers. an,
sweet sounds, so did she love To h
ioyea; And though II made her danger
Jus u never made her despicable. An,
rshow men understood this. and :.
Ssscea .S her ether foibles because a
nc'I giauness that she was free fron
greater ones. Va" ''eo IRON
was only about a week hefora IN,
my hxed for their marriage. that Mr.
Dugh ventured to speak decisivclt +,
her: Very earnestly aud gcntlv h,
spoke, bcseeching her 10 omen MI ha,
neart TO him, and to tell him If any n, be,
MAJ Ma. nad ever displaced his. And
se listened to him thought,ully. and
an aeu ner own emotions, and finally
n ne had come first, | should have
loscu tIheo desperately; a. II was i
uIoa iare let myself. You're NOT afra;5
are yrl? "o' 'ra'o
IN! ior your happincss, my poor
- =; nc SAID, not Tor NV own honor.
-, rag you SO much, you know she
.siu' energetically-'it does seem 40 bar,l
l1n'' one can't express all ONES H,t,e
s'aations of feeling in words-I like
you so much-but it's dark TO ire nov
without him, she added with a .udI.n
passion That carried her out of herself.
be his wife. "o'o'
ne Is the younger mau-and-you
Ire right. lie tried TO sav IL calmly
,ut IL was an awful blow; and again. a,
ne strength OF his manhood wa, shaLen
'iadse wavered. and slrovc to comfort
liin.
Leu 'hings go on and I shall forcet
nm, or grow indifferent 10 him.I lnow
ny Nseii-l shall live il down,
You need not. poor child. for he
owes you too Wv
Yes, know that, >he answered with
nc reckless opcnne.s that mai. har
What she was. ~
After that, 20 much al the world "a
nc" we bighN aud Dundees had n
'e'h ahi delightful source OF wonder
i"ht Tor time. The marriage between
ne owner n the Chase aud Made wa
'oAeh on, ahd still they were frirudIy
''d sun neither would dli~tentoeuc wn-I
sahet or comment on the con,iuct III
&c other. lime would tell. people said
ipiehtlN, rc,crving their belief a. +.
nat time would tell to themselves.
tnTigc, aud contained these hes, wit,orI,r1
Your uncle has promised IL explain
rerything. need only -ay that shall
Iways be Your faithful friend, MAigr
dundee
The other was from hi, uncle, and
onialncd FREQ forgiveness, (this was
MY implied, not coarsciy vnluutccrcdD y
nj a full account. Come back and
lin what have lost, and a love YOU
: my son, so will | love her a. my
aughter.' That was something like AN
lvitaiion from defeated to "A success
ii lover,
Once more fate was against thing-
lghting themselves in the clear and good
5ay that was made so open. Theo had
y this time taken a situation in mcr-
antile house III New York situation
I trust, which he could not hastily quit,
r place another man in rl.hly. Great
interests were involved in it, which hr
ould not endanger by his absence far a
ear at least. But life was bright TO him
gain, and he bore the delay bIavely,
aving illmitable faith in the girl he
owed and in himself Had She not gal
antly won this faith by avowiug her
Owe for him, and losing the richer man
nd the better position by the avowal?
lad she not. OF her own free will, writ
en- 10 him those few sweet words ot
,romise! Small wonder that he could
i've contentedly through the present,
When such future doomed before him.
At last he was lree-irec TO 90 home
md win his bride, aud obtain personal
Ibsolution from his uncle for those sins
which love had made him commit. Fate
avored him now. The steamer was a
a-t one, and in fortnight he was down
II the Chase, grasping his uucle's ha Il .
And now YOU know what my next
move will be- he said, when the greet
ngs were over, subduing his own glad
less as much as he could, out OF respect
or the sorrow By which his uncle had
bought il. What is the matter" he add
"a in alarm, seeing a change In the kind
,ordial face that was bent on him. You
know have come TO ask her TO be my
wife,
Il have borne an awful grief and dis
but I'd bear il again ruth-
,r than have to tell this TO you my boy.
You have stayed too long.
Coed heaven! is she dead.'
Not dead, but as lost to you as if she
were; and she must never hear YOU have
come, or she will be true to herself, pit
iful and overland, and-like woman
shall l say. She is married,
and you have staid too long
1t did not kill him, and it did not send
him TO the bad, q convenient locality to
which fiction writers frequently consign
their Tilted heroes. But it dulled his
life, and robbed him of his belief in the
goodness and fidelity of women.
Notwithstanding which he Drgave
her, anh was friendly with her in the
after-years: and though her fickleness
had earned his contempt, he never paid
the debt. And so poetical justice was
not awarded to the fragrant flirt' Bonnie
Dundee, who would have been better
woman if she had not been SO thorough
q one.
SCorr AND DUvALL.-The following
anecdote on Gov. James F. Robinson