Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-08-21

I Ntu oul III ineelln among all the glrlS,
and asked who you was
| hated him worse ,han ever after
that and when he got through a-talk-
ing with Jack, and come and set down
on the settce where was busy patch
ing Jack $ overalls, l wished ter good
ness one of us he'd the coat of invisi-
bility I'd read about in the fairy-books
and | wouldn't make no sort of con
versation with him, but jest said yves"
and mo" And when he asked if |
took any interest in farming, | told
him there want nothing more hateful
ter me ; and
II s'pose you're familiar with my
I place" says he.
"Oh yes" says |. "You must feel
/ the wind from the four corners of the
earth, the situations SO exposed. The
Blounts was allus complaining OF in
( fluenzie, and a.sncczing and shivering
/ over the fires"
And then he laughed good-naturedlv.
and said, You seem ter forget that
summer pays us call once a wear. and
pays up for all old winters tricks !"
and he went on 10 tell how much pleas
ure lie expected in watching the spring
/ open, and the leaves unfolding, and the
faint breath Of bloom deepening day
by day, till We find the blossom on the
/ bough and the full blade in the ear.
You oughter hev ben preacher"
said |.
II would be- said he, AZ there was
chance OF my converting you :" And
then the deacon said it was about time
fur mother ter be looking fur him
home, aud never bid anybody good
by with better relish
Whenever We come out of meetin'.
there was Ferris a-standing in tile
porch, staring with all his eyes and
onst he asked ter walk home with me
IN broad daylight, and jest told him
was going ter make call by the way.
though II want my habit 10 be calling
round Sabbath-day but, you see, its
good bit Of ground from the meetin'-
house ter the farm, and | hednt no
mind ter be wasting my time and breath
in his service that far
He he'd housc-warm.ng. too, a little
later, and invited young and old, rich
and poor, and me and Jack among EN-;
and nothing ter do but must 20. Jack
said there want no sense in my setting
myself up and putting on airs because
a fellow want rs putty as q wax doll,
when he was good as gold, and tie
best match for miles around and
might thank my stars if sich = one
/ looked at fhc. And so | went and
wore the uglicst gownd | he'd, and de-
voted of myself ter old-lady pct,igrcw,
while the young folks was PLAYING
games and flirting, aud pulling candy
/ IN the kitchen. And she carried me
all the wav through hnr cnurtship, and
/ the children's mumps and whooping-
cough, and Mr.. Pcttigrew's blind
staggers ; and jest rs she was in the
thick Of soap-making see Elisha
Ferris pushing our way, and my heart
begun ter sink inter the holIcrs OF my
feet, for | knew he was coming ter
take me out ter supper. an Id rithcr
hey starved fust And what 10 YOU
think he did but walk straight up u
Us and oiier his arm to-old-lady
Petugrew | was as mad As fire, and
glad of IT too, If ever you hcerd OF siCh
a case. But made il even with hin
when We came ter 20 oil. Saws he,
"Ahall | see YOU home -
Thank you," says and he begun
10 crook hi, elbow. But | hcv com
pauy already" | added, after keeping
him in suspense q while and 50 he'll,
only il was nobody hut Jack and I'LL
girl, Becky Harris Now Aunt >ophy
he'd bin making a patchwork quilt,
time out Of mind-a real Jobs trouble
and every time she'd git it out she'd
tell you who he'd q gownd like this hit,
AMI who he'd aprons off Of that other
SO il was a most Ike story-book. will
more chapters than you could shake \
stick at. Glneration after gineratlon
was represented in that quilt, so ter
speak here was scrd that he'd BE-
longcd ter her great-grandmother
when calico was as costly as delalne,
and there was scrap of her own baby
frocks, and yonder piece of her un-
good as regular genealogical tree,
root and branch and blossom. And
Id he'd no end of trouble with it my
self, fur aunts eyes was failing Of her
and if I'd threaded one needle, bed
a thousand and one, and made enough
knots an hour ter take me across the
Atlantic Ocean in week. No matter
whether | was taking off the butter, or
skiInming the milk, or trying out lard.
Aunt Sophy was at my elbow with
thread and needle; ter tell the truth,
she was that blind she mistook "A fiy on
the pantry wall for nail one day, and
set ter work ter hang the milk-straner
on ter it. The fly resisted Well, the
Jobs trouble was ended at last, and
thought mine he'd too, as far as that
quilt was concerned but, goodness
it hedn't only jest begun, cording ter
some folks thinking. Nothing ter do
but Aunt Sophy must must hev quilt
ing, and ask the young men in the
evening ter supper and frolic. hedn'U
nothing ter say agin that, for | was as
keen after sport as the next one, only
l didn't mean that Elisha Ferris should
come inside our doors that night |
thought the sight Of his ugly face
would jest spile the whole fun? How
ever, the folks come in the afternoon,
and used their tongues and fingers
pretty nimbly quilted in herring-bone,
and gossiped about the good old times,
when girls weren't so for'ard. and but
ter and eggs fetched more, and about
Miss Somebody's new fixings, and Mr..
Iotherbody's house-raising, till it grew
dark and supper was ready. Aunt
Sophy and l we'd cooked up a sight of
nice things-roasted chickens, made
pies and jellies and .cakes-that did
your heart good ter look at, if 1 do say
it. And by-and-by the young fellows