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

and asked who you was"
| hated him worse man ever after
that and when he got through a-talk
ing with Jack, and come and set down
on the settee where was busy patch
ing Jack 5 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 "yes"
and mo" And when he asked if |
took any interest in farming. | told
him there want nothing more hateful
ter me ; and
Il s'pose you're familiar with my
{ 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-sneezing and shivering
over the fires
And then he laughed good-naturcdly
/ and said, You seem ter forget that
/ summer pays us a call once year, and
pays up for all old winters tricks =
!
IRE lie expected in watching the spring
1 open, and the leaves unfolding, and the
/ faint breath Of bloom deepening day
/ by day, till We find the blossom on the
/ hough and the full blade in the ear
You oughter hev ben n preacher,
; said L.
! II would be-" said he, AZ there was
a chance OF my converting you. :" And
/ then the deacon said it vas about time
fur mother ter he 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 the
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 n call by the way,
/ though it want my habit 10 be callin.
round Sabbath-day but, you see, its
good bit of ground from the meetin'-
house ter the farm, and hedn't no
mind ter be wasting my time and breath
/ in bis service that far!
! He he'd house-warm,ng, too, little
later, and invited young and old, rich
and poor, and me and Jack among en-;
and nothing ter do but | must 60. Jack
said there want no sense in my setting
myself up and putting on airs because
fellow want rs putty as a wax doll,
when he was good as gold, and tile
best match for miles around and
might thank my stars if SIGH a one
. looked at fne. And so | went and |
wore the uglest gownd | he'd, and de-
voted of myself ter old-lady Pettigrew,
while the young folks was PLAYING
games and flirting, and pulling candy
in the kitchen. Aud she carried me
all the wav through hnr "nurtshp, and
the Chlldren's mumps and whooplnL-
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
began ter sink inter the hol!crs of my
feet, for | knew he was coming ter
take me out ter supper. an Id rither
hcv starved fust. And what do you
think he did but walk straight up to
US and offer his arm to-old-lady
Pettigrew was as mad as fire, and
glad of it too, If ever YOU heerd OF SIGH
case But made it even with him
when We came ter so OIL Says he,
shall see YOU home ~
Thank you," says | and he begun
TO crook his elbow. But | hey COM
pany already" added, after keeping
him in suspense 4 while and 50 | he'd,
only il was nobody but Jack and his
girl, Becky Harris: Now Aunt >ophy
he'd bin making patchwork guilt,
time out of mind-a real Jobs trouble /;
and every time she'd git it out she'd
tell you who he'd a gownd like this ht
ana who he'd aprons of Of that other !;
so it Was most ike 4 storv-book, with
more chapters than you could shake 4
stick al. Generation after gineratlOn
was represented in that quilt, SO ter
speak here was scrid that he'd be-
longcd ter her great-grandmother,
when calico was as costly as deialne,
and there was a scrap of her own baby
frocks, and yonder piece of her uu-
cles wifes sisters In fact, twas a.
good as q regular genealogical tree,
root and branch and blossom. And
|. Id he'd no end of trouble with it my
, self, fur aunt's eyes was failing of her
and if I'd threaded one needle, he'd
q 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
skimming 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 mstook fly on
: the pantry wall for nail one day, and
set ter work ter hang the milk-strainer
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't
nothing ter say agin that, for | was as
keen after sport as the next one, only
| didn't mean that Elisha Ferris should
I come inside our doors that night; |
thought the sight of his ugly face
! would jest Spite 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 fxings, and Mr.
5 Totherbody's house-raising, till it grew
dark and supper was ready. Aunt
Sophy and we'd cooked up sight Of
9 nice things-roasted chickens, made
+! pies and jellies and .cakes-that did
your heart good ter look at, if do say
t it. And by-and-by the young fellows
| hpoun tn nour in in their Supday-oo.