Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-02-18

outlive him yet. will not die"
Nevertheless she grew yet weaker. until
she was no more than half conscious ol
mortal things. While she was In this state
one day the bell began to toll, in token
that some poor soul was passing out alone
over the cold waters of eternity. The first
stroke of the bell aroused her wandering
already half-escaped senses. She even
counted the strokes-one, two, three, aud
SO on.
sixty, sixty-five. seventy. one, two,
three, four, .sre-serensy:fre r. screamed
the fierce old woman. She raised her head
and shoulders desperately. "Seventy-iive
Heaven above me. It's John Clough
they're tolling for. Ha, hal told him tu
his lace L d ouiliye him. They said | was
going to die, did they | VIII not die.
will not de
The people who had been listening with
momentarily chilled soleiHn hearts TO the
bell which tolled tor the departing soul oi
old John Clough had returned To their buy
Ing and selling. their gossipin. aud dress
Ing. their marrying and giving in marriage
and their poor little tricks to keep the
breath OF life within their bodies. | say
they had returned 10 nil this just the same.
for IL had been half AN houT-nay, had il
not struck threc-quarters g-sincc the bell
ceased tolling for old John Ciough. What
would you have? Must one think OF dead
people forever: Must-llark. what's that:
The great deep bell had begun TO toll
again. People ceased their poor little
tricks. and listened lain with solemn
hearts. One, two, three, chanled the great
bell-thirty, ioriy. sixty.
1T j, an Old pcrsoa-real old. SAID the
younger ones.
>ixty-one, sixty-four. sixtv-fiye. serenfy.
called The dccp-iBonthcd bell.
Miss Patience Hopkins struck her hands
together.
Heaven help us. IL widow Heather
clough." she exclaimed Them two old
crceiurs has gone into t'other world side
Ail side. God be mcrc.iul to u all. tnl.er
able sinners. | woLdrr II they'll ever
sqnaob!e any where they're gone. H..
wicked to question Gods mercy. bat Il
does appeal a. II heaven Mas hardly bis
enough 10 hold them two both al once"
And 80 II Wa. These two who had hated
each ol her and hurt each other aud abused
each other forty yc r.. had passed over to-
Grthcr quietly enough at last, TO The shore
whence the serene pilgrim OF etcruIty,
Looking backward. sees lnat al the sirii.-,
worry inss an tortneHts uf thu, world are
iheApte>sIDly mean. small aud pitiiul
Ay quietly, quietly cnou2h. God Auows !
Ihet died Within the same hour, the,
were buried Ia the same graveyard; and
her funeral procession went 10 through
the gale as his came out.
Il bcqlrath All nv possession, to nv
granddaughter, Mariana Cough" sad
the old mans will II also bequeath to
her AS sacred .egscy. HeatheTton PARK
lawsuit request her to ii.ht Tor that
property tilI she die, or gains po-sessIOu
oi H. III she gives II up while she Is alive
hope she may die ia the alIn-hou>c."
Land o liberty said Miss Patience.
TO think how two uoas- sr-erru Done
GdSgs dSgsi "sald the gossip.-
Mariana bought some black dresses. and
.tAld at home In the old tlough house
She was a handsome, clear hieh
spirited young woman OF three -and-twehiy
Mean time the opposing lawyer advertised
for the legal heirs OF the late BABY Iona
ueatherclough.
have told you OF two old people. II j.
lefl me now TO speak OF the love oi t"o
young people.
Itwas late In November. The two old
enemies had beeu sleeping quietly IN their
graves tor three months. The lawyer had
Al length found An heir 10 the estates oi
Babyloni2 Uestherclough. lhe sAld heii
Was nephew of the deceased lady. iil'
| mother had been her youngest sister lis
| father had been a cousin OF the decease'
| lady's husband. and his name Mas Heath
erclough too lie was coming in persoi
| TO take possession, he wrote. The new
had been formally announced to Mariana
Mariana took 1t quietly enough. In th
aiternoon-the pale November Afternoon
she walked out to the tiny lake IN III
middle OF the Bone" She hat not bee
there before since tbs tune her srandiAthe
aud Dame Heatherclough had quarreie
40 furiously Il was chilly, and Marian
forgot that she was in mournin. so FAR !
to wrap . scarlet shawl about her, nru
plump shoulders. She WAS always forge
ing the most important matters in lie
; ike the improperly OF putting on sea
let shawl over mourning for instance.
, She WAS melancholy, on the whole. II
| really did not know whether she meant
fight for her rights or not. She carried
, her hand a new wspaper, IN when she ~
0 lust been reading soul-discoura1n. sto
{ OF a strike and sickenlng fight among |
L iron workers in Wales. That made Il
. blue too. IL did not sound much like
e universal progress OF all humanity. reai
Ir This c, ,nical youn. lady sage was
wrapped in her contemplation Of the
/. pravity OF the human species that she
r not al all notice the tall specimen OF
- masculine human species which was
Ir preaching her with the long. free II
fe pendent stride of one that owned at le
d half The world. The masculine specIu
saw her, though, aud marked even
he brilliant scarlet shawl.
.h Hump" he said. in his odd, blunt
Red light danger ahead"
10 He went nearer. MY enemy re
newspapers, then! Sensible giri said
ed again.
is Still the cynical young lady sage did
ur see him. but went moaning with her u
ST. full wisdom So far as to remark, ale
in Pity that mortal nsn cannot see ont
MI OF his stomach.
on Right YOU are there, miss, answ'
l n deep. hearty voice at her ear
She looked up Instantly and saw
the A tail. solid, strong man, with chee
be red-brown as an autumn leaf. bold b
and eve. which looked at her clear and slra
mt lust as the man would have looked a
ear equal aud one of his own fearless, IN
aw- comrades. He didn't understand ca
be knight politenesss, you see. he tou
and his cap, though, as she looked up.
the My name is Wolf Heatherclough, n
arly ne said,
all Then the two pairs of eyes. one b
the other blue, looked at each other
red measured each other, and one glance
the Just IS frm, fearless, and decided a
OF other.
nan. I'm . civil engineer, and civil s
ana. . fellow generally, | hope. I've beeI
wer- veying Northern railroads, and I've
nph- " seen lady for ten years. Conseq
Iii w." continued the hearty, solid, 4
here Young man. Il don't know how to b
ith . to lady. The lawyer tells me tha
and are deadly enemies, though W
Il his er heard of each other before in or
ugh. We've each had grudge beQueatl
'oio' by q will, and we are to set to and
niu: each other like . Crow and Blat
.hu y 1t seems odd to thrash . fellow wi
'ooa never did you any harm,' said the
} -" young man. musiDgly.
.c,ion "Yes, Mr.. Heatherclough.'
! enc II don't know who's in the right
an he I'm sure" said Wolf. But when .
IN he has spent ten years surveying raj
raxed and farms so big that 1t was two
h;oh journey to cross 'em. twenty acres