Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-01-07

One November afternoon an urgent mes
sage had gone acros. TO The r.ctorv Ia
Mr.. Bree 10 dine at he White House; :,
/ Mr. Darin-ton'S cottage was called
Mr. Bree had declined To go. half gla,
To be out of dangers way for ouce-hi
iads were coming up to the ui.ht--chool
| ana Tie should be busy till eight O'Clock.
tpOh which came another message tina
Mr.. Darlington would put or dinins H.
el=ht II Mr.. Bree would 20 then So In
oVerpersuaded curate gave in, and Wen
something against his Will.
! Against hi will for two reasons. First
he va, al aid of his secret escaping iron
him before he had well made up hi. min,
what course lie ought To take; aud next
because his more frequent interviews Wit
Mr. Darlington had not strengthenc hi
hiking for that gentleman. At tunes sucl
Hi>hes OF bitterness broke from him, >uci
rough. barsh speeches. as made one woud
er what in the world was out of Joint y III
the iaan. who lived to all seeming ia >ucl
",",sn '"tjmiorrs = ANA after such
=, -. / they had happened AT dinner
!. t."ess certain Mr.. Darlington attempted
10 raise his spirits By drinking freely oi
the wines which he used To boast were
among the best in the country.
On this November evening Godfrey
could see. the moment he entered the din
lug room, that hi, host was in no particu-
larry happy frame Of mind.
lie received his guest. however, with
many expressions of welcome and vented
his Ill temper on the dinner. which he de-
clareu had been spoiled in the cooking !;
then, as though ashamed OF so much fault
nndIhg. II. turned the conversation TO des-
criplons OF the Lake country, which he
knew well. aud of which he spoke with
such happy fluency that it was difficult to
believe him Ia be- the same man who had
sat grnmbiing at the head OF his table "A
few minutes before.
Having achieved his point. he suddenly
suo-ided, aud playing listlesslr with a
wine-S lass, begged 10 know whe her Mr.
Bree had discovered any wonderful genius
among The clod-hoppers he was teaching.
or what made the occupation SO Particular
ly engrO>sipg.
The young man colored at the sneering
tone. 9ut answered with perfect god TEN
per thit MS pupils We're none OF them very
apt, but that lie conceived it 10 be hi, duEy
to help them if they wished to learn.
"Well, every one 10 his tastes" said Mr..
Darlington. coldly. Il suppose you are
something like myself at times. driven 10
seek uncongenial companions rather than
none at all. la such 4 dismal corler of the
earth rs this is-d>mai that j., when ti,ll-
iDg season is over he added, hurriedly
and flushing slightly.
Cncertain how to take such speech
the curare was for answering hotlv; but
at that Instant he caught Emily Darling.
tons GLANCE, frightened and entrrating
| The appeal from her was delight to hI,n.
| aId Tor her sake he answered cuurteously
Indeed. you would be surprised il you
knew how much one gets Interested il
such nnpromising pupils. know the peo
pie here so well now. that Maybe seem,
TO me one of the most important spots OF
the earth. though don't happen to car,
Tor trout fishing. No, thank you, no NOR.
| wine
Happy you. if you can make yourself
cohtentef.' responded his host; ito III,
It appears as though such drudgery a
your evenings work must br awiuly un
oOrgenial 10 a man like yourself. accus
toned to something be,ter-thouyh in til,
same line this was another sneer.
con, Emily" thought the curate. 81
that man We're any one but your father,
should not wait at his table TO hear anoth
er such speech!')
Teaching is ''my line" as you say" h,
answered; ''and like it heartily. Per
haps you will excuse me for saying that
consider II AS much my duty to teach TIL
lads about here what little they are anx
lous to learn as l should consider 1t IN
duty to fulfill any other trust committed 4