Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-08-05

IA! aoout tHe mouln. the pAleneSs ha
deepened into CHASTITY pallor; out of tn
eyes, spite of the brave smile, looked
forlornness beyond relief IL was the as
pect Of man smitten by some sudden an
terrible blow. l drew Jessie aside.
whats the matter? Is Martin worse
has anything gone wrongg
: Il doot know" she said, hesitatiny owe
the words. and looking very unhappy :
Nothing has happened that know Of
but-he wont say what 1t is.'
What nhat ISL"
II went over the linen room to fetcl
some sheets" she went on, trying to spe al
collectedly. When l came back, Marti,
was lying with his face hidden. He mad
believe to be asleep, but he wasn't asleep
When he moved at last and spoke, he look
ed different; | can't say how. but Knew
.it. You know 1t too. You asked rivh
away what was the matter"
Did the mail come in while you wer,
out: l asked with sudden fear
II don't know. Yes, / do; O'Rourks
had letter from his wife. 1t must have
come, but Martin said nothing about hsv,ns
anything. Why? What makes YOU ask >
would not violate Martins confidence
so avoided answer, but every glance a,
him increased my anxiety. Always the
same smile, the same patience. but always
the ineXpiicable look, set there BY ayen.
cies OF pam whose source | dared no,
guess. trembled As Il e hour of the doc.
tors visit drew near. One glance at his
face as he turned from the bedside gave
my fears confirmation.
when did this change beginY' he ask
ed In low voice.
II cant say exactly. | was with Keller
tili six; when came back tn Martin / saw
at once that he was not 50 well What
is it?"
Il hope nothing which may not pass
but there are some symptoms OF pye,aa.r
Inc hospital scourge. She has killed
him, | groaned to myself. but | said
nothing.
Twenty-four hours of alternate hope and
fear then we knew the worst. our Martin
was doomed. lie knew it, too, but the
brave look in his eyes never faltered 10 the
end.
The night before he died we were alone
for A little while.
You were wrong, Miss Agnes About
! her, mean-Luly."
WAS |, MARTINI"
4 Yes. | don't blame her. IL w.snatu
\ raj she should feel so. II had been welI
I and hearty should have got over IL some
/ how. | suppose, instead Of" he stopped
abruptly. then drew note and card pho
I togftph ilOm under his pillow.
want you to take these, Miss Agnes
and dtsrtoIrd please send them TO her and
I Just say that loved her 10 the last, and
didh think hard in any way. Read il, il
I you like; the note. | mean. Don't let ner
| feel bad. Don't tell her il killed me, O
Luly, LAZY"
These words OF complaint, the only ones
heard nun utter. were his farewell 10
cohsclou, lie. Atter that il was all thick
cioud ana dcllflum, or peaceful, merciful
uhcohscIou>nes>. Now and then through
The wanderings came murmured words
Enough OF your body 10 hold your soul
enough To hold your soul" "Iulv. Won
like the cherry-hil road, we'll take H."
smell the lilacs, Luly, smell them" And
ash!l,;; ;9Ji Nj: lfe"RweYnat mad Wound.
ed and betrayed, on the evening of the
fourth day after Luly's letter came. our
Martin passed into the full awakening
We read the note sitting beside his chill
aud peaceful presence. His wandering
words had betrayed the truth, and did
not withhold it from Jessie. Her face
seemed cut in stone as we read:
ur. Joseph Martin
II take up my pen TO say that got your
letter, aud Ma and all Of Us are very sorry
for your accident About our engagement,
:
for a girl to feel bad at having husband
that isn't like other men. so | think. and
Ma. too, that we'd better call 1t broken Oft
ou was real generous TO make the offer
aud | hope there won't be any hard feeling
about it. Ma sends her respects, and
hope> y ou ii soon oe well 30 no more ut
present. from
Yours truly, Lucy ALLEN"
I'm take it to her." said Jesse
~h,. was very male U.r scr fsra Iool. o1
old and gray Ia bar barJ sha haid -,
Ia ,jr,',r. ,ba ,bn,nnrant, - -
- "p" " Sfi Win
ion@' us'Ious nuggets anu lace whose
delicate beauty was only marred by GER
tain coquettish pose Of head and quality OF
expression.
You must give Martins message them
and repeated il a. exactly as | could
''ril give it,"-wth the same set look
That evening MaAtin went home in hi. coffin,
and The next morning Jessie followed 10 at
tend the funeral, which wa, fixed for the eu,u-
| ing week.
Il shall come back" were her last words
[ There's nothing for me TO do there | shall
/ come back and work here for spell"
We dared not count on this promise much A.
we wished her return; but ten days late. d.
| appeared, looking years older, but othcrwI G,
! the same little. capable, cheerful woman. All
/ that summer and autumn she STAYED. giving
most valuable and, quiet always, handy, inde-
]
| IL was more than u month before she in anv
way alluded to Martin or to the errand she had
undertaken. One evening. in u lull of occupa-
! ton as We .at under the trees for balf-nour', i,
rest, she spoke, won to confidence perhaps, by
the dewy quiet, and son twilight sounds of
birds twitter and sleepy insects hum.
Il gave that note''-abruptly.
YES. Jessie, | knew YOU would
But didn't give 1t as you meant should
r-as-he-meant'-she went on, with A tre-
NOR in the steady voice. .'She came to the fu-
neral. that girl! She has another beau now :
but there was sucn Il stir in the village about
| Martin. that she wanted to share in the glory
somehow = and = Miss Agnes, she put on
bidck''
"lmpossible.''
''She did! We were all in the room with
hm-mother and his father, and the aunts and
uncies and me. And she came in like widow.
in a Grape veil. and sat down by the coffin, and
cried and held her handkerchief over her face
| bore it till they took him away, because he
loved her 90; but when they carried him out
couldn't bear it any longer, just got up be-
fore them all. l took the note out of nv pock-