Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-06-10
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Old Flames.

IL too agsravaiing. - IL j.. Dear
me wish ! never forgot anything.
40. no! LOT mercy's sake don't wish
that. child. Don't wish YOU never forgot
ANYTHING. for then you'd always have Ia
remember all the dl>agreeable things that
ever happened 10 you in your lite. BrlieV.
ne. it, vastly better a. il j.. II We never
forgot ANYTHING a. all, then we'd have 10
carry down 10 our graves the vivid recol
lection OF all the grici, or sorrow, or pain
We ever suffered. OF AN the times we've
been slubbcd By people. OF all the hateful
things folk, have said 10 u and about u
and above all OF every time in our lives
when We have made fools of ourselves.
You will find that it, much 10 be thankful
for il YOU Cau forget the occasions on
which you've made a fool OF yourself
when YOU come 10 be AN old maid like
your aunt Lgtitia."
Alice Kildare laughed.
Not much Ike being an old maid j. H.
seventeen. and already engaged SIX
months Z"
We'll. | was engaged at at sixteen. and
have been engaged three times in my life.
aud Vet here am an old maid in eyeglasses
and intend to die the same, please God.
Think now. what n budget OF heartbreak-
Ing recolectious I'd be obliged 10 carry
Dh- " 4tiI lllf Atit if-~L VI Iuh Atlt u
10 remember il all. Don't wish YOU never
forgot anything. Alice. On the contrary
thauA heaven we 10 forget things"
Again Alice Kildare laughed. "Sue and
] are going to have our fortunes told, aunt
Latte. 60 with III, venerable mother, and
see that its done right.
Il can tell yours without looking into
globe Of mesmeriZed water. You'll be an
old maid. mark the prediction. on have
the elements of an old maid in your soul
one sort OF old maid, that j."
what are the elements of an old maid
Aunt Lgt:"
..Oh. of your sort of old MAZDA high
spirit bright mind a sharp tongue. and
an uncomfortable love of flirting. You'll
be the sort of old maid that takes 10 wO-
mans rights and rhings-not the sort that
takes 10 cats and religion. Once more
mark my prophecy, Alice Esmerelda Kill
dare"
For the third time Alice laughed, her
bright. spunky, ringing laugh, and then
clapped on her gypsy hat and went with
her friend Sue TO see Madame Minchauski.
the great clairvoyant sibyl, who could
miraculously see the shadow OF coming
events in a globe of mesmerized water-at
50 much head.
Alice was betrothed TO a slim, handsome,
long haired college student. who wrote
poetry and had an EOlian harp in one win
dow and a rose .eranlum in the other, and
meant to 90 into the literary line "a soon
a. he was done with college. lie was
very much in love, and Alice was-oh, !,
dreadinlly in love, but that didn't at all
prevent this truthful young lady from flirt-
in9 with half dozen other young men all
at once, and telling no end OF white lies
about her engagement. She was exceed
ingly attractive. but not 30 pretty as she
was bright, piquant and spirited. At this
very time. when she lay awake nights
thinking of her betrothed, and never went
to bed without tenderly kissing his photo
graph. at this very time she was flirting
desperately with Tom Creighton. her low
er's classmate. a rich mans son. who was
at home on three months leave OF ab-
sence which had been recommended by
the college faculty. Worst OF all, she had
allowed Tom Creighton, in the presence
90 third person. to tell her a slanderous
story about her lover. one which she knew
must be false; and there she sat ana u.s.
tened to it without the falntest attempt TO
fight tor her lovers good name, just for
fear Tom Creighton would think she was
engaged if she said anything. | don't de-
fend her. mind you; think such conduct
was simply scandalous. and such young
lady didn't deserve to have anybody iail
in love with her; no, not if she lived 10 De
thousand years old. >,
..Well. what does the sibyl say" asked
Aunt Lptie.
"She's a humbug," said Alice. savagely
.I'm sorry went It's real silly and
wrong to encourage such wicked impost-
ure besides"
This time Sue laughed. "The sibyl did
not saw Alice was to be married, and so
she thinks the sibyl is humbug,' said
Sue. I'VE went into darkened room.
and in one corner there sat a little ghostly
waxy looking old woman, with great hel-
low black eyes. She had a glass globe of
water before her on aiittle stand. The
water had been magnetized, she SAD ana
she being a clairvoyant. was able. by her
second sight, to see in the water beantiiui
pictures and visions of events to come.
Then she took Alice's hand and pressed 1t
against her forehead, and began 20 wink