Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-12-30


piece OF sugar.cane.
They were standing. as IL was said. or
the veranda that ran along the shady sid,
Of the house. where Mrs. Mayue and Ros,
were wont to DO their churninp. II va,
here that.one fine morning, when the sprina
WAS opening and the lilacs were In bud
four or five months ago. a strsng and pleas
ant face appeared through the lattice. and
stranger asked II Mrs. Mayne would take
summer boarder. The farmer was away
on jury; and Mrs. Nayue. looking n. the
stranger, and think kiay of her emn,v room
and OF the added money, rolling her hands
into her apron and rolling them out again.
thinking she liked his face. thinking there
was that half-mclancholy something IN I,
that she had noticed in the dumb creatures
as OF soul struggling with its expression,
finally decided la the affirmative; and the
stranger had said his name was Rodney
Monteith. and the minister knew him; and
he had taken his knapsack and himself up
stairs and into her front-room.
The minister did know him !; he had paid
his board regularly; she had grown fond
oil his still. grave ways; and when Farmer
Mayne came he found his wife aud daught or
watching the newcomer build some strange
contrivance tor the model OF an improved
lifting lock down at the falls of the brook ;
and he grumbled the rest OF the summer.
But Mrs. Msyne aud Rosy had no thought
of grumbling. To Mrs. Maync her lodyer
was = superior being who knew more than
the minister; and 10 kosy-he was a lover
The handsome, stately girl who knew how
10 behave like witch with all her stateli-
ness, could have told the exact moment In
which she took her place with cogs and
wheels aud screws, in the phantasmagoria
OF his dreams. and she had at first a mis-
chIevous delight in making him feel her
power.
She was aware, certainly, that there was
a charming quality In his gentle and defer
ential manner which assumed that she knew
every thing of which she was ignorant
was aware, too, that beside her ignorance
he WAS learning's self; but he se,med TO
her so dreamy and far away, ,seemed TO live
in such Il remote region from every dav
that she said TO herself she would as soon
think of falling ia love, In return. with one
of the town psupers a with Rodney Mon
tei;h, aud. indeed, there would be no gr.s,
difference between the two II she did, she
said. for he was no more fit TO take care OF
himself than a child; aud under that con.
victlon she Immediately took his well-worn
wardrobe under her protection. piece by
piece, aud in his absence. till she had II In
complete order. and he never aDv the wiser
But AS ROSY darned and patched In that
superior manner of which her father wss
SO proud, and which had taken SO many
prizes al 80 many fairs. she could not but
icel that she was at work on the garments
of a gentleman. and there dawned upon
her sense OF her supreme Stiffness in
laughing At the absent minded ways OF "A
man who stood as much above her as the
hills that lii their heads among the stars
OF God are above the plains.
But for all that she was woman. and
could not he'll coquetting with him a little
She had TO put on her new print. ard make
herself ravishlng with apple blossoms. and
then when she had completed the work of
enchsntment.go To walk with George Riyes
along the banks Of the brook, where he lay
studying out the faults of his design, and
appear to forget bis existence in her inter
est concerning George Rives's. Sometimes
though, she would walk over the felds 10
church with Mr.. Nonteitk himself of SUM-
day, aud she could remember for years. as
II II were yesterday, how softly the distant
bells sounded. and how sweet the wind
came across the grass. as they walked side
by side; and when she heard his voice iu
the hymn, deep powerful bass, she for
got dress and lovers, and every thing else,
and her soul seemed lost In that rich sound,
like leaf floating on stream.
''l on are "A complex little being. Rosy" ,"
he said, one day. Sometimes you seem
TO me spirit just ready TO take flight and
presently see that you are part OF the
earth itself.
what did you think was:" answered
Rosy. Did you suppose | wasn't as COM
mon clay as the rest? You thought was
OF the earth earthly when gave the rose to
George Rives. But you knew before that
l was child of the soil," And then she
tossed rose 10 him.
She found the rose years afterward shut
away i'i u" o'u ahaiy tcai geometry ana ne
iouIu her crying over 't.
one uAy; AZ 'on.tn, mheii rosy 10 the
'oP Vi he' oen.' was PiaSins her part a.
queen VI neAf., anu ehJoying tue tortnres
VI neI Hh".es, 'h.,e came the great parish
eASur s,on ~ Tue Deacn, some hali dozen
iniies uistan.' An ahua, S1therih2 OF All the
County ,s.ue anu nilghty were the preps-
i..'onS io' .ne ,unen'oassets ana OF course
was nov W oe 'hough, OF that mrs,
saouiu hot exceed All
tne ,es. Anu ~ Mneh 'nc apPolh'eu morn
lng uaHneu n III .,s, MsIlnes. sunshine. me nay,
o,I ,1auu wiz. ,auS'er anu oeau.y anI,
uis .ne o,u WAGONS W; Win aye ahl .oof'e'f ana
ss,ha, an and ,'dna ,ha ara., 1o"n " .ie sa.u, TO-
tra, .ra,s,;a anu s' ca ea ~, wAs ERECTED WIN
...rha '.1 "a -, -, VI .Is oiu ureek snou''
m M, ne - u 1nI senior Mr. hNe,;
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. a"u iusnS ~ ns'sh' anu reauy 10
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u,,h air, wooa I s"d drv wa% ,esaeu ~. .ne nres
nn. VIZ, I'M .,."oa .'. ,t 49, une ihatrohs
,haS.ndehi,iS ue 'de Ths,a ,no .o'.,s sas anon.
III s,ni,,nms 81, ,... 80. 80 aees , anu games
snu s.ol'iiiss oh Tue shore; anu when the
;'n '''''e "' ''"ee' 'ne'e was DAHL
"
Mr.. Monteiti sat some way out on low
iedge OF rocks oy himself, watching the
tiae play IN and out among the purple fis.
sues ana turn tlny wheel he had Whitfield
from emp ana set up there; and he did
not appear 70 take much Interest iu the hu
man part oi the scene I'LL Rosy Mayne
came dancing along among the lads and
iasses VINO were going In. and with her
0afe white ieet' her streaming hair, her
Laughing lace and her pretty bathing dress