Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-04-08

Z tti' ''HISiN. ~ bl- -tuiil has stepped III
and upset everything. | can't tell YOU
7 how inconsolablc am. Go with your papa
and mama, but look straight on the stage,
aud don't with your rare loveliuess attract
vulgar attention.
Yours iealouslv.
AUGUSTUS FIrIIIAN.
Thou with heavy sigh, putting aside
this little lnissive, wrote thus to Ger
trulc.
Ny DEAR GEKrRupE-I lind it quite
Impossible to 20 with you on Thursday
evening. An unpleasant. but imperative
obstacle forhids-
Yours always,
AUGUSTUS FTrUIAN.
Night was already upon me when | had
finished writing. ilurrying the two notes
into envelopes, dircCtiu. them with scrlwi-
iuG precipitation, aud giving them into the
( laudiadt hands TO post, | threw myself
on my bed without Lighting my lamp.
lay hour after hour tOssln. thinking, won
derin-- one thing was certain, my honor
was pledged U Gertrude, but nv love to
Hattie, aud there WAS more love than hon
or about M just then. | turned coldly
from severe appeal on behalf Of expedi-
cucy anu Gertrude. and plunged hcadlong
INTO 4 delicious reveric Of love and Hattie.
not wink OF sleep did get till the morn
ius >un ,treamed colily aud accusingly
through my window; then Ia sheer fatigue
| fell INTO i profound sIumbcf. aud never
aWokc TN noon.
Accompanying a late matutiual meal,
tArtr came what seemed to be 4 volumin-
uu> post. There were letter, and letters
! opened prodI.tou- envelope directed In
Gertrude, severe ltaIian hand. There
tel To the tloor my m.,>,yc OF ,hc ni-hl be-
tnrc. What did 1t mcan! opened and
rctI hrr explanatory note:
Nix FirfIIAN-I return yuu the letter to
your friend latte, which you mi,dircctcd
iast evening. | hope you will Keep the
engagement that | uucousclou,ly inter
raptrl, and VIII be able 70 protect her
rdre ioycHucss from the vulgar attention
YEN :" much depIorr.
Respectfully.
GERTRUDE NANpEwArEK.
After recovering from thi, thunlrrbolL
ot justice tpoN llAtt.c'- Itttlc note, which
contained these icW terrible lines,
DEAR ME. FlrHtAN-I understand now
"hy YEN McTc unwilling should 20 ID
t"r 5". \, must be an unpleasant
aud Imperative obstacle to YOU shall
never see yug agAiuc.
lIAr,IE BI.HY.
tpoA Hy hir and went out. without
kHpN.uL exactly Why. and fDuri myself
presently az Gcrtrude.- house. The blinds
were Ptth1i'y closed. but under the cur
tam 81" iue clumsy shoe, oi tn. Rev.
,lEru4I-I almost tuchin- the slippers Of
Gertrude, aud an fpar tut were uuder TIL.
table Laden wttn architectural drawings
\ sudden Impulse ot rage seized me;
ran up thc steps and pulled loudly AZ the
utL. Ihe servant only hLH opened tile
door.
NI.-' Nandc"Atrr u not at homc," he
-Ad.
h'rd"i nim my card and brcAoucd 10
Hi"' t' ttAr within. something iu my
iAte made nun obey. iIe went Nh With 4t.
'-' came "ut h-liu Allnp~. immediately,
WIN 'hc card Ia hi, hand.
Mss Naair"atcr j, not az home he
repeated, iu that ury hollow Voice pecu-
'AI ~ the NandrwAtcr household.
FI""Ie' mAI.F dowu the ,tep, and
I".'''' inS "Af h"mr"Afi w ,andltdy
e'.''i Z" ine - ! was going w The stairs
tHAt e"mh'iy va, waiting In my room for
Hr. IL would iH>i>t upon gong up aNI
waiting ioF tou. She sand.
iot srn FIR people D,t,t b. seen some
tunes.
She thought it WAS dun, and 80 did /
! "A' prepared p throw an impoftuatc
creditor over the balu,tcr-. AMI Went
boldly into the room
H AZ armchair near The lire at BiGby
III yr cpur tJ .A4A tp yau, III ~aid
't'r.t "t all Bi4by." exclaimed. ~ on
nu>t understand that love yoar daughter
Ht.'le.
"'-oJ almost i"ll ont or his char. lie
stated a Hr oP-u-m uuth"d. | SAW from
III face hc va, ia complete Ignorance ot
cfrryih'h-' but Went On, nevertheless
'I love. I.F "a ,lIsfF.tysrit,D |
love! any woman before. aud never will
d-ttH. want you - tell her -, Bi-by,
loF " course ,AAu't see her
II Won't 10 uo,Llu., or the Kind. ."-,fl
hl-bF. @N nat 10 you mean by saying
t'd 4pFc one woman, when you re guiu-
70 marry another,
il never marry Miss Nnndcwatcr.
bighy. That's all broken Oh.
blshF icil back Ia hi~ chair
hF"Nrn OIL hr @a>pcl, ''whel yc
hil my men working night aud dtv on
thrn clothes "i yoIr>
III can help that, Bighy. | Know l'm
" ruined man ~ lar - those things are
ep"c"'aed; but it'- out oi the question: |
w"nidn't marry her It | could ANA /
c"HIdh 2 u would. Then told him every
thu=.
hrm There clothes Of your>.I Dc all
"lt q fashion, he said mOuntuiy, when
| had concluded.
won need them B'gby. I'm goin.
""t r. the mines.
b'Gby @azel musln@ly In the lire. once
or twice he turned AMI looked Il; me.
n woman !, good enough 70 love
m! rAt -ooi enough 70 marry. AMT he Mr.
f'.n''n: a., .'I'.,. ne ., 81, SAD a, at length