Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-02-11

othtt. AT any price.
Before he was well past Kings Gross,
looking for an omnibus, the manager had
gone in with his lamp to see IL the BOYS
were asleep. Meerschaum emphaticaliy
was; he had put on clean shirt provided
for him. and was lying on his back. pict-
IRE OF innocence aud beauty among the
more squalid aud meaner faces around
him. The shirt he wore was too small for
him. and he had pulled IL up until his leit
forearm was barred. On it, done in gun
powder, probably by the sailor father, was
the initials NJ. ID.
Shortly after the mausgcr slept the sleep
of the just, and the next day Field Lane
knew Meerschaum no more; he was alb
sorbed into Great Queen street, into the
home Tor houseless boys. an institution
which honors itself, while il dlsgraces the
stare which so fccbly supports IL.
After the revocation of the Edict Of
Nantes the French Protestants fled away.
like storm birds in a gale OF wind in sprin.
time to find the nearest place in which
tHey could make their nests. The near
est place for many OF them was the east Of
London, and in Spitalfields, where we may
find them still, or to be more correct, their
descendants.
The Cuuliers came there at the Revoca-
ton; thev were Dicppe people. and work
ed AT ivory. Long after the revocation OF
the Edlci, even after the Great Revolution
"s'. "hi o''U '"i -u'''n' thc name '""'-
u sou" o''i 'he sn"P d" N"c c'St' A'tH J."
a part which was then a suburb. fhey
we're ih '"'f way "hA' me CA''u' are W
'HI "H"h'"- way
""H never Nhp"h' anu VIII never "c
s"o""' eAA'uS "h"l money theE nh"t'
o"t ., '"e gnu VI 'h' h's' h''I % th'' 'e'i-
~ ,n'H '"c'i business h@u "''e'p o'C''t'd'
i"e's "h !'ue u">'s ivory -"otN s''' ~
we "."u""' bHt 2" one went 10 :" uHy w
anu any "Ht hAi' "'i jerome ,outeF
""n'u nave asked hIn TX tln's itN price
ahH t"cu nave mAdc lac, a h'n. Jerome
,'u"'. va, Nuipo>td y" o' the iA't OF 'hc
"""'c IaH'i's' IL Wa very "'4 anu mo-
'o>'- he i!''d "h"liS atone 100 IA. H'uN"'
u''"- ''eh ~, own h"u-'""rN' Hr "As
"t'F's p'h'H ~ NJ L'i-H""'>' TOT tht
story "' hi> i'ie was too Mel! known by Ic-
phic about there and had been mo-r lhtn
once confirmed from Ms o"a month. III
an eva hour, when pressed Tor money. IT,
hah, ior the saAc at ten years more lie.
spid MS soul - The detI iu consideration
OF ten silver FORKS and a h~h-~lirc. which,
he aNcr"Ard discovered To- be plated.
The netGhoor> werr very sorry, when
the de'I took him of one windy night,
because the deHii'> money i better than
nobody money; and Ia -p.tc OF hi, bad
b'l bargain about the silver fork, and tIr
h'h->Iicc, ne had money out AZ iutcTc.'
s"incN here, an I. instead OF keeping 10 70
hith-cii' ne used 10 -iFc IL I" hls utl-bnrs
"heh tA'y hAi need "i IL. Mrs, NJ. said
thh' thAt Ma~ - Try and save hi> ~uni from
H. most unfortunate bargain Nj. Bruu-h
would never believe word about the
"h"4c story, but insisted that II Oh Jrr-
ONE had sold himself 10 any one. IL was 10
God, aud not 10 the devil. Nei.hhors.
however Ike 70 talk abou, uci=hbor>. anu
a. What they LAY j. never true, II all comes
10 the same thing Ia the end.
Jerome died aud The next day young
man from Albert Cate appeared; the So
iici'"r oi tie French embassy accompanied
MN heu thS old man was buried, hut
tue oId mouse was only shut up for icv
uays' its new occupant was coming. llr
va ,N''! InuuS''u' ana put ti, po>-rs~h'u.
10 az A'i'h was ihAhr 10 ia" shop, cN-
- ,"A' "''' '"e ".huo" thc name JET
N'"'v' M"' iuI''! pAlHttd OUT, aud
t@nt @ hAMe D. E.tflot ptlLi"I IN IL, place.
~ ~ t'-'ti one "l ihr MA-s "i tht
~ 7'"'' "''u once haIe Jllt~ I>carI"t
w nv. ~ a. '44c h'" conner vas daTN
No. ".." ,h~c ,'''', cons 'fIthtiy ne
80 . ''N 1l'u-h' y NJ Ltl-hOoF~
| |''"t '|'N'N = ',',c more Al MS !Ae!aI angie
H'u "'> sPi'nu'd gray eyes, They might
,iA'e Ner' "a. ne was NJ jew. lie wa-
,ie n'P'e" ~ Jerome ou'ier by a sister
ne " - 'he I"'l ol hu2nenol family OF
~ A'Ic; !" PA't "hefe there was not
.t''',,' '''''',' t,,'al'"l iA'4l'H oi NJ way n
.,t'"H'"e Ht wa >" poor anu 80 lonely
80. '' 90 ~ w S'@u 20 i',e''e NJ uh-
- =" y. SUM 'i'u'' "l AZ
'|"'"- Wy "oiN"'P " ~ I"IeiA'hcrs he4u
''"-1r' Ii'' uhc.t money
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vac WI, Out ne a ueO2rFtd rom 10
ne 49,, -. - rA'4c a,,u l'Neu on H. lot thc
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I'll .D "''9 - 80 " i'H VI EScilot was a
MAJ ini M WIN larSe tuucatioh' Dent
m p,,, liie ooiiuilou o. ne pr'ietarat
uu' 'a'1 atno1.cs uIst.Htd nun because he
daa,irot :. ,he N"I. ihists because ne
C.I'i'is ~ o.i.o.e ~ 'ne lniAlhD'Iity ol
pa,','IIj', ., iiai Pul!is ana inc
a'epuoGan' Tnr;",ia u most parts because he was
,sli,aNs nau never had single
~ 20 =, 800 iuon si'ice ne was oorn' uh,
~ - -. an nv t .'I,a Ptopery, anu had
.au .s.St - '| oppoi tuiii'ies VI heiplhs MS
neE @ Is 'heoiles hau uied out long
-. -. ne hau stoou III heed oil assistance
."iI 90 mo- AiOt. man one occasioh' anu
/ hieHus hau NiOIaleu every law OF pOlltlCal