Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-09-14

gear, smoked and smutty, With broken
plumes. She put it on with an atemp at
grimace.
THANK you very much. Do look like
An extinct volcanoy'
Hardly extinct. Dill. | believe you're
burning with wrath against me deep down
In your heart"
''well, if you fake up the past, have |
not reason?' said Dill, in low, angry
tones. "What right have you to reproach
me-a man who was"
And here, il you'll credit it, my prec-
ious Joe blundered in again between me
and my enlightenment respecting Dills
broken engagement, this time calling my
attention to the monument OF the adven-
turous young lady who perishsd on the
mountain. OF course 1t was wicked to
play eavesdropper, but | would have cheer
fully been wicked little longer, till Dill
had had a chance to finish her sentence.
After that she and MIR. keene talked
together long and earnestly, and consider
ing the remarkable figure she cut in that
hat, it struck me when she stepped from
the car at the Summit House, that she look
ed sweetly resigned.
Signs of a thaw, eh, PollyT remarked
Joe that night, as we left the parlor, where
Din and Mr.. Keene were amicably con-
verslng.
80 il seems. Joe, and | don't know
what to think, for Mr. keene was-some-
things DREADFUL married man, for aught
| know Dill began 10 tell me and you
came along may be he's reformed; but |
don't waGt her to marry reformed man,
do you Joe!'
But lie didn't pay the least attention.
He had planted himself before printed
placard In the uper hall.
Here's richness. Listen. Polly. Guests
going to see the sunrise are requested not
To take the bed blankets from their rooms
" onder If there's like notice in the din
ing-room, begging us TO leave the table
cloths and napkins
But in the moring when, in response to
the bell, we crep out into the windy dark
ness to watch the day break, We felt the
force and cruelty OF the request. Spite of
all our wraps. there would have been
bliss in an added blanket | crouched in
corner OF one OF the eastern steps, with
Joe sitting in front of me to keep the wind
OIL. a was his duty and privilege. aud we
gaz ed down into an archipelago Of clouds
dotted with treclesS Islands OF mountain
peaks. just a day WAS boiling above
nights brim.' Din skipped along. that hid
cous hat canted low over her happy eyes
1T, III. tisht Folly" whispered She
in my ear. Its all explained, and John
and are engaged again"
oh, Dill, hope you haven't done any
thing rash. You said yoH hated him; you
said should if knew what he was.
All, but he wasn't. Polly. There was
my mistake. Il was his cousln,John keene,
the same name. you see; that's what de-
ceivcd me. for had never even heard of
him..
.DiIl Clement cried |, out OF all pa
ticnce. are you talking in your sleep? If
not, be good enough To translate your
meaning and speak 50 Joe can hear. Mr..
keene vas not, and his cousin John WAS
what"
Engaged To Miss Pingrcc OF Newport,
said MIR. kceue, sauntering up aud leaning
over D.lIs shoulder. 'Dill met her there
at a party, last summer, and overheard
friend inquire Of her about her lover, John
keeuu OF Bangor, and what did this silly
child 10 but jump at once at the conclusion
that was the man in question, engaged 10
two girls at the same time. She sent inc
the most stunning quietus, forthwith. not
dcignius TO furnish her reasons.
We'll. YOU ought to have told me about
your relations, John, said Din with pret-
" pout, how was | 10 know there were
two John kecnes In the little city OF Ban
gur, and that each had 4 sister Mary
Joe threw back his head, laughing. i
call this an snti-climax, Polly he said,
before | could stop him. Here you've
been credltng Mr.. keene with no end of
rascalties, when the amount Of The story
is that his cousin John is engaged!