Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-10-05

a smile of seI,-s,tisfsction "a tho ,hough,
crosses him of what 60 many other men
would have done n ad thev heen nlaced In
| his s,,na,;on
A hundred and f;ftv nounds no mur.
murs AZ he Io,Ls ont nnon m. sween n,
waters before bim-.s LOT of money. lot
of money! Easily souandered. hut how
| difficult 10 save' fortnne IN mon like
me. honest Abel Webb the hove used to
call me at school. honest Abel Webb. m
try 10 be to the end of my days.'
In no spirit of Pharisaic epotism does
the old man thus address himself. Integ.
rity, devotion. and truth are component
parts of his nature. Brief,v his life passe.
before him as the cool Autumn breeze
plays with his white locks. and he watt hes
the fickering lights by the rivers bank.
First he sees himself kne cling by his moth
er's side and lisping a simple PRAYER; then
bending low his head. he feels her gentle
loving hand, and hears her sweet voice
pray that God will bless her child. and
cause the precious seed of His word to tall
upon good ground and bring forth abuo-
dsnt harvest. Fen now as this vision
passes before him he humbly bows his
head, and CALCULATES with fervent ardor,
Amen!
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midland village. Then the kindly face OF
the vicar, who had been the means OF in-
PRODUCING him to large city house, rises
before him. To this succeed recollections
OF tis employment In the house or Baker
q Baker; his marriage; the birth OF his
BOY Sam-the child OF promise that was to
De soiace TO his declining years. his ac-
ceptance OF the situation OF warehouse
Ran 10 the establishment OF Loostring &
Tool the wholesale milliners OF Wood 1T.
ana the one sorrow OF bis lhe-a sorrow
that seemed In It's deep Intensity to en2ulf
all the JOYS preceding years. After this
come visions OF the iong, earnest struggle
to right grievous wrong ;iast OF all,the re
membrance OF the Kind words addressed to
him but an hour previously In the whole
sale druggists private room.
The Changing tones OF Big Ben awoke
Abel Webb from his reverie. With the
sudden thought that his daughter Polly
would be home before him II he dldn I
make great haste, he set OF AZ brisk trot
resuming his CHEEKY whistle as he went
along.
And su,. s,o,gb hom. sb. w.s whe,
ha haa ,hraada1 ~, 80. ,h-o,,h lahr
rinth Of Westminst.r hvwavS and st la,
,..rbsd ,h. co,ncr y, II. $780, s,r.., I,
which were his lodyinos and inyoluntari.
lv cas-, his eyes mn 10 the second. aoor
yipdow of one ~ tho bons.s n. Lnew as
well "a though he ,,w h.r standing h.fore
him ,h., sh. h,d ms,a,od 20 raaon home
srs, No ,.ndl.dv-ov.r v.r,,o.,ny wi,h
kInd-heart.dnes, A. she might he-conId
nrovIde snch h..r,-w.icoms ~ hones,
Abel n. his sauoht.r Polly WHY the
varv coaIs sa.m 10 hur, hrigb,.r anJ ssnd
torih , mors rpd1v GLOW whe,, sbe had
coaY.d them into dame The rejection.
of their CHEEKY warmth showed itself unon
the drawn hl,nds and h.snoke the comfoyt
and low. iostered within The humble lode.
Ing shar.d hv .h.I .oa hjs danohter
Iva PolIy handsome5 M Wa she
,rs,,y, scsr..ix .ns, for her c.s,uTes
iscL.d harmony You had 10 look below
The sn,,,ce 10 discover what made Polly
tho jdoi OF her fathers heart and the cause
Of an.ie,ies unspeskable To honest Tom
Sn,th. First OF Ali. Polly was short. She
had light brown hair. which formed itself
into natural curls and danced about her
head i'm the most urovokinrly coouettish
fashion. Her ewes were soft liquid blue,
her nose slightly rrtr0usse and her lips like
no other woman's in the world-at least SO
Tom Smith thought.
SO much for Polly's outward character
istics. In temper and resolution she was
the counterpart OF her father, and her )uog-
nent was far In excess OF that possessed
By most girls OF her age (eighteen.) She
was OF industrious habits, was thoroughly
domesticated, and, above all. possessed a
heart which as warmly responded to the
appeal of the suffering IS 1t echoed the jays
OF those II loved.
Polly's usefulness was not confined 10
the two rooms on the second floor. She
had served her apprenticeship to the mil
linery business in the house possessing the
services Of her father. and, strange 70 say
Tom Smith was one OF the young men VINO
served at Messrs. LoostrinS & Toofs. VI
course the love affair was kept very quiet
and sometimes poor Polly's heart thumped
with fear lest the secret should be discov-
| cred for in the eyes oftheir employees,
Loostring & Tool were terrible people IN
deed. Abel and ms aaughter' hu"e,.i, h,
kept pothing from each other; 50 '"A' .ne
snn oIu - ~. s,.,. or
speedily made acquainted VIZ" tne '."'a y,
affairs. and by no means uisapp,oseu y.
the match, though ne ueVoutil hopeu :.
would not be brought 10 AN lsshe uh.ii nc
WAS freed from the ouroeh "hlcn nau ~
long kept him. oy MS own i'ee
pennless
The ascent to Mr.. Webb's apartments
was to y stranger an experiment attended
with many difficulties. As in most poor
| localities. children were In great iorce )
and on wet days il WAS the pleasing custom
Of the Juveniles belonging to the house IL
which Abel resided 70 employ lne,I 'nian
tine leisure in games upon the stairs or on
the landings of the two floors. The house
was let out to several families; and as the
ladies ofthe establishment more closely
resembled Leah than Rachel. degree OF
mirtn and reckless gayety pervaded wha'
might be termed the lungs OF the mouse.
The children too (bciny naturally Oh
hospitsble and social disposition) were III
the habit of inviting neighboring Juveniles
to share their exhilarative pieasures-a
circumstance tending in no small degree
to increase the noise commencing ~ Gay
break and ordinarily ceasing about mio-
night.
! I, total darkness it was certainly con
,,sins ,o have ones ears saluted with q
vsry Bsbel of voices; 70 lind the balusters
occusjed by aspiring young gymnasts; to
nl.c. ones foot on warm yielding N ass
af humanity. that would thereupon send
forth a veil of remonstrance, speedily
hrinoiny from the retirement of the wash
,n,, ,,h and ironiny table toiliny. perspir