Ellsworth American., 1877-12-06
&iseeIlantous. 4
Louie's Success.

appr oyinyly, half indulsently down in the
| pale, wistful lace of the girl who sat so
| quietly beside her. listening to the conver-
sstion going on between Mrs. Simmonds
| and her guest-Fsrmer Alwyn's wife,
| who had lust run over with her knitting
for an afternoons visit and to '.stay TO
| tea"
They were the very ideals of comforta-
BILE, contented, well .to-do farmers wives;
they were portly, rosy and bright eyed
| such n contrast. phy sIcaIIy. to the slim,
| xalIow-eyet Girl who spoke never a word
unless specially addressed.
| Her name was Louie HsrIand, and she
/ had been a member Of the thrifty Sim
| monds family for years-eyer since bitter
cold December d.y, thirteen years ago.
when forlorn, half clothed baby Of three
| wears. she had come TO the kitchen door
cryinx. sbiyering. and In barely tell,eible
words told them she had lost .'father, ,"and
WAS so cold and hungry.
Ms. Simn,opds' big warm heart bad
| been stirred to tbeyery depths bv the sight
| OF the for,orn little waIf. and In mingled
| Indignation against the cruel wretch who
| would permit spch n baby to become so
| ragged suffering and ne elected. ant, great
| tender pity. took the iitr,e one In. resoly-
| ing TO Keen IL In warmth and pleuty until
| "laiber" should search for n and IL hal
now been fourteen wears. and Louie Usr-
land had become TO be almost regarded as
n genuine Simmo ads by father and mother
! and the hslf-,Io.eu ROSY. plump children
who loved Louie so dearly.
! For she was loyeable. and although. as
Mrs. Simmonds tenderly declared. the child
MAS tit for polhing-not even competent TO
! earn her salt, vet she was a fayorite with
| them all for her sweet, gentle WAYS and
her patience and willingness to do what
/ little she could
Only Louie could not work IL seemed
( to her that Of all terrible things the rou-
/ tine of Homework was the most terrible.
asd vet she never hesitated an Instant To
| obediently perform whatever lay In her
/ power. however distasteful the task was
But-there was one thing Louie loved to
/ do. one thing that made the Simmonds
grls and boys sometimes laugh. aud some
times cry. and sometimes ieel awe.struck;
that made farmer Simnonds often lay
down his pipe ia rapt. amazed interest
that made Mrs. Simmonds wipe her eve,
aud sob aud dibly-and that was when Lou
! lie ~o Id read aIoud OF winter evenings.
or rccite some exquisite poem Sh. had me
! morZed, or render some side splitting NOR
ceAu rom some humuris,.
Then Lonle would seem TO lose her idcu
/ tliy. She would flush with excitement,
/ snd her fresh. swectly intoned young
voice would fairly yibraie with the intensi-
ty Of the enthusiasm; her fragile form
would seem 10 dilAte with inten-r.t inter-
est her dark. intelligent eyes would shine
/ with Inspiration, or melt With patho, or
glow with humor. aud from farmer Sim
monds down TO little Nell they all con.ld-
cred I.ouie's reading a genuine treat
Only that they never dreamed of Appre-
I ciAting IL a. they ought-noue OF them ex-
| cept William Dayton, Mr.. Simmond.
/ younger brother. who would hang on
| Louir's enrapiured words with Interest
scarcely less intens. than her own.
He came gradually TO care very much
for her; until. one day, when she went to
him with all her heat in her big black
ewes. and told him. breaihless sly, that Mrs
Lecount, the great LADY who was staying
at the hotel. had heard her rvciting one
day when she was driving by, aud had In
s,antly come In. and had a long. long talk
With her. and the result was she was to 20
back 10 London with her. When William
| DAYTON heard that, he knew for sure that
| he cared very, very much for Louie--that
she had completely filed his heart. aud
that without her. life would lose very
| many, IL not all, its charms And rIyht
:hen and there he told her how he loved
her how he should miss her. and begged
her TO be true in heart to him when She
-hould be away among people who would
no doubt be more congenial TO her than
her old associates. And Louie had con-
iessed her love and promised to be true to
him; and not long after that she went
away from the quiet country. side with Mrs
| Lecouut, aud although letters Frequently
came, saying she was .ell and happy. and
had found occupation that was easy and
delightful to her, still the old farm hous.
seemed lonesome without her. and William
fonnd il hard work TO do without seeing
her thin. Intelligent. sallow face, tina, 10
him was so fair and lovely.
The late summer days went on. and win
ter followed. and another summer CANE
and In ALI those weary dsys Louie never
came home. sod good old Mrs. Simmsnds
used TO complain and fret that Louie had
| forgotten them. that Louie had found 9th.
er friends TO take their places: whIl- onIv
| William Dayton would not have h ,nst ,h,
one woman he loved was not true To her
| pure instincts of gratitude and principle
But even William. SO loyaI. loving and rrue
began 10 doubt At last when into Ionic,
letters. dated here and there and every
where, there began TO appear very often
Claude Hamilton's name-neyer m way
that would have aroused any jealousy. We,
| In wzy that aroused his wonder. his sus-
| DlclOu that pefDADs Louie had discovered
She loved this fancy named fellow better
than she did himself.
Those were dark DAYS for poor William.
lightened only By Louie's letters, which
were themselves not the ljyhtsome mes
sages il seemed to William they should
have been. Al least, although they were
cheerful. hopeful and kindly afectionate,
still, the recurrence Of Claude Hamilton's
name spoiled all else for william.
With that feeling OF suspicion against
this Mr.. Hamilton. the feeling that was so
near akin to jealousy of Louie. there came
to William another new source of trouble.
and that was dawning. restless discon-
tent that he did not understand the nature
| of Louie's business
| She had kept It secret from them all at
the iarm. m~rriiy promising to let them
know when her fuisre prospects of fame
| aud success were assured be oud the shad-