Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-22

! OF people, as you did last night, what could
| expect after marriage but continual in
| sultT
Mr.. R., in amazement. How did | NOR
! tify you? | thought that l treated you
! with all the tenderness and affection that
decent regard for the feelings of others
would allow. l was ashamed to lind
couldn't keep away from you
Miss G. o, you were attentive enough.
| Allen; nobody denies that. Attentive
enough in non-essentials. . yes"
| Mr.. X. well, what vital matters did
fail in? I'm sure can't remember
| Miss G Il dare say | dare say they
won't appear vital to you, Allen. Nothing
| does. And II had told you'll should have
been met with ridIcule. suppose. But
knew better than TO tell; respected my
| self too much
! MIR. X. But now you mustn't respect
| yourself quite SO much. dearest. And
promise you won't laugh at the most Sc
rious thing. I'm in no humor for IL. Ii it
were matter of life aud death, even. can
assure you lbat k wouldn't bring smile to
my countenance. No. indeed! If you ex-
pect me to laugh now. you must say some
thing particularly funny
Miss @. was not going to say any
s''b9 ha ypu sesb ~, anu N''i say
! nothing at all, If yssi talk in that way
Mr.. Wei, l won't, then. But do You
know what suspect, Lucy? wouldn't
mention u to everybody but will to you-
In strict confidence. | suspect yousre
rather ashamed OF your grievance. il you
have any. | suspect it's nothing at all
Miss c., very sternly at first, with ris-
| ing hystsrcal infection. Nothing, Alleh-k l
Do you call 1t nothing to have Mrs. Daws
cooIc- c-out with all abost your accident up
river, and ask us il it didn't frighten me
terribly to hear of 1t, even after II was all.
over; and | had to say you hadn't Todd me
word ofit2 Why Lucy .'-angruy .nm.
licking Mrs, Dawes. .-'you must teach him
better than that. ! make Mr.. Dawes tell
ME everything Little simpleton. Aisi
then to have them an laugh,-O dear, it's
boo much,'
Mr.. Il. Why. my dear Isncg-A =
Miss G.. inte!raptf,ls him. * saw just
how 1t y4S going = be- aud I'm thankful,
thankfnlShat 1t happened. saw that yoI
didn't cad enough for me 70 take me INTO
your .whoN life; that yeu de.pised and dis
truste.l merand that it would get wo<sA
and vsNsc to the end of our days: that ~
shoulf&froY furthrr aud urther apartsnd
shonld be len mopin. At home .wEile ipn
ran about maslng contldantes OF other No-
! men SStlouI - considered worthy Of your
! conhdeps. Ii all dashed upon me in an
Instant, and resolved 70 break with you
then andSterea and did, ju.l j., soon a.
ever cot9d 20 TONY room tor your thing,
aud In glld,-yes,-O. hu. hu, hu. hu =
so glad dM NJ
Mr.. x, grimly. Your JOY Is obvious
May ask
Miss G. 'O.it wasn't the first proof you
| had given me how little you really cared
I TOR me, but | WAS determined ii should be
J the last. dare say you've forgotten them.
| dare sag You don't remember telling
/ Mamie Morris that you didn't ike crochet
ed cigar-cases, when you'd Just told me
I That you did ard let me be ssch a fool d,
| TO begin one for you; bot I'm thankful to
/ say that went into the iia,- o yes ilIstaFit-
by. And dare say you've forgotten that
! You didn't tell me your brothers engage
! ment,was TO be kept, and let me come ont
| with it that night At the Ridges, and hon
| hooked SO perfectly aghast. 50 that every
body thought that had been bIabbiug!
\ Time alcl again, Allen. you have made ms
7 suffer agrnics. yes. agonicS but yonr row
I er 10 do so is at an end. | am free and
I happy nj last She weeps bitterly.
Y Mr.. r., quietly. Yes, / had forgotten
\ those crimes. aud suppose mahy similar
I atrocities. | own IL, | am furgetful aud
/ careless. was wrong about those things
I ought to have told you why | said that 10
Miss Morris | was afraid she was gong
\ to work me one. A. to that accident
| told Mrs Dawes of, IL wasn't worth mem
/ tioning. Our boat simply walked over a
\ sloop 10 ne night. and nobody was hurt.
4 | shouldn't have thought twice uf it, ii >hc
| hadn't happened to brag Of their passing
/ close TO an Iceberg on their way home
/ from Europe then trotted out my pretty
\ near disaster as match for hers, con
/ found her. wish the iceberg had sunk
! them, Only II wouldn't have sunk her,
shes SO light; she'd have gone bobbing
! about all over the Atlantic Ocean. like
! cork she's got n perfect life preseryer in
| thar mind OF hers Slss Gilbraith gives a
/ little laugh, and then = little moan. But
since you are happy. will not repine. Miss
Galbralth. don't pretend to be verr hap
py myself, but then. | don't deserve ii
Since you are ready TO let an absolutely
uneoUscious offence on my part cancel all
l the past; since yoR let my devoted love
weigh as nothing against the innmcntarv
l pique that a malicious little rattlc-pttc--
she was vexed aNmy leaving her could
makesou feel, aYi choose % crafty a
wicked resentmensat the cost Of ury sut-
| ieriug team. why 4 can be glad auI happy,
ZOO With rising anger. Yes. Miss G4I-
kbraith. All isovef between us. You can
20. renouhce ysuy
Miss G., Swinging fiercely t. her feet
) GO, indeed !ARenounce me- Be 50 good
49,. g3mernber that you haven't got me 10
| renouNce" =.
Mr. r. We'll, it, all the same thing
I'd renounce you if | had. Good evening
Miss Ga,braith | VIII send back vour
IRvseiItsAs soon as get 10 town; it won't
hp arp IN ok N.
hope we may never meet again, He goes
OUT vi the door towards the front OF the
car, but returnsdlrectly. and ~glances un-
easily at-Miss Galbraith, who remains with
her handkerchief pressed to her eyes.
P'Ah-a-that ISL shaltbe obliged to in
trude upon you again. Tbe. fact.i:-'
r.. Miss G.. anxiously. ,w6eahe cars have
Chopped. Are we at Schopectny?'
Mr. K. well, noi, not exactly; not ex-
sctly at Schenectady
Miss g. Then what station is this ?
Have they carried me by? Observing his
embarrassment; ALLEN, what is the mat
ter? What has happened: Tell me in
stsntlyi Are we of the track? Have we
run into another train? Have we broken
through bridge? Shall we be burnt alive d:
Tell me, Allen, tell mel can bear it -
are we telesceped?' She wrings her hard
in terror.
Mr.. r.. sympathetically. Nothing OF
the. kind has happened. The car has sim
PLY come uncoupled, and the rest of the
train has gone on ahead, and left us stand
ing on the track nowhere in particular.
He leans back 10 his chair, and wheels it
round from her.
Miss c., mortified. yet anxious. 'Well?'
Mr.. R. well, until they miss us. and
run back to pick US up, shall be obliged
to ask your indulgence. l will try not to
disturb you would go out and stand on
the platform. but It's raining
Miss g.. listening TO the rainfall on the
roof Why, so It is' Timidly, Did you
notice when the car stoppedv
Mr.. X. NO. He rises and goes out at
the rear door.c ONES back, and sits down
again.
Miss 6. rises and goes to the large mir
ror to wipe away he- tears. She glaaces
at Mr.. Richards, who does not move She
sits down in seat nearer him than the
chair she had left. After some faint mur.
murs and hesitations, she asks, Will you