Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-03-28
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Love on the Wave.

at the Ocean House, Newport. with
his feet upon the sill, his chair tilted
luxuriantly backward, and the blue
smoke of a fragrant partaga curling
about his head and floating geLtlv out
upon the evening ai-. In full view
from his window there poured down
the avenue before the hotel throng Of
splendid equipages, turning the beau
tiful street into vast kaleidoscope Of
color and motion. the counterpart OF
which, it occurred to Grayson. could
be found nowhere else in the world.
As he sat idly gazing at the brilliant
throng and wondering whether his
boot tsoles appeared to the best advan-
tage from below, his attention became
riveted upon a man on the opposite
side of the street. whose strange ac-
tions caused the Reverend Mr.. Gray
son, to remove his cigar from his lips
and his feet from the window, and TO
bend forward in an attitude Of sudden
interest. The individual in question
stood under tree, around the trunk
of which he constantly peered. as
though eagerly watching for some one,
while desirous at th>same time Of es-
Gaping observation. He had evidently
timed his appearance with tolerable
certainty for there soon came driving
down the avenue an open barouche,
| driven by colored coachman in livery.
and drawn bv two milk white horses,
which were no sooner deserted by the
| gentleman under the tree than he
! seemed u he thrown into n state ofthe
| greatest possible excitement. He
stood upon one foot and then upon the
other. peeped around the trunk of the
tree. then drew his head quickly back
| again, took a step forward. as though
sbout 10 plunge rccklesslv into the
roadway, and then returned hastily TO
his former position. besides doing a
great many other strange things like a
/ person suddenly oereft of his senses.
| The carriage contained two elderly
! gentlemen and Young girl-the latter.
! Gravson thought. one Of the most beau
| tiful he had ever seen: little blue
eyed blonde, with dimple in each
! tufth. anu u iihc VIM
She looked little pale and anxious.
and it was not difficult TO see that,
while she listened or pretended to
| listen TO the conversation of the two
/ old gentlemen, her bright eyes were
searching among the trees on either
side for something she had not vet
found. Suddenly her cheek flushed.
her eyes became brighter than ever !;
her little gloved hand was pressed for
moment to her lips, and taen held
over the side Of the carriage. Gray
sou turned 10 the young man beneath
the tree. He stood leaning against
the tree with his hand on his heart,
and gazing mournfully after the car
riage as it rolled away. a moment
afterwards he deserted something ly-
ing in the road, and darted out 10 pick
il up. II was a letter.
"By Jovel' exclaimed Grsyson,
THAT Was well done. Bless ms soul,
l believe that's Jack Turner. Hi!
Jack, Jack is that your"
The individual addressed looked to-
ward the hotel, and after scanning the
windows for a moment, caught sight of
Grayson. who was waving his handke-.
chief energetically. Then he came
running across the street with the let
ter in his hand. A moment after
wards he was in Grayson's room.
Tom" he burst forth, "who in the
world expected to find yon here?
| And you, my dear fellow" returned
the yonng clergyman; what were you
doing under that tree:"
You saw me p asked Jack, eagerly.
You saw-you saw herr
Il saw the whole ridiculous per-
Torrance. Wha, beauty! Is there
some romance wrapped up in all this p
Romance Yes, a deuce Of ro-
mancc-for me-" exclaimed Jack,
throwing himself into a chair. That
lovely girl is my aflianced bride"
"You don't say So" said Grayson.
in astonishment.
The old gentlemen with the white
hair and the gray military mustache,"
continued Jack, lis her father. The
other old dutfer. the stupid-looking
centenarian, with the mushy face and
the red nose, is her affianced husband" !"
"Whew!" whistled Tom, Il should
think there was romance. Go on. :
Its the old story, suppose" re-
piled Jack, heaving a long sigh. Il
met her last winter at the house of a
friend in New York, and was entranced
with her beauty, her accompli shments.
her innocence, her goodness, her
Yes. yes, I'll take all that for
granted, interrupted Grayson.
Our acquaintance soon ripened into
friendship, and speedily into love.
We became betrothed. asked her
father. who is a retired army officer,
for her hand. He put on his Bnena
Vista manner, asked me if supposed
his daughter was going to marry a
miserable bank clerk on 81 900 year. E.
and then showed me the door,"
"Ah." exclaimed Grayson, with an
appearance of great interest.
After left him." continued Jack,
"there was q scene, as subsequently
learned. between him and my dear
girl. who bravely declared that she
would never marry any one else, and
besought him on her knees, with tears,
to consent TO our union. But the old
fellow was obstinate and said he had
other views for her. Pretty soon
these views came along in the person
of the mushy faced old patriarch whom
you saw just now in the carriage. He.
too, is retired hero of the Mexican
war, and very rich. Ny darling shut
herself in her room and refused to see
him. She grew thin and pale, and
nearly cried her eyes out, bribed one
of the servants, who carried daily notes
between US, but her unnatural parent
detected our correspondence. and it
was intercepted"
my poor boy!" said Grayson with
sympathy.