Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-05-02

/ interesting things like this are happening
! In real life all the time? Let me see where
was 1t that those people got OutT' consult.
| ing her ticket. "Upham Corners-that 10
! only ten, eleven. thirteen miles from Pa
| tunxet. Perhaps Margaret Leuox may
know something Of them. III ask her"
Felicis-l am tired Of calling her Miss
| Mallows, which name. besides. seems to
| belle her frank. impulsive nature-had her
desire grxtified sooner than she had dared
| to hope.
MIR. Lenox was late to tea that night, and
explained the fact by saying. II went four
| miles out OF my road to see David Dairy
mples new steam. .thresher, and, behold,
when got there, II was locked up. and he
away with the key In bis pocket. And what
do you think, Margsrets-hc had gone to
| be married."
Not really
Really. I tried to pump old Sally rs to
| the aye and autecedents OF the bride, but
| she was taken deaf at once, and not word
| could extract. Master David had told her
| to have Q good fire and boil q ham, and
| she'd got q good fire aud she'd boiled the
ham-thst was all; and shce want one to
| ask questions about things as didn't con
sarn her. Then she pinched her lips tight
aud began TO poke the fire, and ss il struck
| me that the remark about things which
| CousAIn was tncahs " cU
| persoual, gave Il up and came sway"
..Oh dear! What dreadful woman do
| you suppose has pounced on that poor lit-
| tie David? An old maid, Of course, or some
| hsrpy OF a widow"
can't say rs to that. but imagine she's
| good looking. and that David Is In love
| with her."
Dear. what makes you think thatr'
"oh, because Of the pains he has taken
| about the house. Lots Of new furniture,
and every thing redded up. He's bought
| a carry all, sally said
Who is this person that you are talking
| sboutf asked Felicia
"A nel2hbor OF ours-seyen miles of. TO
| be sure, but that counts as neighborhGod In
| the country. Such q nice. clever man, Fc-
| licia, good farmer too. and thoroughly
| respectable Ia every way but, poor fellow
so unfortunate la his appeaIaDce--a dwarf
| almost, with the head and shoulders Of II
grown person. and stnnted legs no bigger
| than q childs."
Oh" almost ,shrieked Miss Mallows.
that must be my little man In the car. |
| came all the way from New Haven with
| him aud his bride - and she plunged into n
| description which left Mrs. LenoX as much
| excited as her friend.
Il must see herr she cried. We'll
| drive over 10 q day or two"
| Weather was uipropitious, however. and
the day or two proved nearly fortnight.
Mrs. LenoX had double errand. being
provided u ith 4 basketful Of Zonsle geran-
iuns to be exchanged for cuttings from
old Sally's famous chrysauthemum; bu,
~hrn AFTER knocking long time at the
| s@idom.asesi iront-door OF the farm house,
they made their way round TO The kitchen,
| and from thence tn the family sitting room,
| no one wss visible. and the freless hearth
and neatly piled books and papers on the
| table made IL evident that the apartment
had not been used of late. While they ling
cred and wondered. crcsking step came
down the stairs. aud old Sally, with tea
cup In her hand. entered the room. She
sAluted the ladies grimly.i
| Thank We, Miss Lcuox. I'd Ike the
| geranIum- well cuough II 10 time TO tew
round with 'em but jest now my hands Is
| full, without taking care of plants, anus
sing Miss Dalrympie."
MIR. Dalrymple's wiles Is she ills
Yes, she Is and she amt. 'Tain't no
periis liar kind OF sickness as | Can see;
| but she's weak as water, and looks bad. |
| give her pennyroyal when she iust come,
thinking IL might be she'd ketched An inside
cold on the journey; but Il didn', do no
good. and she kept on eating nothing and
getting more aud more peakin', I'LL finally
she took TO her bed. sod to-day Nr. Davids
gone over for the doctor. lie sci up with
her last night She didn't want him to,
but be said he shouldn't sleep any how. and
| he ID ruther. IL don't seem as IL IL need
take up any time awaiting on her, for she
don't ask tor xnything from days end TO
days end; but sickness takes steps any
w.y you DIT II, and hsin't done much ex
| cept 10 up stAirs and dawn agin these four
days
Dear me-" began Mrs. Lenox. Bnt
Felicia moved BY an impulse, broke In.
IL think l must have come on in the
same train with Mrs. Dalrymple. | won
der II might 90 up and see herr"
Rather to her surprise, Sally made no
objection.
| she bain't said she wouldn't see no.
body, and mebbe it'll rouse her up bit,
was her untimatum, aud Miss Maliows ran
lightly up. A door stood half open; she
tapped, and la answer TO a faint Come
| in" entered the bedroom. where, covered
| with y Respondent star patterned PATCH
work guilt, lay her Late feilow-traveiier.
The pale cheeks, from which much OF
the childish roundness had wasted, flushed
at sight Of her.
II hope you will forgive me fer coming
up so unceremoniously" began Felicia,
I speaking rapidly 70 hide her own nervous.
ness. Your old h0usexeeper gave me
leave. and-weli felt 70 sorry Tor you,
sick and slone in strange place, that
wanted 70 come. II il tires yoo, you most
send me away"
The girl looked n her moment In ST.
lence. Then she said. "won't you sit
DOWN. There's chair"
Mas AailOws sae down. She was
Ppleasant object to look at her olive greens
and pheasant browns, with cheeks and eyes
brixhtensd by frosty air, and the invalid
felt II. +.
You was in the car the day came.
wasn't youY', she said. IL recOllect your
hat. I've been sick most ever since. Ii
seems = long time."
The first few weeks In . new place are
apt to seem long" replied Felicia, kindly !;
and | dare say you miss your bone;
II haven't any home to miss"-sadly.
.'Indeedr' .-.....t
No. don I remember my folks 1t all,
or scarcely. Ny father he died when
WAS born, and mother when | wasO's but
two. hadn't ANY body else, 80 they sent
me to ihe 0rptIan asylHnl, aud-I lived there
Poor child. Did yoa. Aud what
thenr''
..Theu wss took by Mr.. Pasker over
10 Cheshire. was IbslF help, but they
was very good 70 me, and II wss most vi =
home I'd ever had. Mss Parker she liked
TO have me call her ma aud DID,"
And then you married Mr.. DAIRY mple. "
Yes" The blue eyes cl0uded over,
and the UPS closed oyer the one word.
And now hope you'll have real home
OF your own at last. What y pleasant old
place this is! Even Al this season one can
see that. Aud my friends tell me that
Mr.. Dairy ylnbIe Is 50 kind and good a;,d
clever. aud So much respected In the neigh
bOrhood. am sure you can not fall to be
happy with hin; though Just at nrst the
farm may seem little lcasiJ1 nd nd strange,
The reply to these Well mexht remarks
was unexpected, for the bride burst into =
violent fit Of crying, which no soothing on
the part 0f bsr sdbnsusd guest awsiied to
check.
IN tell you about it," she sobbed at
last. Quiverink little, and won r. cOsti-
dence. rs II were BY the tears Ia Felicia 6
own eyes. Il haven't had any one sAtrl
before, aud I'm 20 unhappy. didn't ever
think l should feel 30 whom got married.