Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-11-18

An Ardent Lover.

Ill. name was Jacob. IL had been HI.
fathers before him, and his fathers father.
The Storms were = hard orking. money
getting race. Jacob Storm. the father OF
our hero, constantly said tha; ahe couldn',
see why under the shinin' sun man needed
an eddicaiion; I any rate. more'n 'nough to
reckon his crops and cattle" Jacob the
Younger had once expressed a desire 10 al
tend school out Of town; but Storm, senior,
Killed his ambition in that respect with q
few words
The old red school-house was good
enough for your father and your grandfather
and when you get all YOU cam there, I'll
find plenty Of work for you; I shan, be
said that one Of the old Storm blood ever
hired out 10 work for strangers"
The inhabitants Of Putneyyille were no,
all conservatives Of the Storm order. Sons
Of rich farmers were in college, daughters
Of hard-working fathers and mothers were
away at school, and Puineyyille felt their IN
fuence when they came home for yaca-
ton.
One of the gayes,, brightest. prettiest
girls in town was Sallie Rivers Her father
had poorer farm and fewer bonds than his
neighbor Jacob Storm. but the Rivers famil,
worshipped another idol. From the mother
down, every one valued "a good education.
The father had been denied ii, as he wa.
the eldest Of large family, and compelled
TO aid in supporting the rest. He was a
man Of excellent natural ability. and extrav.
agantly fond of reading. When his bows
and girls grew around him, they heard i'm
portant topics discussed at the table they
knew all about Congress and our relations
with foreign powers, and once Mr.. Rivers
had been called upon to represent his town
IN the Legislature of the State.
The boys Of the family were compelled to
vo k their way through college. and Sallie
the lovial was determined to follow their
example.
No wonder Jacob Storm, junior, adored
Sallie. He had lived near her for wears.
had carried her dinner-pail back and forth
for her. had purposely misspelled words to
let her pass above him. and in all her mad
dest pranks. he had rejoiced while Others
blamed Sallie's brothers were fond of her,
and never for one moment thought it either
unladylike or sinful for her to share all their
sports. When one of the neighbors gave
party, the verbal invitation was generally,
''Sallie and the rest Of the boys"
Sallie liked il she was full of bounding
life, she hated silly airs and as her brothers
were, with one exception, older than her
self. surely it was quite proper for her to do
as they did. When Tom wrote home from
college that his dear little sister "must not
go out in the hot sun, or she might spoil
her complexion" Saline wrote back, "Don't
bother, you dear old maid care more for
good, sound health than anything else and
those who really love me won't mlsd few
freckles.' Sallie went on in her own way ;
she flew from one end to the other of the
large farmhouse, now singing q scrap Of
some familiar song, nov chanting in full,
clear tones some grand old anthem Jacob
Storm had once called her "Will-o'-the
wisp," and the name fitted her so we'll, the
boys took it up. The widest colt on the
farm would obey Sallie she feared nothing,
went and came - she pleased, and accom-
plished in one morning more work than her
mother and Huldah the maid could possibly
do together.
Naturally, this warm-hearted, active,
cheerful girl Was the light Of her fathers
eyes. He could not send her away from
home, like the boys, not even for the coveted
education. For three years in her teens,
she bore the restraint a. meekly - possible /;
but the fourth year could not be borne. How
much the girl suffered in secret, no one
knew. Father she psid one day, q she
sprang from her saddle, my mind l. made
up. shall 20 into the mill, and earn money
enough to attend school"
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