Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-04-13
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Imp. or Angel ?

Nv Auu; rama Q, a woman of great en-
ergy and penetration. Ii she sets herself
to discover a secret, she never rests until
>n, ha, rulis tItened herself down 10 u, m
most rccr>,r. When m, pretty friend
Elizabeth Isrr, va, holding u, all IN >u,-
pen~c A. ,o her intentions with regard To- the
interesting wIdpSer vino now speaks of her
50 aiirctonstcis a. IN, present Stic" sig
nlticant not on.N OF a certain past. but of
a possible tuturel, Aunt lrAnia invited the
wars ElIzabeth 10 take 4 long. country drive
And. nv scar. I'll have u uat of h"r # ~
don't get back tail midnight" she said.
They Wrr, gone ou., Two hours. and nv
aunt entered with = triumphant face. the
graY, al. u a la;her from the NlciJrlnG,
haste uf her reiuru, hIir IN strong contrast
vas Eulabeth'> serene uncon>oIou>ne->.
How d.d ,pu do It =" | inquired. at the
fr>l possible moment. Did she confess IL
all
''Confr>, III, dear. no, a word. She
ha>u an idea that she la, BETRAYED herself
onl, asked her. quite casually, bow many
children Mr Williams has. and she All
swered. Three With sucn look, such q
sigh e"
The event proved my aun,'s acutenes..
and made her more than ever 10 Us an oh
Ject OF admiration and terror.
Il ~As rather unfortunate for me that
Aunt Urania put Oft her projected Journey
to Europe for ia moutn,-;he slN months
which decided nv fate IN life. should
have eulosed them much more. and man
aged my affairs much more smoothly. uuln-
spected by ner keen eyes unaisi,ed by her
keener tongue. | shall aIways believe II
showed a very persistent state Of feeling
both in Harry and NE not to retire discom-
fitted from 50 waichful a sentinel.
"leS, of course, your attachment to the
child j, very natural, my dear" she would
say, ''as SAID to Mr.. Dubois only yester-
dav. Nothing. | SAID. can be more natur-
al. Susan Bardmore. Henry Bent's first
wife, was like = sister to my niece ; no friends
could be more intimate and of course she
feels very much for the little boy.
II wish YOU wouldn't talk so. aunty,"
exclaimed Henry Bent's frs; wife ne, =
er heard that he had more than one -
"Oh, no, not as Yet, my dear. but 1t is
only question of time; aud pretty gener-
ally very abrupt question, and short space
allowed for an answer. OF course he must
have somebody to look after that child and
never saw in all my life a child that need
ed it more. The most saucy, spoiled little
wretch-a perfect little imp ~
"Aunty He IS a perfect little angel. 3"
said |. AS for care, CoralIe keeps him in
beautiful order, and he is entirely healthy
and happy here IN the country. And it is
all very well to say. OF course he must have
somebody To take care Of the child. of course
1 - T. a h..
had no child. YOU would saw OF course he
must marry, poor fellow he is all alone: If
he had even child to care for, it would be
different For nv part" added. Il hate
second marriages"
"Oh, you do" said Aunt Urania; and then
ensued pause. broken Ly humping at my
door with little closed fists.
let me in. let me in, Nora" said the
dear little voice, in Just his mothers old
sweet. imperative say. And the dancing
ewes that laugh up at me out of that fair lit
tie face are Susie's very eyes. al want YOU,
nv own Nora" said the. darling. There is
little calf in the barn, and papa says
may 20 10 see it, but YOU must take me ?"
..Hoity-toity :" said Aunt Urania. THAT
is pretty way 10 talk to lady. Must take
you, indeed.
Papa didn't say Just that, did he Bar
die % asked. annoyed to feel myself color
ing under aunty's keen eye.
"He said | mustn't 90 unless had the
best Of care; and | know he meant you, be-
cause CoralIe is very careless he said she
was yesterday, when | got my boots wet.
And the old cow butts at me if go near
her. So you must come, Nora darling;
Barde wants YOU SO bad -
Who could resist those ewes that coax
ing voice? | had followed just such ewes
aud voice all nv life, and followed them
now.
So did Aunt Urania, with her most inves-
tigating spectacles perched on her nose.
We'll, Bardie," she remarked cheerfully,
"if you say We must, and papa says We must,
why We must"
Bardie stood stock-still, with an evil look
ON his face.
II didn't mean you," he said.
'Oh, nv dear little boy, that wasn't po-
lite" whispered; but he only gave me q
hug, and turned to aunt with a seraphic
smile.
You'd better not go. The COW is quite
dangerous one" he said in very civil
tone And she doesn't like red things
they make her furious. She runs right at
them and tosses them"
"What is the child talking about. Toss
what? I'm not red thing, hope"
about your legs" said Bardie very dis
tinctly. "You hold your dress up SO high
that the COW will get mad. shouldn't
wonder if she killed you"
Aunty vouchsafed no reply, but strobe
majestically on, scorning to veil by one hall
inch Of concession the somewhat unneces-
sarv eonsnicuo,,snesS of her long scarlel