Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-10-12
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ner cottage, looking auAIpu.i, down the
road he,a,rn the mountain. 50, shaded
her -s"> siih her brown palm. ana prcfyd
along the winding wat. which NAs ,l>.b.,
iar . ml.e. except whct, 90 curved around
'hr base ui roeA '"o poulcruu. fo %. re-
moved. Yes; at last thcf, va. Traveller
~alA.us 'oNara her cottage.
90 .me enough. too ,h~ ,ulIlo4a z,l.
"S.uor th,t opeac4 the ucU road uu The
other SIDE ut he bal. a.. TIE carriages 70
that wal, and no one comes here except
some poor tourist who cant Afford 10 ride.
OF Al artist Who carrie, MS hr4,ht. on h.>
back and little enough besides. Who 3, 20
.ng 10 bu, nv b-Autiiu. car, .ng, that got
from Pan, uoN, | wonder 1'
Il certainly seemed hard 10 the frauleIH
that diversion OF traffic should - so near
running her for she had far,aA,u her Ger
man home some years before and settled Ia
Switzerland IN the hope Of increasing her
income b, furnishing the ever increasing
horde oi travellers With ueCrs,aTlcs ia the
shape OF food and lodging and iuAurles m
The shape Of carved beads and irIukets OF
a.. sOri.
The tourist Who ~a, noA pIodIins up the
neglected MAX Has the first she had seen
tor tao dAys.
Good morning. III" she SAID. a. soon a,
HARDY ~as SIth!u ea.y hal. lit, a ven
warm dal, ,ir"
~ arm :" calculated Hardy. thru~ins
himseif on bench ''.ts melting. I've Jeff a
good part Of my >elf on the road. II this
goes on must erect monument 10 IN, re-
mains IA Switzerland ~ncn 20 home
Drink, NY good oman | am parching
But before he had finished asking for ii
she had brought hIm large jar Of milk
which he seized and drained.
hat lubTicales the throat -ati.tactorily,'
he remarked as he finished. Now, my
good woman, I've friend a little Sal be
hind. Can YOU put US up for the night ?"
Yes sir; I've Two nice clean beds"
"lou're sure they're clean ?"
On. yes, III; they haven't been slept in
for long while.
On haven't they You had better run
warming pan through them. then, If you
have such an article # not my hat On the
end Of an alpenstock Will do Just as we'll.
for lt's nesfl, red not. III Just go in and
have a wash and a shave if you will show
me my room
This way, siT; lis got beautiful view 50
Hardy picked up ms knapsack and follow
ed ter, remarking TO himself:
Beautiful view That's what they al
WAYS say when your window opens on the
back Of a WISHED"
Probably he would not have gone straight
10 has room had he chsnoed TO look along
the road ia the direction of the summit Of
the pass, for there stood charming little
maiden marshallng her goats preparatory
10 driving them To the Incosure for milking
But though he had not seen her, she had
caught sight Of him, and after her goats
were safely housed she tripped down to the
cottage TO see who had arrived.
Life was rather monOtonous among the
mountains, and, besides, Nina had a special
wish to be seen to-day. for ii was her birth
day, and on these festivals she was permit
ted TO wear necklet which a rlch English
man had given her two wears ago for nurs-
ing him when he was living i'll at the cot
tage. So Nina left her goats and ran ID
find out who had arrived.
She reached the cottage, and was Just
passing in at the door when she heard a
footstep behind her. Curiosity urged her
TO look around but maldenly dignity for
bade the step, so she passed on, wondering
u the stranger NOuiu SPEAK. lie Qiu mol
but she felt an arm steal round her waist
and kiss upon her cheek.
She darted around in Indignation and
met the amused look Of Walter her be-
trothed.
why, Nina, YOU are not going to be an
gry with me for stealing kiss on your
birthday 2"
''Oh, no, Walter dear did not know it
was YOU"
"Who else did you think it could be, little
one All, did not tell you ! was coming
over the pass to-day SO to see you before
returned to the Brunig."
As he spoke he held out bracelet OF
carved wood-not very valuable perhaps
bat il was his own work. Nina lifted up
her little face to thank him with kiss as
| be bent to fasten it around her wrist.
nina, who gave you that necklet?" he
asked as his eye caught sight of it.
MIR Linton, an Englishman, two year,
| ago. only wear it on my birthdays
! "l never saw it befoie."
"You forget We were not betrothed veal
ago. Come, my Walter, you must not b