Ellsworth American., 1882-06-22
Mists!l
A Receipt in Full

The ,iu. had a.. been secured until .he
could see her face. or grole~qpc cauoAlur,,
u her face, lu each and c,rTs urt 81 them
the window paues polished unt.i thrS spar
klei. or had ,parkled-fur IL VA, nnu tw.-
lght-in the brsghJ jane sunshine the sl-
Yer FURNISHED until neither spo, nor ,pcck
marrrd H. mld lustre the ioa,c, u bread
baked unl,. each crI,ps cru,J took on lhe night
shade Of tempting brown; and MOLLY was
scrubhiug the uni, un.cruhbrd corner uf the
k!icncn-~ hrn Nj, Cameron, deep, harsh.
precise lolos came iu her from the dining
room MARY. are you not through set z"
Almost, MA ain, answered Nolis.
Il think u = high tame sou wtre quite,
declared the voice .'luu must make haste
We are going ~ the lecture this evening,
Ms, GrorgeJtc and and a, Mr Malcolm
also wi.he. 10 70 out, ~e will be- Obliged %
lock up ,hc house. Therefore !, ], neer,-
sAry that sou should leave a. soon a. posi-
bic"
.'Yc., ma'am.~ laid Molly, merAly. aud
finished her ,rrubbng. with her Tears falling
fast and ihick. Poor little gir .he had
iried hard 10 please her mi,tresses, or
rather her mi,lre~s-tor Nj, Georgcltr was
bat a reflection Of her elder ,tster-and her
efforts had been met With grim silence that
h,.fokeued hrgrudged satisfaction, until the
last lew weeks; that j., In fact, until Mr.
Gcorgc Malcolm came there. Mr.. Malcolm
~as a sort OF step-brotheT to the Misses
Cameron his father a sido~er. with tao
BOYS, had married their mother, a widow.
with two girlsl and they inhruting nothing
IN the way Of property from their own faith
er, he generously made them an allowance
from the moderate fortune left him by his.
Generously and forgi,ingly-for the, had
not rendered tithe OF the respect, 10 say
nothing Of affection. which was his due. to
their indulgeni aud kind hearted step-father,
choosing TO look upon their mothers second
marriage as an insult TO the memory Of the
parent whose not-at-all-amiable eharacteris-
ties had been his only legacy to them.
The cottage in which they lived. situated
in the prettiest part of Meadowville 1.-THE
furniture therein being their own, the be-
quest Of maternal grandmotherl, belonged
to Mr.. George; and here he had come in
search of solitude and quiet, for the first
time in twelve years or more, TO spend a
month or two in thinking out and arranging
plans for starting a large business 10 a
neighboring city. And, as | have already
intimated, things had changed much for the
worse with Molly. the seryant-maid, since
his arrival. Tne grim silence had given
place TO most open fault-inding. when Mr..
Malcolm was not within hearing. The coffee
was too strong, the tea too weak, the chick
ems underdone, the steaks burned, the eggs
boiled too hard the rooms badly swept, the
shirts poorly ironed and all these com
plants, with many more, the elder ,pinster,
al bxsf tho har
derstand originated with the guest.
"What a hard man TO please lac must be !"
Molly SAID to herself, many times. 'And
yet he has one of the handsomest and kind
est faces 1 ever saw and be spoke right
pleasantly to me the first day he came, and
even offered me his hand (how Miss Cam
eron did frown >; but | pretended not to
see it. for | knew it was not my place to
shake hands with him. 1t is strange he
should have become so fractions. He was
so good and merry and kind when |
was little girl I've heard father say often
he'd rather shoe horse for him than for any
one else in the village" And then she would
fall to thinking how grand he used to look
to her childish ewes when he came riding up
on his bay mare to the smithy, where she
spent half her time watching her father at
the forge And he always brought her
gay picture-book, or a pretty ribbon. or a
box Of candies, or bright new silver piece
one Christmas it was a gold one-and
claimed kiss Cgood gracious. how her
cheeks flushed at the remembrance y for
payment when he rode away again. How
happy, how very happy, she had been then.
With that dear father and dear old Aunt
Nanny so happy that she had scarcely
ever felt the loss of the mother who had
died in giving her birth. But when Molly
was fifteen. the blacksmith, so strong and
ruddy that ii seemed impossible pain or sick
ness could ever come near him, fell sick, and
after lingering. sorely crippled, for nearly
two years, died. leaving nothing to his darl-
ing but hard work. Yes, there was one al
Tentative to become Mrs. Jake Willow, and
mistress Of the forge again but Jake vas .