Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-10-04
Miscellaneous.
Only a Huckster.

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snoothin, down n stray wrinkle in her
iam,il,.rufied. pink-plaid apron. as She
handed up her wicker basket To the broad.
sLoull.rcI br,vu ,o,up f,rp.r who
hrourb, INTO Crah>boro each morniuc N.
yi.la,, .unulit> Of fresh fri,i, and yege,a-
ill.,.
.Ye~ m,.s-all riuh,." was th, bri.k re-.
ul, i, bp executed ,b, order with mucb
alacri,y ..anl better crookrecks Won never
cooked I'm bet n cabhape. knew you'd IN,
,,an,;n., c,71ku,ck. saturday and nicko1
o,,, the .we.,eS, could find and saved 'en
par,iculnr., for ,nu. And the ncarmajn>-
/ ,,ild ba,, >old every last pt,, ava, l,,,L
her,.. hu, ,binkir, >op mirb, wan, Som, |
vnuIJu' IN In, % for leye por money
Ms Ral,amannIe grew W, ros, md
smiled a sparkling little smile away back IN
the shadow of her pro,nkincly deem sunbon-
ur,. and m. roses under the cfimp frills
.,r.v very deem. indeed as upon liftipD her
5a.l,, down ,hc discovered !. ,re,, lunch
nf yellow and white and nurnle cbrysantbp.
mum. pcs,lcl amid the cronknecks and
nearniaius
..Y,u'yr lr.pnrI ,our flowers into my
ba,ke,. sIr." ,aIl Mis- Bella. innuccu,ly.
.cn.uiu, them ont And holding them IN bc-
for. Ljn
In, Young farmer looked guilty of hay
in, committed a highway robber, al the very
least
..I-I-iL,,-I iu,r kjuI Of p,,chal then,
in for a good measure. Ne .tanmered II
wanted N 81, r,l M EN-. there, nm ey.r-
la,tiua n, !, nome. 10 k.,p lem nlsa., :
ii. g,,., ~. iir,., ,.i,,i, ,p r,i,lcd IA
So Ms, Bella finding herself left in the
lurcb with the flower, on her hands. carried
them into the house To the disgust Of Mis-,
Aurn,. Rai>autap;,l--a iau. ,k4u-milL
blond,. IN b,ue calico wrapncr. who h,t
witnessed th,. troc,.djnrS from tbe windov
and M, mucb >candallzrL Thereby.
aim shocked al YOU. Bella" She remark
ed. IN a tone Of personal injury. "fnr keep
inr Them minute, ."
n couldn't helm IT," answered Bella. "un-
less had SHE'D them at hi, back; and then
,b.y would only have fallen in ,L. muI"
.:Nn iiliuo matter II ib.y aid " said Mis-.
Aurora land ,ou be,frr ,ake m, ad,ic,.
ami a;ug ,hem out There pov
Il wnn't :" said B.ll,. Aa,ly Ana Mi.
Aorora I.;n., Mi arou,in,rJ KIN brr Ill
Ter, characteristics shrugged ber ,bo,lIer.
.rd s,id ,n NOR, i'm, rrI.no.I herself. ~,
hc,no sn ,x,Sner,,ingIv .nIk ,b,, K..Ila af
ter few Intellectual efforts 10 establish har-
mouy. found !, neee>,ar, fol the sake Of her
nerves 10 max an errond 10 n n.;.,bbor.s
Mis-, Auror,. taking deener and mon,
deadly v.nyeanc. for ,bi. III declining =,
cook INV dinner N RelIa's ahsence ms
lunchinp on pickles and cold herring in the
kitchen vb.n her sister manned in IN u,,rb
excitement with her honntt-cape Aoaripy
wildly in the air lik Dk banner
What do you ON. 81, ," cried the
Young lady. yracefu.,. lie was there +,
and Mrs White introduced H., H., 4
friend Of The family. and b;, name !, Robin
Russ., and Mr.. White s,y. bct,er ar
steoaier or more eood-,empered younp ma,,
r.v.r Iy.d H. ,o, a f,rn, ,nd !, ;o,elv or-
ch,,d and ~. !. ro,lI, ;n,ai,i,e,, and NJ.
Wbite thinks lots of him and sa,s-"
..If you'll inst have the goo,Ine,>" inter
runied Miss aurora imnreesiyely emnha,iz
ius her words with a herring. "to expIain
What under the sun you're talking about. |
would he extremel, enlightened aud much
Obliged.
WHY. he-him." said Bella. That sells
the crooknecks and things. and gave me the
Howers-
The huck>ter,' shrieked Miss Aurora.
draining n pickled onion to clasp her hands
,ragicallv.
..He amt a huckster, And don't care
if he is" asserted Bella. with astonishing
logic. ..he Is nice
"Oh. Bella-Bella." murmured Aurora.
..that the pride of the Balsamappl.s should
have fallen so low as this -
.Bother the pride of the Ralsamapple> :"
erred Bella, stamping her foot. who are
the Balsamapples. that they should tower
above everybody that's as good and smart
as they are? Selling crooknecks amt sin
The Balsamapples haven't got any sense.
and won't be a Balsamapple minute long
er than can help. Now y
And oh, what will Cousin Amasy say
when be comes to Crahsboro," continued
Aurora. despairingly land one of his rela-
tons losing her head abou, man that ped
dies crooknecks? These rich old fellows
are always so ultra -fastidinus It'll spoil all
ms chances
Aurora flung her herring into corner and
burst into tears.
dear sakes. Don't cry honey said
Bella, who was soft hearted, with all her
faults. III won't matter pin, Cousin
Amasy is too distant relation To tuild