Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-01-25

[ coat, fuulcu snfl IKE tle pictures OF our
revolutionary forefathers. and blue eyes
which glistened from behind pair Of silver
speotacles. he shuffied in and out to his
meals after an apologeiic fashion, and sat all
the bright afternoon under the naples, star
ing at the sea.
"Who is the old gentieman?" she a, last
ventured TO ask MIS-. Daggett. That lady
frowned impaticntly.
"l,s old DADDY Mifflln." said she, land
| wish It vas an, body else -
"ls hesa hoarder?" asked Helen.
"Well, be i and he isn't :" rather obscure
| ly answered Mrs. Dagge,t. who w.s picking
over currents for a pudding. while Helen
sat BY and watched her. But he won't be
here long. You see, nv dear. he hasn't ans
friends. When Daggett and came down
from Vermont and bought this place We got
1t cheap because of old Miiflin We we're
to give MIN the northeast chamber. and they
we're to allow us so much a month for hls
keep. II amt ever, body. YOU see, would
be willing TO have an old man like that
around the place But he's harmless and
innocent enough, and won't den, that the
- week helped along but now prices
have gone up. and Breezy Point has got TO
be fashionable locality IN summer time.
and things are altered. And what's worse.
HI, folks have left off sending the money. =
81 wonder why ?" said Helen. with her
large, dreaming ewes fixed pIuiully upon the
old man, who sat ~ his usual place under
the naples, ~l,ifll.y Watching the >ea.
They're dead p'r'ap>." SAID Mrs. Dasgett.
cor p'r'aps they've got ured Of him. Any
how. IT. three months since we've heard a
word, and ! and Daggctt have made up our
minds that Ne can, stand II any longer 50
we're going to put him on the town. Law
YER Boxall says IT. lcsai and ught. aul tile,
+ can't expect ANYTHING else Of u. Squire
>pdu- % send hl> covered carr,All next
SATURDAY.. and old DadI, Mifrlnl. suppose
he gong for ride And 80 things wall 70
oH all smooth and pleasant"
smooth and pleasant :" Helen HSdc
looked across th" grassy lawn tn thr ht,lr
old man WITH hs> mild, distracted face. hi>
rltri front. the sIiyer hair that giisirned N
the ,!n>h.ue, and the ahiir. Claa-Iike tin-
ger ,Hai slow, turned themselves back y . !
aui forward hr >at there
I'll. oNneI the place once" sad Mr.
pAggett, but hl, sons turned out bad. and
hc lnInrNrt inr squire Sodu>'. rul-tu, ana
lost everything. And here he /. iu HI. oid
ase without penn, What D. n. Beck,
The oven read, for the pIc, Nc>. I'm com.
,ns"
And he hustled away, leaving Helen
alone. 4 sort of inspiration had entered
,nio the girls heart she sal there with
the brnS smell pf thr ocean filing hci
sense. the rI,tlr Of the maple murmarin,
overhead >he tnak Mr.. DarlAnrls 81
bal from her pocket. and looked long and
earnestly a. ~ Nhc though, m thu h',ic
"hr-h"rNr carnAI winch Nhe and thr eri.
from lN"ood Institute "err 20 have hired
together I" dn'e ",er the h'Iis ami -Ica'
H4I th'N' sweet misty summer afternoons
oi the rN' lT-ion io IHin Kngk h. steamer
upon ~hieh -hr hAd counted. Nj the nv
h.'cA bunting dre~- "h.oh she had deriled
Y hul. ~ must abandon All thrsr .itilt
dllns rAiTA' asancc- II She INDUCED thu
"ihsf iancN
~ y There could he any choice" ~
sA.d TO herself. and then she got up and
vent .oiiil across ihe -r.s, and clover bios.
som, 10 where "pldd, MAtii,n" AT.
"lpo you Ike TINS place 2" she ,ald softly
lt'' home. n, dear" hc answered, seem
ing 70 arouse himself out Of rcsrrir. "lt',
home. I've lived here eighty odI Years. !
could not I've anywhere else.
II may be. my dear. At nls tn. he Natd.
Io"A'ns al her with trouble! eH"N through
the convex leases pf n, glasses. but they
"ouIdni seem the sane 10 me.
Helen vent To Mrs.. Dassett, who was
hAkIns Pc and rolls anu strasb berry short
cake al! Al once.
MIS-. paSsrt. shr sad. here arc ten
dollars which Mrs. Dardau-! gave mr 70 10
n pIta..L aud | ,tl. >,
+ YOU 10 Keep o.d Mr M.iftn here fpr tst
weeks longer.
Mercy sAAes a.lNe SaId Mrs. DAggett,
me am no AIn p YOU, = he
NO, SAID Helen but he y % old aud
DAggett. take the money. And. perhaps
by the time II i gone ! shall b. able tn send
iitle more. Ny employers are GONG q
pay mt generously IN the city, and FEEL
myself growing better able - WORK ever,
day
30 Helen HYDE adopted the cause Of one
even poorer and more iriendle>s than herself
and Tor year she paid - week steadily
and Mr Mn r never knew what danger
menactd nun
Al the end Of that time the old gentle
mans grandson came from SONG vide, viii
i'r'"A HS'HSH ''e H'a' ''A'' uHh-tNe4
Young man With the men Of prince ln dis
curse.
My father has been dead year he
said, 'and ms papers nave only jus; neei
thoroughly investigated, so that have Ju,t
learned for the first time, that there Is al
arrearage due on my grandfather allow
ance. hope he has not been allowed Ia
>utier--
"Oh, he's all right" said Mrs. Daggett
we've taken excellent good care Of hun
lou are nooie- hearted woman sald
lhe ipu"s "ha'' ierNeh'l ciasPlhs her mana
ana VIII zee tha' .ou are no loser oy your
generosity.
~ am me- saii Nrs- naggeu' turning
req ana "t''le' ior 'ieieh Hioe' no" spena'
ihg her vacation az the iarm mouse sat ny
quietiy sewing ~ ,he "ihuo" recess. - N
'ree 10 ai'o~ 't'at anu pasgetI got out o
patience anu were gong 70 put MN on inc
Town, ou' Sniss iiloe here' oiie Vi oui
''aiuers' she pald ior MN ever since.