Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-02-15
Misss!l
The Results Of a Love Letter.

When Harr, Hunt and Hetty Hope had
been engaged three months, the time came
for him to leave -
lie had been a summer hoarder al Grand
father Hope, farmhouse. and he had fallen
IA love with his niece and won her heart
She wore h.s ring aud IN wear the, were
to be married. But. alas. that year uas to
be spent apart. Harr, was going to China
in the interest Of the firm OF which he at
present was oniy an employe. On his re
turn be would be- made junior partner. and
would be able To marry comfortably.
In her secret heart He,ty wished that.
poor as he Wa. Harry would ask her to
marry him then and there and 90 on the
voyage with him. But girl must keep her
thoughts to herself And now she had driy-
en- him 10 the depot 10 see him off and the
train lad come and he stood beside the wag-
on holding her hand and whispering these
words -
Its 50 hard that cannot kiss YOU at the
last. Good-by darling good-by,'
Heiiy was trying not to cry. there al the
depot. before all those strangers. She al
most wished she had not come down To see
Harry of. though If she had not come she
never would have forgiven herself.
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Then Harry jumped upon the train. not
an instant too soon. IN a moment more Hel-
| " only saw a handkerchief huttering from
the window as the engine pulled its way out
of the depot, and flew round the curve Of
/ the road.
/ '.Driye home. Peter" she said to the bo,
/ who held the reins and happily she had the
/ power L. Keep the tears from her lashes un-
3 At,l 49, H.. ~. a
4 could stare no more.
/ On the platform shade hats and sun bon
nets were gathered IN a group discussing the
fact that Hetiy Hope had been down to see
her beau of, and that there was no longer
any doubt that they we're engaged; but Het-
I, did not know or care for that She was
CRYING soft, in the back of the little light
wagon. while Peter drove on, whistilng the
Star Spanged Banner all out of tune, and
now and then stopping 10 break of branch
full Of wild cherries. 1t seemed hard
that Harry should be going awav for wear
"a whole, long year. 1t was almost as
/ dreadful as though he were dead, for what
might happen in wear? No one could tell ;
and the tears fell again.
The only comfort Hetty could think of
was her first letter. and it would be three
4 Udts DtiOIt that NDuil come.
| However, il came. Grandpa brought il
in his pocket. and gave it to her with a slow
nod and slower laugh, and Aunt Maria in
I quired with her usual downrightness whether
/ that was from her beau?" and Cousin Til
| ly, by and BY. in privacy in their own room.
asked if she would let her see it. and was
offended that she did not. These relatives
of hers were not always pleasant to poor
Hetty, but her father was busy man. who
travelled the world over, making fortune
for the daughter he saw scarcely twice a
year, and her mother died in her babyhood,
and Hetty had no other home than Grand
fathers" They were very good to her, that
old man and his widowed daughter, Aunt
Maria And Cousin lilly was soft and pref
ty, and silly as a little white kitten. Ii
might have been very much worse, yet who
can blame Hetty for looking forward to the
time when she should have home of her
own-a home that suited her? Papa sent
ber plenty of money now. She could do
what she pleased with il, and she bought
smart caps for Aunt Maria. and gay ribbons
for Tilly, and slippers for Grandpa the
home was not under her control. The prim
parlor was not to be touched by her hand.
The blue shades, and red and green carpet,
the wax fruit under glass, and the portrait
of Washington over the mantel, renamed
as she had first seen them, wnen as a child
she regarded that parlor as a sort Of sacred
place not TO be played in. She filled her
own tiny sleeping room with what Aunt Ma
ria denominsted jimcracks; but the family
disspproved of vines about the house. and
thsss vas nol . tEee within the snau psin