Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-10-11

fer for not doing SO, for she kept on Groom
ing TO her bottle doll, while her sister hasti-
| ly fashioned another paper and tied il secure
| ly over what remained Of the original GOV
ering.
Then said Baby, Rick tiss I--nice
| Rick ~
Oh, that is what he was doing when she
| foolishly imagined he was waiting for her to
come and implore his forgiveness-b bidding
! good-bye to Baby. She might have known
| it, for he had always loved Baby dearly
"Yes, BABY; nice Rick, good Rick, dear
Rick but for all that. the ring he gave me
goes back to him tomorrow unless hear
from him tonight. How dare he wish that
we had never met ?''
But she did not hear from him that night,
( and the next day the little band of gold was
released from its hiding place in her thick, /,
l brown hair, and a too faithful messenger
( placed it in Kicks hands as he left his place
/ of business. But, ah what silent, sor-
rowful maiden wandered about the Louns-
berry dwelling thereafter what lis,ess,
weary voice repeated the nursery rhymes
that Baby demanded fifty times day,
mo nice-no more" said Baby missing
the merry tones and the happy laugh.
But Mrs. Lounsberry was not at all dis
pleased with the turn affairs had taken.
Brougham Brown suited her much better as
prospective son-in-aw than Richard
! Creighton. One was a wealthy young brew
er, the other a poor clerk in counting
{ house.
| Lefty will soon get over it, she sand 10
/ Lett,s father. whose heart ached at the
sight Of Lettys sad face. \ frst-love dis
appointment is always hard to bear for a
| while. thought should have died when
! Stephen Ford married my cousin; but |
I didn't. lived to marry you, and have a
seal-skin cloak. and Mrs Ford hasn't even
jacket"
And so Brougham Brown who was really
a manly, generous good hearted fellow in
/ spite of his beer and wealth. encouraged by
the maternal head of the house. began de-
voting himself IN the most ardent fashion TO
Lefty; and She. seeing her mothers pleas
ure thereat, and hearing no word from Rick
received his attentions in passive, unre-
spon>ive way.
Three months went by, and it vas Aunt
Emorys birthday. and that eccentric old la
dy had decided to divide il among the fami-
~, lunching with one portion. dining with
another. and >upping with the third. The
lunch party was given al her sister Ictitia's
Mrs. Lounsberry), and some half dozen old
friends and some dozen relatives were bid
'',' 7" . so 1'e'" KY, 7
Rick fayorite gown. with a spray Of pink
hyacinths Kicks iavorItr spring tiDwcrl III
her hair, went quietly about welcoming the
guests. Brougham Brown following her
Ike a shadow. until lunch was announced.
rs" ''N'"- IT, P'aN' At '''0 1'o'e' '"e
i"I"S ''"'' ''.'' ''i' ''e'' '''c .1'St4 ,''e
'i''" "''N ''Pf'" NP''" my '"' IT, An
s'Al'''hiA'h''a lA'iio"N P'"oh 1Ie
>'t '",1 I, P'IN'" "''D't ''ei' tu','hS \" 't
N1'' '' "'"t ,''e 'H'''"'[' pap! ,'.''' u''
""'" N1"'eo'"H NA'u' "'','tn>'n2 "'f h'"' L.
nave YOU "e1'e max iNvn'i" IL
given up hi> situation, and sails in a day
or two. They sly he hls fliicL tIst .a,c-
H."
And The VERY next III ment Aint Ew ry
I fixed her specialized eyes upon Aeg nitcr's
( poor. pale face, and asked, sharply,
What, the matter, child DO you see
/ anything dreadful IN the sweets
e., ,',o-m, a a' .n,ls E IN. "-'., , l,.
.,,,b:. L,ri,r .,r-. .f /
should ~
+ "let me help ,on." sa:d Hronrham; anI
With one turn II thc w..,, lc p.a.ed upan
the laint, china shell before her-a wad of
paper.
And 50 that is the las, Of the celebrated
marmalade. is IT" said Aun, Emory. Il
I don't want any. prefer m, sweets un-
mixed y.,h uuknown flfr.gri substances.
4 Take It away. Norah.'
But Lefty vas already >.owly unroiIing
{ the paper lpro,ed to be Tie missing Dart ii
the iar', original hat)-a rather difficult