Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-03-29
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The Uutnvited Guest.
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Thu, sang tnc ,lpcrti.i mother Of the
Donaid FANNY. A, ,he ,et tb, krf,l, of nn.
tatoc. over the nrr to boil for bf,aAf,.;
In, kettle ug, a tt..n, fi f,r - man, ,...,
toes. and Boun,. locking ON u.th interest
from i.I. high char b, tb,. firr remarked
"Full. n.Anlrna. ann II
"N,,. la.ia., a. n,I 4. i,,,n b,iJ
ike our house"
"H.u h ,u.it,r. ,ne b.I. oy.r ,,,,,
ma
And our house ,u,tt.f. nui h,it. .,.r
WITH u, ,oo. Ne, .r,."
Sur, enough IN. Donald ,,p,en d,l l,,. 10,
such ,u.a.. hons, that ,twa,a nulxI. t.v
the, ever could all get backed INTO II A,
once.
but then earl, IN the morning tn, father
vent oui IL h., work; Acc followed ,n ia,
mil. J,anIr To IN, shop \,,st,,n Iii ~.
morning papers. some 10 school. ami some
10 DO errauls. I'LL Bonn, and The bab, would
be- eft alone WITH the mother. Then. shut
Ting the door after the !a-i. ,he would u,
''Du ,uu see huN the, Nj boil AWAY. Bon
Il, \" ana IA, would ,!ny merrin a, u.
scrubbed. swept and cooked
She did not sing SO often after father Don.
aid tel! one ia, and broke leg. Nor did
She fill the kettle uf potaio,, a, full either
after that Mr. Donald lav h,Iule,,. and
~orrl,d about hi, place h. feared h, .hnu!d
lose.
..Buf I',. worked for IA. bnu.. ,,lI !,
seem, could NOT work an,wb,r. els, ~
the,L 4 oul, promise 10 irt me. b.,s ayaip
y hrn lin a !e. I'd bear thc r,,t WITH .n ~,
mlnd. said tne sex man getting f,,rred and
flushed.
Lad. can't have YOU fret 50" spoke Nh,
wife al last. Sh, took down her bonnet ard
shawl. In 20 and ask the master myself
| don't believe he'll refu., A woman. and
YOU such a faithful hand. Bonn, a, 50 GOOD
he won't be an, trouble 10 yo,,. and I'll TAX.
bab, with me-"
So Bonn, climbed up 10 the windnn. And
watched hi> mother And the bab, "b,,l
awa," Ike the re,t.
Then Bonn, p..y.d ~ himself lopy
wh,l- II s..m,,o ~ hmm III. l,u,,, a rb,,rcb
tower With HI, block, Ike th,. tos.r N,
could j.. ,hoo,lup IN abn,. IN. IN rnof.
n. cha.yed III, bIocks mia tr,,, of cars
and dra,yed them IN and down IN. u,p,n,
sill n, thumb.d ibe ,orp n,c,ure-hon..
b. thump,d ms rap doll G,tt,n, t,,.d of
all. he aai,ened ms dear httle ,of, nos
against m. nane watchin, rb. n.o,l,. tram,
framing bl ON the .,dewalk. and ,h. c,rf.
dra,s. carriages. that eIunp CLAIMED NJ,
the ston> stre.t He Gk.d ,hi. ami rroo,..d
over TO himself conrrntedIy tupe, ina, ~.
no runa. and words ,ba, NJ, mat. ~, a. H..
went along
Bnt time went on. and still his mo,h.r Ala
no, cam. Ronny yrew hungry ANA c,.,,l
down 10 AK mana about il Pana va. NM
quiet and breatbipe heavily Bonnv had
fairly sung has father TO sleep.
Ir .,,rred ~ Bonny a. h. ,i,,oad b.ct
that tbere could he M ynod rs,son :, hy bs
sbouId not 90 10 find b,. mo,ber or .l,.
Jeanie ar Zickie or Ted Je,nie's ala r.d
cane hung in the corner: ouickIy h. tbreu
il over his yellow head. and holdin. il fa,,
under his chin with one hand n. liftad ,ba
latch and stepped forth.
He walked slowly and thoughtfully off in
the direction he had seen his mother take.
With short nipping stems. like a m-ditatiy.
chick abiddys. He had no doubt tha, he
should come 10 some member of his numer-
Gus famil, before long, but meanwhile. he
was thinking less of that than of the siyh,.
by the way. Two BOYS were racing yeloc-
ipedes. To Bonny that was a splendid
sight.
II wist had a yelehorsipede." he whis-
pered, with pensive air.
On and on he plodded. bIissfuly bewil-
dered, absorbed in these enchanting visions.
until he found himself before a caterers