Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-03-13
The Bug-Man.'

The proverbial straw had broken the meta.
phorcai camel's back. The patience of
Charlotte Brantome, usually equal TO the
exigences Of the occasion, was exhausted.
The twins. as matter Of course, were the
culprits. They however, with the cumplacency
natural TO boys Of six or thereabou,s, were
indifferent to the tempest of despair which
ragged in their sisters breast They had
considerably refrained from adding deceit
to their guilt, but had confessed, fully and
unreservedy, to rifing the canarv's nest
to tearing jacket, and losing a nat down
the well, 90 eating the strawberries that
we're saved for supper and to catching their
most faithful hen with a tishhook. That
tishhook represented the straw Charlotte
the camel. She could have borne anything
better than downright cruelty developed 50
early in one Of her own blood She never
was a boy.
".tnd a man was here" went on Pop>cy ;
"a big man" volunteered Wopsey, the other
twin. "And he asked us about everything.
and we said our mother wasn't very well
and our sister was old maid school ma am" /"
Charlotte WINGED. Where had he picked
up that expression And had j, cone to that
"lon must not talk 70 strange men about
mother OF me. What did le want N
"ile wanted to see YOU
"Me ," Vision, Of tramps, Of spling bur
glars, only they had nothing 10 "hurgle,"
as Pop.e, had said one iay. came into her
mind.
How lid lie look -
"lIe was beautiful" lie was dreadful" q"
said the twins in duet
1nrt b,r Srin,t.s ,.ttrtt.i ti.x. f,,ts.
He was Young he was old be was short !;
he vas tall he wore specjacles; he had a
muslachc. and was a bug man. In the la,
and cruwnng fact the hoys agreed.
Practice had made Miss Rrantome q
tostgahle riairvoyaut. 30 far az reading those
tsc >ma! minds was concerned She
Jumped at the conclusion that some wander
ing naturalist chasing an elusive bug Ind
charcrd that way. ard gave the subject no
more attention. She had other things 10
think ~ than bug men" ot any men, and
the problems of how TO provide a new hat
:jr Wupscy and how 10 iE>'.Il rcmorsc into
thr hearts Of hcr charge. drove other
hough,s away.
Sitting dswn on the low doorstep OF the
tnuse that had been home to her for ,iN
and twenty Years she tr.e.! tu reason It olt.
lhe sln wAS sat high the il,s We're a. their
longest Behind hcr flowed the trelr,s
tner; ~ front Of her across The prairie.
tie h,!, we're green. In the field of rye
nsrr thr way cleaned large white wooden
cross. Her grandfather, 4n whose st!n.
lhvcd some of the blue t.oul " France,
lad bought home IA tins Western country
when the remnant OF an Indian trnc had
iKuptrty M s,... Thr drr-. M ,-,r provided
iar thr prr,cr,4...a af Ilr.r .'!c LaryH-
ground Ihp -raiu .rcN tn.A around, hl'
TIE TIM village o. Nj, dead ~, never Ui,-
clrbei by spade - p.ow
Old f..rr". however. haI nct'r prasperrl.
Neither d.I Pierre rar Younger aud anr
sight vhca riding hlmc, hj, horse ,hird u
tie moonlight and threw him with h. head
.sa.n,, 4 stone: he .rf no legacy bat the
homestead 40 RIB, IA, wife ann chi,-
!rcn- Ihcrg VA a gap ufiacr', YEAR, hr-
.nyru Charlotte ind fhc 's.r babies, AnI
he really hlt ,htI infant ru tcr hand.
for her mother vas nothing more usctu.
than that af'yr hcr husbands DEATH 81.
aae nnt frcn.,-mtnlcl ,vact., hnt paiuful.>
.rntlf strange aul ualccoun'hlir
Charlotte ,ho4.IercI her burden, With
brave heart Her French accent for
GrandfIthcr Bran,omc'- hlood had ne>tr
ttcrei through Canada brausn; hyr ,m-
p.lymeut N a ,chon ID town near BY.
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