Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-03-06
Miscellaneous.
Rummaging.

"hiUN hftt cried her aunt. what
are YOU dong IN the garre, Come down
child. do There's not one thing there YOU.
would care about. and | don't like to have
people rummaging among nv things. she
ADDED IN lower tone. quite unheard by her
niece, who ran ,aily down.
"Oh. Auntv such treasures Are YOU
going 10 81 down. now III bring IN, vorl :"
And she ran into her room. q brush of the
dust from her black dress
Aunt Cat'y." she began, after they we're
seated in the neat. bare parlor. which kt,y
contemplated with an inward shudder. Il
wish YOU would tell ms about Great-Aunt
Katharine"
What stall tell YOU about her 80
"oh everything WHY She was 50
queer and unkind 10 YOU and papa, and
Wha. became a The beautiful o!d place and
furniture; and VII, you. poor thing. were
coy II With shilling"
In ;he first place .aid Miss Randall,
rather griml,. "she never was unkind to
YOUR father. She never meant To leave her
noneN 70 han. She gave him a good cdu-
cation. and he a man ; and what more
could BE- want ~. thought. and think.
too Bat the plAc,: Why. dn tell. KITTY
Randall. i Won didn't know 1t went to
the Na>ous. Jane Mason va, her other
niece ard had large fami, Of children
and suppose Ii Was all night. Bu' a. for
me. who had always lived with her from a
bah, welt. suppose We were top much
alike. If ,hc nagged, answered back.
spoke ny mind, instead ~ holding my
tongue. However I'LL rr, N he Just 70
poor AUNT Katharine | don't believe 10
my hear; that ,he would have let these
'r.ilo, Influence hef val. though IA she long
,eaIs they do turn love to something yer,
Ike hate. But Il was more than that.
suppose ! may a. wei. t,l. you. ki't,.
was engage 10 the wrong man
"Auniy You engaged WI, did ne
body ever tell me about il 2"
"Who wa, there to tall sou. Kitty Your
p.ur father va, III .ong y, woniln'i re-
member the past n, past a. any rate"
Bot do tell me all NOW. dear Aunt
Ca'tV."
..rhc.c, no, much o. interest YOU. crI.I
pa, thirty. aud p!an o., hedge fence
and tower, had never trouhled mr much %
When this man never miud hi, nare-
began N make I'M io me. anu seemed to
care % much ard admire aDt respect. you
knnW. Wy. hc mhdr ipol q me prrirr'
frol"
AIRt hiiN4fiif HAlta Wtfl+ Nht .44
.,rINthlug TO induce me - hrcaA ij of
coaldn't think Why Tie was a very per
>otahic man, N, dear, and had made both
hi, OTHER ~hr, happy and Ma, l>t ,"'
on hlm, | sm ashamed 10 "a,
..FiGai.y. he TIA me ai II, Va. An ua-
c.r 81 TIL, VERY man, tLc same name even.
~ho had ruined h,r life, Aad made her Tie
queer. Grabbed womaa she wl>. Ste aa>
!. O.
marriage. - - concealed unjil >h- Was of
sge " grandpa could be brought round but
before That time came her fine Young gem
lleman tad settled h., fate D, committing
iar.ery and ht.Hg sentenced for 'wcnty
Years.
Am; Katharine never owned thr mar
mage. though She might have easily got a
divorce. and She gave hm large sum 10
promise Ia writing never 10 own her, ami
he burned the certificate. And a. f r let
tinc mc marry the nephew OF thi> man. and
having him drop N upon u At an, time
Whl. >he shouldn't. ana she ended b, de-
clA.IEg that 1t va, my fortune James Law
alter there. tie name l. OUT wanted. and
not me. ani that not one cent Of her money
should ever 60 TO forsers and fortune hunt
er>.
NdlAt4> d4hil iLtill NtiiltI pdht up
w. couldn't Ne were born 80 |; was
Just q, impossible 10 either a. To 81 crooked
oI 10 make our hair cur and We were Iu,t
alike. felt >orr, for aunty. | must say
hut ! saw 40 reason why her bad luck
should keep me from happiness. Well Kit
w. il wasn't many weeks after that aunty
died. Died in moment. Of heart disease.
Nobody knew She had H. unless ma,be her
q l. l.. I a.. 4 Il l.
for some DAYS. and CUES, she felt 1t coming
On. Al the funeral | saw a stranger. an
Old man standing close hy the grave You'd
have thought he was chief mOurnrr, and
James Layater. N, James, went up 10 him,
looking Yer, red, and they walked of to-
gether, talking very low.
That was aunty's husband. f, ad il
out afterward, and that be had been hover
ing about the neighborhood for a week or
two. And the next thing that came out
was that the Maspns were TO have thu old
place and furniture, but the SGO. 900 which
were to have gone 10 me. were now here.
Aunt, had drawn tine whole sum out Of
Government securities. little while before
her death, and it was all gone.
"Of course | knew that the good for
nothing husband had seen her, and either
ItlRuttDtu OF CDdAtQ utr INTO giving II 10
him. He left the country right after.ard."
"How perfectly outrageous = cried Kitty.
did she leave YOU nothing
M, dear. she left me trunk with some
old clothes in it. One dress in particular
she stated she hoped | would wear when |
married. She needn't have troubled herself
to write that bitter, sneer in the new will
she made only two days before her death.
I 4
Aunt Katharine judged James Lavater
Alright. Perhaps there is something in
name. After home and fortune went, the
lover soon followed. Never mind the details.
Invent away just then hospital nurse,
Kitty and it did me good. You know had
a little property from nv mother, and came
TO her old neighborhood when the war was
over, and hired this house. | had 1920 a
year to live on. and peace and independence
if nothing else. don't say have not been
lonely and sad, Kitty; but, if you can con-
tent yourself here and put up with my
hdgety ways, therell be some brightness
left after ALL in your old aunty's life"
Kitty felt the appeal, and responded with
caress; but answered in hesitating voice:
You know, darling aunty, you are all
have TO cling TO now, and this seems my right
| pldce out-Out-l must speak frankly.
Freely and fully my dear. like plain
speaking"
In the first place. aLniy, The money ques-
ton. must pay my share"
Aunty looked thoughtfuly, then nodded
Il see, dear. You would be most well
come to what have; but know wpat it is
to be born independent. YOU shall do as
you like"
''Oh! you dear, sensible thing cried
Kitty, giving her hug. "Now that is
comfortable. Let us have it all over at
once. You say YOU have twelve hundred
a year. will put in another twelve hun