Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-06-05
Miscellaneous.
A True Story Of the Cyclone.

And so ue are going 10 be married next
week. grandma"
The Lord Wiling, Martha"
And am going TO teaching in my old
room. right near home it will be so handy
! saw Professor Gage to-day. and be GAYS
that Is where | am TO 20. lie 10 always
Kind and tries TO accommodate Us, and Lew
is will 90 right on a, the dspo, Of course
tou know he's day opers,or nov. Their.
couldn't be ANYTHING nicer for us, both Of us
80 near our work and our house 10 - pre,-
~ as can be. You ought TO 20 and see il
again. grandma, now the carpets are down
anL every thing ready. haven't taken the
dishe, and bedding and such ihinxs there,
because they might be stolen, you know
But you'll come and see us the fret thing,
won't you. grandma On | haven, told
YOU that father 10 going 10 ge, me full set
Of china-l can paint II mysef.-and mother
has bought such table linen ant the pre,iiesa
char YOU ever saw. But you'll zee them OIL
when YOU come 10 the wedding. for ~ are
going 10 be n uarried next week"
"lf nothing happens 10 prevent, hope
YOU will, dear. and be happy"
Prevent. what should prevent. grandns?
Don't YOU begin to worry over anything.
You don, think Lewis and uill quarrel
nov. do you'"
No; oh. no. should hope not, but
this is such an uncertain world. Martha, I've
been sitting here, thinking over ,hings ~hs n
l VAS young, but don't want to cloud your
happiness that is not my way Martha"
''Of course not, but nothing vill happen !;
be sure you come TO the wedding mex, week -
And Martha kissed her grandmother on
both checks. and laughing ran down the
walk 10 the gate. .lll take one more look
a; our house." she said TO herself, a. she
walked along the plesssnt street. thinking
happy thoughts and tapping her little hand
satchel with the door key.
Exactly as il should be from bottom to
top she said as she came ou, after tour Of
inspection. Those curtains are just the
thing | am glad though, Of ,ha, color"
She locked the door and walked slowly
along towards the house Of an uncle where
she had been STAYING for . few weeks while
putting her house IN order The frs, part
Of her vacation she had spent At her fa,h.r's
IN the country, few mics away. The part
Of the town where she was walking vas com-
posed mostly Of small houses. built by peo-
pie of moderate means; but they were neat
homelike, and many had pretty gardens and
shade trees abou, them. When she had
gone a short distance che turned and walk ed
back towards the main street where were
larger houses and more shade trees. She
had gone but short distance when Young
man walked up beside her.
''Out for walk, are you? May have
he pleasure Of accompanying YOU, Mis-.
Snow -
You startled me-" she said laughing ;
'how funny II seems TO think you ever caiei
me Miss Snow, Lewis. Have you been fol-
lowing me- | didn't hear you; was think
ing"
Strange; now was IN those thoughts,
may ASK p
NO, sir; not bit. | was thinking I'd
hem the napkins mother gave me when |
vent home. but il is too pretty out here to
90 into the house just yet. think this is I
beautiful street, so many trees. We had
better put q few more around our house,
Lewis"
''Our house, that sounds we'll ,-doesn :,
il? Well see about the shade trees, but I'm
going up here to see Mr.. Morris. You
stroll along Ill be back in . minute"
Martha walked on, looking at the CON-
Portable brick houses set in among the trees,
with their green lawns stretching out to the
street where there were more trees, green
row up each side.
A little girl ran up beside hsr. 20, Misc
Snow" she cried out, "Whsn does the
school begin?"
"ln two weeks, Lena"
"Does it? Well. l hops you'll Be- my
teacher, and III 90 TO the new school house
again; my folks moved, 90 maybe won't
came up here 10 zee Kitty Dean to-day,
and now ! am going home. Kitty's nice
girl, if her pa is rich"
Miss Snow laughed, and the child ran on.
"Now, Lewis" she ssid, . the young
man rejoined her, "veIl 70 back TO the
post-ofice and mail some letters l have, ana
then 20 to sse our house. Il Is very
pretty here, but il locke better there to me,
| went all over the house just liitls While
ago, but ! want you to - it nov the car
pets are all down."
"Tm your most obedient servant"
"For the present, no doubt by and by
but I'll see about it then. cir !"
"There, look strsight ahead Of us down
to tha. corner BY the post-ofhcs, tha, Russia
st. Petersburg"
"St. whst?"
"rhose 6at-topped. red brieked buildings.
and the streets al at right angles, dossn't it
look like ST. PetersburGi"
"Never having bees in that locality,
madsm, can't cay. 1t never struck me that
way; it oil comes Of your beings scheol-
ma'sm and dealing in 'farrin pasts' With
those youngsters. Or" teigniag deep nedits-
tion, Russia couldn't have been suggested
by the mention Of me. could it!-asd our fu-
ture relations. Russia has rather s-vsll,
to put it lightly, rather decided system Of
government, bslisvs."