Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-08-13

Nadgt Madison was good looking. She
was neither TO tall nor too short. tee
plump nor too skinny She had clear
complexion. regular features and pair Of
wonderful, attractive liquid gray ewes.
She had also an undeniabe kuack Of 50
manipulating her. sometimes. rather shabby
CLOTHES that the beholder erased to remark
their ShabA!ucss IN the distinction Of the
wearcr. Not tina, she liked shabh, clothes:
She ioathed them with f,rvor that few pco-
PIE credited her with. but she was essentially
a scltcontanod persons and endured the MIN
OF IDS oi .iie with graceful farlHude. The
NadIson> never had any none, 70 speak Of,
and lusi now things had come 10 a cTIsis
with them.
What on earlh'> 10 be done with all YOU
gir.s ?" Colonel Madison had asked, help
Icss'y, Of has four motherles> daughters thsi
morning at breakfast.
ltwa> the Christmas holiday and the three
Younger ones bad Of course. turned up wI;h
the Christmas bills, equally importun.ie
and lnopportuue to their lmpecuuiuus father.
Three more mouth, TO be filed. three fine.
tail, growing glri> to be clad ia s4mething.
aud the school bills soi0g on merrliy Al. the
time. Ne wonder the ~reiched Colonel
sroaned over hi, quiver fu.l,
.W.. ,rt,.t mar, said ,ti,,p ,t,. h.,,,-
>,
..W, mus, work said Eth.l vb, ,n,L
M, serious, and had views"
Thank ,ooJ..... I'm ,oo ,c,,r,. ,u,.
thing heroic 70 ne tArected Of ne said
Barbara, the baby. pouung,
"lia, ANYTHING particular happened -
a>ked Madge,
.rhr bank !, gone. AID with il AM had
,,c,p, uy ncn.,,.,, sad ,h, urf,r,,,n,,s
Cnlone,. .I,binp drrnl "Wbcn lie ,o,,
tail Of Nh l., manners; 20 Il wi3l IL. be,-
Ter for ,ou'rn -, about aoiu, ,op,ethin,, f,r
Yourselves b,fa,e the bad day come. For
,our .,k.. cbtltf,r shall i.kc ,,cty i'm
a.,,nab,e care of my,.If. hut ,s. III. hes,
Of u, i bu, mortal"
Th, affecting Thought was TOO much f,r
lb, urlucky narent. II, lau,.d mo a mel
,nsnol, tarjrurnir, for the remainder of the
meal
a. is r,nrlo>ion Md. ohn h,t l..r
,h,,,ki,, matter. over. ,aiI
Father ,ou are r.eh, abou, oar doing
.omethin. for ouf.rl,es. can't be 4
.,gvern,ss don't know .nouph hut
oid Lad, pumbl.don want. a comuany-
keeper. Ila,k her 10 take rnr. shall be-
earnin, cso a wear. and at the sane time be
relieving YOU Of one Of vour incumbranecs. =
"Nou're good giri Madge. am sor,
r, to sacrifice YOU. | am sure. but don't see
any helm for il.
MI.s Madison was a gin! Of action. She
sreed,ly had all the pr.liminarI.s settled
win lady Dumbledon. whose seryic, She
was To enter toward the end Of January.
Bat before taking up her new durle> She per
mItt,a herself the relaxation of a yi.i, To a
school friend. now well married and living
T in Ken,inc,on.
+ She returned from til, outing ,omew la,
n4rsne and IN rrpty 10 the .fer,,nnar-
baalnnce Of her sisters suffered It to b.
.jirit.a,shaf she had met a man a, her
frj,nd's house whom in more fortunate cir
c.m.tances She could have cared ,ood
d,a. for. Unhappiy ir-a, she ouned tina,
She .usyec,ed-tte favorable impression had
been mutual. there could be no result, from
H. Her too brief visi, had come 10 an
end and She and her delightful fellow
quest had seperated after Their three days
ch,nce acouaintoucesbi,, IN nil human pr6h-
ability never 10 meet ss,in Surh i lifa
4n1 inck.
81. had hoveyer ui,faleul,,el m.
mower cf her own attractions. On tin. eve
- ,,ar,,ny for Isdy Dnmhle ioo,. .bs -.
csiyed a SINGULAR letter from the man whose
eood fortune il had b.en 80 strongl, to r..
commend himself ia her
al. had hesn ,rresi>,itl, drawn ,o A.r =
ba sa,d .ip tho G.w dav. ,h.v had h..p
,broun together. bu, he had been 100 Door
man ia I.t the dictate, Of his heart find
n,,arance H. had l., her 90 in ,ilsnra
and bsd suffered much in 81 doing Now
,binys var. changed with him h.. rad
,nn.t p,exnec,sdlv come in,o nroner,v n.
r10 ooo a year bv The Sudden d.atb cf a
relative and he fastened 10 OFF, himself
a,d b;s ,eulv. acquired f,rtuna foy h.r ar.
can,anca Circumstances connected with
n. accession to fortune necessitat.d hi, i'm.
nedis,.i, s,ay,i,y for Australia and wo,Id
Laa,, HI, an, ~ E,,la,d ,aor wo,Id
sbe forgive his precI,ita,e wooiny ont ot
charity for the yiolepc. of his nsssio, fo,
her and nromise 10 b4comr his wife a. soon
a. be returned hom49r
Tb;s dsnudad nf many nassionata OK.
rre..;o,s of ragard w,s ,ha srbs,arca n,
ibs letter
Ni.s Madison carried il 70 her fatbe,
/ ..Wba, viii ,on dn cb;ld 2- he ask 81
f a \ :
Al, iii ,aLa vour ody;cs. bu, an, in.
cI;,ed tn accent Mr. Wbj,.'s of.r she ad.
ded casting down her ewes and growing a
li,,Ie male
.Ynu we're ALWAYS .nost sensible oirl
Nadae and 10 he trusted abo,t yonr own
af,jrs Accent him nv all means If Won
/ feel Won can
/ Thus ENCOURAGED bv her family Miss
Madison accented be, fate In ,etnrn far
her complaisance. she received a rapturous
frepIsteredl letter of thanks. inclosing a
maynificent diamond he,rothaI riny Nr
/ White nassionatelv depIored his hard luck
in being Obliged to embark without snatch
inc one brief interview with his betro,hed
but his ship was sailing that night. and he
| had no time TO come down to Norwood.
| Miss Madison's circumstances having
UNDERGONE This startling change The nosi.
ton Of humble companion. even to a lady
of title, seemed inappropriate to her. The
nowager Lady Dumbedon, being apprsed