Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-03-22
The Wedding Bonnet

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bidding them to her marriage with Luke
Potter. a >hrewd, weIl-to-do farmer, who
had lived a neighbor to her all his life.
with all her property. and her set. par
ticular ways; it cant be possible We
each ana an exclaimed in different key,
dropping our letters of invitation.
had Il special call 10 present myself
few davs before the marriage feast. being
cons n~dcrcd in the family a faNoritc OF
Aunt Rhuda Though she had never been
quite ready to invite me to the farmhouse
on visit, she had said plainly within the
l,a~t hYc wears to Job. her cousin on the
fathers side who If any earthly power
could he said to influence Miss llcmcnway
in iiuaucial matters, was the one, Il shall
leave a good piece of my propty to Me
hiiahlc FarraI" that j. my name y -
want YOU all 10 know II, 80 a. 70 under
stand YOU won't get much. which was
distinct if not polite and earned for me
much di>faYoT i'm the family
Now to Cousin John. He was Rath>hc-
ba> son. Aunt Rho,la's favorite sister who
married early and went away from the
homestead with her husband 20 settle in
hat was then the far West, nov a
fnuri>hing town in Illinois Mr.. Feather.
stone had the knack Of making money.
and IA a few wears wore himself out, hut
had the pleasure of handin. IL hi> wife a
vpudly amount of stocks and bonds and
some real estate She soon follow ug him.
tie. property Wa allowed to roll M for
litilc .Iuha. the ~ou. who kept pace with
If running race on hi sturdy lcg~, %
Hnd at manhood nice fortune awaiting
him Ia possession of which w. came, ~
mind stocked D., the grandmother VII" had
thc honor uf bringing him up With hi-
own importance. and a certainty that every
girl hc >aw wa> after his money.
lic Wa> handsome H. a picture the auui>
al declared aud biz name ami fame Went
dauu 90 tho family annals carrying The
ltcA of hriH- superior ~ nearly every
other creature on this lower sphere. lie
was now . | had aiway> heard "f him
since | could remember, bat hal nc' er
seen him. That there WAS person whom
c.uid dislike more thoroughly than 'h>
SAINT. cousin ,Iuhu | had never believed
MN 10 sA~ fact far wr bad nei ~ ar
rltiu- at tlr llcincnway homestead tho
tat bcfpr, the wedding
Anuf EhoIa was 70 pcrp-trsic matrj-
u4unt .u -, tir~t night - the New Year
Il came uu Iuc>iay ~uo" lu2. lud pin
a->~lN rn.d She had allowed me that day
,Iu Mtt'c .,r, ivc- for hrr thu- showing
Hrr favor. ~u at about Seven o'clock Wr
,g.r,. MN, uf ~ a~tuuj~hcd tn lrIT htr
-at Kun H,t;y. aud -'t n, bonnet from
iay SPAR room '"ph"ai". II "h'u' l.'''
fr pu' 30 nu.
started. -Aa 81 something =" 'i'. "l"i
ram nWdt To- ihe great >IA" I,'"'
i'@'l''l nP "h iif'" aiH' u"'N "'"H ,'''"
'hr closet Shelf The precious green l"N
raufaMu. the wedding hauuoi Half
across iur t""m i.l" -'"F' 'l ''' '."'N
flaming a ih'tr iat Ni4'eF h"i.''f~ h'i"f'
tlt mirror Cd: iii, dressing table ih Nh''"
'lsrt >iHnu rrHr'ic3 gave 'h! 'Nii genius 'h
H|'a-
ir' it "u H'iit It good H'A
'lTak a. 'hon-hi di'" "H' t"' "''-
#tn- man't. @Hd iAr'" 't "ltF h't '''N
afaid- II Wa hca't 1HAir - gray
-.ttrga. >'-k without ihr scrap "i p DOW ''
.4i.te eil .t. AHi unis "'". Jn.. N'la iraih'r-
ffklu@ for all tit'' ""l'd 4Ikr Auni hh"'lA
herself ~cl straight ia ih' 'ru'F' Ana A~
I pHllrd IL mia place 'h ihr eager hn-'r~
1T '-Htr"u "n naughty p'anN lhf ~"
tasu4 Settled tl'~nlaiis ir"m ~ own weight
u,,r my -h' grFup> laughed aloud 4
was >' .U',oToHsly 81" opposite ~ a i'>t-
IA. "uu'i Just a. voice ~'I"' - my var
Yer, appropriate Don't, pray remove
F.. ! turned /" >ec Cousin jphu IN tAr
tpnrWa,
Much obliged f"r i"ur opinion. which
was uua~krd managed I" ~ny c""IlA
't-a-hlrE a-i'i" So, "' -,
NOT stop I" >y'. anu turning ''h nun h'
bowed WIN that -ui.F' nous N''''' ~ U.s.
and took h'h>,'i on h''''.'i,- W., "'.', IL.
't'=h"il"n. >'' A'''"' 'l' N'n- "p .,''
net '"H'' ny mug -. "'.l ~ y,
pth- /" lHl H"i''> ",,' ni'', =,
ingram 'afl't '"h.. 'l'"'
brought I" -hI y "aN 'i,h "'"-n !
tlfFI Ut >h'" "i >'Ii'' 'll'"5 ,'' PVT
"' "lia''"I''~ 'li"l '' H"
"iisfr IL "a>- h'" ,"'H - ,''S ma
claw -"''e'l dressing LADY,. ''.'' ,'''' II
h''> w '"a '''I'' =, '''I
eyed i never '"h' ''-, = IT, VII
A"hhc' wa 'i ny "1'''' '"' '''''
ihai renamed -'i'' 'Nr"'!!- >,''"' II
~i@hi "i li -a.' 'rl ''I"t' ''"'t ','"-
ft'' my '''l '''i Wy ,'''
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thinGN h"t yet r>'apru from t"'i ''J">,
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