Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-01-10
For the Ellsworth Amcrirar,
Patin's Ghost.

rEAN-r TFp FROM o"UluHFE pES ErNs
lNl~ IN MRS. Il. \. DUNN, HLUEHIIL.
MAINE.
Eyrry one in Fccamp knew the history
Of Mrs Patin. Every one also knew that
She was not happy with her husband be
cause he beat her a> hard a the thra>hcr
beats the grain on the thra>hing tioor.
lie vas captain Of fisherman and he
married hcr because he Vas pretty, though
poor.
Patin was good sailor but brutal and
addicted to drink. The saloon Of perc
Aubn was his favoritc resort, where, on
ordinary days, he drank four or i've small
glasses of rum and on lucky days at sea
ne treated himself to eight or ten and
sometimes more, according to the catch.
and the exubcrancc of his spirits.
The liquor was served to customers by
daughter of pcre Aubin. a pleasant, good
looking girl of the brunette type and
whose very engaging way, were great
attraction To the frcquentcrS OF the ca
baret saloon though scandal, nor little
tattlc had never dared attack the fair fame
of Desire.
The habit of drinking in her father
cabaret had 50 accustomed Patin to Ia,
pretty face and trim figure of Desire, that
4 he got to thinking of her even at sea, an,
4 when busy at his nets. From the habit OF
7 l-anpj,,,, Mr. ,,p.tautIv bnfnra Lis mimi ,
/ eye, he was seized with an ardent desir,
/ to marry her, and at the very earliest op
/ portunity put his thoughts into words.
/ He was Iich-owned his vessel and al
that belonged thereto, together with gOot
T house in town. Pcrc Aubin, on the con
trary, had nothing and jumped at the ide;
/ of having a rich man for Son-in-law.
/ Three days after the marriage Patn wa:
| sitting on the bow of his vessel seriously
/ thinking and this was the purport o.
| his thoughts. He was mentally beratn.
/ himself for being such fool as to MARI,
| a woman without a cent to her name
''She is not better nor different from othe
women he muttered "what could hav,
been thinking about? This thing wa
| planned and premedltated between fathe
and daughter to catch me; some vile dru:
must also have been added to the drink t'
complete the seduction" As result o
these thoughts he swore the whole lengtl
of the tide, broke his pipe between hi
teeth and scolded the sailors to his heart
content. Entering his own house hi
mouth and hand soon treated the daugh
ter of pere Aubin as the meanest of th
mean. Accustomed to paternal violence
she bore his attack in silence, aid he
very calm exasperated him to such
degree that he felled her to the floor
From that moment their life was mos
horrible one.
During the ten years of their residenc
in Fecamp the abuse and cruelty heaped ol
the poor woman were the talk of the tow
the blasphemous language in which h
now always addressed her, and the blow
which fell so often on her unresistin,
head only increased with time; for like al
bad habits the one of striking the wea
and unresisting grows on the human brute
She lived now in the most abject terror
in an almost continual trembling of bod
and soul-and this lasted ten years. Sh
had grown so weak spirited that she woul
pale and tremble on speaking to no matte
! whom, and her thoughts seemed entirel
, fixed on the menaced blows of her lord an
, master.
One night, her husband being at SCI
! she was suddenly awakened BY gruml