Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-09-19
The Summer Boarders

The Village Of B.uch--ca-pu-Sr2 c1j>.-
cd-w.tA he exception of l1~ sta-ouy ia
the .rd.-rt imRg nation II spectators II
va, fishing ace on the coast Il Main,
aud th, iuhabitaut- aud the local map>
called b Cudvile Back from be shore
,y4- fringe 4 farms arluH" nf .he '-
,f ,Lt.a YA> Ey3 5y p.t CAPTAIN I.44-
81 ir ami hj- faithful ~llt Hh -alI-n
Nvil-tu-do for country pel dl. ur' r
fuse ~ add % their savings Hr .1k'H- 3
hOaldcr or two during TIE ~Imucr utn-b-.
There were a couple II -pare room- IN IL.
comfortable farm house. AID the -,a- mir 4
Cuiyilie was 50 hea!tAfll thai tde Good
wins felt they were uin-iU5 harIty R'ti
proit by allowing strangers % shars it.
benefits.
Miss Kate Morse. Of New York. a hand
some, Fashionable lady OF seventeen years
had come TO the Goodwin farm by the adj
vice of her family physician. VINO had dis
covered Codville during fishing excur
sion. He assured her father that the place
would restore her 10 health, and that the
sacrifice Of Newport and Saratoga for one
summer would be more than repaid ia Vi
tai energy. The doctor was right S1
weeks Of the free life and nomely fare haC
cured Miss Morse Of everything exc pt At
affection Of the heart. The cause of thi'
new disease was Bill Goodwin. half farm
er, half fisherman, and wholly devoted Il
( the Young lady. He was 50 strong. *
manly, so completely in harmony with al
the surroundings that her maiden inspira
I tions made him her hero and when he ven
! tured TO tell his love, she gave him th,
sweet assurance that she liked him better
! than any other man she had ever met.
z Dnla ha af AZ
arrived, a week ago. at Codyille, to relieve
the widowed aunt who had chaperoned n,
Young lady during the summer, and to cs
I cort his sister home. He was also suffer
/ ing from an affection of the heart. Tn,
! cause in his case was Susie Goodwin, th'
sister of Bill. as lovely wild flower a.
ever bioomed in the woods OF Maine
Robert declared that he had loved her a
( first sight, and pretty Susie did not deny
/ that she reciprocated his sudden passion
Here. then was a quartet of lovers, ans
as they wandered to and fro, on beauti
| full moonlight night in September Bin an'
| Kate and Robert and Susie, S poet, hat
such a parsonage been present, would hay'
| found them a suggestive subject for hi
muse. But the unpoetic Captain Goodwin
I only called out that it was bedtime, ant
cut short the last precious moments o
! their leave taking; for MIR. and Miss Mors'
were TO return to New York the mex
day.
After the two girls had gone into th'
| house their arms around each others waist
| like sisters. the two young men strolle,
down to the beach. Bill with pipe, Rob
ert with a cigarette, each having some
thing upon his mind which he int nded q
say 10 the other. But they talked idi!
about the weather and the future of Bon
church on Sea, until, at last, Bill said -
| II wanted to haYe little talk with yor
before you went away
And with you. IL wanted 70 speal
about your sister-about Susie you know
Good! And | wanted 20 speak abou
I your sister"
"My sister, What's ths matter viii
her: Isn't she all well agan!'
YES. thank heaven! Old CodTil.e has
( done wonders for hef I wouldn't hardly
know her for the SICK girl that came her
six weeks ago
"Welir
"Well-I love her That's the long ~
short of it,"
| "Whe-eu-eu!" And have you told he