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master. What became of the mate and
other man no one ever knew, as they dis
appeared after the Coral was burned
CHAPTER IL.

| otner man no one ever knew, as they as
appeared after the Coral was burned"
| CHAPTER II.
| Martha McFarlane was fine type of the
Maine girl as we sometimes found her in
the eastern part of the State some twenty
five or more years ago-before the gay sum
mer visitors had introduced their mock re-
| fined airs and notions. Although extreme
| ly studious. a lover of books aud their de-
vious paths to knowledge, she passed
many of her leisure hours roaming through
| the woods with her light rifle "a present
| from city relative), and large and wells
trained Newfoundland dog. Few among
| the young men of the village were a better
shot with the gun than Martha. Do not,
| young ladies of the city, imagine for a
| moment that woman like this must be
vulgar, unretincd, or coarse and manlike. |
| have in my mind at this moment the rcmem-
| brance of a young lady whose inclination
turned to horses She would 90 into the
mounting, with neither saddle nor even
| bride go flying over fences, across fields,
| or up aud down the country road. Yet
this same girl was educated and accom-
when married an excellent wife, Another
| young lady OF whom remember, frequent
! ~ took trips in her fathers coasting ves-
sci, where She became quite adept In hand
( linz a RI Ai,ti..
| 10 Boston from the east, her father said :
Martha, 90 forward and haul down the
| jib." over the high dcCkload of lumber
hurried the girl. aud climbing down for
ward. safely and swiftly brought the sail
| down Spite of this seeming vulgarItv as
! you might term ii. she in after wears was
acknowledged one Of the first ladies' Of her
I town one of whom none could speak but
/ in the highest terms of praise.
A> have said Martha McFariane passed
4 many hours in the woods and it was dur
/ ing one of these excursions there came TO
\ her the opportunity " her life. One day
after her grandfather had related The story
I given in our first chapter, while shooting
near Blunt'- Pond, >he came across the
4 apparently !ifcless form Of "Old Miscr
I Ellis" a. he was fauilIarly called. He had
I met with an accident by the explosion of
( hi~ old woruout gun Undaunted the no
I b'" girl AZ oucc proceeded 10 discover the
/ extent Of his injuries. She found life was
/ >tll III hi- ulI ami feeble body aud took
I prompt measures Ia bring him to con-
/ ~cion-nc>~ Luckily he was not far from
his house, and procuring the assistance Of
his aged negro woman-thc only one now
F.. living If the former Ellis household-shr
succeeded in getting the wounded man to
his house. Then wa- Swallowed forth the
good within her. Everything that could
De done she did for the helpless old man
She administered some stimuianls the ne
gro brought forth. bandaged his wounds
and attended him a. she would have done
10 her own father She wrote a note and
sent il home by her trained Jpg, saving
she would not be at home till next morn
ing. Her family thought nothing Of the
matter at the time -upposin. She had gone
to neighbore 10 stop. Through the long
and lonely night she watched By the suf-
tering man. In the morning he was so
far improved that she returned to her
home. For several days she went to the
cabin OF Ellis, dressed his wounds aud
made him a comfortable As circumstances
would allow, but nevertheless it became
evident to her and to him also that his end
was near. Al his suggestion She sent To
Ellsworth for a lawyer. \ viii was drawn
up and legally executed 81 handsome
gift the lawyer promised to faithfully keep
his knowledge Of tile old mans affairs A
secret, and gave out that OH man Ellis
died poor. o.. his death, which occurred
In few days, IL Wa> learned that his land
and cabin had been given to Martha Me
Farlane when the old negro woman no
longer needed it. Beyond this nothing
was known that Eli, died possessed Of any
property.
Naturally 4 young lady Of the ackuow-
leised popularity Of Martha should have
lover. Who among the good Hooking
ones has not one-yes, 4 dozen: Martha
had one Sho was voted the successful and
happy candidate for her hand )lln
Stevens was considered one Of the most
/ likely young men of the town-though
some Of the croaHn2 ones thought and
some even said it would be far better for
him il he settled down TO fsherman's
life. or learned some good trade, like his
father But Rollin had higher ambitions
than fisherman's deck. He had taught
several terms OF district schools, and by
the most extreme fruga!ity-now that he
/ had no parents dependent on his wages,
/ he had succeeded in saving enough to
| carry him through one academic course
/ About the time of Ellis death he and
Martha had had several long consultations
and lie had finally come to the conclusion
that he must 60 to the banks fishing for
the summer, and then 90 to sea during the
winter to enable him to raise money for
another term at the academy. His high
aim was to go to college; but this he knew
| va iliPpHoipit
One day he burst into the presence of
Martha with a shout, waving a letter
around his head, exclaiming
Good news, good news. | have had a
wndfall. But the most astonishing part
of it is, where did it come fromf"
The letter was in mans handwriting,
and requested him to call Immediately a.
the office of an attorney at Ellsworth, to
attend to important business.
"As had an opportunity to ride over
this morning, just as received the letter,
l did so. wondering what was the cause of
it all When entered the office of the
lawyer, he extended his hand saying
"I have good news for you, Mr.. Stevens.
There has been left in my hands the gener-
Gus sum of three thousand dollars, to be
paid to you on two conditions, namely
that you are to expend the SUN for your
education and support while doing so; the
other is, you are to ask no questions nor
take any means to find out the generous
giver. Will you comply with these terms,
signing this document
"Of course readily granted the request,
though l assure you | should really like
to know and thank the donor, and tell him
how happy am"
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