Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-25

Wno ne IS. IT you want him m youf part of the house, Miss Mayhew, why, take him; and may suthin bad and black light on his head if he don't treat you we'll" Here Ann broke down in @ fit of passionate sobbing and tears.
 At the end of few weeks Littlefield was startled by hearing that Captain Bligh and Vinie Mayhew had been mar ried very quietly on a November morn ing and were spending their honeymoon at home. It would be difficult to say at just what day and date Ann Baskett was won over to become, with the exception of his wife, the greatest admirer and ad- vocate of the captain in the town. Fierce had been her contention for the body and soul of her mistress, the one creature she had taken into her strong nature and cherished like her own flesh and blood. The captain in time won a place in her loyal and strong soul almost equal to that she gave to her. Gradually the fragile lady, under the wonderful magic of love, began to come back to the ways of health, driving beside her husband, living much in the open air, and on rare occasions entering her neighbors' doors. People wondered at the marvellous tenderness and devotion SO long latent in the heart of this man, who for years had been an enigma to all around him, whose sole thought now was how to make one fral woman happy, cherishing her with his strength and watching over her with care more than maternal. Life sweetened and frightened for these two who so long had wandered on lone- | ly and barren paths. The old house un- der the elms seems to smile on the pass CTS as if it had renewed it's youth, and at times the door swings open to the en- trance of guests, thus fulfilling that ideal of hospitality that always lay so close to Miss Mayhew's heart. You may see her almost any day, still at her win dow, returning the greetings of the school children, still fashioning those dainty little garments for the babies of her poor neighbors.
 l Life in the old Mayhew house is as simple and unostentatious as of old Under the gentle prompting and influ' ence of his wife the captain has found new use and exercise for his energies His fortune has become fruitful in the best sense, and is blessed to others. The old house where he lived so many years alone has been enlarged and altered and turned into hospital for incurableG supported mainly by his gifts, and just beyond through the trees you may see the walls of beautiful new free library building rising rapidly. And if you art 8 stranger and ask for details you vii find that it has been endowed by Cap tain Bligh, one of the most public spir | ited men iu the town.
 Ann, in the new kitchen, built for hel under the supervision of Captain Bligh- so comfortable, so convenient, so far sur passing the ideal of any kitchen she haG ever known-Ann in her own dominions with the old parrot beside her, to whom in his repentant and meek dotage sh' has become reconciled, speculates ol the strange events in her life; and one O the insoluble knots to Ann's understand ing is Mrs. Martha Whitcumb, wha ailed Sister Martha that day she depart ed so suddenly for home, and why ha she never congratulated Captain anC Mrs. Bligh on their marriage, nor paiC another visit to the old Mayhew home stead2
 THE END.
 A Claim Settled After Thirty Years.
 One of the oldest claims against tht government was presented not long agc by the sole survivor of 8 massacre oI the plains. Thirty years ago 8 family O emigrants was travelling through Idaho on its way to Oregon, when it was SC upon by Indians. The father an( mother, four sons and three daughter | xuara Li11od hut the voun0eat memher o