Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-11

ing Viola. He was sure to meet with the
rebuff which effectually cooled his ardor,
at least for a season, though the worst of
all was, that no human being could re-
tain anger against our heroine, for What
ever his provocation might have been,
the moment he saw her again, one smile
would Danish all rememb rance of I'M Jury,
and leave him more in love than ever.
A few months previous to the date
when my story commences, a singing
school had been started in the village by
young man from the eastern part OF the
State, named Eugene Cunningham, who
had taken this method of increasing
small income during the winter months
when his business was ordinarily dull.
Viola was one of his pupils, greatly to
her father's annoyance, who was sure
that all his tiddling and singing would
come to no good and, as a matter of
course in that hospitable region, the
singing master was invitedt to her fat hers
house "to take tea
The moment he made his appearance,
Mr.. Haywood and Aunt Eliza set their
faces like flint against him, for the eager
eye of the latter caught him in the act of
looking more than once intently at Viola,
as she glided about the room making
preparations for tea, and in the appre
hension of the former, there We're two
sins lying at his door, either of which
would effectually have shut him out
from his house and heart.
Eugene Cunningh ham, besides being
decidedly good looking, had the dress
and manners of a gentleman, and this, in
a man who had his own way to make in
the world, was utterly objectionable.
He was, moreover, giving instructions
in an art for which Mr.. Haywood felt
nothing but contempt, and all these con-
ditions rendered his reception so frigid
that less frank and joyous spirit might
have been chilled, but Eugene Cunning
ham seemed utterly unconscious of any
thing out of the way, and chatted and
laughed with his host as much at his
ease though he had been an old and
familiar friend of the family.
1t was clearly impossible to put him
so there was no remedy but to take care
that his visit was not repeated, and
measures We're taken accordingly.
Viola was strictly forbidden to at
tend the singing school, or to hold any
communication with the unoffending
teacher, and for the first tiNIe i'll her life,
her fat her spoke to her so harshly on the
subject as to draw tears from her eyes.
There were those, Notwithstanding,
who persisted in the belief that Viola
Haywood was more than once seen at the
singing school, and that it was her voice
which was heard at recess conversing
with the singing master in low tones.
However his may be, his name was never
mentioned at the farm, and the good
dame and her husband rejoiced that their
prudent foresight had nipped this evil in
the bud.
Just at this critical period a new actor
appears on the scene. This was no other
than Mr.. Clarence Sanford, a man in his
own estimation of no small Importance,
for besides large homestead in neigh
boring town where he resided, he owned
two farms and number of valuable we'll
bred horses.
He had attained the sober age of thirty
and five, still in state of celibacy; and
though innumerable plans had been laid
to deprive him of his liberty, he remained
Clancy free" until, in an unlucky hour,
he saw and heard the beautiful Viola,
when he CHANGED to attend a church SER
vice at Iamoine village.
From that hour Clarence Sanford had
never known peace. Twice every week
his visits were regularly paid at the farm
house, and though it was long before he
summoned courage to speak of love, if
ever woman could have been stared into
matrimony, Viola was in fair way of
becoming his bride.
His faculties seemed all concentrated in
the one sense of seeing, for he seldom
ever attempted to converse with his lady
love, who, it must be said, gave him little
encouragement to do SO.
But il Viola was unmoved by his silent
suit, not SO with her parents, who, from