Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-11
MIR. AND MRS. JIM.
Br CoRIsSE ARTHUR STEWART.


world apparently designed for suffering;
and Baby Toggins's mother for enjoy
ment; but Baby Toggins, despite her
dwariish body, 50 restless with its FREE
quent pain, extracted delight from the
most commonplace objects, even as bees
draw their richest honey from thistles,
and Baby foggiEs's mother often found
the tears dimming the laughter in her
eyes, ani herself pouting at the estab
lshed order Of things with her rose-red
lips set ike blush jewels between her
dmpieh cheeks.
They wed an a farm house two-and-a-
half stories high, whose roof ended in a
sharp gable which did not out-tower,
however, two glitteringly leafed willow
trees growing on the left side near the
green terraces that the house stood upon.
\ fight OF steps went down over these
terraces TO gravel walk that led to the
highway some distance beyond. The
barns and outbuildings were In the rear,
and were always goodly stocked; for
Toggus was, for farmer in his district,
comfortably well off. The beautiful lit
tie dove-cote was here also, where the
flock OF feathery inmates would rise like
""i'e e'ouu 10 Se'e'e with hu'ne 'ous
nappings on the smoothly brushed
ground to wrestle for grain with the
fowls.
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