Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-11-18

deeper and more contralto han her moth
ers, trembied slightly. ~ wish everyone
was as rich as u.s.
Here was intuitive tact, aud the
germ OF future philapthropic generosity.
/ And did not enlg htep her, in her sweet
| baby quaintuess, that beside the wealthy
people OF the world, her father would be
accounted poor. l sat down on loosened
rock from the old stone wall on my left to
wait, and in the meantime made day
dreams Of Baby Toggins.
Nature had been harsh to her physi-
cally, but kind to her mentally, and be-
reft of the many resources open to the
one of hearty digestion and of vigorous
health, might she not spend her effort in
the development OF her mind-in other
words, become writer? She had an
abundant fancy, a delicate, fastidious
Imagination, and sympathetic soul,
and the quickest leaps up the ladder OF
social recognition are those effected by
the power OF the pen-the pen which is
mghtier than the sword.
Then remembered how sadly hopeless
it is for any one who is physically i'll to un-
der take mental labor. There is no harder
drain on the physical health than that
OF intellectual pursuit, for it means con-
slant study, constant endeavor and con-
slant keeping of the senses alert to re-
ceive, classify and utilize.
By and by, Baby Toggins returned to
| me.
They were very thankful" she said
down on the ground and we'll take 'em
when the daylight goes out He must
hold his hand up like that all day, or they
will come. DUTY fore pleasure he says.
And they do eat the things, cause once
when | went there after shutdown, they
were all gone"
l refraned from suggesting to the
child that perhaps it was the 'sthey"
that took the food, that she was but
placing more temptation in the path Of
the ''Them.n
July II.
"There is, in this world no function
more important than that OF being
charming" says Victor Hugo. And truly
Jeane fulfilled this Office. She is as much
on the style of his usual heroines as
though she were a creation just stepped
from one of his books. Her influence on
Hollis is very marked and very beneficial.
She is gradually changing him from
rustic into a gentleman farmer. He talks
very well, observing even the niceties OF
English. He rarely says "chew' for
you, or uses the objective case after
passive verb; nor does he put two mega
tives together; but he cannot break him
self of pronouncing first" "fust" and
worst" ''wust'. He is very particular
about his appearance. | have never seen
him viii bout collar and necktie, and
even on these hot days, he wears linen
coat.
july II.
: As glanced from my window just now
saw Jeane and Baby Toggins sitting on
a rustic bench, artfuly made by Toggns,
beneath the generous shade OF the will
lows. 1t Was about O'Clock and the
wind had died down. They were picking
over Wud straw berries and arranging
them in boxes to be carried to Ellswort h
and sold. They had saved out some for
tea, having heaped them on the green
leaves upon a glass dish.
1t WAS pretty picture-Jeane i'll her
favorite blue dress and Baby in white
with her ever-present pink sun bonnet at
her feet, and around them the fragrant
red berries The shade of the willows
was upon them, and the sunlight was
upon the willows, and beyond were the
fields where he hay yet standing,
and the blue bay over which fleet shad-
ows were flying. The little white steam
boat "Catherne", that piled between
Rockland and Surry, was just rounding
Hopkins Point, and the bell ringing at
Mt. Desert Ferry could be distinctly
heard sounding over Trenton.
Baby Toggins had been telling some
droli story OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jim, and both
mot her and child were laughing. Then
saw Jeane's expression unconsciously
droop as it did that day when | first saw
her, aud l watched her breast sink with
I the motion of Il Ugh. Poor Jeane! There
wa. II struggle going on there between
natural inclination aud the intiictlon OF
t environment. Princess Jeane, who
seemed born to walk in tapestrled halls
; and glance in gilded mirrors, but obliged
hv capricious fate to tread on home made
carpets. and cast her rejection i'll the pol
, ish OF we'll blackened stove.
Naturally endowed with happy, almost
rollicklng disposition, the influence
, OF her surrounding. was depressing
and sometimes bighting. She acted
/ to me like one who realizes that
Z, there is some other place in the world in
tended for, aud belonging to her, could
she but find it. Her nature was to take
things lightly, airily; sorrow could never
{ gain firm hold upon her; she was not
r capable OF deep grief; and yet her In
l..t.- inn for Il FIR