Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-18

little more, though she has gone through
hc@ long, weary seasons in London. Ere
member that | love you and sl't Il always
pray for your welfare. Bat rcmCirlcri,leo,
dearest Arthur, that | am command by
high authority to honor my father anC
my mUthyr. | have told them thHt | pre-.
fer you-ah, how infinitely, But they say
it Will bring their gray hairs to an early
grave if | do not accept the general s pro
Josal, which, combined as it is with deel
affection, honorable achievements and
most generous settlements, is the only POS
siblc means of assuring the future of one
% dependent as poor little nv! You would
not have me bring my parents gray hairs
to the
'tNo, darling No, no, mol But it will
kill me!1
And if poor Arthur put more cognao
than was his absteminous wont into his
temperate bottle of soda water that night
at the club what wonder
There is such a thing as a broken but
tertly, say what you will
The wedding was gorgeous and select.
The honeymoon was 80 days of abjcct and
happy slavery on the part of the general,
of gracious and wifely submission to exhi.
billions of conjugal affection, sanctioned by
the Church of England, ON the part OF
Lady Grant.
And the happy commencement Of this
suspicious union is not evanescent. 1t cul-
inmates in n perfect understanding be-
tween the veteran warrior-for, after all,
81 Is 5l-and his charming bride. He gives
her all he has-moncy, time love, endur.
ance, even absence when it is the duty OF
modern husband to he absent And she
on her side does her duty. She accepts all
without q murmur.
The races are just over at Goodwood.
The general, to please his wife, who is a
good sailor, has bought yacht And from
that luxurious home which is now lying
at Littlehampton the pleasant party OF
invites have every day driven over to
Goodwood in the generals drag. But to.
day is the last day of the meeting. So
Lady Grant has determined to hayea grand
dinner on board and fireworks to follow.
Dinner is over, and, strange to say, ev.
erybody is on deck except Lady Grant and
Captain Malct - strange, because Lady
Grant is the model of an English matron
and therefore it must be something OF
great moment that keeps her in such close
conversation with any one but her hus
band
1t is not strange that CaDtain Malet
should be of the party. Is he hot d very
old friend of the hostess, and is not the
general a person who has been accustomed
to obey orders all his life?
.'i5ybil arc YOU happy"
Yes, dearest Arthur, as hanpy as
wife can be, for l have the blessed con.
seriousness that l am enduring II daily mar.
tyrGnm. | am married to Il good man
whom do not love. But l know that
there is a Providence that directs all our
ways, and SO | am content"
Il only wish Providence would direct
the general to IL better world"
Hush, Arthur, you must not say such
things to me!'
And then they 20 up, slowly 20 up the
companion, to where they expect to find
the general entertaining his guests.
He is not there. And as he has to &C
out in the dingey to let off the fireworks
outside the harbor he has been putting on
a life belt in his cabin next to the saloon.
Unfortunately for himself General Grant
has never learned to swim. 1t was not
agreeable to him to hear his wife talking
to the handsome young officer about hel
marriage, but it would nave been still
more painful to stop out upon them.
minute or two, after drinking off a large
glass of water, for he is unaccountably
thirsty, and finds Captain Malet ready,
equipped for the night air.
"Oh you will want somebody to helr
you, says his wife. Captain Malet, at
all events, is not afraid of the water -
Poor little thing! She means no harm.
After all, it does seem a little absurd to
wear u life holt when you are II member OF
the Royal Yacht squadron.
Without word the two men got into
the dingey and are rowed down the harbol
to where the fireworks may be let off to
the best advantage.
Few people, except visitors to Good
wood and fond husbands with large fam.
lilies, visit Littlchampton. For the benefit
of the majority, therefore, l may men
ton that the port of Littlchampton il
chiefly composed of the swift flowing river
Arun, a couple of jetties and a few piles. |
AS a natural consequence, when the tide
is at the flow, Il mountainous wave is the
result of the contact between sea surg.
and river current.
OF this fact the couple of sailors who
are rowing out the dingCy are unfortu |
nately ignorant. So, when they come tG
the mouth of the harbor, they are capsized, |
fireworks and all as neatly as possible the
result being that a quarlor of an hour aft |
er the accident the boat is drifting away
mcrrily into midchanncl with two people |
hanging on to her keel. The two people |
are General Grant and Captain Malet
The sailors have disappeared.
Slowly the long hours glide away. Fierc |
err every hour dash the pillows against tn. |
benumbed bodies which are rousing then |