Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-12-02

do thlngS TOT MS EiEIN kti.
ceased to keep journal for a while
here, aud viii have to write from memory.
discovered an unexpected trait in Jeane:
She was entirely helpless IA case OF ILL.,
ness She absolutely could do not hing
for Baby Toggins, her own child, besides
smiling pleasantly upon her and cook
ing little daiuties for her To read To her
irritated her, and TO tell her stories
,bored her. Aud yet at the same time
her own inability to be useful in any
serious way worried and bothered her.
Il feel that I'm not doing my duty"
She told me; "but try hard as | may
can do d fferentIy or be different. Some
times, | suppose, that which we wish to
cultivate, IN virtues or inclinations. must
hr,t be bred in us, and 1t isn't bred In me.
Isn't 1t funny!"
Jesne Mas too pretty and too candid to
Judge unkindty. ! condoned her faults,
and ~ ,varml y towards her despite my
self sine Was made for the happy butter
fy things of life. SO 1t WAS Toggins who
baIn-d aud bandaged Babys hurt foot
To-. tAs who smoothed and freshened the
pillow and Toggns " ho moistened and
cooted ner brow. He seemed TO uivine
irtartiy what was needed for her COM
iott OF relief and he tended upon her In
manner as quiet aud restfui rs a woman.
Ay admiration and liking for Toggins
Wcte increasing daily. ! had yet to see
hi IN an emergency in which he was at
a loss.
\. Tor Baby Toggins herself, the greater
lfr suffering, the sweeter and more
Ietyhesome she grew. Disease ieli back
rebuked from her soul. II health found
no foothod upon her. Her only anxiety
vas for Mr.. and Mrs. JIM how they
| xtrc getting on without her. SO | took
il upon myself to call upon them once a
day and report to her, found the cou
pit.xceedingly grieyrd, II could rightly
IuG.r from sti,ted ptutom'tue, for the
powers had not endowed MIR. and Mrs
jim with the abituy - aik; they We're
| both dumb But that actions spesk
loa4er than words j. an axiom Old and
ysfsaet often euough 10 tie accepted a. a
tiu.,ta, aud Baby Tassius WAS contend.
| M J IN More ueH dress these days 1t
IA, Waite aud very -titAy -tarchcd, stand
| iag 8ut around her a. ctotit,- are made to
| DO ia t..nlon plates. II wA- very urcon-
| Ing. / even went 50 far a. to carry the
cbs,s to them That B,by Toggn- had
started WITH that unfortunate day,
plsejag it couv .uientIy near, and u plain
Ing that II vas -hs s. tao sent il.
Ga August 10 | boarded, with the aid Of
Togsin.' doty. the steamer Catherine
for surry, where took the big lum Der
Ing odd fashioned omnibus Tor Els orth.
| The porgee boats had not been in the
bays since the ;iest OF the month, aud
'Toggin promised 10 keep lookout and
notify me II they were sighted.
found Ellsworth much warmer than
Nea bury Neck. At the latter place there
Is sway cool breeze that fans you, la
den with hints OF the oceans breat h.
You become conscious OF its presence as
| soon a. you cross the carrying place, and
enter upon that unique peninsula. Then
Ii IS that you reach for wraps, and real
lie what a Maine summer on the coast is
like
On August IS Togglus teiephoned me
from Surry, the nearest telephone cali to
him, asking il did not wish some more
OF South Surry's ozone tonic. | under
stood and made all haste 10 comply. Tos-
gins waited for me in Surry and drove me
down.
ii was Baby who first discovered
them" said Toggins. "She said Mr. and
Mr.. Jim told her that the big h@h that
scot were lying To the south OF Burnt
Point, hidden by High Head. To satisfy
her, Went down to the observatory on
Grove hal and looked, and sure euouS h,
there they were, as snug and cosy ~ you
please, pointing toward Long Island. Odd
STE should have hill the fact both times
/ cs1't account for it,
1t IS the mystery OF the seventh sense,
san /. We are beginning 10 suspect
t-A. the psyche has sen-e, independent
if"m, though corresponding Ia function
To. nose OF the physical, hut gifted VITA
mDfr power
l-ioy Mr.. and Mrs. jim in their potato
ps,epa, we drove past, aud took oil HS
ha' N saIutation TO The quaint couple.
Jeane gave Us the most delicious clam
hroth for dinner that | ever ate, ana
registered anoih her mental encomium on
her cooking. | sometimes thought that
il "a ould have been a pity had she, from
the beginning, dwelt in her rightiut
place in the world, since she would doubt
less then have lived and died in ignorance
Of her capa bilties OF the culinary art. But
Who was there to say that she was not IN
her rightful place in the world? The es-
Management from her pedigree might
Ihaye been q kindness on the part OF ia'e'
Hes mothers sentiment about mower
Blasting its fragrance on desert ar as
Upuled Was not the desert air maue