Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-12-16
MR. AND MRS. JIM.
"a, ,pRgSSE ARTHUR STEWART
Issgun tn issue Of Nov IT.

chorus intentions ana the prospects al
sontb surry were much discussed oyeI
the length and breadth of Newhury Neck
There we're those Who were losth to sci
ANYTHING, and those Tho were willing te
yeaHsys cottage site, provided cot.
tag, WAS guaranteed to he built on it
There were those who were not in favor
81 ai-po-ing of the water fronts without
the land behind them.
"H.ii have to giye'them the right -of-
way over our lards, II we sell only The
fronts. aud thst II spoil our crops Bet
ter charg. tue same for the water fronts
A. you would Tor the whole land, said
some
What We want is people who'll i'm
prove the land. aud not make the place
fust another Shady Nook, said others
NrNbury Neck WAS ambitious For one
ir344t~ecut bubble OF "a moment It had
Baf Herhor IN its vision It remem bered
hoH NIFTY years age, " hen Bar ilarbor " as
hui fog raped bleak islan4. New bury
NIX had outmatehed it ia natural faeti.
ittez and had had greater future pre-
q ;rd Tor II. That future fathers and
mothers had lived aud died believing in !;
,het future children lived aud were ready
10 de in the same faith Of
All this controversy al first interested
Baby Tos gins. or rs she resalutely de-
randsd ri. bo called DiadAmia very much; ;
nut Rs tine went on and Mr.. and Mrs
Jim did not return, she grew sad aud
trou 'sea again.
aln.- .orld Is full OF bother" she said
one noo, to the a. We sat beneath he UNI
hrsee.tas willows awaiting the call for
dI8uss, which Was at II o'clock standard
tiu, Newb bury Neck time was reg.
Utate't ny the sun, aud was much earlier
er ts-ecr than the standard or rail-
al II was a loeose saying that you
supid start at South sVry at, say, $
a'lt,.#s- by local time, and arrive in Els.
81 II, after two hours driving at =
TX by Ellsworth time. The morning
ls. been very warm, almost sultry.
n#s.eed that the little face looked much
inner than Is wont, white the tiny
and showed rhell's transparency, but
ae large black eye. which usually had a
SPARKLE Ike white light In them were
VI~ttnlly de tisnt Tn. hot weather had
been trying. II had made her H-tie-s,
sud less ready to eSett her NH against
The wesriae>- II III health
Aren't yea veil, Baby fogsiu-2a |
asked
How ran anyone he We'll When one
feels bedFA' shr answered, aud left the
riddle coHuHdrum sitt}; 9-4a,- my
peele t-nG Hatg any more now IT. p5s-
dautta, SHE continued positively. All OF
the strength HAT sht bad OF late she
seemed to pat into her determination 10
DC called Dt,aamle. And strange to re-
late. Jeaue upheld her ~ her iusIstence.
% ! i. "a pretty mann, 4uoth Jeane, amt
an odd enc. think il becomes my in
liant. Lett call her nladania, Hollis. ."
And hat dec died IL Tor Hollis. Only, as
they say, you cannot teach old dog
uew tricks, and MAS someH hat siom III
accommodating myself 10 he change.
We had genuinely New England din
ner that day, To please Toggin-.
Bottled corn beef
cabbage n,.et-
TurutFs Potatoes
iiuilesi corn Johnny cake
Miner pie
trenu rhets>c puushuut-
Jeane ate very dsintily. Whatever her
nationality, she was not Yankee-thst
is, not a Yankee as meaning an inhabi
tant OF the New Engla states. To
southcrners, alt people born north OF the
Mason aud Dixon line are Yankees, " lille
according 10 Webster. the word is
corruption OF the French word "Angl
by the North American Indians VINO
applied it discriminating To all Eng
lish alike Other authorities -omeW hat
tancitully suppose II To have been derived
by degrees from English, iingIsh,
Ysngish, Nsnges. Yankee.
al Mr and Mrs. lin doesn't hurry up
and come, " said Baby Toggins during the
meal, "rm agoing to get sick
''Wuy, Diadamia,' Tuggin- dropped
his fork and stared at her IN yon-terna-
ton.
"Nonsense." laughed Jeane. You
must no, say that again, Disdamia, unless
you wish Jeanne mamma to think you are
naughty.
Basy Togrjns did not ssS II NJ ain, but
true to her word, she did become III. As
trac,ah,. a chi'd as she had always been,
she became obdurately wiltul
II III sgoing to get sick, she SAID, ana
How she always managed to have what
she prophesied occur, l don't know. II
was either strong influence OF nina
over matter, or a TOO sensitive physique
TO the dictates OF the heart.
II was Il slow worrying fever at first
that inaue her wan and silent, but one
night she burst forth into passionate
deiirium, aud walled and besought 50
much for Mr.. and Mrs. Jim, that II was
pi,iiu to listen TO. From That time torth