Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-09-02
A DELAYED LETTER.

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oiisy''InE '"i! Va! WIS drawing 10 ciose.
/, ',e was p"stli''s'ress "no s'ote clerk at
, ,io ooi'e,s my "iUe' ""y ior years she
h"u so''eu owl me s'aSe mans, the county
papeiS anu .he ,e''eis' Ing oas ma peeh
DnHS ""e >" ,"o s'".'' anu 10 auu 10 lhe
o"iiiusion i''uEi }iaa recently poughe
nv" seC vi u"A's 10 'ahe .he place OF the
wing! "''' i"rt'"ieS "hich ior 20 years
hau u"t'o c"'tIhuo"S service hhuer oiHer-
eht postihas'ers'
y carpenter haa "orheu that afternoon
''"rihs ava! 'he oia case ana Reherally
oNefhnui1hR 'ne postoilioe ehu OF The store.
l.! o'" was oet"eeh ~ anu oo. Nigh
VI" u 49, pen, wv" !thr oi"er my noy
.trFE, oin MIS-. paN'uso sald 10 her
ii,,'"s "H'" i'sai' age was alscusseo'
bat' law She ooh look IT, an sho don [
aet IL, ih'h' low be"aou girls never LOOK
ca uiu % tu'E ie"IIs ~
i"o carpenter s'oPleu na'h'herihs ana
came To WI. re the po7,fllsireSs was IAN
h'hR her7el.' lie was Shul'IihR a"kward-
~ nan u"|eh iet''r'' yellow with age
ana somewhat rtt eaten
see mere, i!oos' are THESE any eoodf
asheu me- h"'u'nE ou' the le'ters' lounu
ein uu"h Ntn'i'u 'iic W"inscotihg.
pose ,ho! re- '"ss tr"si "hat got prushed
asiue an NO account "I."'c'er'
Inc po'tH''s'reFs vi .ah""n corners
took the ie't'rs with pu. iit'ie snow OF IN
terese, fe"Fie were Always running TO
her with 'r'iies anu ASKING her uhheces-
sary questions.
iMeh's iiNe years Los IL i1iu peoh JUST
'haV ione SINCE she hau seen ',ohh butter-
"or'n-sinoe ne gave ner rover $ LOOK
anu .heh' che'riiy assuring her tha' they
Aorh.
!neir ie'ters naa peeh earnest ana iui
OF Ieehhg' ana hhaiiy ne Wrote asking her
N she "ouia lparry nm ,eiiing her tha1
no htid hot pe.h successful III business as
!e'' pu' 'h"e II sho ss''u les ne "ouio
ooine ofch 70 oah'ai' oorhers' anu they
"ouid go 10 lineage.
bfa'e'y I"o sne Pe"i'eu iaSoranie an
s"er' anu ,ne'' sue ""i'eu' AL 'ho uyihe
VI sro"' h'po'
NJ" ,o"no'ousis 10 'i'ns9 W iiie! no"
ahAi"uSi! SUI "m"i'e" ''ulhes from Johh
buV'er"or'h buI hoie caihe' Inc sum
mers came ana went. twenty i've years
ago ana she had p'eh thinking OF 'ohn
ou'teF"oF'n .."e oas
LOOKS e> II rats hau cha"eo en- some
ooh II; asked inc carpenter rs Lydla
stepped closer To the "lhoow TO inspect the
musty letters. Inc very hrst one OF the
lot gave hrr senses shoch-John butter'
worth, BUN Head hotci, Bowery, y. I.
Clty'
Inc req SUI, turned flack' ne tanaan
formers post"ii'ce began spinning around
ana nooolhR up ana oowh, hurricane
seemed 10 eaten her ana dash her head
against distant cliil,
There there MISS l'yday, sad the
tis eafl%htor' lahnlhR her with MS straw
nat. ne neat peeh goo lhaeh hut ye' l
guess,
lre1nhhnG llke enid she ohcc more
looked at mo letter her own letter OF ac-
cepthhee-i lighting htr trnth Tor better or
Tor WORSE through eFli ana good report
II St'iu'" ~ hcF is IL H'f ht"tb N"utu
burst IN agony she knew now why Juhh
Butterw"rth bad never come back. She
hhd appohfeu [" MN rs uh"lihhs 10 snare
MS fortunes
Lyala spencer was hrih woman. IN
justice to herself She determined to make
an effort {" reach john butterworth with
thc 'eihteu letter
IL haa no postlliarh. Iahlhs the in"rk-
s'i a o. ,,..-
men, "ri',nen no.e W inc rroprle.or
" NV n,ii .ienu MO-, w" Urn 1,,y IVY
sne 'o'o MN '" ,ot " afu ". tau -, IN,
o"so er, ,h sne ,es .a'A nm in'o .ne
e"p'ns mum y, 'ue ,na,.he' An0 '''s'
'ooh ID On iss way 'n"s nlsh'
r", W." ,,. s1 ,. .Iu .a'n' one
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I,,1 p,s -. 80 , s
yono"su ',.ope ~" .I"u oh Ioi
waiuoo run ~" hofA ~ poie So,ofa'
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