Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-01-21
WALKED TIE PLANK.


belle Of Fs.4aals at that time was Mgr.
iory Jones The miller's daughter. She
was Il l,4e... -.i, too, ! can tell You. AS
you may suppose, she had plenty OF sweet
hearts
- mere was Jack Smith, the darkest fell
low in the Village. Wasn't be wild! In
our opinion Jack stood the best chance
with the fair Marjory. Jack was a suck
ing lawyer then; Bill Smith, his cousin,
Ted Whereat and l were farmers, and Tom
Rulnins was "a dealer.
eve five reckoned that Marjory ought
to belong 10 one of us, and we formed
. league offensive and defensive One
night Jack and l had staid till old
Jones turned US out, and as we stood out.
side the gate we heard her silvery laugh az
the old man Crowled at being kept out O.
bed by Z passel O. young wosbuds.'
George, said Jack Smith, Two got
an idea. You come TO my rooms tomorrow
night, and III get Ted and Bill and Tom
to come il. Then, if they are agreeable,
we'll just make that young woman come
to decision
The next evening we settled down to
hear what Lawyer Jack had to say
care you all in love with Marjory?
"a unanimous cry of es' followed
"'Look here, said Tom Rumins, we
must settle this matter somehow or some
other fellow viii be cutting US all out Let
us each writo her proposal and send at
the same time
"'Right, said Jack, and let's start fair;
Let them all be put in the same words
6 We had better call for our answers
ourselves
".What, all ar onces'
Net exactly. 3ne after another, aid
we'll draw : who goes first, and so on. ;
You fellows will talk all night and DO
nothing after all, cried JACK. You leave
1t to ne. l know more about il than you
do:
"DEAR MAR45RY-KDowinr rs Won do the
warm at1ee..dl have tor you, You will not be
surprised If I six you 10 lie mine and mine
aione.
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lesS we "tA' nl'ie CUT Oh oul way 10
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NOT s44e 10 'ros' 70 IT. Inc ofidee ltseI
eohsls'ed g., Tires piahhs resting on some
piers ana lAese piahhs were some" hat IN
secure
Now 'h's was my scheme: would
Gross the Hiase ana then remove the mid
Ole planh- ID the oafk any one VINO came
utter ne Would not notice the gap and
water III
meant oNc"lng' ana tAaV was what
proposed 10 treat NV rivals 10.
was CON peter! successful In olsplac-
shg 'Ae aiTe-uy loose plahk' ana at ISL
precisely i!iaFcheo ooioiy INTO the mill.
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oloh APPEAR 10 take any notice OF It
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