Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-08-06
THE SAVING
OF PETER
By EUGENE uHLRicH
oopyrIghl. Iaol. ~ Eurenle uhlrIeh

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Mrs. Minna sehmitt stood at the
kitchen door OF Merriam's big house
and looked at the changing west Ev-
cry moment the light was growing
fainter and dulier. and still Peter
Burns did not come In to the supper
that Ind been waiting for him over
two hours. This was strange Of Peter,
and 1t would have been not only
strange but suspicious of anybody else
after having been 'lectIoneering" all
afternoon with the old judge, Mrs. Mer-
RAMS husband
Mrs. Schmitt did not like the judge
| The worst men In her eyes are those
who always seem so nice and pleasant
to everybody and between times get
drunk and abuse their wives II such
men were only mean all the time. peo-
| pie would not blame their wives for
everything that goes wrong, as the
village did Mrs. Merriam when she had
the old judge bound over to keep the
peace Since that time the judge had
been obliged to live at the village ho-
| tel. and Mrs. Merriam was left In the
big house. Now when the Judge want
ed to see Mrs. Merriam he drove up to
the gate and whistled for her. Then
Mrs. Merriam put on her best dress
and went driving with him, for the
judge was really very pleasant when
be was in good temper" as Mrs.
Merriam herself would have put 1t.
Every evening she made Peter drive
down TO the hotel to see that the Judge
got to bed without his boots. The Judge
paid those Of his bills that he could
out of his practice, and Mrs. Merriam
paid her own out of the place and the
summer guests" Sometimes she paid
an odd one of the judges.
Minna could not see but what 1t was
much better SO. though whenever she
went TO the village she had to hear
something about women who wear the
"pants" and like remarks, which passed
for wit thereabout. But Minna, who
had had a sharp and happily short
| married experience of her own. loftily
ignored these supposed Jokes. for her
German tongue was too slow to risk
answers. The delectable Peter himself.
who made possible the harmony OF the
pe'e' eo"N,ie'o"e' vas ,iis" i.e uio.e
."s jung n'"e que uas "nen tne
judges driving was a bit uncertain,
even for a horse that could find the
way home alone. Peter put up the
horse and looked after things that
evening, and he had been doing so ever
sinee' 40" he was .he one pe,soh "no
was "o'u !" "'ei .neei my 'ue sunni
'iu,es e,ppot' pam ue'"een 'ne I'M
anu 'ie nou'e a. au e,Ahe''
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As4, eAA. sl'e ou-n' " ~
over " tue S'auies' Aoinoifo" wouiu
Oe SUNDAY anu fe.er often nesueu
SUI" pun ~ solie"ne II was no' al
Aihia quieh hnsers 10 see any one
untiuS on Suhuas II sue eouiu heip IT,
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'ha' sue was curious UT, even "orse'
"orfiea- hihes uio iook queer Inc
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way lhe CUSHION iei. sniit'essiy On 'ie
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ne"ru oeei orea'hins' anu .iere gu
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as'eep' NO" Miiiha eouia NOT peiieNe
'hat any man "ouiu 20 iast asleep
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sonle'iiihs "rohs' nut sue was useu u
uoihs innings no' summing anu 'oohins
NJ tneih. sac 'ooA the CUSHION On the
seat anu, aiohe win the coat carrieu
II into 'he eall.ase sheu' @oniethihs
haru IN one u reter pocNe's strueA
ner manu. ana sue Ahe" NJ once ior
poe'ie' 1T was almost empty ana the
contents were not 70 De niis,aAeh'
linen she "leu tne other POCKET De
noiu, aholhef oo,tie'
nat Gamer Vi Juuse' she NUT
.ereo- ne mas i've s'oinachs' anu ne
does not rest uhtn everybody Is lSe
nini- Inc Heai 10 save "ohe III ner'
anu she uiu not ASK herseh "hether
sue hau that nhe zeaI ior every WAIVER
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