Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-06-16
A QUIET COMMUNITY
BY NJ. QUAD.

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! tramp had helped himself to onions
4 from somebody's garden. 1t was just
quiet. respectable and peaceful, and
its inhabitant read la the newspapers
the happenings in other villages and
/ patted each other on the back that
I they were Hainsvillers.
4 Thus it was that when the Widow
| Thomas made her advent in the village
i one dar, booking for quiet place in
/ which to pass few weeks, by the ad-
! vice of a doctor. for her nervous trou-
4 bic. everybody put himself forward to
assure her that she had come TO the
( right place and TO make her welcome,
I The widow had rather peculiar nerv-
/ Gus trouble, as She stated at once. To
cure it she must stroll around more or
/ less at night under the dew and under
the moonlight Would the villagers
regard that as improper; They
wouldn't-not as long as the doctor
had recommended it. In her strolling
would she meet men who would try to
1irt with her? Never, Flirting was
thing unheard of in Huntsville. II any
man sought to introduce such thing
he would be tarred and feathered and
driven out
And so the little woman was settled
in the house of the Widow Davis. who
was glad to take her in for the bond
between them and that they might sit
of an evening and compare notes
about the loved and departed. The
stranger had taking ways with her
and was a success from the start. She
began stroiling around nights almost
at once, and such men as encountered
her lifted their hats and passed on
without word. They had visions of
tar and feathers before their eyes.
And almost from the first the boarder
began to gain in health. The fresh
milk and eggs ana the dew and the
moonlight had a wonderful effect in
quieting her nerves, and when this
became known throughout the village
there was talk of establishing SAM
tarium for the benefit of nervous per
sons
The Widow Thomas remained in
Huntsville for six weeks. IL was then
announced that her cure had been com
plete. AS her coming had created
something Of sensation. her going
was not to be without its special fea-
lures. As the rumor Of her contem-
plated departure crept about certain
deacon received note asking him to
call, and she said to him:
Deacon, on FIVE different occasions.
after 8 O'Clock at night, as recorded
here in my notebook, l have discov-
cred you peeking into the windows OF
a certain house i am little short OF
money and shall take 1t kindly. If you
will lend me $40"
! The deacon said "Um, uni" TO him.
self and handed over the money. He
| hated to LET it go, but that was quiet
community.
In response to another note Mr..
Jackson, who deals In real estate and
insurance. made his appearance. He
was about the only man In the village
who didn't believe in the dew cure. She
shook his hand as warmly as she bad
that Of the deacon and said:
"Mr. Jones, as you will see recorded
/ here in my notebook. have on four
I different occasions at late hour of
/ the evening discovered you carrying
baskets of apples from Mr.. Sutliffs
I orchard to your kitchen door There
may or may not have been dew on
| them. / am a little hard up for
money, and ! hope you can lend me
( SIS"
| Yes, / might do it-might possibly
/ do it," replied the insurance man as
/ he rubbed his chin and looked at his
toes. And the result was that be did
| do it, though he had to 60 out and Dor.
row SO Of the sum.
The third caller was Mr.. Brown, one
Of the merchants of the village. He
had just introduced a new feature into
| his trade. He had taken In as sales
woman a young lady from a town ten
miles away. and the move was a sue
| cess, although his wife had siren
uously objected to it. The Widow
Thomas wished to congratulate him
on the success Of his innovation and to
say:
Mr.. Brown. my doctor has sent in
his bill rather unexpectedly. and find
myself rather short. Wouldn't you
like to lend me $40 for a few daysT
"But-but you know you are stran-
ger to me-" be protested.
Certainly. But you know / have
been walking around nights since
came here. On three occasions. a.
You see recorded in my notebook.
have seen a gentleman and lady walk
ing arm in arm IN the pine grove.
could have wondered who they were
but haven't"
'Um. UNI see. You haven't the
least idea who they wereT
| mo"
Then drop into the store before
| you go, and ! will hand you the mon
| ey. This is quiet community, yor
know. and /. for one. am anxious To-
1t to remain So"
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