Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-10
VERY STUPID OF HIM.

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A girl sat on the porch Of Z farm
house knitting. Up the road came Q
man. He stopped before the girl, who
sat meditating with her eyes on her
work. Presently she looked up. Seeing
him, glad smile was about to break
Sut on her lips, but she repressed It
well. declarew she exclaimed
Where did you come fromf I'd a.
soon have expected to zee your ghost
a. you"
II should have been very much dis
appointed" replied the man, going up
on to the porch and taking seat, ito
zee your ghost prefer to zee You in
the flesh"
LET me 80. Il must b seven OF
eight years since you left You went
away the day after-after I saw ron
last, didn't your
yes. left you standing on this
very porch. II was twilight. with
moon In the frst quarter. I went
down the road there determined that
you should never see me again."
"And what brings you back nowr
II came to get married"
He was looking her In the eye.
Though inwardly she WINGED at the in
formation. she succeeded in appearing
Indifferent to It.
"who - the happy womanr' she
asked.
1--WE answered . question. It's my
turn to ask oae. Are you marriedr'
mo-
He sat looking at her inquiringly.
and she continued:
"Thers's never been any one here
who wanted me-"
Nor any one you wanted"
That's right"
Same here. I've remained single
since left you because there was no
one could get that l wished to mar
~"
But now you can get the one you
wantT
mo. but l must have a companion.
I feel myself getting old. I'm thirty
two"
"And I'm thirty"
$50 concluded to come back here
among the people was brought up
with, marry the first girl could get
and take her back to the most God for
saken country woman ever lived in"
"You won't have any trouble getting
a girl to 60 with you. but it's not much
of an outlook for her,"
How about mey"
shell be constantly mourning for
civilization and to see her do so will
he very hard on you
"You wouldn't marry man who
was intending to take you to such a
| country. would you?"
Yes. If loved him."
"And make him miserable by mourn
ing for these beautiful hills?"
I'D try not"
There was silence for awhile be-
tween them, broken by the man.
Seems to me that II You had got to
the state I have. tired Of living alone
and didn't care whom you married. and
I could give up my interest ont thers
you'd all the bill"
III married you I wouldn't let you
give up your interest out there. wher-
ever that is-not on my account"
~But you said you'd do that II you
loved The man."
Yes; that's what said."
But II you didn't love the man.
II wouldn't marry him At an"
Another silence. The man sat tap.
ping his boot with Z stick b bad cut
bssids The road.
I'm sorry about that" be said pres
entity. II didn't know but that Il you
felt the same n do It wouldn't b
necessary for me to 60 any farther fo'
q companion"
"But don't feel a. you do. In
your case the romance has passed
away, and you merely want some one
to keep you from being lonely. I vii
marry no man don't love-"
! He sat for awhile with a dt'ap
pointed look on his face, then rose t.
60.
| singular" he remarked, looking a
the sky. There's the half moon W
there, and the twilight's coming on
Just the same as when ! left you be
fore"
And you haven't improved bi
since then. In another eight or tel
years you'll come back again and tall
Just as stupidity as you did when
saw you last and as you are talking
now"
"Myra. what do you meanT
| The only reply he received was
passionate burst Of weeping.
"Myra, sweetheart. do tell me"
"You went away and have beef
gone eight years. Why didn't yo'
come back the next day7 l expecte<
you and had little present for you"
"But you refused me-"
That's nothing II did. You didn'
expect me to fall right into your arm
ut once, did your