Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-04-05


Is nothing more drears thah peauti.
full morning when one carries ioau
on his heart. L had LETT Adeie ,he
night before. shc having toio me .na'
she honored ana respected me. ou'
would not marry me. Ana now ! was
walking on the road 10 tne viiiase 70
post letter accepting an oner my uh
Gle, who was in the tea trace nau
made me OF position ID ms counting
room at Hongkong. Inc beauty Oh an
opening spring Knocked me. Inc warm
sunshine. the sprouting leaves .nat
delicate pale robe Dame Nature WAS
putting on contrasteu paihiuiiy win
the loss or the girl loved ana from
when was about TO permanently
separate myself by going 10 nve IN
barbarous land. A robin on iimp OF
tree, cooking his head on one SIDE,
looked at me, seeming 10 smile anu
say at the same time, foor teiioW'
A chlpmunk sat up on the Top ran OF
fence eying me roguishiy. ana some
how he seemed to be saying 10 me IN
congruously; Cheer up cheer up'
You'll fare better next time.
knew very wei why Adele had re.
fused me. IL was all on account OF
Wilmarth. He had come ON to the
Ted not more taan a month oeiofe
with that air OF superiority some men
always carry about thein--an arr OF
intellectual supremacy. When enc ex'
pressed an opinion in his presence ne
NJ, n "a Z
/ say, MY dear fellow, | have long ago
solved that problem, but you-wny. II
is far beyond your comprehension.
He was graduated at the biggest uni
versity in the land. was elected to the
biggest fraternity and was the biggest
all round man in college while there
And. stepping out as the biggest man
from among undergraduates. he had
stepped into the possession OF what,
90 far as competition with me was
concerned, was the biggest fortune In
the world. When this great young
man expressed desire to possess the
girl wanted what chance had 1?
Reaching a point beyond which the
road met another. ! saw Adele coming
Oh the otiieT Tohu. IL lheu nave any
one advantage over women II Is in
possessing pockets. We each carried
letter, and, while mine was hidden
away in my pocket, Adele was obliged
to carry hers in her hand As soon as
she saw me she showed plainly that
she would very much like to get rid
Of that letter. But. poor girl, what
could she do? A man without pockets
if such case is supposable-mighi
put it in his hat; woman, unless she
carried a hand bag. which Adele did
not. must needs keep it where all the
world can see.
l was a lover of long standing,
though had only recently avowed my
love. Adele had not the heart to
throw me over without preparing me
for the ordeal She wouldn't accept
Wilmarth until she had dispatched me-
/ had the evening before brought mat.
tiers to crisis. and she had run me
through the heart. Having done so,
there was nothing to prevent her CIV
ing wilmarth definite answer to his
suit She had written it in the form
of an acceptance.
This is the reasoning l went through
in my mind as to why Adele carried
that letter.
Adele came to the fork of the road
evidently embarrassed Since she
could not get rid of the letter just be-
fore meeting me she tucked it in her
belt l noticed she was careful to
q.
could not be seen. She was blushine
to the roots Of her hair. If there was
any doubt in my mind before that the
letter was for Wilmarth there was
none now.
"Why do you crumple your letter.
I said. ut will not be presentable
when received"
: "Oh. don't think Its appearance
Will make much difference to Its recip-
lent It's the inside Of q letter that