Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-09-10
The First Letter Of
Her Name
By ALBERT KENYON


thinkin' what lot o work bad TO
do that was usually done by women.
could stand II all till II came to
washin' dishes, and that always
| hated
There came rap at the door and
Cynthia Jones came In to ask me II
wouldn't lend her mother quart Of
milk. The Joneses have the next
farm TO mine. There's one boy and
Eve girls. I've often wondered what
Farmer Jones'il do with all his girls.
There's only one livin' at the farm,
and thatTi go to the boy. went to
the springhouse and got Cynthia the
milk. and as handed Il to her she
said;
You're very comfortable here. Mr..
Crabb. amt your
"well. yes" answered. "I'm CON-
Portable enough"
Don't you ever git lonesome Twin
all alone?"
"No. don't git lonesome at all.
You see, by the time git the dishes
washed it's perry nigh bedtime"
Do stB 8At oAcAn aNtitn sAJIA
men don't"
Il hate It"
"why don't ron git woman to do
1t for your
~ don't know anybody that would
like to hire out for that purpose"
you might marry some one. She
could do all the woman's work--the
sweepin'. the cookin'. the milkin' and
all"
II don't know any one that would
marry me"
You don't mean it. Why. there's
lots o. nice girls would be glad OF the
position. | know q girl that would
marry you and make you good wife"
who's thatY'
"why, Mr.. Crahb. you wouldn't have
me tell you She wouldn't thank me
for doin' so II she did Il would be
tmmodest of her"
us II Susan parkY'
"No."
cit amt Meiis Billings, is itg-
mo; don't refer to Melis. But
won't give you any more guesses."
Seems 10 me that's kind o. mean"
"I'ii tell you what I'll do. Come In
to our house Sunday night and I'll
give you the first letter OF her Hrst
name"
made the call on Sunday evening
and found all the family except Gym
burnin' on the hearth. and the brass
andirons shone beautiful. Cynthin had
some apples and cider on the table
waitin. and altogether everything
looked mighty fine. Somehow l could
never make my Twin room look like
that, and told her so. She said men
couldn't do such things; only women
could.
Cynthia made me feel so good that
forgot all about askin' her the letter
she was goln' TO tell me, and | went
away without II. | met her on the
road the next day, and said;
what was the letter you was goin'
to tell me? I clean forgot It."
you'll have to come for II next Sun
day" she said as she hurried on.
went the next Sunday night. and
the first thing | did was to ask for
that letter before forgot IT. Cynthia
said she'd tell me just before went
home, only was to remind her of II.
The family was mostly at home this
time. and Cynthia took me into a little
, @ by room of the dinin' room. There
was only one easy chair In IT. Gym
thia set herself down III that and left
me chair with a wooden seat. To-
ward 10 O'Clock got so tired couldn't
stand Il any longer. got up and walk
ed about to rest myself and Cynthia
! moved aside, and. seem she didn't In
I tend to be mean about IL. | set down
/ beside her.
Would you believe It? l went away
without thinkin' TO remind her OF the
| first letter OF the girls name who
would like to marry me! | met her In
! a few days In the store and asked her
/ for IL. but she said I'd have TO try IL
again and II I didn't remember this
| time she wouldn't tell me at all.
/ went round the third time TO get
that letter and found not only the fam
} lily at home. but lot o friends there.
I So Cynthia had to take me to a closet
! where they kept old books and maya
zines. and we set ON the pfc with our
! legs stiekin' out into the hall. The
/ closet was narrower than the easy
chair we'd set in the second night I
was there. and there want no room
for my arm. so had to put II around
her. We set there that away from I
till 10 o'clock.
by cracky.r l said Jest as l was
!, a-goin away, III didn't pretty nigh
forgit ag'in TO ask for that letter.
Cynthia larfed and said that the first
letter had missed by not askin' for II
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