Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-01-08
CHRONICLES,
CHAPTER II.

| In the year nineteen hundred and fourteen
| when Woodrow, surDamed Wilson, ruled over
| the land, q great emperor arose in the
| North and assembled the great men
of the land and thus he spake unto
| them: $50 to now and prepare for
battle the millions Of my subjects, even the
| mighty men of valor to against the
| nations of the earth, for lol these two scoIe
| years have been making ready to conquer
the universe and bring all the peoples of tine
| earth under my rule, and now the time has
| come when shall arise and take possession"
And the saying pleased the men of high
degree. aud they Immediately began TO ex-
ecuse his orders. And behold! the whole
| earth was shocked exceedingly at the terrible
deeds that were committed Oh land and ON
sea. Such warfare never was known before
and they soon merited the name which they
got, even the name of Huns.
Now this name soreiy displeased them,
and they said, 'Are not we highly civilized
nation OF great kultur, and do not the people
come to our schools of learning from all
parts of the earths Why, then, should they
name us thusf" And they were sadly
grieved.
Now our ruler, even Woodrow, was watch
ing and was greatly grieved when he knew
how the other nations were being treated,
and he had after q time received several
strokes from their mighty hand, and so 1t
was that he cemmuned with his people and
snake thus unto them: 1--WE will sail across
the seas and aid these stricken nations in
putting down this desperate foe" And the
people with one accord answered, eve Will"
So he called all the youth of the land and
many others to take command, even mighty
men of valor, fearless and skiliful in warfare
and they made resdy to go. The women
of the land and the mlddle-ageo
men and maidens united as oae in giving
assistance, and many went across the water
TO help relieve the sufferings of the people,
ana many of the good alasrons aAd younger
women who remained at home did much
neediecraft and indeed were kept busy from
early morning till late at night with their
skiIlfut hands forming of socks and m-ny
other things that were needed and making of
garments.
Then did tie good woman Mary fear lest
she and her column be forgotten. So she
appointed a feast day to be held at her
spacious home on the hilltop, to the which
she invi ed all the good women who had
been helpful, and thIir spouses, to attend.
Once, twice, thrice did they assemble thus
and ate and drank and made merry. And the
people were greatly pleased nd said it is
good to thus meet together.
Bnt many would go away and forget to be
helpful to the column, and while there were
still few that were faithful, yet many times
the good woman Mary was left to serve alone,
until there came day when she grew dis
heartened, and weary of serving alone, for all
the good women of the laad had been entirely
given over to needlecra:t, and while it was
praiseworthy thing to be engaged in, yet she
felt they had not the interest in the column
as in days of yore. And SO 1T came to pass
not long after, hat when the good women
went to look for the column to read, for they
still were glad To read the words of wisdom
that were always flowing from her pen, that
behold it was not.
Then, indeed. did they bewail themselves.
and said 'Surely We did not do well t, be
so given over TO other things as 70 forgel to
be helpful to the column "rhese things
ought we 10 have done, and not to have left
the other undone." And there were MAY
heavy hearts and sad countenanees, and they
said one to another, We did not realizs half
no more. And one Aunt Mary cried out in
anguish CT heprt, "Oh, that had been mure
ne pful! for now shall never again taste Of
those appetizing beans OF Aunt Maris's, nor
those delicious rolls of Narcissus', neither
greet the dear sisters that it was so good to
meet and hold comma nion with" And SO
thought many another.
So after time they bethought themselves
t" make a covenant together, and as the great
war was over and the Huns had been driven
back to their own country ID a sad plight,
they would now have more time to be more
he pful TO the good woman Mary. They
wound send message to her, anu pledge
their support ever fter, pera overture she
would repent and give them the column
again.
And the thing pleased good Mary. who had
a kind heart, and she again started the
column, and then were the hearts of the good
wome made glad, and they kept their COW
enant and were indeed helpful, and many
others were added, and it pros pered exceed
ingly, and they all rejoiced aud were glad.
Written by the River Jordan, Ammo Domini
Oae Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighteen,
by one S. j. Y.
This scribe, lone s. J. Y" certainly
will receive the THAMES OF all interested IN
the column. How did she ever think of
it?
AUNT MADGE