THE STRANGE STORY OF 
ELIZABETH ALLEN 
Continued from Page 1, 2d Col. 
thoughts were always with his 
“dream girl.” Invited, not long 
after his arrival, to spend the Sab- 
bath in Lynn, he attended a church 
service, and while sitting in the 
stiff-backed pew the girl of his 
dreams rose before his eyes, seated 
in the choir, in all the beauty of 
reality. 
In the confusion of quitting the 
church he lost sight of her, and 
tried in vain for a while to learn 
who she was. At last he discovered 
that she was a Miss Elizabeth Al- 
len of Manchester, visiting in Lynn. 
Soon afterward the black horse 
drew up to her door; the suitor had 
Not in vain was his woo- 
the 
arrived. 
ing, for a few months later 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
wedding bells rang out merrily in 
Manchester. The wedding ring 
was very curious—three circlets 
joined in one. At her death it was 
divided among three daughters; one 
had her ring buried with her, the 
second ring was lost, while the third 
is in the possession of Mrs. Ellen 
Durgin. 
Sammy Samples died after a few 
years of wedded life, and his widow 
married Col. Eleazer Crafts of revo- 
lutionary fame. “Grannie Crafts” 
kept the first store ever opened in 
Manchester, in the house now 
owned and occupied by the family 
of the late Joseph Proctor, the 
actor. This house, about which 
clusters many a tradition and ro- 
mance of colonial days, was built in 
1741 by Mrs. Samples, who worked 
with the men, carrying bricks in 
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her apron for its mammoth chim- 
neys. 
May Run Again. 
Mr. James F. Shaw, Republican 
candidate for senator last fall, and 
family are at their Manchester home 
for the season. Mr. Shaw has put 
in a very busy winter, having spent 
much time in Virginia, where he 
has business interests, and in New 
York City, where street railway 
enterprises have kept him occupied. 
Mr. Shaw has been approached by 
several leading representative Re- 
publicans in this district asking 
that he again accept a nomination 
for senator, but he is giving the 
matter serious consideration before 
making a  statement.—Gloucester 
Times. 
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