Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-11-08


in reality to take another hok Of the shelves
filed with erOckery sn! fruit, and the window
garui,hed Nth orssgcs, lemons, and peaches
and ,umblers of chesinuts, almonds, and Eng
lish wsinuts She even thought OF going I,
tbs slow-bcS. to sec II. by some incompre
hen,ible means, spark had not found It's wa,
h~ncaih the glass cover.
II must have been midnigh, before NJ.
Temple could compose herself To sleep. Sh,
had never, from plcasurable excitement, beer
k-p, awake so long but once before in hcr
life, and that va, the night succccding raj,
nv day. on which Simcn Shou, Young m.r
whom she thought particularly good looking
assisted her across gutter. u Is true. that
owing eiiher To hi, a~k~ ardness OF her owl
,r,pidliion she slipped and we, both Of her
feet, in consequence OF which she took ould
and was confined To the house week She
knew, however, that Ne meant to do her =
. Kindness. But that "a. when she wAs in hcr
i.eus. Twelve years, With their weight OF
iOil. and care, and sorrow, had since been AL
ded TO her life. and she had, a few m"uihs be
fore she concluded On opening store, made
SIMON Short. w-Li,nc 'es'. as calmly as sl'c
voUI Aa's made the wedding veal of any 9th
er msa.
/ "Slmcn, ,,rl she, &" has made avery gcsl
cho,ee-Sally Dixie will make hm eood
wife anal sh, - great deal handS,mer than !
am" She hsI iroa csrlJ ehildho..d. bcru
meek asS rSpn--qual'uss which being IN
constant regulSli.on under the uaininI uf a
stern, sc,cle asd eNAc,inr tack mistress, ~srr,
of osVrs,, uorc and morr developed. They
stamped themselves upon her countcnancc, and
wcrs ,Nhis,tcd IN every movement. There
va, something even In the manner IN winch
she sridci her hair, and parted It on her
forehead. which showed that sh" was OF \ gen
,le. sssml,Siy- disposition. and It ll'Trnol''-
ri., had examined h,r lcad, b, would have
found thu, tho bump OF rc,cr.ucr vls unrom.
moul, prum,neut.
When Ms Temple d'i 60 tn sleep, visions
OF ercckcry, oranges. nccdlcs, ch'sinut-, rib
h,,us. aud -aisius. with plenty ol cusiomers,
mingled together IN strange confusion, wcrs
constantly bcior, her. She aVoIc early and
ro>, before the sun. When lh. mIsis, lelt by
slunbcr. had fairly cleared aWay, she found
that the picture which had hccu ilo4uuc ~ he'
mind. and which To her hall,auu,cd iScultir'
presented shspc A. varying anil underlined a.
the foaunc cloud, ~Ns nr,hinr niore Uct les
th,n the bright, cherry liiile room, which sh'
had 50 la,ely ganIshcd Nth Articles pleasant
to psin, ard eve.
Her hr,, care, after leaving he, chh~ssr
Wa, io unclose ihr shutters OF her ,iute, anC
orcn the outer door She then looked care
fuliy up stree, apd down, and finding ,ha, n'
pcr-oH appeared N ~ siir'"g, she crosse,
over - the opposite s,de, that sl'c IS'rh have
tall view 4 the .ho~ WiRdc~ an all ~ glo
~. There. ,co, over the door, ~a, the sgr
With Mack rroand aa4 " "Nlriw Tc.Ple
painted IN large, yellow capitals, Asawhole
|, appeared better ,hsr she had expected, ln'
she Sas CONSCIOUS VI scli-conselus1c, ,Aau sh,
ryct experienced before iccliUg she wa'
ur,Ic wholly TO subdue She has,cped slc.
and commencrd preparing her breakfast, nj
wiihou, stopping many times !" l'''s", ,hlns
inr that sh. certainly heard some o~c c''c'
the shop door.
ANet ste,lfas she mad "a, fal, ,Wc hour,
s.hiRd u,, counter, her hauds Suslly employ
ed in knitting, and her eyc- busily employee
ia watching the Pcr,"n. ~to passed, when I
hule, SorlOm looking boy, with broken ha
much too large, and a ragged JACKIE, much to-
small, stopped opposite the store. He lc'keC
wistfully a, the window where rows OF gold
en- otanse., luscious peaches, and re'i-ceeekeC
apples we're displayed, then ,hrus, hls hand
into hi. poke, and took thence handful o
something which he carefully deposited uPor
a smooth paving stone.
There's money, know, " murmured Mis-
Temple, "a for heard II ring."
She could not help PesPlng out The lit
h- soy. with his pale liPs Puciered up IN al
attempt to whistle, selected from among hal
I dozen rusty nails, one o'ni. This he retain
ed in his hand, returning the nails to M
rocket. lie entered the store, but by IN
,ay which HI. eyes wandered from one ihinI
to another, he evidently could not make u
his mind what to purchase. In the meantime
Miss Temple, compassion was awakened a
her eve, rested on his little pale face, "hicI
D looked so Thin and Pinched beneath the tori
rim Of his heavy hat.
e Had you no, better have some ginger
. bread :" she at length asked him, "lwill CAV
{ YOU a nice large piece for a cent.
{ IL think had, m, am" Wa. hi, reply.
= "Miss TeuPle gave him just twice tn
h worth 0f his money, and in addition, sliPPe
2 fine. large peach into his hand. The bO
}. did no, speak, bot his whole coun'sRance wa
h illuminated by smiles, while brigh, tears 10