Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-02


to occupy his thoughts"
"Parion me, Miss Dranion," | replied.
" ! rcgrr, that my conduct should have led
you to suppose any such thing"
"Oh, | don, know that, sir; YOU do no,
cer,airiy expect lady to introduce hcrsclf,o to
a gentleman and We sat together a, lcas,
nine hours IN a stage coach without a word,
and then followed the same look.
+" Youmust excuse my apparent rudeness," )"
] replied, q" | really did not recognise you
besides it was too dark to distinguish faces
"You were sleeping very comfortably, |
believe, when We entered the coach" cum
ningly pursued Kate.
=" Yes, yes" Numbered out, " was not
aware Of your presence until the following
morning" had been fairly caught by Kate
the arUil girl
Both Frank and his wife found something
extremely Imaginable IN this conversation, for
they ,ppclrcd to be- infinitely amused. Were
they, too. IN the secret This was a ques-
ton which could not answer
The bridal party had al returned to
their respective homes, except Kate and my
self, although repeatedly ,aid to Leslie, thar
would leave shortly, could not make up
NV mind to 20 Bu' ,h- VT, occasioocd by
,bc warmth of lny friendship towards Frank,
whom had not seen Tor ncrrIy two years pre-
vious tn hIs marriage. Nci,hcr hims'lf nor
wife would listen ro INV departure, and the
latter would 20 quiz me about NV anxiety To
c~7pc the allurcmru,s of a certain ialr one,
ta, Joeuaipgd ,o dispp,c ;hc assertion by
extending ihc length Of my visit
soon discovered that Frank had not pre-
served INV secret, faithfully, and that hIs wife
was no, only couycrsant with the history ol
INV pat lie any mode Of thinking, but that
she bad prru,ci thc letter which HAD written,
setting forth the ,crun oi married life
There Is mo- trusting Young manned man
with secret to cuuidc ~ him is 10 make
coa6drur of hl, wife, who IN turn will lmpart
c,crythine 10 sumc three or four bosom friends.
TIN, conduct was very trcaohcrou, IA both
Fran, and hls wife, Tor Wa, terribly qutHct
Is Kate about " caudIcism" anil curtain lee
mrcs and .hr would sometimes slng Tor my
especial benefit,
Mu,,y, cr,.,,. ,ro.. oil laehelor."
had wondered ii Franks wllr would al
lev him To smoke; this question was soon
solved. We Ncrr both upou the lawn one
day after dinner, and seeing the Ladies' ap.
pruach, produced couple ut cirars and
handed him one. which bee w, about 10 light,
when remarked thai hrs wllc 81, coming Ia
t,ar hrn company, which would preclude ali
possibility ol hls enjoying the Havana.
" ~ M means" be- replied, " She does
no, end It di-1gwcablr Mary be- conun-
ned. turning lu his Niic vho uow stood near
us, IL Wa rcmlrkiug to lawton that you
would no, ob.ort To our smoking ia your com
pany" How anvou,ly dad avail, the an
sror--wr'h t,s lSY would end all Franks
smokiur--bui W.. disappointed
"Ccrlinly not, % she replied, " ] lind the
flavor of a good cigar very pleasant
With ,hr, answer i,l nv whole plo, for
d.,. -.,.r dissatisfaction smoking, Then. va,
not di,sncrlul or vulgar, but this dld not up.
rou, my opinions, ouly looked upon her a.
an exception. aod congratulated Frank on his
excellent choice.
80, Mr Iav,on," said Kate, "you
think uIl, ,hc mo,, necessary and essential
qualification 70 sady, IS, that she 'boiId u1,
d1t, IN, smell nj tobacco, nor do SO why
ladrc, should obicc, To IL, provided thc gentle
men do ru, ,uIv'a'c them. Although. un-
drr.,aud mc. d" she continued, q" | do ob,ct,o
smoking 10 a stage coach, II Is 80 confined
,ha, lhc clothes OF a person generally 'c'a'ns
an unploalar door Of tobacco
ThI,was slld with the most innocent air
that you can imagine, and ! could no, help
thinking whether the favor OF the weed
had. ON certain occasion, 80 oa.iccicd her ret
tia, She va. cousclou. oi everything that bad
occurred.
Kate dad not mind ,moSinr, for she pro-
duccd a pcn.kulc, cut oT the twisted end Of
my cigar after the mos, approved fashion,
and placed It 10 my mouth m 50 huo a man
ncr. that thought IT a man was determined
to make himself miserable tor life, that that
misery could be bes; cEjoyod with Mis- Dram
ton for a wife. We we're lett alone, Frank
and IN, wife strollcd oir together, for young
married people aye not usually fond m com
many during the " trcaclc moon,' as Byron
STYLES il, although ,n some Instances after the
lapse OF one year, they are happlest when
apau. We were alone, and did not return
until tea time, when Leslie hoped We had
passed a pleasant and profitable time together,
and his wife looked so archly tha, ka,c blush
ed. Tha, nigh, | again postponed the time
OF my departure.
| was about one afternoon To take a stroll
/ in the woods, and was walking across the
meadow with my gun in hand, when ! met
/ Kate DaniOn.
"well, Mr.. Sportsman said She " arc
YOU about to put to death number OF harm
less birds !" / replied that my time might
be employed in a worse way, and smilingly
invited her to accompany me, II she was not
afrasi Of the rePor, Of gun, to which she
unhesitatingly assented. Had any one told
me one month previously, that would have
tolerated the company N young LADY on an
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