Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-05-28

sensible OF his presence.
For mel" said HYDE, as he laid his hant
upon the ono that retained the flower,
THAT is for mamma she loves a rosebud
dcarcr than a ruby"
/ udwhy not tiormc on the same grounds
said her visitor; II ioriug made the right Of
hariuc, there are more things than this rose,
bud would h. mine. And that is the trucsi
as well as the most beautiful point in thco-
lory. which teaches Us that To Doe, Is to hare -
"Puv do not talk to mc either Of law OF
metaphysics, but tell me when YOU arrived "
This is always the FIRST question a woman
asks, because by il she measures the "how
many horsepower OF her own attractions.
Think Of the shortest time In which !
could reach YOU, and that will give YOU the
date Of my arrival"
DO not say pretty things to me. am
weary of them"
DO YOU then permit 80 many to be saidto
you'"
IL can show YOU, ,ir, rha, | do not, by in.
tcrdic,inr yours"
You have grown prudent" he replied,
with some bitterness. II submit"
I, did not scrTn that this prud,ror was II
cciycf as compliment, or At an like the pretty
things which gave rise 10 it,
Prudent" repeated the fair lady with
some emphasis, and a slight tone Of rcproach,
and a ll,lc trcmor of the lip.
"lsitnot desirable uHuc," be- asked,
d" especially Horr'
"Ahi YOU are thinking of poor Aunt
Kair's legacy"
"uf which YOU were certainly thinking
too"
Cecilia Dc Gray dad no, reply bu, she li0-
cd up hrr pretty blue ewes To llydc's face
with the look OF thr mc,Acst and most ilI-uscd
creature upon earth
d" Nay, d Wa, naiural-most natual-was
li uUiw hc said.
d" Il nigh, have been TO you-uoi To inc
not 90 me-"
But, Cecilia, my dearest Cecilia, D. itun-
natural Co hesitate between anlu,acc and hu-
mlIy-bo,vccn Auu, Hates legacy and the
love that can o1cr You little besides iisgll''
d. Unnatural to hesitate between little dross
and 1000 imp,r.shabIc jewel"
Generous, jl,lulcrrs,cd, and my o.ru" "
twill mo-, require any extraordinary depth
osobsrrallou to discover Miss jr Grry's
share Of Aunt aic'sih0uanjs VA, uo,vor,h
much rurchls, money hu, Cecilia loved ro-
s,-, and a cottage, and Allen Hyde, better
,lau anything else iu the else in the world,
and brtrr ,hln an put together. We leave
hor and therefore, 90 her bad taste, To intro
ducr our rgadcr. Co her four cousins
Il was m0m.rr-lsh.1Hlblc morning
with thc four MlS.,s Warnndcr
They w,rc an occupied hjlc. nowadays
are aware iha, J., Is unb,cnm.ur 10 b. quito
i1Ic-t does nu, show lhr body Co advantage
the hands. the ewes, thc attitude, are Ike
dead letters And then, too, 1t Is a prcsumP-
uun against the mind
So thc Misses Warrandcr were IN occu-
pied. Jcmrma was winding netting silk from
Oh thc whtc., hands iu the whole regiment
Of Blues Caroline was writing the sweetest
uf poetry iu the finest uf albums GsorEiua
vas teaching impor,lucncc TO her pauo, and
EIsatsth vas making charity.
"IIayc YOU heard the ncvs'" asked Je-
NINA Of Captain waung Have you heard
the ncvst How urcsomc ,hi, kno, is''
"Tbc news Oro" iudpIr1ily respond
ca thy captain. 81 ann tired to death with
bring ctcmally asked ior news Il Is 50
abomIuabIy 5rguing To have % tell long
ulcs. Evuy lively crratur, on the wrong
side uf fyc-aud.,wcn,y asks for news You
arr not vet old enough. And, after all, what
Is ucvs' Why The most commonplace things
done by the mos, commonplace people
Marrying, and dying, and all that"
marrying, said Caroline, lifting up her
,un eyes from the pink leaf Of her album,
do you cali that common-PIacc' The M
,,rctauC, of feelings ,he union uf souls ~
Caroline thought her ,ousibill,y and cnthusi-
asm had carried her too far. She east down
her ewes, bIushcd, or tried to DO 80.
Dying" said Elianc,h, stopping her
needle IN the middle Of slich,-" dying it
doe. not become us to speak ON the subject
with an improper lcu,y."
"Twaddlc, Polly cried Gcorgianna 10
hcr purrH and '' 7'Nainc7' responded the
parrot to Georrina.
"This trcsomc knot 80 cried Jemtma, and
"ThIs trrsomc knot" echoed The Captain, a.
he tired TO unraycl it by a still further cn'an-
gIcmgrt
..Bu,this news" resumed Jcmima, rcsoly-
Cd to trlI H. - did not ask you to give, bu,
ouly tp receive
"Ah, that makes an the difference. The
one is less trouble than the OurC, and there
fore far better"
'Oh, who," exclaimed Caroline, again
lifting up her eyes from the paper, but this
time cas'ipg them up To ,hc ceiling, "Oh
Who that had felt the JOYS OF a generous scn-
,ibiIty vibrating through his heart, world say,
could say, that 1t is better 10 receive than tC
riyci q, Captain waunr" :"
"H Captain warng were old, ard had
the rhcumriism, and wanted flannel waist,
coats. he would not say so
"TwaddIc" cried Gcorgina to her parrot
. Of course aud " Twaddle responded Polly Ia
her mistress.
Caroline is in the seventh heaven, and
EIf,,l,rtI only In her third. WHISPERED the