Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-12-20

under Daniels supervision, she actually stud
ied and made rapid advances. 1t is impossi
hlc TO tell why, bot Young misses do - some
times They becomc apt scholars.
Time moved on, or else our story could moi
The Revolutionary War had now broken oul
and ragged. The call of the infant nation, IN
SoAlnc thc spirit Of freedom, had penetrate
even the wilderness and the Young Ordway
every onc dropped the axe, lett their clearing
and had gunc to join the army Of Washington
Young Red6eld had completed his college
course, within few months, by the great #
forts and economy of his widowed mother ,an'
the kindness OF her husbands old friend, " hcl
the college was broken up by the yat, and thu
students scattered Daniel returned homc {,
consul, his mother and his friend Oriway
whether or M, be should pin the army also
TWAS a doubtful question for though be Ma
good hunter, and dead shot With lhe rifle
vet ten To- une, bu, II he got hold " book
the enemy might charge and ride over him cr,
he knew Il. The widow felt that she coult
not have him go he was her all. Mr. Ord
wav hcsi,aicd wha, TO advise, and 'lille Su-
slu, now eighteen, and as pretty and author
illt,e as ever. declared that II was a shame
that he ourh, NJ, to go and leave his aged
mother that It was lonesome 10 have every,
bcdy GO or, aud that she was almost ready
To cnls, and bcrome soldier herself, rather
than stay there "a the woods 80 lonely
While thls grave question was undecided,
Young RcdfoId one morning took his uGc aud
wen, uP the kaNncbcc to hun, for moose
\ moose D, large species Of deer. II my
readers never saw ouc, they have To Imagine
a round. f., horse. cut his tail or short, and
leave him no ,a,l, put an ass head on him,
with immense hons--oiteu weighing ninety
him long, dccrs lcrs and
hoo,s, and you have a prc,,y good moose. --
They weigh 1s much, and uncn norc than a
hor,r. and stand up much higher i"n the
ground. DANIEL went up the u',r, but night
came and h, did no, return. THIS gave M
unca,in,ss. Bui after be- had been gone two,
three and fuur days. the mothers hear, began
to grow alarmed. There hal been a great
rain. and II alive gui vel, why had be not
come back She caueht old SuaG. and went
down to consult Nr OWvay lie at fret
thought the yuuug man bad been unsuccc's
ful, aud bad Determined to hunt until hc got a
mous.. Susan affected a laugh, aud sald he
found ncc,c enough, bot proha-
n,y had thrown a book a, ihcm, instead oi
,hou,lr, ur hrr part, be had no doubt bee
was loognr up ,h, books uc had lhus thrown
away Atthc same the puoI g.rl sioprcd
her sraiu-, her Grgcr, trcmb!ed so MI
lrdua, rrucu--1 80 cd hun1sr. and 'h''
,,.grrd the fore, search. They found hs
trail. aud followed % up {, Moo'rhcad i-Ne,
~ Hrr, the K,uucisc brras' uui Nh "l'e,y and
w unexpectedly FROM that ula.cstc hse. --
Th,r, hc shot mous, winch was lying lninr
edo, oi tur water where Il ieil. There they
found h., huuuur-su'lc, Is li drowyd ca''-
..s.r.. bt nn farther could ihcy lTlrg him.
The shore of the viIi lak, vls STONY, auj uo
marx, of the f.rt could ug srsu 10 ,lmtbcy
.nou,cd. GirdIcj hr,s, anj Cred ,hylr niles
lhe cchu,, came down tom far uP the LAKE,
NAT mo- other rcspu.sr. Had be- fallen into
the ari ncr'-,nc, could Gud uo traces ol
htu. AGcr lingering and searching a couple
of DAYS. they returned towards nome, o,ca'
,.unal.y huuc their rifles. each 90 qu.'S sue
rc,,iun-,bc hunter, ,lsnnl- hoping though
nnuy, that be had reached h"mo. Hut no.
uc Mas not there. twas a profound mN''c-
~ The widowed mother ~a' alm"s' crush
ed b, the misfortune. Mr. o,a"S seal al
the ~aN to the army To See " ol AT! P"''''
h'ii'' hls s'ns had seen "' "''iu ''''' ' o'"S
Rcdheld' bat they had not 'h') VA" 'N
Pccied be would have j"'n'd 'heln "'''' "''''
:" F" '"''''''-'' .,.4
The mo'hcr made up her mind that he had
lllcn into the r,ef somewhere a"1 "-'
Od"ay nearly 'onj''"'' WIN "',
10 opinion. Asior SuSan' Sue oiu" l. a"'
wouldn't believe weak As nc "a'' ou' '''' "'
knew enough to Keep oo' o' ,"c "''''' o' a.
Ieas, 10 rise up after he Was u'ad aoa "o-'
Wha, her theory was She never told but
,houch the ielt bad enough was not that
grief which tre certain death Vi out
friends always brings The old hunter aver
rel tina, there was mighty SPIN, by the name
Of ,innio. who owned ,ha, lake, and Who
.oneumes DESTROYED people Who came TO his
I,L. alone. Ills home Was on a mountain IA