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

CHATTER III.
"will no, the gentleman you do rrrands
for want YOU to-day 80 saie Miss Temple I"
Alfred the ns,t morning, ,ihey ,al a, break.
fast.
4 hardly think be will, or yesterday he
said iha, he slould b. obliget To dismiss me ,
! acted ~ shililess when | swept the Club.
rvon. | told him lhs, | .s weak ior the
wan, of something TO eat. ard he only aid
that mus, mind then and no bc greedy as
ca, all III. meat and bread had for sweep
ing bcfor, the week was out II ! had only
hsd such a nieo breakfast at this, think that
! could h.'s swept To suit hun. "
have bscn lcoking al you - aid Miss
Temple, and eau sec that YOU l"ok better
than you did last night
Nj. Temple liked ,e look at him. liz was
handsome, though 80 thin and pale. and II
gave her pleasure ic look at whatever was
beautiful, for ,he had poetry IN her hcar-a
crca, deal of II, and that OF III" night kind,
tough size had never recoegIIed It by IT. true
uaH, She had never read any p"ciry, eS.
rcpt Dr. Waits Psalms and Hymns, and Lyric
Poems, and she supposed DR.. Watts to- he the
greatest poet IN the world. ller poeiry wss
not like his. destined To be written On papar,
bat On hearts and faces, too fer kindness and
gcnlle words, when lhoy 6nd their way io
the heart, will, like golden sunbcam', glance
up thence aud lrradiaie the counienancc.
The t-udrils which Miriam Temples hear
.cui fourth IN search Of some ohJcc, to which
they nigh, cling Tor sympathy and support,
even Uhcu rudcly thrust aside, dd not rccoli
up"n their -uurr. and weave around II at
nf scldshucs.. but turned To- other objcris -
4 blrd, flower. pray of grrcn caves, or
lrtlr Patch of blue sky -nnl, arching the
space between the ruofs 81 the houses, wctr
thug, to cNcrcisc aud cherish her KINDLY SYM
pathics and cmo,ions. llcncc hrr heart, in-
stead of haricning, A. u sumr,imcs tLc cas",
under uugcutlc uslgcs rccciSrd ~ chldhcod,
hal bccomcd quickcncl sRd ,u,igooalsj, IA
~ It, more generous and loving impulscs- 80
4, she now al l,-,kiug aI Alfred. " he c",ll'
she thought "bc hcau,Cl hoy Shcn his
chccs, get we'll roandcd aUd blooming, a.
they will h. sure to du, a, ,ons a. g-oI ~ ~
bray, hlcl hi, health"
There ~. a lrlc plu, II gr'nad, scarcely
tuo year, sqoarc, a,,hc tsck dor, whc'r a
few clusters 81 hardy, latr.hl"NNiug fl"Ncrs
remained .rill unbiighcd by the fr~t, and
Alfred, amer hrcakrls, went cn :" I'-nI al
them. The morning b-iur bright and sunny,
Mrs Temple threw open the store S'ur and
took her usual ..at,
/ d, mirmc or ia" Afterwards, very tall
aul aycty I-mr-Is.l"okiUg ml" ~slkc'' 'lo"'
" by, who, during the whole time, kept his
cycs f,cd on her face. She turned very rcj
and III. nomsni he had pa.s'd, she ran to the
lrokiHg glass, TOT she icll a,ra,d ,h4, hcr hair,
cr, smc portion of her drrs' had becOmc very
much dlsarrangcd but her hair, iar i"l
meek 10 cNct ,hok ofsnch thing .. attempt.
ing TO curl, much more ul getting into tan
gle, ,,y smcothly partci above her forehead,
aud the liule and somewhat sfy-s,atche,'
cambrr collar cncircling her throat, was as
smooth aud white as II carved from IVORY -
I Thi. WAS 10, the first time ,hs, he had walked
Nv ,rd looked at her as in,ently a. on the
prcsen, morning though ,he did No, happen Ia
observe him.
The ne,, day, and nearly a, the same hour,
the tall pomPous.lock'ug man again passed.
Miss Temple, store, and KEEP, his ey's fixed
upon her As Per,iua,iously as beiorc. She
did no, know villa, To think. As fr Alfred,
the momcn, he ,ppared in sight, he hid him
self behind the counter; hut Miss Temple
attention. was loo exclusively directed sno,hsr
way to observe him
Miss Temple fell into , e, Of muslng after
the man had passed Which Alfred, for
reasons OF his own, did no, interrupt. Before
night, he passed second time, again calling
up the bushes Of Miss Temple by staring at
her with his dull, lead.colored eyes, while
Alfred again hid behind the counter Miss
Temple almos, wished ,ha, she had had on
her new ginghsm dress and her muslin collar
trimmed with edging. Certain thoughts
though more vague and loose, yet similar in
some respects to those which occupied her
mind when Simon Short helped Der o'ei, OF
rather into the gutter, were called up, but
when, In the evening, she happened to look
towards tho window and saw the same pair OF
lead.cOlOred eye. Peeping in at an opening
between some Of the articles arranged at the
window, she became seriously alarmed lie
certainly must, she imagined DC de'isine
wsys and means to ielOniOu'ly possess him
self of some portion other stock IN trade
One thing, however, puzzled her Instead o
dojging aside. when he must have seen iha'