Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-05-07

her father bestowed though, on the subject
or were in the slightest degree influenced it
their decision by my increase Of fortune
A merry laugh broke from aunt Barbara,
lips, but she made no answer in words.
&" Still as ever. see, disbclcvcr in III,
cthercali,y Of either love or friendship, Ac
cording to YOU, aunt, the Purcst emotions, the
highest actions, have all necessarily an alloy
Of esr,h about thc,r.'
II perhaps 80 but am no, so foolish As ,c
wish to cloud the mirror in which the speech
and actions of mankind love to glass hcm.
selves, by nccdlc,sly nking smids, the selfish
scdrmcn, which, fear, lies at the bottom o
almcs, an human motive"
There aunt, differ entirely with YOU
| would have an polite shams, all make be,
Levers, b,nishcd the world, and replaced by
a cous,an, and frank sincerity"
" And 30 dssnchan, the world Of its ~
nance. i,s poetry, il, innocent and agreeable
illusions, Insi,, that people should be PER
ps,ually annoying nnd insulting eich other hy
irritating useless Nn''rn''i society my
dear hoy. under such a regime would no, be-
cndurablc. Much Of the present A. well A.
the future, is wisely hidden from us.
\ long and wc1risomc discussion cusucd
upon this kno,,y point, during which both
speakers occasionally manifested very natural
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-rllc dl,ru'rrcdncs' OF Ellen pan''' and
>r Edward Ay"un were strangely mixed
up and confused, she pointed with sIgnih-
cant gesture to a small oval h'nd'eIas' "hi'h
happened ,o be- lying on a side table You
remember on what occasion presented y"n
with Iha, ,ullc, glass
Certainly to.
II have never Vet informed You "i '''
strange qualities, though have been ni'clu'n'-
~ on 'hc poiu' Of doing 80. 1t is mage
minor, and will confer ON lou' a' 1t has con
irrrcd on me- the "rc'ch'd privilege 'i ''''
inE and hearing all things that concern your
srlf without deception or d''euIs'.
" j. 1t Pos,,hl' hut YOU must h' lc''.
me-
%" | was.ur more SERIOUS. The pruoi is
easy Breath thrice upon u, and The scene
Nour wish suggests will instantly b. pictured
there. You vii also hear every syllable
that p1,sc, between the persons summoned
before you."
Henry Rivers seized the glass with coni,cd
feeling uf dcI,rh, any,,lauou. Was hrs aunt
mocLias htm, or dad hc'rcally posses, nlI..
man which would enable hmtolooS ocnea,h
the outward show, aud slams oi the world,
aud bask IN the 'uuilrN Of truth, undlmmcd,
uul.s,oricd by the false media through which
0, rcachc, uupululcgrd cyr,and ears Sure
ly the age OF magic mysticism of all kinds,