Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-03-26

and sclfpOsscssed.
"And You laid it ont in something very
elegant and ingenious, ! have no doubt, /" said
Cran6eld rillan,ly.
"In something very clcgan, and ingcn-
ious 2" echoed Alice, looking exceedingly em-
barrasscd,
May no, hope to have the pleasure Of
seeing your purchase :"
Alice leN the room, and ailor wearyrg
Crlnfcld's patience by her pro,raciod stay,
she returned, bearing with her shoe, OF tls-
sue paper. from whence she drew two Of the
most cx1uisitely embroidered cambric hand
kcrchlels that had ever figured in 4 runauon
shop. The accurately raised satin stich
leaves, the delicate cyc.lct holes, the highly
wrought tcndrls-surcly the Moravians them
selves were unequal to such an undertaking.
It must have been the work of hirlrs. So
would a lads spectator have sal', ~ men
ATE singularly indiGcrcr, TO thr nicciics OF
satin stitch and ryelct holes and Cuniich,
80 lar from giving way To any rap,ures On the
hcautic, OF these works OF art, exclaimed
with a look OF mingled diSInay and dcrslon,
" And do you actually mean To say that you
gave a fins pound note for these two pieces
Of tortured earnbrc. which would have been
dear Al as many shlllursi"
Alice fAlIcrcd forth an Affirmative, aud
Caufcld was about kccnly to donouncc her
folly and cN,uapaucr, when morning visit.
en-, were announced and the di,cuchanlrl
lover hastily returned to his apartments, feel
ing truly grateful that he was the solitary
po>,cssor OF them. IL would have been ,m.
possible tor Alice " have lard out fily pound,
more to the dIssatl,iariou Of her admirr -
he spoke truly aud candldly, no, under the M.
ilucucc Of mom'nlary irritation, when ho said
that be- considered tine needle work A. moth.
inr better than a means of ioriuung cambuc
Then. too. be- reflected that the hmSy iabuc,,
scarcely more substantial than the bank note
which had b,cn exchanged for them, would
uo, remain long as they were, they would b,
surrendered To the tender mcTclc, Of the
. lauudrcs,, dropped on slalr,sg, Of rTovdr,
parties, aud, perhaps, horror Of horrors, ~
placed from his own limited income. Ycs. d
was clear ,ba, extravaganza was thc natural
characteristics Of Alice j, had tam dormant
iur wan, uf circumstances calculated TO dcyrl
opc Il. bu, u bad now burst forth with addr
tolal force from having been - long under
restraint, doubtcs. the morning. 1T Alice
married llic would be- spcul ai Howell &
James, and her evening, IN the gay scenes
where she might exhibit her ruinous purcha
>rs Crandoll, &, do him iuS,icr, was b'nc,.
ulcut and klnd.hclucd, aud hs economical
habits had never prevented him iTomrglcune
10, wants oi ,ne rOor 60 the ,cu rs1r, cl n..
means. Had Alice, srdurci by M ulorau
advertisement. bestowed her fly pounds ou d
newly founded chauuhi, asylum, 90 bad rlc
even, u iuc rUyucsccucC Of youthful cruduiI.
~, given II 10 a boggtnr-l,urr .wFos,rr
Cmnfrli would have admired her generosity,
although be- might have wished TO have seem
/ O, exercised on a ,mlllcrs,aI hutc1uIj any.
thing be more conIcnp,rbIy selfish than I'll,
purchase She had made Oiuoilo hmsritwas
oo, more haunted by The fatal vision OF q
handkerchief than was Cnnicli h,d'cun'
that nigh, constantly depicted To- hn Abc,
employed IN the ac, Of dl.sol,ug pads ~
uucgar aGd lighting rapcu w,th Jlnh notes,
and in the morning be- resolved uu ,cudmr ,o
/ Nlr. Douca the letter Of which the Substance
WIS related by Mary Morcion a, Ms. Ha,.
/ feds party.
Mr Doucn, fond Of his daughter, and
proud Of her, h,Islcd divers cP,,hcis ON
/ |Cnudcld, and laid that " Ills lrsolcut letter
was not worth the honor Of r,ply,' and
r,hal !, would be- b,S, to treat him with silent
contempt Alice Doncn shed bitter tears IA
private, bu, she had much quic, ssllcon,rol
she cNrricd herself To appear cheerful and
composed before her father and iucadS, and
/ IN i,w weeks the sudden and dangerous III.
ness Of her kind father gave her Legitimate
cause ior sorrow, and she felt that II would be-
lawful to appear publicly with rcdcycs, with.
out giving her own Little world rooIn to assert
that her heart was breaking under the inhlc'
ton OF her willow garland,.
/ Two years had elapsed since these events.
Alice porien had Lost her flther after an III
ness Of some month duration, through which
she had attended on hun with the most patient
and unrcmitllng devotion, Ancr his dcsIh'
which did not atl,ct her pocunlary rssouTcs,
she complied with the request Of some 'cia-
t,c-, that she would take up her abode IN lhc
retired and beautiful country village, where
they resided.
Cranfcld still remained unmarried, yc, he
was very tired OF his single blcssedncss, and
made several Intellectual attempts to fall IN
love, but none of the objects Of his pursuits
presented such a combination Of attractions,
as Alice Dorien had done. Economical
housewives did not touch the piano, accurate
accountants did not care for picture galleries,
and students Of cookery books were quite at
fault IN talking OF the modern poets aad nov
elists. Accomplished, elegant girls were as
plentiful ~ roses IN summer; bu, although all
of them were evidently capable Of spending
an income, none of them seemed properly
ycrsed in the way Of economlzing 1t. When
Cranfcld heard Of the death Of Mr.. Dorien,
he fully imagined that Alice after giving a
few months to seclusion, would start upon the
world an the character Of fashionable,
spending the capital of her little fortune in a
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