Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-08-29

and she clasped her hahcs over her ewes as u
to shut ou, the vision of the swarihy, reck.
, lc,s.lookiug men Who pressed forward to gaze
, upon her.
"lIcar her payers" said the old man, bro.
tally. "in with her a, once : We want uo
witnesses araiu,, rs or this nights work.
H. stepped forward as Il to Pu, hi, threat
In execution. She sh,crcj, and shrank be.
meath the covering ! had placed around her.
arose, and stepping between them, said,
"You must Grsl thrnw me 10 for by the
heaven above rs, We both 20 together have
your own prumise for al succeeded in saw
ing. and claim this Nah as my own"
II "Bc Il -, said b. spCefinrly, 81 always
knew you To be an ido, Apro6ahlc ad,cn-
'ure, truly, this is likely TO prove 10 YOU"
81 am satisfied with il At all events" ]
replied, and be STRIDE away Then turned
to the Young girl, and sa.. va a. 'u0 a ionc
as | could command,
: Fear nothing. beautiful bring. am
rough iu appearance, bat 10Y heart is IN the
nFh, place. lWiIl Pro,oc, YOU. Twill b. to
YOU a friend"
Am lihcu alouci" she asked, tn an accent
Of Undesirable anguish. "Oh, vhy drd you
no, suffer me to perish with the rct' Wretch.
ed, wrclchcd Alice tn survive al that loved
her"
"NoI all, lady, Tor | am h,rr," | said,
nai,cly
You, know YOU not, an, ill--all ha,,
pcr,hcd Forgive mc, she continued, see,
lng the blank expression Of my csuuienanr,
'I know no, what 'ay. The ~rr,chcj are
rNcu,uablc"
"Ahr' replied with frryor,"l am ,oo
happy in bring made the instrument of .cry.
ing such a being a. YOU src, t. take any of.
fence at words wrung liom the Ocrburdcncd
heart Come with me, far Alice, and will
place 500 iu safety" ! conducted her To the
cottage of an old woman Who had been my
nurse Though rough and trirh,ful. shc was
hudly boz hcr nature, aad knew wOald 90
ANYTHING Co ohllFc mc.
The narrator paused, aro',, and rapidly
paced ,hc foor, hl, hand, ncrou,ly working,
aad hc cold dwps streaming from h, couu.
ra,ct brow. Hc again threw hms.lf uPon
h., sat, anj remained - long 'iIrn, that the
priest ,ru'uryJ 90 speak lo hlms
"Ny friend, umr plsss' The sgu ~ ~.
tus 60 BOO, rest, aud beyond ,hl, hour cannot
remain"
pardon mr," ,ad Doe prisoner iu sub
tacI tone, bu, th, rcc,o0lecuon, ,ha, crowd
cr my mind rldIrn mr.. Th,lk what, TO
ms, 'b, condrmci. ,hr uu'ras', Go speak ol
pot har.u,s.. ltI,lkc frnt.ra anrI -,u,
1aI nni,, Co dwell 600 bright ~-r.0. au.1 ,hr
profound yr, p,lb.' .ahurs, ,. .-.s and
vo. tla, is ever prr,rn, nth mr The
h-,r sroer,h ,t' own hlirr-.s,, W., once
quoted 60 mr by hsr lqs A. hos over.
whg'mrr'y .gufcln, o., Ga, phrase ioibc
guilty stricken w God. vy Gut rprlu0
and forgive, or thou ka.ar,, The pu,arn.
ur,
The rrrr., hrca,hcd a fro words of oan'oln.
ton aal hopr, ara rsl.1 ,hr bitter wave, d
anguish ruIIcl back from hs .ull, and Islt
mm calm IT, at a rr, moments lrnt. a.
. 10 recalling thr scene, Boz vls about o. depict /.
boz, brow cleared, b,' eyr, lighted up with
loyc and loy For i,p 'nomco,' The magic
or Ihc happy pa, seemed 'u i-o.d complete
,ua, over his mind. H. continued
Heretofore my character bad bccn urdc,cl.
orcd. The mn,,er.pas,ion vas rrqw'sd to
,huN mc my true naiurr. h' the warmth Of
the sun j. reeirul a. give Itis and beauty 20
the predictions II earth, 80 the 'oul ui man
remains IN It's germ unuI love hn' aroused
and expanded hr. b,inr into che more perfect
state 1T rN.slrp-r. Al The better feeling ut
my rstutc Ncrc brough, into 1clioO, fur lo,.
oi 4 being Gar superior tn my'elf cue Whu !
islt would long ere this have Perrshsd 10 the
atmosphere Of evil Ia which I hat hccn reared.
unul | knew ,hI, pare rii | haI never (elt
all the degrciitior, the dshi,tng effects of
lie bu, noS | blu,hcd hcCorc her, ,nd rrsol-
we'd to rescue py.slffro NY associates and
become worthy yofhcr
Alice was many weeks recovering from the
shock she had sustained, ,ui the 'ub-equent
exposure. DuuEg tha, time Por,iun Of our
men, headed by my il'hcr, hld persisted 10 one
ufthcir expeditions Thu. bccane by here
dtap de-,en, head q the village 10 Paru.
ance oi nv recent determinations, At once del.
eg7tei my authority to a nephew oimy nurse,
the same Rcardon on whose body ha'cs since
pcrpctntci ssch fell revenge as be msrl,ed,
I learned from Alice that the ship Wa bound
for New York, from Li'erpool, and Eve hun.
dred souls we're on board When she struck,
And mus, 80 mauy perish to bring thee To
NV SIDE was NV thought; 6r ielt tha, she
was the guardian angel sen, to sa,e me from
utter destruction.
For many days aier the storm, bodies were
washed on shore, which were thrown into one
common grave. Among them recognised
the father Of Alice, and gave him sepulture
win my own hants. lselec,ed small head
land which ,lopcd gradually toward the sea /;
the green svard vas shaded by single thorn.
tree, beneath whuse shelter ! placed the grave
OF the unfortunate stranger. When Alice
had sufficiently recovered tn walk tn the spot,
| led her thithcr, and pointed out tie mound
which marked hs resting place. She thanked