Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-03-24

declare, u put me IN mind oi the appointment
in the paper foT the sake Of matrimony with
somebody as has honorable intentions and
means secrecy. The Young m'n went on ior
awhile, as if he mrant To cot right through
between the mother and daughter bot his
courage failed him At last, and he stopped at
window, and stared in at the bill. " Day
school cor young Ladies" lill they had pas
sed some lime. lie then Sc, OF again, and
disappeared wilhou, turning hIs head
And is this the meeting, mistress :" said
| With somo indignation.
To be sure i, is, said my landlady, and
the ouly meeting they ever had for that very
day the Parlor received letter from Faance,
or Scotland, or some other place abroad,
which made her give me a weeks warning ;
and a,Ihe end Of lha, time they wen, of, aud
! never saw them more
And is this your s,oryt mistress ;" said ]
getting into downright rage.
4 told YOU from the first, mister replied
my laudlady, naring up, 'lhal had uo story
10 tell aud Il you don't choose to hear the
end oft, YOU may do the other thing"
lIls the cad, my dear madam, 'ha, ! am
dying ,u hear. You have 30 interesting a
way with wa tia, rcally'-
Well. we'll. 1t was cich, months before
heard ANYTHING abou, the ladies bu, lhcr |
had 4. icw hnc, from the Parlor, telling the
,ha, she had given up an thoughts OF return.
to London. as her daughter was now well
married, aul she was to live with her.
hardly knew at f-,l What the letter was about
or who it was i,om for the Young man had
rnnr too. soon after ihem-tn one ~ the mid
land counties, hcard-and What With eros.
sc, OF my own, and thc tax lha, was aroinr
TO be- laid upon lodgings, had iorro,icn all
about them ly ,hc cui Of the wear, things
we're very duE with me. The plrIors were
empty, ard the NoraiI-hack had cone Oh
ulihou, paving h., rent. one day was M.
ting alone, ior ,hc'glrl was ont, aud thinking
O, myself whatever va, 10 De- done, when 80
OF a sudden kuock came to the door, that
made nay heart leap to my mouth. Not that
% was loud, losc kuuck, claucr, caucr.
claurr, nor a pos,mln's kno-k, a--uu,
nor knock Ike yours, rris,rr, ata,a,.al A.
twas three moderate. lci,urrly strokes oflhc
knochcr, with precisely the same number Of
ol seconds between them; and could have
sworn ihc strokes were Knocked by ihc youu-
man, lJr many a time and oN had ! heard
them on them ou the door on tho other side
r,hs vay.'
Il hope to soolncss you were righ, 20
sa.I {.
Never va, wrorc in my li'r,' said m'
lndady, when feel anything Black er,i,
white cra,a,, smooth ha,, glossy hoo,s, brown
hair, gray hcc-all vcrc unchanged. lie
hooked steadily at the f,r some seconds vhcn
opened the door, and was ius, going TO
ask him bow be jlI--whcr q, ms, he s5iI;
"lollln-,''"
"' Yes, sn" saiil, "plcl,c to step ia."
aad Showed him into the Iar'or II, look.
ci "a, everything m.nulcly, b4, ni,huu, mo,-
ing from Uhcr, be stood near the door, az
lae table, ,hs cha,rs, lhc fireplace, the chin.
rry.glass, / am sure hr noticed lla, llc ,ail
OF ,ls lion vas b,okca lba, the hussy tumprd
torii, I eau tell YOU ')-nu,hinr escapclh.m;
and st last be looked AZ the window, and Of,
rhc chair the young lady used to 81, in as she
scucl and then turning quietly round, hc
walked out
'"'yha, 90 YOU tl.rh Of them" asked
arN.ou,ly, as followed him.
zee woul5r't suit, sa.I he aud so he
ucrt his way. was l.ilc put Out, You
may be surc,-
I'm take my corporal oath Of that - rc-
magbcJI /.
But GO, so much as you lh,uA, mister,
said my landlady; for could 40, help tell.
iu. SORRY for him. But yet own, When
the very same lhIng occurred next ycar,-
Next year.
'On the very day, hour, minute, second .
the same knock, the same look IN my face,
thc same inspection Of the room, the same
gaze at the Young lady's chair, and the same
answer; " Wouldat su,I," Tho neN,
yrar,-
NV dear madam how loog is llaI ago =
Well matter Of twenty year.'
Iwas glad 1t was no worse for a misgiy-
INC had came over ne, and NV Imagination
was losing itself 10 the distance Of the past.
The next year continued my landiady,
and the next, and tn. neat, aud the next,
we're as like may be. Som,imes the parlor
was let, bot II was all one-he would see
IL, "as IL might DO for another time :" and
the loiccrs being out, he Did see ii, aud still
It wouldn't suit. Al last, happened one
wear to be DOT myself, forgetting that j, was
the young mans day; and my as the tho't
struck me when coming home, II gave me
such a turn felt as If hadn't done right.
| was by this time accustomed 10 the visit,
YOU see, aud always grew anxious when the
time came. But il vas Of no consequence 10
him, ouly be stared twice as long when the
door was opened and he saw strange face.
But be went in all the same, looked at every
thing as usual-Wouldn'l suit At al these
visits OF inspection, his stay was Of the same
length to minute and when lie went away,
1 lound-for did not watch him once-he