Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-07-21
OLD SERIES. VOL. 81, NO. 81.

Da<, 'gtAA a
ings" who had hoyered around her as moths
seek blaze but as time passed, and be who
had sworn "Gdclily until DEATH departed
with ner other friends, Mary began 10 smile
at her past life and gradually dawned upon
her conviction tho noble qualities Of her so.
called guardian. lndomilablo pride vas the
prominent feature in Mary's character and
the idea Of besioving an encouraging look
upon any man who was not on hls knees was
a moustrosity, not at once to be ihoughiof.
When the young beauty Grs, blazod upon
his sight, the kind hearted esquire" chilled
by her proud bearing, had said to himsofIha,
it would no, be generous 10 tell her Of his
feelings then, Tor il would seem 10 imply that
she was noI welcome to home there upon
any other terms and as yoars passed, hemadc
up his mind that it would bo an u'ier irnpossi-
bility for Mary ever to love hlm, aud maguan.
imously resolved not to let her even suspect
his folly. And Mary did no, suspect 1t {;
though whether she would have called It sol.
ly" remains To be decided.
In the years that had passed, Mary had be.
come a lhoughiiul woman aud long com.
munion with Nature had imbucd her with a
roycrcn,ial admiration Tor the good aud noble.
She chcld Edward Tniniori without the
iuppinrs Of artificial life, and without the
polish of artificial society and felt that, had
sho given vent to the constant murmur IN her
heart j, would have been Whittier thou
gucs,, | will CO."
Aud so matters stood another proof tha,
the world is lull ofPapsr walls.
\ cloudlc,5 June sun lad dawucd upon
Mary lnfclis lhiricih birthday, and the frs,
grey hair lay like a thread Of silver amid her
clustering braids. She leaned arlins, the
window, and her still beautiful cheek was wet
with tears.
Mr Tminlord rallied hcrupoa her drPrrs.
sion st the breakfast table and her lip curlcl
with something ofirs old scorn, a, she proud .
ly determined tia, he should no., sasrcc, tic
cause.
TWAS 4 weary day, one Of tic loaCcs, that
she hal ever known and in the evening,
Mary slt leaning her head sadly on her hand,
thinking over al those pas, years, while I'll.
ward Tninlord under the pr1,cnco Of bis
newspaper was watching her by the sol
lisl, orthc shaded lamp. The curve Of that
beautiful lip seemed engraycn upon his heart,
and he halflrcmblcd les, she should raise her
eyes suddenly and flash upon him the full
lleI, orihcir scom.
One ofthc hous, servants entered the room
and deposited large box directed to Miss
Mary Infcld"
"Tho Squire" started up, glad Of an cv.
cusc ior conversation.
"Mly open it, Mary You look to tired
Mary gave a calm assrn, a.' We, snc uo
feel little natural curiosity to know what 1t
contained. Several wrappers we're removed,
and large cake, wi,ha great deal Of pre-
tension in the fros,ing was discovered. Mary
luokcd.a, her guardian in surprise, aud he
loukcI 1t her.
"Wcll, exclaimed the Squire" wilhhis
pleasant laugh, "llis looks as though YOU
were little girl q, boarding school, and your
friends were afraid Of your being starved out.
/, is very kind Of them certainly"
Bu, Mary was no, to be put or %. The
esquire" reserved his search, and soon
broneh, to light letter which Mary careless.
~ requested him TO read, Twas from aunt
Ilcbcc and ran thus
"Ny Drln M,Y-You'yc bin most awful
slv. but little bird has Whispered In my ear
that you're Coin' To be married tn Squire
Trainiorl. and hopIu' that I'm not TO late, I've
taken the liberty of maxim YOU a weddIn'
cake. had CRATE work with the top rart to
max i, stick, but Il YOU are right kechul, j
think iill last sometime. You might iist a.
well have got married years ago, but 'spuse
Won both took time In consider ol Il. Give
INV respects TO the Squire ard do not forget
my invite
Aun, IIirbcc considered this a very credit.
able Performance, having "squarcl herself
out" for some hours to accomplish her task,
and little dreamed Of the reception it was
doomed to nee, with. (
Edward Trainrord read on to the end in
state Of complete anazcmcH, and when It
finished Mary burst into tears. Indignation,
shame, and every other emotion secmcdsirug-
cling together but the esquire" poor man
wa, terribly alarmed les, she should suspect
him Of spreading the report, and in his con-
s,enl,ion he exclaimed
81 didn'i do it Mary. ! would not, for
worlds, have said such thing ~
"I fully believe you sir :" and Mary seem
ed to have added two or three feet to her
height, for she supposed this particularly in
tended to discourage any hopes 'ha, she might
have formed, al fully believe you, ant shall
leave this house tomorrow.
Her words fell upon himlike ihunderSoII
and hastily seizing his lat, he commenced
pacing the piazza in a state Of desperation,
lie did not possess tho power Of saying pre-
cisely the righ, thing at the right moment,
and he did not dare to look towards the par
lor, or he might have seen Mary on her knees
beside the table, sobblng as though her heart
would break.
"woll, Squire :" exclaimed Silas ovcring
as he mounted the steps completely out Of
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