Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-03-17
do as YOUR heart dictates. for have no pro-
ieclor hat God now.
Respectfully yours.

fortune there wasleilup hope, her heart seem
cd to stop heating. and she sat down upon
the FIST stone To which she came. The past,
the present, and the future whlrlcd by her 10
one iremulous tempest OF thought
/ Poor, young thing Life had dealt bu,
hardly with her, and no wonder tha, a, last
she tainted by the way.
+ Now she could no' hare TO retrace her steps
to that dear spot, no longer home. She wish.
cd she was sleeping quielly-ah 80 sweet
ly-hy the rrlss grown grave. Bu, h"w
merciiully. even in our times Of sores, need,
some ne binds us to earth, God knows the
wants Of cur soul, aud not lhn'c he lovcih
mos, does he chas,en, withou, remembering
tha, the moriaFllas no, yet Pu, on immortal.
it's.
"Ma'ma, dear mama ," said liule FL
wards baby yoice, and she took the ehnd in
her arms, and hen, hcr solitary s,ers toward
the rardrn and the house.
Sac did not lcok up as she approached
them she c,uld no, tru', herself, but she
wen, in and quietly resumed her usual tasks.
There were THREE DAYS before Monday, and
much rcmlinei To be done.
The way ia vhirh uial is inc, and horne,
is often considered as jcyclopcmcnt ofcharac-
ter. bu, It is more properly us birth day.
Gems he hidden within the soul, which rc-
ouirc some extraordinary event io hrinc them
urh To- lie and strength Wcuar up fr'm
the pressure of heavy calamity, II IL Is we'll
and molly suffered, new beings. and :" now
Mrs Norton mrrkly and subnjssively, again
bcul her rcck iu the yoke" and when
the sun rosc clear and bright, upon the lasr
Monda, nnrulnr that she should ever watch
II steal through iho.c climbing roscs, aud
rrh, up 50 pleasantly that lulc bridal hume
she h,, no murmur a, The heart to subduc,
nothing hu, a cold, dead feeling.
Another letter from Mr. Adcn,in rPly io
hers, had iniurmcd her that he s7,y to occa.
s,ua 20 alter hr, plans, and shoulfhc down
l-om the city a, ten on ,Irs Monday morning
90 rahc possession.
Before ten the h" preparation was m'dr,
the las, loved ,po, visited and ~cpl over, ant
holding hulc Edward last by The hand, size
seated hrrsclflo aUai, the coming n the new
owner or tine home
Mr.. Alden Vas a punctual business man,
- she had no, Ion, to ~aii. The sound ot
coming vhccls-thcn a cloud OF dust, aud f.
nilIy ~ elegant cit, hurse and buggy, con.
tanning a gentleman and a Iule child, came
driving rapidly dawn the street, aud stopped
brf,re the Joor. There vas sn eviicul en-.
larras,meut. ur a moment, 90 Mr.. hlisn's
face, as he saw the widow sluing ~ quietly
on the step of ,he dnor, with her trunks loci.
Cd and standing beside her. bot he was ioo
much a mla ol tie world 10 ALLOW It 10 bo
.u1. apparent, and li0lu, the child, a lulc
hly not much older than EJw1u. from the
carriage, hc arpuachrd Mrs Norton, anI ~
easily and pleasant, introduced himself, thai
a stranger would have lhoucht be came upon
bustucs, of most arrccably nature. He was
proiusr in h., compliments upon the improve
men, uf lhr place since j, had come in,o Mrs.
Noroa's possession. and slid 50 easily from
these. to rcrrc, iur rhc necessity which made
him appear a hard creditor. that those who
were accustomed to hls brief, business habits,
when 10 the coun,rg room, would have
found much difficulty in recognising the man.
10 truth, the whole affair, had taken h,m
rather by surprise. lie vas an extensive
merchant whose gains had been slow. but
large. lie had lost hrs wife early in their
married life, and had had mo- domestic cN.
pcnscs but Tor the one little boy whom he had
brourh, With him. This child be idolzrd,
Lu, i, was the only thing he loved beside his
business. 80 excepting this one spot, his
heat had turned to stone lIe might as well
have been an auiouaiun, or bronze statue ;
chained tn his d,sL, C,r sll tie good he did or
impression he produced upon the grea, living
world around him
Business was business, nothing more, and
surely nothing less, and when he heard Of
Mr. Nornn's death he lacked upon the five
hundred dollars lent him as money surely in
vested. and ready to be called in at any mo-
ment's notice. He had intended 10 do This
when the time for the first quarterly paymeat
should arrive bot as he punctually received
It he determined To wait wear, aud then, be-
fnre the widow should have had time To put
the properly into the possession Of another
husband. TO reclaim il. lie ionk no trouble
10 acquaint himself with any of the rar'icu-
lars Of the case. lie wrote tu Mrs. Norton,
and read her answer with that feeling Of mute
sunrise al the snrruw which il eyinced, with
which man without heart is apt to recnr-
nile the existence of i, IN some other indlrld-
ual. There Nas som"lhIng abou1 II which
made him uncomfortable. lie did not trouble
himself,o discover what; much less did he
wish he had leit 'he widdw unmOles'eu ou'
he noticed II as rather an unusual fact, that
the drive into the country, and the taking
possession Of that bit ola house and land was
quite an event tn him.
Therefore, now, as he stood talking with
Y Mrs. Nuitun he made mole of an ex1ron
than he had ever been knosn 10 make. beinre
a, reconciliation. Her manner, however, was
brief and cold. So had the dread Of him fill
ed her mind that she hardly expected 10 sec