Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-04-14

IpNs ln ChiI1hund asked hlih "N""'' ''' ~
,orile passages ofPoetry, or stationed herself
near him a, the piano. suggesting SUBJECTS
fur him ,o rlay. which he cXicmroritcd At her
bidding. Bright and blooming as Mary was,
the life of eyery party, heaminr with an'ma'
ton and enioymeut. no attention was capable
of rendering her unmindtal of him and she
was often known % ~ ont several dances IN
an evening" To talk to dear Edward Oven,
who would be sad Il he thought himself ne
:lcctcd.
. And now she daily ,isicjihc invalid her
buo,ar, spirits tempered by sympathy for her
increasing sufTeunes bat stll diiIuslng such
an atmosphere Of sunshine and hope around
her. that gloom aud desponIcocy seemed ia
vanish at her prcscpce Edward'' sirhlles'
ewes were alvays raised TO her hrch, face
q, he Grli the magic iuhucooe Il impaired.
d., mo,hc, had noted an this ~i,h aJu"'h'
er', vsirhOlncss and. 90 that DAY, when
strong In her love. ,hc had undertaken To
break To him the ac, which an Others shank
from communicating. she spoke likewise
Of Mary. and Of the vague wild hope she
lad alvay, cherished Of cn, DAY seeing her
his wife.
Z" Nc. mother. no 80 exclaimed The blind
man. "Dcarrs, mother, boz this YOU arc NOT
TINE 10 Yourself, What Would YOU wish
10 sec her io an her srrur.timc ot youth aod
beauty sacrificed 90 such one rs ! Ito sec
Mary. as You have described her to me, as
nv soul rcll, me Sic is, ,,ed down tn be The
guide. and leader, aud support Of on" who
could ro, make one Ncp il her dc'.0cc g.
whose hclplcssncs. alonr in the ewes OF mcn,
would hr M. means Of shcl,rrior and protect
ir- her. Would vuu hear her p.,trd,-our
brfrb, Mary pl,icd--as Blind Mans wife
molhgr'"
.Br Elvarl-r ,hc loves YOU as I'm sure
she does"
"Ia,c mr. mother Ycs. rs angels love
r,1-rlrs.a, sister loves br0lhcr.as YOU love
me, And far ,hrs bcntrran, lowe. ,h.s 'on-
Der sympathy. / could knorl and Hiss 'he
-rru7I She tread, upon ba, hoyond This
were Won tr rn,rrat her to- marry Your blind
7rl solitary SON. ard she ,n pity, answered
,-..-uauId 1rcs7r her ON such terms, and
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N,,b, and the sim ,n brirhtly shining
The shadows OF the grave were stealing fast
pr,, her
Other .,eps now sounded in nc room, and
MANY faces gathered round the couch bot
rr, blind man heard nothior-was consciou.
.r ro.bInr. ave the painfal laborcd respirl.
,.,, ,Ea ty,muIous hand that Guuefed IN hl.
o,, ,,. ,roE,n sentence.
.rr,,,J mv dearest, tal, comfort.
t,,.t,,. CoJi. indeed merctnlr