Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-03-17

ior an ihcy had done fur her and the dear one
who was gone, and said she Eel, now perfect
" able To care for herself and her liule gar
dcu. How patiently and diligently she toll
cd. No one saw the tears that fell like rait
uron the brown earth, as she handled hel
srade and hoe Jus, when and whore they weT'
mos, required. No onc heard the deep anc
frequent sirhs tha, walked up the echUcs %
that silen, house; M one hot God, aud ll'
Odd uo, forge, her \ gentle and submissive
spirit, il was the drom lie sent her-aud q
vas hsa,cu's riches, gln.
The frs, wear Of her widoWhcod ercrIslow
ly bv. Il seemed tn her a. It time had been sud
deulv bc,er or his wings or paused IN hls rap
"a flight. to look upon the devastation he ha'
wrought, Hcrlule Edward, however, mark
ed nj, progress b, additional height an'
strength. lie was last loosing all his ha5l
wants. On, the fash of his eye grew c'cl
dav more and more like his fathers. Iha
peculiar smile which she Rad loved so mucl
/, vas no, buried in the silent grave. Sh,
looked upon IL, and felt her hear, warmed an'
rlaJdcncd nv 1t, every DAY Other life
As he began to talk, he had bis f'hcr,
very ,rick Of tone and manner. Oh, blcs
,cI. dearly rrIsed cll he vas To her s"l,
,ar, bod. h'ussomInr over the tomb Of buric'
affection aud buried memories
Already a voice from lha, future wh.c.
bad seemed lo,t To- her began to call go br
soN. ,,lycry tones alryaj, his liule baby han,
ss,ln to berLon her on TO years To come.
lIore vas nv, only h,s home, Who ha,
gone. bu, TO be hts who praulcd hy her std
as she io,cI cu uuvraricd, though her Tram
had CROWN feeble, anl the ll1h, ct health ha
"a Cd from her race, beneath che o,,rias'
which each Day required to lceH lh' cartcu
.a lbs pmpcr stale. She could nu, afford @
hire assistance, indeed She would mo-, h1'
v.,hcIr.ifsHe could. Each mound ofclr'O
ua,h,'luvci luhsr. or lrsrc bee bad wrought
and She seemed, as she quietly ben, Co be
nsl, ruhc holding unseen communion w.u
u0m suI
jos, as Dc bad done, ius, so hc had s'ro,
60 DO, anl many a rcr.oa ,luPFed, aud luoLe
over rhr garden raltut, with wonder, ,ha, a,
c-y,h.rc could luol So we'll, now ElNau
Norton was no longer there. They J,i nu
know ,ha, any appearance at disorder vcr
GO his wife, heart, Ike q reproofior her ow
neglect The ooy and ll, home ,hcy w,r
his gifts To her, and This she never cease
60 remember.
Before tbc.r marriage she hal hccn mai
bot little acquainted with hu,iuc., ma,,er-
She knca ,ha, ,hc money with which ,h
house snl garden vas purchased, WAS hired
bui she lacv also ihl, the tns,al'ment, an,
r,,-rs, bad a'Nays been regularly paid, aa.
that rov u. suu,,r hali alone remained O.
Hr ,ru..I. A., ,oun as % was rrcs. ,ary, sh
ac-mm,ri lcr.c't,houuchIy with ih's gar
arhr business. AND became convinced chat
sN years ul irIa,,riou, sa,,uc would mak
.hr place entirely her ovo-her ovu aut bs
.5a',. Aasra. no, had something vora
n,0, Mr.
One nigh, ,hc Postmaster. boy, FROM u.
village. came to het door with a letter.
was very uncommon occurrence, lur De
trend, were few. knew thl, she So, len, @
,h-y sad q" sell og," a1i therefor, trouble
themselves very lulle alua, ber. The leur
Was Ars D., aud the direction 10 bore va, in
business hand. "Mrs. Edward Norton" ]
Na, from ose thea who had known her hos
band aud Who knew OF h.s death
She turned It over and over, many times
without daring to break the seal. I, va
pos, marked Boston, and vi;h ,hl, Indednabl
wish which So many have to assure them
selves Of ,he contents of letter, through ,h
envelope, she recpcJ iu under It's yellow CO,
crinr, and fal, disa' pointed, when nothing
but blank white paper met her eve. At las
she summoned courage to open IL. It ran d
fIIovs.
Mrs. Morton
Mldau-Your late husband, as ! suppoa
you know. hired ul me tn tie amount ul hN
hundred dollars, Cor the purchase OF a smal
house and a few acres of land. He cav
me mortgage on the same. but as be hl
been puuriull 900 the plymeut, both Of install
menls aud Interest, have had no "ocasiun q
demand anything else from him. Now, how
ever, % hecumrs necessary that the Irmaluin.
debt. amounting To cOI dollars, should b
paid immediately, and as hy the .trms ui uu
agreement. ! have the right after a ccrau
number uf years. which have uoW expired. {,
the whole. shall he glad II you can send In'
lh- 2ni dollars by Mupjly's mail. II yol
should not be- able 90 pay tue shall feel 0
right 20 fureclOse the mortgage, and shall pro
ceed 10 DO 80. j. ALDEN
The le,Ier dropped from the wdow'shand
In momcn, the uhole extent OF her DANCE
became known to her. The name and lh
hand writing was the same as that which ap
peared IN the notes relating To the lIt'le Pr"r
crly, aud IN the sudden and explicit buslnes
letter. she read the character Of the man viii
whom she had tn deal.
From that mOmeut she had no hope bat II
God. Falling on her kuees, she prayed lon'
and earnestly. She had no one earthly illeu'
to lean upon in her eSiremities, aud well 70
her that she could 60 To Him as a child To
father. With a steady aud fearless eve, sh'
seated herself by her husbands little desk
She had never had occasion 10 use his pen
before, and yet, though she remembered Wv
,II, the last time she saw him sitting there