Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-04-27
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concerned, all her power, must prove LITERAL
" inadequate and unauilng. when brought
into competition with tho.c of the uniortu.
nate lady during continuance of the par
ozism. Sabina fcignoi calmncs, which
size was hr from feeling at that trying mo-
mcni, anil though her v,ice trcmblcl. yet
she said,c chccriully, unI with a careless
air,
"'T think that your knife will soon b.
sharp enough, Lady St. tlan-vhat do you
want Il for!'
"'wha, do van, It i9r'' nlmickcJ tho
mad womau-'vby, VIVA should I want IL
Tor, Sabiua, bu, 10 cut your ,hr5at vitL?'
Well, that &. an aid fancy, cgrlaimcd
>abiua, cninwrins not ,o scream or 10 faint
-'lut You had better III down, ror tho
knife i'ug, sharp enough for that Job
thero-thsry's q chair. Now riyamc YOUR
attention while You sharpen, and I'm ii op-
rositc 20 you-ior have haI .u'' an er-
tnorlInary dream, ard I want YOU 20 li,tcn
.tpit.'
eth. laa, Ig.t,I n,I.,i,r.y .- s.
much "a. toav. y,p .b,Ir moi ,E.,tr. lr
I 10 li'irn.' Bu; she sat ) vn. and Slbinl
opposite TO her, who hr-an pouring forth
frar, Of nan.rn.s. which N, rr.,,ndri
she had drrlmel. Lady ~ E1,n he'd al-
way Lrru much addicted 30 rsru,ins work.
of ofromautir faction, and 'hi, taste for -
mauyIuu, was probably the rausaf .lyir.
Nnlina's lifr-who, durin, tLat hong aud
awful night. never Jagged lor ono muncr..
continuing her repetition of marvel. in tls
Arabian Nights .nls. The maniac .ltIsr.
f,tly It'll. with tl,. knif, ir one hand. ,hc
slipper in tho other. auI hsr lars, cyrs inc
tru,ly f,-l ou the uaru,1-. Oh. ,hos,
weary. weary hour When at length, rc-
pcat"d signals aud knocks w're heard az tho
CHAMBER door, as Oh" morning sun aro'''
>a''nn hal presence OF m'na not To- motto,
'i'm ~ her "rr'''' companion appeared
NOT u "' ''--'nl 'A' continued h'r sing
song mono'omou' strains until the barrier
wa' fairly hurt op'n' and - E'an himself
who had just returned alarmed at the por-
''nl'u' m"rnur' N''''"' a'' ",''mla-
n'Nl 10y sever" ''m'''.'' came i' '"' r'''
cu'.
" Hal Ni'Ina "'''i OF ''r'am'd Tar H'ip'
or appeared 10 Recognize The AL which "a'
n' hand ,r' 1t could have r'a,h'l her the
mar,bir. usually hanging up in 81. Elan's
Irr..in,.r,.m-,nd the rrrnclita,io1 o,in-
o,l I'm thu. .err,tin. II va.a mystery not
" h. .,l,rI Sthiuas hair. which wasa'
black o.. a raven, when shr retired on that
fearful might. haI charged 6, the .imilitudc
orcHt5rmc age, when they fpunl her in the
morning. la'y 81 Elan never recovered
thi, sudden aul total overthrow Of reason,
bat lirl--ala' 70 was ru~orrd by her own
hanl-uiih two years Afterwards. The in-
FAINT hrirrs. was entrusted 90 tho guidance
uf her mother. friend anil gnyrrucss-shr
became an orrhln NJ an early ago. and on
rgmul. .in. h,r tr,u'y-fr., var, was un.
controlled mi.tr,-, OF thr forum" and 's-
tate, of her ANCESTOR.
"But long cr, tia, psrioI arrived a ,ari-
ON, qug.ti.n lalarissu 90 salinl's mind
rr.r,rtin, the duty and DNrsii0nry OF in
f,r,in, Mary -. Elan what her true p1si.
ti,n Was. AMI II gently imrartiu. the .ad
lm9vlel-, or that visitation oyyr.hal5vng
u,. Ir.tip.,, ofhrrrc,. I,v was true. that
:, her individual cas-. the catastrophe