Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-01-26
Story of a Courtship.

] 'lome-cofne, sald Mt' pItI' Jou
have been mopng there long enough, nepb-
ew, forgetting manners and everything else.
Here arc The apples waiting, snd no one 10
hama them round, fsr when | once got settled
in this easy shair"-lsre the good woman
CAV. smiling survey of her imps person,
which certainly ovsrfo~ed the chair Al eV-
cry point. leaving all but ridge Of the back
and the cur'ing arm, quite in'i'ibls--"it isn't
,rsry easy thing 10 get up again. Now bus.
tie about, and vhll. We old womsn rest our.
selves. vou snd Juli,, there, ran iiy yourluek
with apple s,edI.
~ rensms.r tie fret time ever 'uunised
that Mr. Gray had taken notion 10 me VAS
ono. when We were at m ,rple-cuiing To-
gsiher down in Maine. Somehow Mr Gray
got inlo nv peighsorhood when wheH-r,
ranr,d round th. rr,l, b'sEsi Of apples. |
felt NV cheeks barn lh. minute he drew his
sea, ~ very close to nine. and took out hi,
Jacknifr, terribly unsteady DV.,ni.bye h-
got a robls great ,pple. yellow n gold, aud
smooth a, baby's cheek wa, looking at
h' hand, .ideoi,s lrun under nv h,hr., and
saw that he Was pairing It carefully, s II sT-
sry round ofi the skin VI" strip Of gold. Al
last he cot il oil a, the 's,d end, ,pd the 'nn
rirss f-ll down over hi. wrist and took the
apple from hlS hnyew.
Nov" said he. in whisper. bending his
head q liltl-. ,rd raisinr the ,rpl- peel care
mllv with hiS right hand, ~ ,n iu., ~ sure
llis will be the 6ryt letter ofihs n,m. lo'S
=. a-r ihst We ,re alive" He b-rsn .wift.
" vhIrlNr the arrls peel round hi' hr,d .
the company we're sll bosy ~i'h ore smother
and I vas the orly person who .i~ the vel
low lirks 7ui',ring around hi. hc,d orc.
twice. three iirr. Then he held II 'till {,
moment. and at looking nrh, into my eyes
| hell nv breath. and - DID h,
"So~." ;" ny. hs. and he breath came out
With culver, What n It should be your
name ?"
. | did not answer and So both looked back
at tho same time. Sur- enough il wis the
l.u.rS No rs- ever Aada m, more beau.
ufllly. "Ju', 10 ! expected, T." say. he, lnd
hi, eve, grew brirh, =. diamonds, lust as I
expected p" That vas al he nid."
"And WIS, ar,v.r lid vcu make HIM
aunt" s,Iej Robsr, Or.. vhr had been h..
,-u,nr with 4 flushed fee. "wha, did YOU
,avr
ddn'l speak word, botqrl'irrcl on just
:, hu .. ! could. A, Gr Nr Gny. hr KEEP,
psr.rr, sud prri~r like ,ll po,''''sd. ! ,hot
thl, he would nc'or stop pairing, ar speak =
VOID mors. Dy.and.by he stuck tho point
ofhi, Lnirs into m ,rpl-. AID un~nting the
kin from around it he banded II over IN ne.
I, wa',rsd skin, I remember, ,nd cut l'
smooth a'N ribbon.
- shouldn't bit worlcr II ,hl, dropped
rio letter C., SAYS Mr. Cry "Snppo,e
Won iry a."
"Well. took The rel lpp's-sAin, ard whIr-
led It lhr,e time, round my he,i. 1nd down
q, vent m tn the foor, curlej up iu'u the ul-
cost capital g tha, you ever sat your ,vs' on
"Mr Gny. he looked a. the I.,,rr. AMI
then sort ol lsldrvi.c ialc nv nce. -. c.
saws h-, taking mp the apple skin. and cairrr
It as il IL had been tho frs, moulhml n 4
Thanksgiving dinner "ilow would YOU
Ike to 80 them two lo,lsE en- 4 new Get Of
silver teaspoons
81 s'lly believe you could have u, can.
de 4, ny face, 1t burned -, bat | couldn't
.p',k more than II I'D been horn tongue.
tied"
"But did YOU never sn,wsr abou, the
spoons :" asked Julia.
"wsll-yss,-I believe | did, the oox,
Sunday night" said the old lady demurely,
smoothing her apron. lMr,. Stephens.