Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-01-05
PARIS. ME-. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1855.

"lt was even a comfort TO know that Yio-
let had been ill, ,ha, might be the reason Of
my letters remaining unanswered. Her
mother, too, would probably be offended at
the refusal Of my parents to sanction our en-.
raccmsni. 'iole, had bo'n very IN, tho
landady .1id. for three weeks. She had a
fever, and they had cut on nearly all herbcau-
uful hlir. She uscd iocry out and talk wild.
ly when she vas ill; but her mother nurscd
her herself, an1 allowed no one else lo 60 in
To the room. She wa, almos, we'll before
she vest away. She used to GO out in a car.
riagc. and she revived and smiled ,rain, too.
hut, somehow, there seemed weight on her
spirits: Il wasn't her old ,milc-but she had
been very IN.
"Perhaps the womas hal connected Vio.
let, line. with me. womsn have m iniu.
tive perception of such matters. htdrst shr
Ms very cold 'rd lilc disposed To bc com.
munic,,irc. nut suppose nv own eount-,
nance hore some tras. of the suffering had
undergone Pcrh,rs she ,,v IN ne some,
thing lha, moved her compassion bs iha, a'
i; nav, ,hc ih'cV oiT N. con,iiini she had
at d',, ru, uron hsr.'lt, told me many touch.
ing details of Violet, weakness. ,ni permit.
tel m. To visit th- room -hcre | hal - often
,ai with h-' Shs also E,'- m, hr,id o
he h,r which had bees cu, OF how shr
e,m- In har. d, don't know. ! have .um-
rlmr, hoped i, might have J,,a leCI With her
Tor ar.
~ accompanied nv parents tn Italy with
treasured spirit, Violet loved me. snd m,
h,ar, -, .iror. within ~. su,ld -nk'
90. hest ne of nv tins. While -, ,h'r,d
and II IN our friurn nv mother still refused
her consent, | voud b. able to support nv
VII, bv nv ,,ru,or.. Tim, ,ud dl.lan,.
s.sr1rd a, nrlhin. 4 lul- ,.rt ,nl vlols
aou'd h- MIN. Bot the vr,r Heightened
into two. MI h,h,r ,'o-lV declined b.,
p.n-d 10 go home i-a.r, God 40 set oul or
our journey Bui be vas never more IN 81
bI, loo, on Horl'h rronnd ho die! a, Va
PEE. ard il'r, o.. lies buried
"whsn INV mother bad a liulc recovered
from t.r shock, she, NY sister ,ni ] s,l ouN
% our rslurn. PERHAPS m th' .ltd,r.I
,,ai, Of her fs.'lrg,. ,h, might have sorl,r.i
a very little toward, Violet, but j, sas row
i1a hl.
"Dlunr our ,,ay in Italy ! hll ucard o
V.o'-, only IN h,r public chanslrr ! hai
heard of her appearance in London. ari ol
her triumph. Nv college froni. Tophlm
wrote mo account, n her. H. told me ,h'
was surrounded Jy ,dnrcr', smo.s whom
there were more than ono of rank and station
vino s,rlrrd to h.y h,nd, bu, he said 'hs vat
ctovn very hauahy; more J.aulifl thar
cvcr-uuqucs,i1nlbly NOR, beautiful, bu
strangely proud, dl,ii.nlgl, and wiltul. II,
conlcs,,d that she had treated hm with mark
"a, and with what he considered surcrclliour
cu'du,''
"Topham was b' no msir, rh' psr'.n Il
whom could corGje ,hs ,scrr, Of INV ,Gec
,ion. H. belonged to tnlt ea,, OF 'oun!
men ,ho have 90 depth of feeling themselves
and whose system Of honor has 70 r-ier-nc'
to anything beyond the opinion sf the narrow
circle IN which ihcy move Imagined tha
y,ols, knew the strength and eo-,ancy Of ms
love. ani Tor my sake assumed this rrpul,l'r
m,nrer To her suiloy. Knowing her trust
ful tenderness, and abun danl affection, lhl,
seemed ,o me nnlh.ng bot \ veil with which
she ,ou.h, 10 hide the sullsrinrs Of her heart
yanlei f,r the moment rhcn should 'r'
hsr uEee more, face to i4-s, and tell her all
had endured lnI hoped.
"My uncle, Sir George, me, Ms On our ar
rival In London. We wrreto ,,ay A. hous,
which be then occupied in Gro',cuor Street
my aunt and my cousin Grace we're as,
there, and George MIldm,y, hns boy o
,oyeatccn, lnst returned from E,on. Aner
the first cmurons Of meeting we're over, ih,
ladies' Withdrew together, NV urclc retire,
to hls library, and George and were 10 our
selves. could not help luoking with admi
ration At the handsome, intelligent face, and
listening with surprise to the masicrly man
net IN which INV cousin, whom had nevel
thought Of but as rather a 'Poilt boy, deal
out the news Of tie town.
You'll ike to sec what's doln. a, the the
alres, dare say, said he, whrn pause 10
the conversation suggested the introduction
uf anew subject, 'wcll run down TO Drury
Lane by.and.by, II you like: mo-, lha, there,
anything worth looking At in the Say Of wo,
men. !, was a shame ~ Wuodh0use to run
olT With our little SulIana.
with WHOM inquired, very mechan.
ically
Why. the yory princess and fairy queen
Of actresses, the brightest eyes-lle lovelies'
hair-such a glorious lnngt--and a TOO, and
anclc that were delightful to look At. It's a
splendid thing ior her Wooihouse has some.
where about four thousand a year H csc
and double as much a posse; though to be
sure go he ought, for he's slap and hash
fellow. They Iay he's growing tired Of his
ps.,, already. and she's 90 conioundcdly cold
and proud, bn' you know her; you we're At
Warwick when she came out
ayes. dld know her ! had known ever
since he hegan to speak, Of whom he was
taking. bot sudden and unexpected blow had
stunned me, aud was glad to lel him rattle