Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-03-28
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THE FORCED LOAN.
nv Jon NORRIS.

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your mother {, worse. However. with
careful nursing and proper dict, there = yet
a chance for her to recover. She needs
nouri,hmcut II .lc has an appetite to-
morrow, q tender lit or mutton. thoroughly
boiled, with little guaya slly. may b,
given. Th' Toom {, rather cold more frc
BE- desirable, both on youy mother account
and on your own, los your cough j. getting
worse. Thi,r5crrir'ton should hc obtained
At once, and the medicine administered with
ihc almost accuracy.
IN, doctor FASTENED on hi, rounds.
! iuriou. snlw.st1rm ragged without, and
the wind roughly ratified the Windows.
John Sterling 80 by hi, mother, bedside,
"a, - sank 90 sleep, holliur the doctor
prescription in h', hand, lu, ,scin. IL not
"Mrlicinc '--ua,a.jlly '-drr mus
trsI be-. q" NJ We can DO i. Co die The
landlord said vc mu.t pay the sixty dollars
hack rgut tomorrow, orhcwould turnu- into
tho ,t,c,t. po5rold Mary, too, says she can-
not stand it any longer and willhayc to leave.
| have not cont lnlt, aud there Is nothing
NOR, o. pawn. Thank heaven f0r thi.
storm. l;w,ll prevent >arh'- coming hero
thi. evening 4, will b. h'ttcrfo her % .ail
without s'oinc m. again oi course she ran.
not d.ar, her lick father Poor mother q"
John stopped and kissed hismolhsr's fore
bead. when hc rai.el ms head, hi, eve.
rested on gold chain which had slipped
from beneath her pillow. Quickly sciHing
IT,, hr drew forth handsome gold watch,
and started up as /, % go cut. but he ,at
li.,lrs.'y down again, and mutteral
W, no she t,ll IN, not to di'po', of
thi, let what would happen. twas my
fathers Gr,t srt. Here are her initials
:. S.-Suan Sterling. Oh God How li.-
DE hr thought she would ever come 10 this
And would hc have hr,intcl to part with
This keepsake, IL thereby her life nigh; hr
.ayrd2 No be- would have 'pld it a thou
sand times, w,r, It possible, to save her onr
moment, discomfort And /. must g.
while she sleeps will take it. Here,
MARY Mary"
The elderly servant woman answered
Johns summons, and telling her to 'it by
his mother while be was absent he prepared
To breast the storm.
"why. mercy akc' alive You aren't
asoin' out in this awful storm, are YOU
Master john" said the old servant in tones
Of blended surprise and rcmonstrancc.
"Itll be the death Of you. Your cough
has been CROWN worse very last durin' the
Last fortnight, an il YOU should get a cold
ON your lungs now, don't know what
would come or il. Let me 50 and get the
medicine. for s'poso that's what you're
r,in' for. Why on airth don't doctors ear
nv their mij'cine with 'cm as they used to
do2 Il seems to me that they're gcttin fur
enough above their business. Well, il that
boy hain't gone This is an awful basi-
ness. can't stay in this house much
longer. Tor liyin' on nothin' and frcctin' to
death is ag'in mater but | can't 60 and
leave Missis Susan in such state. Bless
NV soul and body what's that?'
John'-John Mary =" fcebly gaspcd
Mrs. Sterling.
"IIcre am, M.s.is here am. What
/. it, dear? What do you want''
John where's John' fm-Im
choking! My ~a,ch'-it'' under the pill
low. quick, give it to me-
:" Where, Mis,is? Where is it2 can;
find it. guess Johns got it,"
Z" John tell him to--comc hcrc-quick :"
said Mrs. Sterling, in still feeble tones
" Mary IL can't sco--thc watch-John-
put it on-my bosom-quick IL John ="
lord mercy She's dead What
will become Of Master John? He'll go
crazy. Alack Alack what sad world !
What would Missis Suan's husband a
q thought, when he was so rich and hand
some. and strong, and used TO say he was
goin' to outliya us all, il he'd supposed his
darling would ever come to this'"
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