Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-04-04

eyes, but she maue no reply Inc uopF
close ~ the fireplace stood partly open.
and saw in the room beyond bel, and !
was sure there was some one in IT, asked
the old man If he had sickness.
"Yc.," he said, with a shake ofthe head.
" Ny poor boy has been sick a long while.
Hos the only child havc-thc only helper
on the little farmland he's been sick now
all the spring aud summer. live taken care
Of the sheep, but couldn't plant. lt's
harl, don't despair. My gool wifc-God
bless bcr--sharcs the trial with me, and |
think she takes the biggest share"
+ "No, no Joln-don't sayso," uttered
the wife. (" No woman can do the worb
you DO"
"I don't mean 10 toll too much, Mhrga.
ret, only yoa know you've kept me up"
4 call from the sick room took the wife
away, AMI the old man then h's,n 70 tell
tue. in answer u my questions, some of tho
prculnritr,s of the Plain, fDr W. were On il
now. and I found him well informed and
intelligent At long,h the table was -at,
he clean white cloth 'praI aud We wer'
invited to situp. We hal excellent whit
brad. .w.rt butter, some fur slowed lam
s1u., aud capital cup Of tea. There wcrc
mo excuses, up apoiosics-on'y the fool was
hrfprr a., and we wrr, urged % help our
selves. While We were eating, the rain
rra,rl falling, but the weather was hy no
means clear, though just as We moved from
the table, elcam Of golden light shot
through tie window FROM the setting sun.
II may have hccn halt an hour after ihis
lit va. not more than tha,--when was.
on drove up to the 1opr, in which were two
men. The Oh man bad just come in from
,hc barn, aud IL was not yet 20 dark but We
could src Ih' face. Ut the men in the wagon.
They were miidIc.ngrd men; one Of them
hamtel In -ort of hunting clrb. and Tie
other dressed in black clothes, with that rc-
culiar .'yle Of hat aul crlut which mark.
ths officer. turned toward. our hos, for
the purp1s' of asking IL he know the new
c,mcr,, aud saw lee was pale AMI trembling
\ low deep rroan cscap'l him. and in a
moment more his wIft moved to hi- side,
aud put her arm about hi, neck. She had
b,cn trembling, bu, that groan of Acr hus.
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mo twenty pounds"
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