Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-02-18
MI 5 G. T. l. l. A n Y.
THE ROMANCE OF CEDARvILLE.
ny ELLA RopNAS,

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hausted state which followed day OF un.
broken merriment.
Stout, lrc.h.looking, and utterly unfh-
tisued. "a, the cheerful maiden lady, whose
mirth.proyokins use Of language had kept
Us all laughing 50 long,
:" Did M one ever try to run away with
you. Mss Flini?" asked would.bo-face.
tious youth.
"Never :" she replied. in u tone Of sol.
cmn conviction. that drew forth fresh
burst of laughter.
"Oh, Miss Flint 80 exclaimed Lila. just
at homo fr1m tho boarding school for the
vacation, "do tell MS something abou,
your offers But no." sho added. {" don,
tell u', either-wrIte it, please, and give
me ,le manuscript"
El.ae,ly,' replied Mis-. Flint, ",hn'
would be- so" romantic, you know 4" blot.
tel with tears at such - place -" deeply
underlined a, such place" long blank
At such a place." Sc. g..
Lila was laughed at Tor her pains, bot
she continued, eoaSinsly, /" Ah, please do
Here il a sheet Of paper, and a pencil for
YOU, now. There begin"
| will begin and finish ai once" was III,
r,ply, " Il b, Is the history Of my Offers thai
you want" And Miss Flint, to Lilla''
chagrin, and our amusement, drew Alargc
round o On the paper, which she presented
to the petitioner with mock poli,enc-s.
Why, Mis- Flint exclaimed III,
youth above alluded to. you don't mean
to say that you never had an oiIcr."
IL don't think | ever did, quite, replied
the lady, unconcernedly.
"Dii you never make any matches, Ms,
Fhnt?' was the next query.
Miss Flint reflected Tor few moments
and then began u .mllc.
"Thc only match tha, ever really did
make. " she began, was one that had NJ
idea Of making, but have seldom mcidled
with such adair,, they are dangerous thing,
to umpcr with. bad always such an cK.
cess OF spirits, that ~ a girl, | was nui.
.ancc reckless, needless. boi.,erous crra.
tdrc. who was constantly delyins proprie.
iy, and putlins h'Siliou.nes, to the blush.
sober people looked uron me as youn:
tornado, aud was seldom quiet Tor two
minutes together.
=" But notwithstanding this dreadful char.
acrcr, two quiet, elderly i-dIr'. cousin. Of
my father, who lived in - retired country
village, became - infatuated a, to suppose
tia, It would be pleasant variety to have
a welt from ne, aud Us | could enjoy my.
self anywhere, accepted the invitation.
Cousin Rachel aud cousin EI,a were
perfect samples Of welI.mcanins, Elderly,
mailyn ladies, whose lives had bern pissed
Ia seclusion on a moderate competency
They bad one tram OF ,dtIs. ono style Of
drc.s, and one form Of expression. II eou.
sin Rachel conyer.gd, she largely quoted
= sisIer Eta" and deierentia.ly referred u
her opinion aud cousin Eta did the same
thing for sister Rtchrl.' They were al.
ways CONSIDERING what was best - and
believe never even hcmmed u pocket.hand.
kcrchier withou, holding u consultation
over It. They walked carefully through the
house. and spoke insuch .u5dued tone.
tia: one would supposethore was some
indclatisable sleeper whom they were afraid
Of arousins. Their village home, which
had been named CeJAr,ile, Tor wha,
earthly reason never could ascertain
was the most monotonous of all country
places and had there not been large
dog on hand, | should havo pned for COM
panlon.
when was fairly established under
the root OF my quiet relatives, and they
were brought into clos, contact with my
hArum.scarum propensItlc-, could plainly
see that they were frequently parAlllcd with
amaIement. They had never dreamed Of
such things and began 10 think that
the placid faces could never discard look
Of surprise. Not that | did anything really
wrong or improper (, hut was young. and
full Of life and spirits did not weigh my
word, before spoke. and did not stop to
consider whether Mrs. Smith would liks
thi, or Mrs. Jones approve OF that. Tie
consequence, of course. was many rIdieu.
lous scene. and while respecting my rela-
tiyes' goodness. used to laugh in secret at
their walking.cp.eggs style Of proceoi.
ing.
80 little were the inhabitants OF Cedar
willie given To dissipation, that visit to tea
was great affair bu, Us strangers were
unusual sights, various s,ili.looking people
called and invited me to their houses. =
These invitations were always accepted lUr
me by my cousins and early on the event
iul afternoon. cousin Rachel would don a
brown silk dress. fastened at the neck with
a brooch of hair surrounded with small
pearls, while cousin Eta appeared IN grey
silk, fastened ditto.
"Thc conversation a, these companies IN
variably turned upon DR.. sliOswor'hy,
who was, 1t seems, a widower with three or
four children and whose wiles sister, Am.
anda Tibbits, q became quite familiar with
hi, name,) was keepin house for him.
What combus,ible materials were these for
a country village The topic appeared in
e1haustible: and was amused a, the yari-
ETY. Of opinion expressed upon the subject.
Soma fhaus,ht that AZ ,sas btyhIv impr.nar