Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-09-14
MI sc T. IL A n Y .
UNCLE DAVIS STAFF,

thuN~s
My husband looked acro.. the table at
me, AMI held a glass Of wine between him
aud the light, 'crcwins up hi'cycs as he eH.
ami lcl tive color.
We were sitting at desser, in the old din.
ins.room at Tur,ou, tho dark polished ma.
bcsany table rejecting the bright iacr' Of
our siS children. Two by mc--thc elie,,
who W.. 80 like HI. father. and the younee.,
whocouli not ca,tiiily, and wanted mamma
t, cat up hi. orange and wipe his mouth;
opposite. nv Roland, were the two little ones
with curly hc,.i, and mischicSous fingers.
who were sailing oanc,.b5at' in the purpl,
fnslr.sla'', and cuaSins papa TO make more.
The girl. were ono on each side tho elder
one p,srinc at me with her great blue eyes,
evidently wondering what it was mamma
was 10 make zap Der mind about. | wac just
going TO answer when caught her curious
gaze. and then stopped.
"lll tell YOU all abou, II when the chill.
ir,u 20 20 he'd. " said |.
Lucy dropped her head with blank cN.
preston Of disappointment, which R1uall
observed with inGnl,, amusement There
We. li,tle nd acros. the table 20 me. and
whisper about little pitcher. having lon.
ears, which mado Lucy blu'h. Presently
W. went I, tho drawing room, and the chill.
dr5u hscan romr. at Tho conclusion o.
which carried od the Youngest to tho nur.
,ary nnl before | came down again went
fora moment into my little moruinr.room
1nl at down over the frc-l wanted 10
think.
People aid was a fortunate and happy
woman. and q, | wa.. Our homo was one
Of ,ho., mir Eueh.h hall. standing amid it.
own far .rrralIu- ground, and rich farms
I could match nv husband ani children
ar,ir,, The h,.t anil MOBILES, in tho land
AMI SO, had plenty to make mr ol,.tme.
Thoughtful ami sometime. al. There d. a
rrr.. In every lot. AMI mine l,y in tho a..
turc-n1t my own. hui iny chi'lrcn's.
My father in.hw bad been m cr,rnusln,
man. who bah drained the cn,ail-i e.tat" o..
near %. be- could. Nv husband, with mol.
rra'r income nod many claims on hi.rur.e,
AMI, moreover. with .crurul'us honor. ap.
piled every available sum ,o the piymcn, OF
10. father, debts. w had a large family;
thc ,lls.i on, w.. provided Tor hy tho en-.
tail. Bu, II ,hi, went on what could We
dn ilr tho other li,ls ones O,sr and over
again. tried TO hrin. the matter seriously
before Ronald but carcl.'. security in the
future was r1rtof hisuatural deposition,
and { could MT persuade him 90 make any
real ,Glr, lar ihrir benefit Invariably be-
nil "Just wal, ,t'l pay saunders and
Bolton. and then W, will lay by " Ani I
'nI ,o think sally of nv own poor portion
of $500 invested In shares IN the County
Bank. and hope and trust.
( was thinking NOR, sadly tonight b..
c,u,, my husband, who had ju,, returned
from a hu.inc.,.,i.it to London, had me, me
with an UNEXPECTED proposal. H. had f,l-
len in with m old uncle, who had -p'nt the
greater part of nj, lire in India. ,oiling fr
the golden fortune that never came. Now
a drcrryi, Old nan, and a confirmed invalid,
he had expended tho little he possessed, and
wa. actually in want Ronald described hi'
miserable lodging, told how much h,suiFrr.
Cd and cnIcl vitharror''al that We should
ak him to com, and liye at Turion. The
kind thought was jus, like him; tut look
cI terribly blank whom the idea wa' surcr'.
tel aud opposed i, violently. Nv woman''
brain at once embraced the obstacles, aud, IL
may be, exaggerated them.
Think what tie il would be, saii.
- third person to spoil our quiet evenings,
and reading. aloud SOMEBODY {, interfere
with our wnlk-, and drives, and dinner-
The .o1r children would be hushcl Cor fear
ot disturbing the invalid should have to
give up my time to hi. amussmentani com
fort. Besides, think OF the exr"n'c We
agreed to give up the carriage horses, but
that would be out Of the question il he were
here and could not walk or use the pony.
phu,on. Anl we must have an extra man
servant To wait on him; 4; and II We used an
other SET Of ROOMS, we should require sec.
oul hou.cmaid.'
"wcll, my dear, please yourself i, shall
DO a. YOU Ike. only wish we could have
made the old man comfortable; he was very
kind To me whcn was school.boy."
s,l sat in my room aud planned how we
could manage. gradually beginning to think
had been selfish in my has'y opposition.
thought 1t might be arranged. could
give up this yery morning room Tor him to
sit in. and let him sleep m the south room
next door. Walters might wait upon him
If the stable.boy helped IN the pantry aud
it we gave up the pretty Ponyph~ton We
might keep the broughnm As to the disar
raugements OF our family euj,yments, We
must put up with 1t. The kindness would
bring us own recompensc, somehow.
went down stairs with lighter heart,
for was conscious Of a pralseworthy res
Olution and sending the children OIL to
bed, knsli down by my husbands side, and
said
"Sha!l we write the invitation, now, Ron.
ald!"
He answered me with q kiss, and bright
ening Of the eye. which were enough recon.
pense Tor the sacrifice.