Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-12-14
FRIDAY, DECEMBER ID. 1860.
MIS- H. l. l. A n Y .
BACK.WOoDs LIFE.

cilmp UP WV NHttl iuNo tNt eINAN NaEuu w
where mother tho baby and Dave had alrca.
dy been esconccd, father said. with ,ha, tone
into which the voice slides % easily when
breaking away from home.
You'll be a woman, Nora, before you
see old Illinois again"
| l,wasa strange subject Of contcmpIa.
ton for such tine. when the heart was
full Of the old memories tia, cluster around
the humblest home when the eyes Of all
Of all Of Us were swimming IN tears, and
the dr.i miles Of our long journey, were be.
Ing finished. Bot still eouli not help re.
acctInc on those word. Of my athcr,
You'll b. a woman. Nora"
wha, great change was uPon the fresh.
old Of which was now standing 50 much
an era IN the life Of u. ,ha, fa,hcr used 1t
halt uncansciou'lv, as the measurement Of
time, the date OF an epoch
/ think we arc ap, TO seek a new channel
OF though, when the las, good. bye has been
said. and the rumbling Of whcol' remind.
Us that the par,ins' are really over at last.
The soul has bccn - long busy with this
ever approaching climax Of tears AMI griei .
that when once the die is east i, turn. vii.
lusly from under the special pressure to
sumo un,rici, coniemplative phas'
And a' the wagon wound along the road
While father was watching watching the re-.
treating home scenes, and mother vas dry.
ing her eyes with very doubtful .uccc.--l
at and wondered what was before. What
shouli this sid uusainly, rc'tles', home.
" glrl b, a. woman wha, untrici.
unireamci Of path would open before the
by AMI by Should love 70 clamhcr over
iencc. thcn9 Should Io,c 10 1T and watch
tho lightning aud lisicn to the thunder
Should love lambs. and chickens. aud lit
tlc ris.' And would IL b, the height of
my ambition then, a. now. 10 jump tho rorc
a greater number Of time. than anybody
else could, and play tho lcaEanl.comb
harrsieorI better than even jim Lane. the
boy music kins7 can scarcely tell where
nv thread Of ,housh,. though unwiniing.
would have l,i ne. hal no, the stout voice
Of John my elder brother. who was rc,lc-.
trimming bchind the family c1lch, burst
out with
Father drew In the rcin., looked
thoughtful moment. stood up on the
tongue aud gnroi back down the road.
glanced at mother, anl then said, with
ash-
well, I'm ..rry, they're worth fsc dol.
lar. an moncy'll BE- .cnr;c m lheuew eoun.
try bu,I-oaaf 90 ble,." "
- We jo:sci along.
our turn ont was Of the popular pattern.
Tor which. fortunately, no patent had boon
taken. A broad roomy wagon on ,iou,
wheels, covered with white cloth stretched
upon arched poles, anl formin: a canopy
suggestive Of the milky way" filed with
boIc, oi clothing. barrel. OF provisions. and
diver, cooking utensils. tho whole drawn
by pair Of stout, though somcwha, serag.
~. iarm horses
Twill attemp, TO give the panorama Of
our long nni slow journey over 50 many
hundred mile. Ia such vicis,itudcs OF wcarh.
er. cooking our well-ea,sn meal. 10 the op.
en- air, and sleeping within the half.,hslier
under the storm as we'll a' starlight. When
night came. father would drive on. one
side Of tho road unhi,ch the horses. and
then prepare ur the cooking Of supper.
Mother va, jus, a. good u housewife there
a, in our snug kitchen >, home. Every
thing was ~ clean as il could be, the bis.
cui, were white and Ica,hsry, and the tea
kettle swinging from the crossstick On the
crotc hes, sang the identical song that 1t
sung in -" Illinois" Father always gave
thank. over these outdoor meal. and Us.
ei 10 notice or fancy, noticed. moro soft
nes. in hi. rugged tones than ever before.
One might've had been out many weeks,
had entered Minnesota, and were some forty
mules wcs, Of the fall. Of st. Anthony. in
tho broad bel, Of timber which reaches acros.
that section OF the county John and Dave
were out shooting pigeons, tea and bis.
cut werc being served and eaten with ,h'
usual rcli,h-suddenly man on horseback
pulled up before Us. with the words
"For Gjd's sake. come and help US, il
you know anything about doctorlng Hes
bleeding to death '-Carlis. Quick Come
quick :"
Father was slowly gathering himself to.
gc,her with the hard work, when strung
to nervous quickness by the man manner.
and story, ran to one Of the horses, seram.
bled to hi. back and galloped away to the
scene Of the ho-rilyins disaster. I found a
young man bleeding TO death, as the mes.
sen.er had said-a cut across the arm sever.
ing the baehial artery Thanks to my
reading, know what TO DO. Putting my
finger, in the gash from which the blood was
.pouting, pressed the lips Of the artery to.
ceiher. and the low Of blood ceased. Fur.
ther than this knew little or nothing. An.
other Of the party had gone iu the direc.
ton OF man living lew miles back. who
had the reputation Of bcing physician. !
had stopped the Gow Of blood. So FAR was
safe. More would not attempt. So sat
on the ground beside hun. and held my hin.
ger on the artery-holdIng his lie there
with my iorefnger
No LEES than two hours elapsed before