Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-08-03
FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 1860.

I must pare the pc,Atys Tor dinner now, and
this dish of pink eyes is the haystack."
! "Yc,, and Il be the hired man ioo, and
haul the rails for you the naiiron stand Is
my lied Whoa haw!'
"Oh, plasc Master Eddie, can I get t'omc
rail. Of you u icncs in me stack wid, the
noishbcr's cattle are s,aling all inc hay {;
just give me one for this time ="
Y "Ye., ma'am here Il, is and there arc Eve
more IN this pile, shall | haul them to
you7"
4" so, no, all a, once bring me three tue
next time. three from Eve will leave you an.
other load"
"Uh. that's IL. That's wha, mama was
trying to teach ne, three from i've leaves
two, why that's easy 80
IT, be suro is ai'y, bot bring mo'ome
more rail. before mc stack lsaiisn up iniiTe.
ly by che cows
Thus they continued a, their sport. Nora
al! unconscious in her efforts to amu'o her
la,oriiy, that she was impirtins moro val.
uablr au,hmsucil knowledge than he
would receive as the rupil Of Mrs. Jones in
many tcliou. rcci,a,ions.
Mamma. can tell you that now the
difference between three aud Gyc is two!"
shouted ,hc happy boy, - bi' mother en-.
tered iho kitchen ju,t a' Nora declared she
could no, play any longer with him, and
be- bad returned the clothes pins to their
place.
That's 1t darling, you won, io-ec. It
again. I'm sure, va, the gentle reply n
shc ,iooIcl to kiss hl. gentle face. Mr'
Jones bad overheard aporii0n 'of their
mathematical game, and gained some val.
uablc hint, hy listening few moments up-
On lhc stairs. She changed her tactic,
frUm that day, and was never al.erwarl
beard to complain oI her sou. stupidity.
d" Now Kathleen. darlint. don't tease me
any more, you'l break the hear. Of mc 1t
you <, on in lhi. way. ~ work my ling.
cr- 60 ,hc bone, chr.i. To give 80 ihc line
larnln Sc pine Tor, bu, since the roomaIi'
hls rus,ei up tbe bing0, Ut NV ould 'houl.
tber,, must ..,c up ,he washing, aud thin
whore, the lNiu for yourself aud yer poor
ouli mother to come FROM. u ye don's be
cJntiul % be au honest va.hcruOman that
airr, hgr I,in by the sweat OF her brow
~ know %. mother, dcAr, bot ola ,I Il.
50 hard % leave school now, and never
learn any more aboui thing. have just
-, glimp,1 OF aud have built - MANY
castle. as Ihe young ladies say about get.
uns wise enough TO teach when ct old
enough h,W happy ,honld be aud how
comfortably YOU should live, with never @
ucgl ior you 70 lili a lnser over tho ugly
work that has ,uIrneI your jJinis aud
made you C'I 300 soon. Oh dear it seems
O. mc mus, have an clucAiton ?"
" Hoo, away WI ycr lu, lady liuius'.
Come sw4,c, wash yer rc. cyr, aui smooth
yer pretty curI,, aud auI ta on ger cilnc
sunbynos;, ,ul then ,-ko home the gentle.
man. clJthc,"
We hit is coming here, Kathleen /,
well si, plenty or washing from the sent.
nary, AMI may be ou can cam enough to
luy some of the young ladies' east away
books, and your, smart and quick Ike,
you'upIck up iLc kuowIsdsg alone. TueTo
darIin be- .rry AMI l'il have "a Draw supper
ready when YOU 81, back ." and Nora, lur
i, ua, her dear reader, though time has
traced hi- line, on hcr once blooming face,
sazsl with plrl0nabIe pride upon thc rc'
treating figure %, her ''ir, young daughter
"Goi bls., the child" she murmurcd,
as she turned within ber fearful gaze, and
proceeded to lay Iho cloth upon the little
round .taud which had served her Tor a IA.
Die since her wiIovhooi. She could not
sit down to the table that Mrs. Jones had
gwen her with her setting out j, made her
feet 70 ,ai she said, u zee Anlhony's place
vacant, and The stand brought Kathleen and
herself - near like"
"li isa pity" she continued measuring
out the tea. She's a, fair aud as clear
headed as any Of tbo,o seminary girls, but
bls., mc 90 and ~" crossed herself. " IL
is |, Nora McFiynn, tha,s finding fault
) With the Lords will no doubt He'll care
for the wildly aud ito faihcrlc.s. IL goes
TO my heart t, discourage Kathleen, bat II
J she', to be only p,0r washerwoman, the
sooner she learns to be content with her lot,
} the better Tor her peace Of mind. wonder
, what kapc. her long" she continued after
musins awhile but the hours rolled away
and the girl dil not return the teI.ke,tle
pufI,d aud spliicrrl ils spray over the
stove, as II inpatient at the delay, and No
"a had been to the door repeatedly, aud
: was gc,tIn. quite nervous IN her lonely
anxiety. when the quick pl,ter Of fee, was
heard upon the li'tI, path, and all breath
: less with haste. and tidlnss. the nature Oi
which could be esily read in the animated
: face and dancing Gsurc, as bonnet in hand
with curl. tossed back all damp with the
exercis, she had taken, Kathleen bounded
into the room.
"Oh mother, mother; God be praised. .
oh, what 90 you think? When had left
all Of my packages but one, and that was
the bundle Of shirts made Of the finest linen,
, and which knew belonged to one Of the
teachers, I found the number Of hi, room,
and tnnnnl AZ the door. and one of the dear.