Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-22
FRIDAY. MARCH 90. 1861.

ell Ills hand Tor the rem hlng placeu "
there. lie caush, the eye Of Arab, held 1t
a moment. touched the neck with his hand,
laid his finger, on the eyes.
You eau mount now
The next moment King was plunsing
spdrs and sweopin: .,ormingly down the
avenue, and tho stranger, with bright
tint in Iii. checks, was bpwins himself from
the troop, and entering the house.
Ulna me, him rcIt DAY at dinner. llc
was an architect. called by her father.
A black coat AMI dustless boots improved
upon the toilc, Of the day before. Ulna
wa. not in mlkauvc mood a. /, CHANGED /.
nor hungry. - she crumblc,i bits Of bread,
gave an occasional word. and noted the con
vcr,lri,n Ut others. She marycled at the cI.
hlbl,ilu " control which Mr Rawlo had
given On the preceding evening His style
WIS crrtllnly not commaniins u his face
had not actual dcIic,cv Of tini, it wanted
lt,lr OF Il. anI was ,1ry hr FROM the ru,
scIness which suggest, strength. Light
frame. iair complexion, blue eyes-thesc
nrc 40, eoncom ilni' Of power" thought
Uiua.
When they ro-c from tho table ulna had
had heard every though, expressed by Mr.
lawlc during dinner, Ani had received each
opinion as ,rath. And yet .he was quite
uuc,n.cilu, or the.
lh, ste Ol tho new villa was under dl..
cus.ion fpr nwcck Tina ch o, bluiT close
by the river eide snl u would have been
pian,ri there. ba, one morning Mr. R.ule
tuok her 10 height f,r back from the va.
ter sweeping down TO It with irregular IN.
dula,,on', guarded on ,hc left by grove Of
rugged nAiI-c trrr,, and pointed ou' its at.
muasc,. Tina ~a- slightly plqucd by the
.ucsrstlysnc,s ul tie act. hut in .pitc Of It
and h,r.cll her former preference. melted,
and tie cottage crlwusl ihc latter height.
Mr EAw'c l,ll easily into the family clr.
clc. Everything IN ,hcir in,rrcour-s wa
quiet AMI natural. yet never sluggish OF
duii. II talk came spontaneously, It n,v-
cI II not. silence i,sslI va. uucon.trainaI
AMI Agreeable. S'n.s ~. uppermo,, when
sense Wns tho m.pi nonsense vas d1mi.
nant when the Gt ~. On.
Ihe hr,, tune they rpi1 together she lri-'l
h. mr,,lc-lcd him brave Wild rae, Over
hr,Icn road AMI a broad prunr. Their"
was tho difference between this ayin, riie
AMI that other wish King. tha, Mr. R"le
va. unhyatcd-qui,t when they Stacked a.
thoush unconscious OF the test Never
again in al tie three month. had Tin. an
mpll., to i,,h away thus.
O.c evening NJ &C., a point ol theology
came up. Ulnl, mini was ol the 'Pccu
lai,c east. fascinated always hy thcsi faith
omIrr rrnsou,us.. She stated her point
.l1l'ly. with lu.hins AMI iiT,. Mr E,wl'
lJpkcl =, her, and never ~ her lilc saA
UinA such power IN mill blue eye. n1r
10 any eye oi any color. lIs-cmcl - drink
her ire. anI thus. with word or two,
simply ken ani dung the point. Il dis
armed her. Ilyr voluntary assent wa' tie
lr,I conscious welding Of h,r life Mr..
E.~lo -ccm-i not ar,rg Of any triumph.
UInl thought tia, over IN her chamber
ltysKci ber.
~ noon Df th.- lay Kin: wa- ia. Dark
cr. more Gtul than ever. ulna', ycSltion
made her Sery courteous. however, and the
man became calm, thenc, playful. N
hour'- nmhle hy th' river sil' with = bcyy
ol glrI. broke the afternoon into halves
anI made It rlelsnnt.
IN was It Yer honor Ne was wishing
t. -, ~, ? asked son Of the ocean Emer.
aid IN -tnr them on their way 10 the W..
ter. SIR Raw, nil 4" ic'. and stepping
up 30 honest Pat. who s,poi IN bc'p,urrc'
trim ha, doa,d. ani orrapNlus with rev.
ercncc. gave hi. hand. s'yins,
81 blhmci you th,' morning my good
follow, aud iud was wrong. Will you
forgive mc?"
An .hurc an i, it the likes o ye q,
bcs, pardon oy .ich as poor Pat? Forgive
yc' an ,roth will that. M.,,her R.wlc,
an ask yer pardon 20 boot fur lis'cnIn' t.
the words from your gin,Ieman Iir'."
5, saying ,hs overwhelmed lllbcruian
bowed himself down thc,irec, With amu,Ing
ob-cquiuusress.
/, seemed that pa, Was employed On ,hc
( foundation Of the new cottage, and that
morning Mr RIalc. finding biundcr in the
brck.work Of corner. haL chidsi him
with some severity. Ii ,urnin: out hOwcy'
er. tha, Pat was not the author Of the mis-
chrci, Mr.. Eiwl, had cent for him.
! Under the swcepiu: willows dipping their
slender fngr', under dark, fragrant cedir-
oyerhangips aud shading crystal play
grounds Of minnows. fallen trec.,runk lay
promo upon tie water, reaching into thc
stream. Ulna Was glcclul, and essayed ia
90 out King checked her. The girl''
eye. dashed with the unrc,trainedness OF
her nature, anI ber tiny foot -pran; to ,hc
tree. \ hand touched her shnulier-Mr.
, Rawle's. She knew 1t, and looked round
]
to his face with as high, half ind'snan, re,
solve as ever made her checks flush. But
she los, it. and her purpose melted unler
hi. earnest look aud quiet words.
-. IL is no, SAFE" he said. f" pancks -
and noble black dog came bounding to
his side. Mr.. Rawlc gave gesture o'
command. and tho dog sprans out on The
/ -. ,..,.t ~, Jc.,vcI thing brOko cly- .