Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-07-04
VOLUME 20, NO. 33.

ried on my twenty third birthday. She be-
came my wife; and on the following All.
IIallow Zen ws were sitting quietly before
the Ere 10 our little home. lad never told
her Of my vision, bot on that night I 70.
solyei to do so. had opened my lips TO
speak. when HELEN spoke instead.
My dear Oliver she began. did ever
toll you my adventure on All.iiallow Zen
jus, three year, ago' ! know have not.
Would you like to hear IT,
or course a.-eutsd to the proposition.
We'll, on th. night, ju., three years ago.
I was long distance IRON this place. just
at ,bi. hour I arrived. weary with long
journey. q, the door Of an old farmhouse,
some mies from Cincinnati. on the road 10
NJ
Al the door Of an old farm .houss. somo
miles from Cincinnati. on the road to M-r
repeated slowly.
YES; an aunt and uncle Of mine. sn old
Scotch couple, lived there. and l was to pay
them q visit. replied Helen.
Yes; an aunt and uncle OF yours, On old
Scotch couple, lived there. and you were TO
pay them ,i.,,7' repeated once more.
Yes continued Helen. 4 WAS TO meet
at tLi. place my brother Jame,, whom l had
not seen for three years
Your brother Jamtsr gasrvd IN be-
wilderment.
Yes. and OF course I was very ANXIOUS 10
eco him. ,aid my wife, 90 ,ha, vas very
sorry to discover, on my arrival. tha. he bad
retired for the night. Alter I hat gone to
my room. could no, sleep. so | decided
that would Zip on my dres.ius.gown, and
eomior, myself by taking at least one glance
a, James sleeping face. SO. with q light
in my hand, I slipped along the passage,
and entered, Us supposed, bis ROOM
And entered. rs you supposed. hs room.'
echoed mechanically.
lie was asleep proceeded Helen. and
thought be had altered very much. set
down INV light. and bending over him.
touched my lips very softly TO his. Imagine
my con.,ernation when tho eyelids opened
widely. revealing black orbs instead Of blue.
aud like q fash Of lightning the truth dawn
ell upon my mind; the person lad kissed
wa. a stranger. no, my brother f! Obeyins
my fret impulse. eI,ingui'hed the candle
and rushed toward the door. IL was open,
and was IA tho entry in u moment. but
not until had heard tho stranger spring
upon the door. as II he were about 10 follow
mc. How I gained my room donos know
but the next morning discovered that
young man whose hor-s had been lamed by
q tall, had slept there for the night, aud bad
departed early in the morning. What he
thought, OF me I shall never know. but no
wa. evidently very much a',on'-hei.'
Not 30 much as hc !. now CALCULATED.
'wha, eau you noan'' cried my wife,
amazement.
L mean tha, II va, whom you kissed
that it Was whom you saw--'ha' tho
vision was true one. alter all. and then
holding her on my knee, I told her my long
cherished story. Ny AllllslIos Zen Vie
sion. the .piri, Of my future wife, came 70
mo at midnight IN her own fair living form.
IL was IIslen's .elf who kissed me. the bon'
nic.t wrath tina, ever smiled on mortal
man. I,na true story. How do you like
IL girl.9"
We like IL as We would sudden shower,
bath, or iros, anon; summer roses. 10
wa, q terrible disappointment, and tho
youngest. little Annie, ba,hed IN tears, had
thrown herself sobb:ns upon my snees.
"wha, is the ma.tsr'" said Uncle OIL
yer.
"o-dear-mc." sobbed Annie. 90
dear-tne. it isn't spirit, after all. What
-a-mean-.tory!
Our love for the supernatural uas tanned
down. No one sowed hemp seed, or eat sn
apple In the glass that night, | am convince
cd.