Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-01-03

beuoo sos Pos oSSu W. 0Sss" s~s t~s
% ous with hss teeth. The work Was done.
but the Ore wss g.iuins very rapidly -Ihs
interior work ~ss eli " dry and rotten.
She took glance st,t-,hsn at the powder
made au accurate calculation - 20 he
time 10 would take to roll Oh; the keSs nov
before the fire could reach ne. Then ss's.
ins each one ssrsrs,ely, rOll 10 oas OF she
door. for che was not certain bot thst u it
remained IN The frs 10 might do mischief
.,ill. a. the Lsa, dr,~d Il. She Eos u all
out on the greenswsrd. and thsn mounted
the ladder for me. The ruoi MAS nos steep.
and not mors than twenty ise' from ihs
ground. She could not take ms down the
!adoer-so she rolled me neatly IA the edge
of.he rooi-srSsped ms With her rish, hand
by the collar. which, thanks 70 iis lipssy
vools.y tooghne-s, was selhc'sut ior the
parpose-helj On 70 tho roof stoatly with
her lsit hand. and thea pushed me over
~iih her foot. That littls r,sh, hand held
ms dangling . moment. and then dropped
ne soltly on the s~srd below lsas -a'ed.
She came down-ihs 6rs by this time had
reached the end Of the build.ng near which
| vas lying. Mary stoop-d .a pick me up;
when litils volume Of blue smoke pulled
out IRON . crack. and ths asme licked her
lace. Il "a. only = few CRANE OF powder
tha, bad got into crack. and u dida't burt
Al the time. bot when it healed it ielt the
blue croos you nov sse. A chilis wagon
uss standing near. and into this Mary
eramio-d ms-hos. she hardly recVllci.
b.'-slf-.od wheeled me s~.y. IL ~A. =,
;b- moment that Mary began To feel esr-
tain ths, ~as dead. She thought that Il
living. the shock o' the tail msI have re-
,iv.i pc. Sb, b-gan To ,rrubIe. and bsr
io.uIode ~a. giving Wy "ien ciuie ~.
] aAnks ~i'h i-iins pr-r.. y similar -
ihs, IA iIrpb wien. 10 eOmmnn sps'sh, w.
say It Ia. b sn a.I-ep The sensation
NAV hs agrr-shle when .l,s.t ant ~asa
conhn,d to = single m-mh-r. bss +. ~
cas.. affecting. Il sTp"ar~i. every ss"m ..
my body. sven to my brain anL l'nsu-. =,
~a. torture. I first saw myseli conveyed
BY Mary. IN tho ~sgoo. with ss,on'shne",.
bat couldn't ask what It meant Then the
cramI~d p,sition became sesris'ms. and
then all At once found speech. and called
out. ., Il intoxicated:
WARY m.rrscrs. Mary" which was
meant TO mean Whats the matter here
Mary She tnrned toward ne q, the
,oand Of my voice. gave e''p and then
burst into tears. She had time Tor them
,h.n. Her work vas done. ~as up In =
moment. aud looked around half 'acan,ly
Tor explanation. A iss drops Of rain we're
i.lliny ,,ill. and the rotten DID mill MAS IN
iull bi.rs. turned 10 horror to Mary.
The po~ierI''
"S.fsy
- A.s-d no further questions. hut hai-
rel her ~ the boass tc drr~s her,elf. and
then back TO watch tb. Gre and prevent 10
doing Any further mischief with iis sparks
Half DOZEN n-,shbos came riding At full
speed up r'.r the house bu, turned snout
again whel they saw it MAS the mill that
vas burning Tn. crazy oil thing w.' con.
'umed u ,h. ground. The quarr,uan drove
up towards evening. with hv wagon. hut
couciudsd he woald Not take hs powder
then.
"Ths grandmother had doi~d away OUT.
city during the whole time with the child
in her lap. and did not even suspect there
~.s ANYTHING remarkable going on I'LL the
ashes Of tie mill had BEEN already blsaeh-d
IN the Ausu" rain Mary'' father came
home thrs. days after and fo'ss's us 10:
barninr his mill. Will. he Was ausy. when
bs heard the particulars You may imas-
me th., dis not hold Miss Mary IN light
estimation after this, though l had been
given . Kingdom TO do %; ] never eauld
manifest my sentiments toward her. But
one evening, months after. city COUSIN
had induced Mary. much sgsinss her vii.
~ tell the 'sory. shs did IL very @ode-'ly.
Tor !. ~r.tehsd es'e..dropprr. WAS just on
the opposite side Of = cherry-hsise and
could hear every word. Sad city cousin
"'whs. courage you must have had.
Mar, why i,'s like Flora Mao Donald. or
Joan Of Arc. " Grace Darling. or 'oms Of
those.
". sm no scholar snd don know aboa,
them sait Mary, hot I dpn't th'uk l
could bsve done ii u he hsdu't bseo on the
rooi :.
Some tim. after ,hs. must do m,sslf
the justice IL s.y. that Mary snd he ~ho
had teen on the r,p,.. u.d'r.tsi zach oih'r,
aud ou = bright day. Exactly one ysNr "i' :
the burning ol The mill. ! pledged m!''I
before our srry hard parson, To de'o'o the
NJ, she had sav-d. for her srvise. | hopsi
have faithfully tspt my p'om''s.'
The story .ss done. Ny guests we're
about to depart, and were IN the bell ready
To GO. Just then my vile ,rppd down
starr to b,d them good night They oil
looked ., the Tat,ooed Check. aud. I dare
ay. Mary wss shocked at TIE tender usI
10 which each Of those married men prca.ed
her hand ths. evening ! know. too. thas
every man Of them longrd to hiss th, blue
bsnisa on her fAss. Well. they nigh,
have dous IL. for sush, ! should have cared,
IT she'd permitted IL. A. any rate they oil
ihousht better Of their own wi's, for the
/ c,nins~s eauFase aud .l.v.,tion Of one Of