Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-05-16
FIFTY CLNTs IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME 20, NO. 26.

aood OF tears ~ss all she could oder. And hs
had glanced at her black dres, and under.
s,ood ell without asking . question.
From tba, day the rich nan wss strange.
4, con.idsra,s toward the humble girl. lie
,eu, her books whicl, could no, be procured
a. ,he library. aud. occ.'ionslly' rar- hot
house aower found !, way to her attire ro0n
in tue srea, boarding hou~s.
Tho winter pa-.ed away. March came
Thi. -a. Annette. natal month. How
differently woold .ks spend this coming
birth day from the last! Then. NIL wasty.
.onc. and sunshine! Beloved friends had
congratulated her. loving eyes had raied
londly into hers. and rare testimonials OF
friead.hip bad been showered upon her.
Now how changed everything She lonsd
10 90 hJme Tor that one d.y-it would be
50 pleasant to pass her birthday At Elm
stead, with her desolate and berea,ed pa
rents. Thi. longing was 30 strong that, un.
consciously. ,be spoke IL aloud a. she paused
Tor a moment in the hall OF the factory 10
ajju., her shawl.
"Oh. III only eOvid! Il would ten
s~se, to spend tha, day. of oil Others. hr'
Meath the roof! The Sabbath, ioo-doo'Iy
blr.ci! But II is all risn'-GOd will ID
with me here as well as there :"
Only thres day. iuier,eoed between then
and Sunday. aud the work vas more than
usually pressing. The ueIt d.S Anns''ss
web WAS extremely Troublesome. and hsr
task va. no, 6ni.hed until sometime alter
.undovu. IT,. other girls had lei the mill.
and, with a h,ils n-r,ou. fsa, at tie late
nc-. Of tic hour. che FASTENED out. Iha
gate va. locked. and .he was obliged 10 re-
trace her step. and crn-s the foot bridge
aho,. ,h. iall-a course which would make
her walk - hali.mile longer. shs hurried
over the bridge and struck into the air which
was keen: the evening star ht hut tho
dark. narrow street at the si'r-m'ty. The
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her wings.
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knew that all lear "nd eo''he" nAd s'"'
away from her.
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then h' 'a'd
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her heart beat 'A"'
fc-, she san' iA'n"y'
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hand now u" aof'p'' A"'"' ""'
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