Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-04-25
FRIDAY, APRIL 25. 1862.

her look round. or betray In any manner
whatever shat he Was not an utter stranger
10 her between whom and herself the little
pan,omins bad passed at the time Of her
entrance.
Previous to her seating herself. had no.
,iccd that she was tall, and that her figure
wn good. now aw that she wore gray
tra,ellin: dre-s. and without pretending 70
10 much Of judge In such matters II ap.
pcared to the that her apparel throughout,
no, forgetting the more minute details. vas
in good ta.,e But the view I had Of her
face. impressed IN. lee fa,orbly. Without
. single III shaped feature, asa whole. IL
struck me =. peculiarly d'asrcsasle; and
.sccp, ,ha, there was q quick sparkle Of her
eyes ., the moment she prc.-cd her finger
to her lips. It was utterly impassivo.
About mile from the station whence ~e
.tArtej, the railway cro..ed q sh,c, o! va
ter. and when We had arrived about mid.
way. tho man in front OF me put his hand
out Of the window. and threw away the bit.
Of paper he had ~ carefully held, which
With III. exception OF too pieces. were scat.
tered 10 The Wind. Thc.s. without his he.
ing sensible Of II were waited back into the
car and icll on the unoccupied -,as by my
aide. They were narrow. In soms places
not more than hall sn inch wide, and whs,
VA. LITTLE singular. an end Of each matched
the other, 80 that when placed together,
they made a strip which. as could tell by
the outer edges. reached across ~. sheet OF
paper from which they had been torn IN
tso.
one whole line of the writing was easily
enough deciphered. though the upper edge
OF the paper W. 30 deeply noticed that
there WAS no, single word from which one
or more Of the letters Vas not missing.
Two or three OF the closing words OF the
p-occciing sentence were at tho beginning
of the line Of which nothing could 10 made.
What came next. va. better, DO not. u,
'aid fail to b' a'-'''''on ~ The morn
inc tram lhen came 'he next nue. ~n'cn
was very IMPERFECT Those OF the words
which renamed 40 nearly entire a. 20 be
cue.'ei At. wers ~ 'o''oN'' da'h hl''ne
the places oi such as were torn on u all
rsh'-foH Drown Palr'-'eu N'hc'
Ny curiosity W" "'''e '''''' '"a" e'e''
since the @Ie:r'ph'c signs had pa''e' De-
tween my neghoor and the woman whose
appearance ne had 'ookea 'or WIZ" sue" ~
coneea'ei Anxiety ~ 'he same 'tne' '"e
opinion ! had entertainer 'h'' nc m's'' ~
long 70 'he ue'vc''o Po''oe naa '"a''SO"'
change ana iouni myself forming eohfc'
'arc- a' to whether he was not ." some way
connected win he grave 'oos'ns person
age who had committed the reeen' 'oo"'y'
! therefore hipped the scraps OF paper 10"
my waist coat pocket 'e''' o'a 'u'ds" '''"
OF h'' hea'' ne "'s"' e"'" 'S' " ~
theh ou''u 'ns'e" WV" '"'"'"s '''
ma'e' o'e'' Ana ''''' W ''' ''"' ""''''
10 keep orish' 'ooS ou'' ""'" We A'"''
III shiion' ior some one VII" to-"
OF brown paper "ed VIII" 'ea '"'no' ."'0"'
According s hsd eoh''f"ed 'no o'ose"
sentence. was TO be the mear' OF conveying
to my ne'chhor !" The car "s 'h"'i'se"eo
that Il. lara hc was concerned ah W"
right
Ny 'nous"' "a' oe." ~ o'' W" w
arrived q" 'he ''a'''" 'e'e'''' " :" ""'' W
me appeareI 10 10 nueh 'hor''r ''"o '"'"
usual. Here We should bc oo'ced 10 "a''
IRON twenty 10 'h'r'y minutes 'o' '"o ar
rival OF another train
Tho man in the seat before me ro''' ''e
instant the cars stopped. ana had reaeheu
the place where the woman still remained
seated onimPcdeu oy ''e e'o"d' N"'S"' v"
the time had taken my earpeto's from
the hook where had hune H. h''ed Tue
passage kept my eye o" h'"' ana "a"
'"a' ne ""se'od ''''o ""'" wv "''''' =,
tbe place 10 question: 10 eipec"'oh' ~
Concluded OF 'on' '"r'her communication
from the woman VINO nAa now ''s"' e''"''
ny word or ''sn' lie 'hen ma's ~"a' ""'e
ho could to leave the car "n''e sue "ppea'e.
to be IN no hurry 70 90 90 'ons''"s 'e'''a'
persons to pass her m!'e'. among 'ne '0'.
| pushed forward rs last a' Po'''oie' LOT
Was in danger OF losing ''eh' OF nun "n'
had go excited my curiosity anu was u"
season to see him step upon Tue P'A''o'"'
I Ihere were hom"e' " 'O''s'
whom one. whose air was peculiarly care.