Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-14
MI see EL l. A N Y.
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1893
: De still. little Paul. be s,ill.'

BE still. little Paul, be still.'
She had clear. bright voice, and u lcaped
. like pleassn, tune along the young mans
} pulse-,hs young man who bad just come
round the side Of the house and looked In.
side the door. Thu. happ-ned long. long
time ago. reader. for the las, summer Of the
eighteenth century had married il.olf to tho
} autumn. bot his kisses had not yet Grim.
.oued her cheek. with bushes. She still
looked fresh and young in the robe which
the May had woven Tor her.
Amy Nash was a'piekins over frost
grapes iha, afternoon for preserving. She
"a, IN the large, old fashioned arm chair
which her grca,.grandia,hcr had bToush,
over from England n een,ury before. when
he made up bis mind to settle In the col.
nice
A large tray pIlei with clusters OF the
purple fruit stood on high stool At the
girl. lefi side. and a. she lifted The buneho-.
the .unhgh, iha, rippled through the mar.
row wiodow pane' 'parkled among the iruii
until each cluster looked like a grsa, purple
vase enamoled with gold. But even then
they didp'i look bali 50 pretty . the girl
whose small brown finger. quickly plneked
the grapcs from the stems. aud dropped the"
into the grsa, yellow bowl on her lap.
\ Amy Nash had face ,ha, suited her voice.
young and bright. with the dain,ies, little
dimples in the corner. Of her cheeks. and
blue eyes. full OF rippls. hair running In
smooth lsis round the small care, and gath
cred in heavy roll a, the back o, her bead.
Her cheek. were no, like peach blossoms
the bright. warm glow Of youth "a, strong
and stately in them, rs the ripe au.h did IN
the apples hiding themselves amIi green
branches IN the orchard.
/ Amy Nash was her fathers Olde., daush.
ter and she had been molherle-. ior three
years and Paul, her young brother. ".
nearly four.
Between the.s two there bad come bali .
dozen little graves. amid which now lay the
mothers.
ANY was nineteen her father was far
mer, with q few acre. Of orchard, and mead.
o~. and pasture land, which was enough
Tor the .impl, want. Of the little family on
earth. and hi, bear, was much With the
larger family in heaven.
The house. where Amy Nash was born.
va, a low, long, brown eOitagr. built
quarter Of century before the Revolution.
aud the vide. old Kitchen. With its brown
natter. frv-eoei with aAko- Q! Sunlight, the
.hel,e. running along one side with their
bright milk.pans and the old'lashioned
ehe., OF drawers, with the shining brass
handles, made a pleasant, quaint. old back.
ground 10 ,hs bright picture Of fair Amy
! Nash in her ehin,r dress and muslin rufle.
with the little. plump, black eyed, mi'bief.
loving rogue who was poking bis restless
hand. and small. "a, fingers into every place
where /, wa, especially desirable that they
should be kept out.
rhere ~a.arap a, the door. and Amy
started and looked p hastily. The young
man walked in. Don't trouble yourself
to get Up, Mss Amy. hope you're well
to-day
Very. thank you, Richard, and she gave
him one Of the small brown hands stained
with the broken grapes.
7 Richard Morri. had a DARK. handsome
face and jaunry air but a .uie, scrutiny
Of the face did no, give one entire saii'iae.
ton. There wa. certain cOar.cness and
weakness atout the mouth, and tie eye. bad
a reserved cauuOu. expression, which en-.
forced the character OF tho mouth. But
Richard. good looks and agreeable manners
made him great favorl'e with al the young
girls In Wood Farms ana he had passed u
couple OF years with d" uncle IN 'he e''y'
aud as he was now clerk o' the only store
in the village when e'mo'ned d'! so'9',
hardware stationery and a mu''''u'e o,
other departments Richard Moff' 'Ansisa
himself the 'O''A'y !0ans ss'"'u"" VI '"'
village
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