Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-07
IS GOVERNED TOO MUCH
MIS- sc ELL A N Y.
OF BALnoRAL BOOTS.
nr ANT RANDOLPH.


by the way. Lynn. you've never oopds.
scendst to tell ne the how. when, and where
Of your matrimonial experience. What ar.
you staring into that shocmaksr's window
tort Do you know We. Arc stopping The
public thoroughbred
Simply q pleasant association Of IDEAS
'wha, do you mean"
Il mean that found my VIE In that
identical shoe store. and vas guided thitb-
er by a PAIR OF Balmoral boots. not very
di,.im,iar TO tho.e In the window, vithsut
any fee, 10 'sm. Come on. and III tell yOu
how |, happened s vs so along
Il yea, an old bachelor. don't deny the
impe ta,ion. 10 any degree whatsoever. I'm
ready to co.fe-s that walked the world
with ragged stocking. and unhenmed poct.
et.bandkercbiefs, and always lodged down
one stree, when saw erinoline coming up
another One hall my feminine acquain.
taintances called inc q brute; the other bali
insisted on 1, that had never cared for any
female face since Fanny Ellis ran away from
home and married scms poor shiit!ess isl.
low, whose name did not even ask. Fan.
ny and had gone TO tho same spelling
school. and tos.-d twisted notes across 10
one another when the master ~ss not look.
ing. until-well. until I though, my.sll
privileged In feeling savasely jcalou' o' oil
the other boys who prc.sn,ed her With red
apples. or undertook To see her home ]
iAncied my heart va. broken when Fam!
Ell. elopcd In the storm and Temps, Of ,
winter. nigh, with an u,,sr stranger; but
| didn't know then hos much 10 take, seri.
ta.ly to ,njure that elastic b,t OF ply s'Ology.
Only there was . very core feeling under my
watch pocket whens,er thought Of Fanny,
years after had sunk into the Aby. Of OLD.
hachslor-dom.
Well. on. evening I had besn out very
late. and was returning leisur,ly to 10Y
roams at the hotel. half inclined 10 r. joico
that there vi. nobody In frosns and euh.
paper, TO scold me tor not coming hone
sooner. A bachelor has iew enough PRIV
ile:e. to congratulate him.-lf upon. aut I
doa', think be ough, to to blamed Tor m,t.
ing much Oi ,bo-e few
You're no, going to undertake the 10.
ienc. Of the suild'
'No-siuply to claim justice Tor shsm.
Bot 10 Was rather lonesome advantage.
after oil. and | coaIdn't help acknowledging
a. much to myself, M s,ied the key INTO
the ereAking lock and entered my solitary
room. There |, was-jus, as ] had lett IL
,be orunpl~i uP newspaper on the cOtr-
the 6r. smolderine dimply in the sra'e--,he
ga, A,ckering under It's shade. Bu, here
was one thing which had not leit-sps.
per parcel. bearing no direction, bo, tiled
up with multi,udinous coils oi twlne |
took it up irum the table where i, lay. and
turned l, curion'ly round ani round. Had
| been buying anything. which by chance
nigh, have been sen, home in my absence ?
No; bad purchased nothing but m oyster.
stew. which had been promptly d''p''d OF
on the SPOT and Two e'sa''' ~"'e" were
sa'e 10 'he ihn'o'' rso'-'s OF my r'''''
So oy way o' SOWING 'he uy'"H''s"'
the '~'ne SLASH VII" ih' Pehtn"'' '''-
what DO you think the uh'o'ied oermen'
Of brown paper rrveAiedV
'Po.''h! bottle Of brandy :
DO YOU suppose shouldn't have fecos'
n'Ied that by Instinct. through paper '"'ns
and all' No 'if, hniA pair oil the smallest
prsities,. mc.s nA''y.'ookin: Balmoni boots
10 the world" f"
Cinderella and the glass slipper over
again. 1. lre' Ny dear Lynn, d'dn''
the marsels OF the Arabian Nights rush into
the fl',ne.se. OF your eraIn'
Not exactly, Tor on the side OF 0ne 'oI'-
Nv va. "a tiny patch. which iAn'y never
decorated slipper Of glass
.Oh. indeed . that rather ds,rast' from
the romance OF the thing. Well 20 on.
Il dropped them q. II they had burned
my fusor.-wha, the mischief wsro . wo-
man. shoes doing In my room Had some
energetic female formed the fell resolve oi
warryiu. me by storm, aod zen, on her ef.
feet. beforrhandy Or wa. in somebody
.l,e's dominions, 7hsi couldn't be. for
there lay my dressing gown on the bed. and
va. willing TO swear to the neer.baum
and blackinc. .brushes under ihs sof,. !
rang tho bell. iurioa,ly. and demanded Of