Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-05-29
PARIS, ME-, FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1858.

and had q sweetheart. like somsbody I
know Of at home should write every day -
Pity you ssasaf of to the vars. With .
sweetheart. like somebody I kno- Of. az
home :" said the Squire. dryly; and Trad
vas silencsd for the moment.
- Read as the news. Irad.- said Mrs.
BAnkgrOve. +" The Squire's eyes amt 50
Young as they vas. and be doe, make awful
work readin' bv eandleligh,-
les. do. Trad said the Squire. put
ting has sPsetaeies back in their sigh Of
relisf; and Trad unfold~d the teemins col
umns Of the newspaper. AMI began;
=" Great Baule in Virginia.~ be enuneiat-
ed. reading very much as II the words had
been printed IN capitals. " List Of the
Killed and wounded,-
- Read EAsr. Irad,- said the Squire.
leaning forward. Mn. BankgrOve gave a
quick glance toward the door. bu, Alice
had vanished.
Its pretty lengthy sad Trad. rasfuIly
- bat here gOes.-
Name after name be pronounced with
SLOW. mechanical sxactBess. a. II each we're
not shrined IN some bleeding bsart-wep,
over With everlasting tears,
d" What shrieked the Squire. Suddenly
as one ~,ll-knOwn name knelled on his ear !:
- not in the list Of ksLe< -
lie started up. pale and tre mbEng. With
aeOld dew on his forehead.
. lies. Il is" sad Trad. himself rather
dismayed- Company E-thats has very
Company read for yourself. If you don I
believe me-
The Squire's dim eyes traced the fatal
~ yllables IA the doomed Lat. through n thick
mist Of binding tears.
- Poor Alice IL viii break her heart, -
be said. IN basky tone Mrs. Banksrove
gave a piercing cry. And sprang forward
just IN tine 20 catch the sinking figure Of
Alice. who stood near the door. white and
motI0nless IS a spectre.
Dead killed in batile, She could not
believe IL. though she repeated the word,
20 herself mechanically thousand times
day. DeAd-in the bloom of bis vigorous
youth. and ,As living to mourn him. She
scarce understood why people looked pity
ingly Al her. and whispered one 20 another
A. she went by she felt Ike one who walks
IN the mystery Of a dreadful dream. and
blindly trusts some day to ~aken from It's
awful shadow,
Dead. killed in battle
The sad December blasts we're moaning
through the skeleton woods the icicles
;inkled. like tiny chimes Of bells. Al every
rattle q the frozen bOughs the sunsets
bsrRed in orange aAue along the west. and
the nights. still and starry. were fall Of
rimy frosts that cut almost like q knife in
their biting keenness. And Alice Bank
grove. leanin. sadly over the Ere Of crack
ling logs. wondered what dreary snO-,
were folding their shroud over hss unknown
grave,
" Better go to bed. daughter. it ., past
ten said the Squire. "and stormy
night. There's snow in the AR. or Tn mis-
taken ~
I vii. by-and. by. faibsr.-
Mrs. BankgrOve. wiser than her husband.
quietly took uP a candle. and beekoned him
into the adjoining bedroom.
Don't notice her. Jeremiah. ~ said the
mother. in a low voice She'll grie,e it
away in time. II shes only let alone. poor
chHd,-
lt's too consumed bad said the
Squire. the nearest approach. BY the way.
% profanity IN vhich be ever indulsed
- Add 20 think of Trad Curtis comm dan
Gin round TO ask II Ia any objections TO
his conin' 20 see Alice Sunday nights
Objections. lei him Know that I
thought Of his condaci. lie wont come
again IN a hurry. ealcalate.-
90 There. tberc. faibsr-hush - sad Mrs.
BankerOve. sOOthingly. "youT disturb
Alice
ADD she closed the door a. sonly a, 4
ber daughter had been a sleeping infant
whom sbe feared % arouse
Alone. Alice sat there before The fire
alone With the ticking ciock. and the bub-
bling drip q resin from tbe singing pine
logs. and the val q The tempeu without.
sadly pondering on he wintry blight that
had come over her own young iife. Al
most before she knsv ii The Old clock hal
chiued once and agsin. ard the faint horn
of The midnight stag. passing on its lonely
way dovn IN he holiow. hoaied indis,inct-
ly up 20 her esr-and siill she mused on.
" Halo there. insid- - bs~ied jonathan
Starkey. the stage driver. A" who vas a
wanted @ get cot opposite Squire Bank
groves house Tbs - the nearest Ne