Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-02-06
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MARY rBoRSE's COUSIN.
Mary. I am astonished.-

MARY TBoRSE's COUSIN.
q" Mary. ! am astonisbed,~
OF coarse the grave elder sister vas
astouished. In truth. aad in fact. she
lived in a chrouic state 81 amazcmeut. for
Mary Thornc vas always doing something
o. astoni,h her friends and Relatives Miss
Roth could hardly credit the evidence 81
hcr oWn senses. in the hazy GLOW Of the
August morning. Whc she came oui q the
cletnatis shadows of the httle south Do rch.
and discovered that yondcr moving object
half wav up among the umbragcous branch
- Of The huge old pear trcs. was not spray
q ieavcs. nor yet rrlssct-plumed robin.
nor = cluster ri sun-cheekcd pear swing
ing ia the bloc cmpyrcan. but-Miss
Mary IhOrno comfortably pcrrhod IN the
crook of the gnarlei trcc. her c,Irls all
hccked with the sitting rain % sunshine
that came down through the shifting canopy
a. lcavcs. arr a book in her lap
- dout carr - sail the Ettic dans.I.
laughing sauey defiance. '' It's the uiccst
place Ia the world up h,re ! feel Just like
bird. with the have. fiattcring against mv
floc. AMI the wind blowing 80 softly-and
intend 70 stay herc, wouldn't YOU hike 70
COME up herr. RuthyS It's easily done
Jlst put your foot On that knot. and. .~ -
Rufh. ~ho was thirty. and weighed a
hundrvd and sixty pounds. bristlcl up With
anlazrncnt.
" Mar Thorne arr you crazys Come
down ihis Instant
'' shan't o. sad naughty Mary. tossing
th- silky shower q curls awsy from her
iarchead. ani -lancing down With ewes tLat
sbouc and sparklcd like t~o blue Jew
cls'
Bat ~ are going -
Yes. ! unticrstsnd-you ar an going
in triumphant procrssiou % the depot. 90
render an ovation 20 the great Professor
T. Fiaoc. thc wis-st sarc.t and rrandrsi
~ mankind, o. whom the Thornc family
have the unutterahlc honor Of being second
cousins. and 90 escort him sol-uiulv o.
month. sojoun a. Thorne Hall, -.
dear rfaeulateI Marv. .. wish could
run away souaevh-rc and hide. I hate th:s
paragon q prim precision, shaa't
marry q b. asks. aai I mean o. behave
so badly tiat hc won't dream ~ e., ".
ana aai going yith you-I hate the close
haruuche. and is too warm % Eic oa
horsehark. ! shall stay at home -
And Mi.. Mary settled herself sd snucly
with one tius .ipperelf1ot swinging down.
ani hcr pretty hcai close O. a nest of Liae
speekisl birds ec--. that Ruth gave 3; uP
uith a .ieh ~ despair
90 Wei then have yoar own wiy. yoa
iuooru-'lle romp, / vi.h you weren't
TOO bis 10 .hut up in a dark closet. or have
yoas cars vel boSeI.
"itsaPiy. iat H. sa.l Mar. de-
mursls.
'Of course 60 f.. Mary 4 Cousin Tom
BraI'ey com,s This morning.. De- sure and
csliiia o. h.m Why We arr absent. and
behave Eke a youn- aiy. mind
"An r-lt.- .ail Mary daunt'e..iy. Il
aiaal. iite Tom. ue used CD have grand
r,ui. together when wc were ch.llren,'
~ie -at therc ia :hc OIL par tree.
preff.sr than any IIamadr, al chat ever
u.I-hf have haunted th" m"-sy Oh veteran
"t tA. garden. Deg check t1aehrl vi-h
Sunshine AMI eauliuc. Lcr dimrIcd Ips
apart. now reading Ine or ts0 fron the
BOX .n h.r iaT. Dow boxing up. raIt iu
-.r..-h r''cne. INTO tlc blue sky as %
'Iar-i'i through r'cr-mo'ins ica'g'. and
-.
n"~ tr.aAins INTO s'it hit.c ~arb.e 90
sing 'lai made the robins 'h'm-elre' put