Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-05-29

on the baftle-seld-for you ~iR come
baek--
= DOst. fatber.- interposed Mrs.. Bank
COVE. ~ho Vas ~iPing her spectaeles very
hard; - dOat 90 to tenPsin' PrOvidsaee
that way,-
WIFE said the old nan. soleunly.
=" he -iN cone back, Shall not the Lord
Of Battles be With bi'nS A. vas saying
Harry. When that day arrives
- Thea. SIR. saiI Harry. will ycu con-
sent 20 give ms your daughters-
lie had spoke from a sudden implsse the
words he would never have dared TO utter
under ordinary eircumstance.. No recall
ins them nov. however. and Alice blushed
rvdder than the reddesi hollyboc by the
garden ~all, Squire BAnk grove opened
bis ewes vide. and slowly rubbed ms nose.
looking the While from Alice 70 Harry. and
back again.
well. I'm free 20 confess hadn't
thought o that said the squire But.
Harry Moore. you're made o the night
H'ettle. and I've always found you true TO
The back-bone. Yes; IL Alice haint no
objections. you shall have her when you
come back AGAIN
And thus Il happened tha; when Harry
Moore vent away TO the vars a lOck Of
Alice Bank groves silky hair Law upon his
manly heart stirred % the music Of It's
strong beatings.
" Whes-w-w'- whistled Trad Curtis. as
he worked all alone in the perfurned silence
q the old red barn; IL didnt suppose
the AFFAIR you'd turn out precisely ss Il has
done but no matter. things nay haPPea
Just right after ALL"
AMI Trad COrtis -as uot a Whit di,heart-
ea.d At The cool Politencss -ith which Alice
BAnkgrOve pat aside the innunerable little
oourtesies be s;rove 90 render toward her
All thai fAl-not he There Vas good
deal Of dogsed perseverance, ingram 70 the
nature Of Trad Curtis
The year giided away in the sun and
shoser-hloss0mins roses and dreary falls
Of snow--and once again the harvest moon
hang like a shi.ld OF ruddy silver over tie
quiet Old homestead. with Its red barn and
its cluster of guarled aPple-trees. Bot in
the vest the sun had set with wild. en-
sanguined splendor. amidst clouds whose
crimson dyes seemed Ike sea Of blood
And Alice Bankgrove. sitting At her win
dow. thinking of the dreadfull rumors Of
battle that hoated dimly into the country
soltades. could not bear 90 look az the
blAnng horizon. 50 nervous had she grown.
Suddenly clear bugle-sound rang on;
amidst the dswy hOllO~s. dying away Nth
pathetic cadencss IN the woods. where a
score Of ~hiP-Poor~ills ~ere meaning their
sad refrain.
There the stage has passed by. aud the
mail Is in - exclaimed Alice. pringing TO
feet. Papa. may ] 60 down to the post
othce.-it is only little ~ay,-
d" It's mile. child. and morc. ard the
dew . falling said the pra-ticsl Squire.
looking up from q calculation Ls vas max
ing By the light Of tallo- candle.
" DO iet her 20. fatber.- said his wife
nudging his elbow " don't YOU see how
~orried size feeis' You vas young your
self. once.~
Alice 'carcciy waited Tor the permission
ere she hurried away through the lonely
-oods. de--dripping aud full offaiut. sweet
fragrance.
O. No letter for week she muruiured
% herself 4" Perhaps "a will cone tonight
-p~iaps
a letter for Alice Bank grove2 No.
there j. no sseh letter said the gray-
BEADED Oh posimaster. sorting over the
pile Of ~pisiies 10 leisarciy way that "a,
agony O. poor. inpatient Alice
" No letter, are you mr. p repeated
thc Young girl. leaning eagerly f1r~ard.
nth blanebeI cheek and throbbing heart.
" Sarin sure. Miss AEce-that is. a,
nan can be II anything IN tbs on,artin
~orld stay. tiough.~ BE- aiicdI {.
Ahoe ~as Turning ovsy 18th a thriil of sex
despair d" bere are some nsvspspers for
jeremiah Bankgrose. EFuars. That's
your father. guess~
Half an hour aftervard Alice cane into
tie sitting room a. home vith SLOW. languiI
strps. and dcu-drcnched hair hanging
car,.essiy about her shoulders. Trad Curtis
at by the table ta'king 10 her father lie
rose ani bowed.
"You have been % the post-ofice. Alicc7
Why dilntyOa 10 me 20 for youy hope
yoa have taken 90 cold
Dad you get letter. daughter'- p sad
Ms BanSgrove seeaiy scanning thc girs
face
" 40 letter rctsrned Alice. YEARLY.