Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-08-05
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TIE PHILOPENA.

huiocrt - spoke the slfaHf fcrrlbfc Of
tbe household. standing on tip-,oe 10 get
Al some nuts left upon the deserted dessert
table. with her Eve year old ewes. oh.
hos sharp they uerc fixed uron M. and
rrPeafing bor words Slowly Ike you
the best. but when I'm grO-n fl.Ak shall
marry Hulbcrt-
why. Dolly?-
WHY Oh. he has bots and lots Of mon
ey. and you havcnT-
Why IIo~ DO you know haven't -
Aunt Matilda says 80. She told X ate
th's very morning IN h-r bedroom. and that
ii shc married you sbe 'd-sbc 'd-oh. 1 re-
membcr-'bc'd u starse in a garnet. Before
that meant 10 marry you -ben growsd
up
A revelation. Il was true-I was sure
of that. What Dolly heard she repeated
reTt-rf,H'. and generally a. tbo most insppro-
pirate times. 4 week before she had re-
sealed % Mrs. DiN-the fashionable Mr..
Dn-that Aunt Matilda was irying aap-
Jacks Ia tbe kitchcn. She had altered al
those frighiful remarks common % the ea-
JrHf forrii(e a. % d" Aant's false teeth and
''Uneis's~ig She heard much. listening.
Ike young o-l. and repeating Il days az
ter 18th a ssddruess thaf i0ilc,i interruption
20 the very party whom Of all others she
should not have rvyealed a.
50 Mrs. Guion thoughi Katy would stAr,e
in garnet II shc marrics me. Pleasant.
And shc proposed Cousiu Hubert A. a sub
'ti,ute. FlcAsantes sal. dclightfal altosyth-
er. Oh. Al 1 could but know what kaiy
sad I would TOO.
''Cous here. Dolly. said ooaHingly.
q" lvs. when gvt my ainonds.
She allied her Pockets-thsrv wrre three
IN her ruled apron-and cam- trading
daiHtily. ia her blAek sliPpercd feet. over
the crimson carpet. took her upon nv
knee. and talked % Der A. she manch~d.
Wv hat did ka,y sAy. Dolly
'' don't want 20 tell you
"Whyg
90 Yoali DC mad "
No"
Yes Tease crack tbis almond ~ith
your teeth. Mr. AbingSon.-
! performed the operation not. ho~eycr
-uh u.y testA-and the liitIe fingers 6shed
ost tbe net.
90 Nov teli ue. Dolly
Wei. kaiy ,aid ,hs hated you bo;h.
and she ~ished soa uouiI - away
" I'm obliged % her.-
90 Ar yoa mad
81 hope not. Ithiak In sane nov boz
w.
Il dou't mean mad BIKE dog Are you
angry
4" Of course not. DO Iook sos~
'' lou never do you are pretty. I siouif
lac 20 b. your wife When Lon gro~e,l up
only Aunt Mhiy saws Il -outi b. a~fsl
lou arr % nice. Oh. Oh! a phiIopcu..
lat ii ~ith me. Mr Abinr5on~
/ took hall of th- doablc nut.
Wan cried Dolly. "wu it be- the
sane ii ne. ave the hslvoss How oil are
yoaf~
Tscuty.~
"Oh and I'm f,e. moss SIX In ten
wears III bo-ten snd .iE--yes. IL b. siS-
ten. and ycu-"
" Thirty
"Oh. -has an old man, Bot I Won't say
philopena for ter YEAR. becau.e Won't
have Any money until I'm Big. and n you
estch ne fr., hall make 700 q splendid
present Then III marry Cousin Hubert
ard te rich"
'.Mercenary Hstle vreieh-an embryo
uomans-
"EhF-
Nothing
q" Oh. bet Z fhouri, y0a vr-e rsd si.h
me- WLai aufal .1 ...ls. pat che
rhiiorrrs ir ... ra,kst~
fHI rt Dolly dosn. ani sfaikei
rut of To- dining room of H'ckory iiouse
7 hat been there week. invited ty COOL
od Mr Gsion % spend an inIefnits t,ue.
for 6to good months bal s0rsliFci kfty
Uuion. aud she-W Wen. men ar ttia lt
tsertv. tnd fancicd shc loved ur. and
.hat Mrs Colon favored me- The ouiy
lrop of balm in the conversafion above re-
corded vas thai KITTY hated Cousin Hulbert
iiso St.n. Al : ooo.ei my seh down an,irr
ite iietog trees uhirh glre io the honc-
tcsi if. name. 7 rejected Perhaps kit-
| by or'y spoke asa g.ri riii spea. vh.u ieas-
20 ahout her ainirer' Perhaps. after all.
.he ikci ne wo1ii test the trlth that
afternoon. and u shc saii .. sec. che gates
| q ii-ad.sc woah open. ani = .he said
'no---prar reader. In asisuieI t1 o~n
hat ,n fiai event J deiibersied betrecn