Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-03-25

ball-roo@. and be aware Of the do.s aad tie
heat. and he many fiicksrins candles th.i
surrounded the crowd. 1 rn % AS oat
SKIRTS. and could ignore a. vii Il. elanOr
and Jsngle for the deep boonisx Of ths
ocean DO not kno~ n -.s nOs sro-inr
deaf 70 the former. and only conscious o
TIC latter. vben 4 heard familiar woke
"a vas Mrs RAisions-say Alice. you
AID Mr Grant se~a obliviOas OF quadrills,
and PoikAs = and. as 1 tarned from tbe win.
dow. - eOutiEssd. - wish 10 introlace
TO Mass hAodoaald SIR Man-;- could
not catch the Rane Ji,;inctly. but Ar
asreeable fgure ~As bo~ing before me.
As tie fscs sas Lifted 4 sa- my vision OF
the night OF th- storm-my coa.tani COM
PAnios. IN 'Pirit and fancy. Of the last t~o
yrars--in human body and eHpressioa.
Ny emotions sarEed throagh me. bring
inE asiohi-hRsnt. fear and delight wbofil-
er by companion talked 70 me for Eve n,,n-
utes ~ osS bour ! DO nOt know; What he
sAsd. or ~hethcr answered. 4 do rot know.
! did not faint. but the scenes abou; me
were blur-the sOaDds a hun. Evsry.
thIng "a. ooafascd and indefinite Tn.
hrst words of las that Bnderstood. az the
shoe. wOrs of. were: Miss MaodoaalI. I
lear yoa are not veil; YOU have grown 50
pale may 4 Get yea q glass Of -sierY''
80 No. thank you I answered but II
you ~iH take ue 10 my father. Who 4, prob
ally on tie piazza. / will 20 hOs.e do
feel un~eu." A we vent towards ths
door. Mrs. Ralston came up All said
90 " hy. Alice. surviy yos arr aot going 80
early Well. i have something o. tel yoa
hrst.' The genslsHea handed me 90 nv
tAtAer. bowel, and -tAdr.-. Your part
ner. - hs not handsome have kaO~n
Llaa r. sevsrA. ssars. bat he onlv arrived
LerS TO-DAY 4 ~as ialk,ag ~ilh bisa = Len
hs sas yoa in the ~ adow. And Immediate
ly. as be caught sight % you. be looked a.
u he lad seen a spirit. and exclaimed. an
the most theatrical manner. 'Graciou, hea-
VsHs. ho- strange - and then be apoEsized
TO me- 'EKcass my emphasis. Mrs Raj
stSn; but the iAee IN that window astonish-
ed NE By - hksness ~ 0ae -bich saw
to wears ago Hnder very reaarkasle car
caast@nees please iatrodsce me 70 tla.t
yoang iAdy.'" She hurriedly whispered
that attenuation. and. q. Size kissed m.
go0d-slgh1. added ' Il is vcry strass-. 3
u not. Alices''
The form which lad visited me at night.
but Wien ~as fully a-Aks. aad ~hsch ap-
Pearcd - tangible and imprr,sively two
years ago sAst AssoeiAts existence. tsin
companion q nv hfe since thai night tie
real. Lsing being sho had eonv-rssd With
ne Jast nos in the ball-room-au those
were ons-thAt ! kne~. The isct had the
terror Of mystery; i "a, cnebastins.
1 . sadcrstand oreEPlaia it e0uiI not. yet
Il InonoFoIizod all ny oushts-Eiisd me
With dread ysG pleasure.
Aiy dear old faiber dad net notioe n,s
abseacs Of aind anI silence. a. -e took
our way. sraa-in -arsa. dO~a the qaist roAd.
AMI over lie .tilo % the path IN the de3-
covered heidi. oStaing bearer al ths -hils
20 the increasing dash Of the surf Bras
Hist ~ -ish . ~hins snd gau,bol u delight
Al t.as night slept not. Bran suored on
the llrcsoold of ny room. ia the morning
got up sad vent about a. if IN dream.
i dii not 60 out @ join the bathers on tLs
bead. All iult glad that no VISITOR, iron
The hotel called. Bot after ia I snd Bran
sasntsrsd o. tie s~a sAors. We seal along
thc beach fOr a couple Of miles. Ihe to-
lighs "a iong snl soft. The waves rolled
in 18th midsnmaner dro-siness Bran nei-
ther dashed tbroush The brcaEsr, nor raa
ON ahead. IL noticed nv tboughtiuiasss
ai.d quiet. sEd saitsd bis masnsr % n ne.
strppiag sio-iy by nv side. has cold nose
.a at iarl ras e-0ls~l by R-an-s
h.rr. Ir- a-sa- oi .as i-~ sisiis. aal I. .-
in- boz. inquiriug gro~l A gentleman
IS EPProa- aiug-ii uas 10 10 vh3n bal
been .niro.i1cei lsst night-ths subjecs q
boz tI5lgh,s
" Mis Mao,ionail. tbs . sn u1eSpectcd
p,ssslrv. ! have teeu enipying stroI oa
vow srash1rr boz grand it 49,
While ! sn,-c-r.l bin a. v-ii a. ~ emo
f.ons s0u.i permit. ! uoiieed boz strangs-
u Bran -ss ssting Hs would rut BE ro.e
close to tie gsntiemsn's b4nds. ard fhen
fa-n to~sId Oh. sea ard .rua up he bresze
-ifh a perp,essd noan. Cor q wss not ev-
ael.f a iark tten hs ~oali smell che gen
tisulan . boots. AL reI.eai his psriormanc-
% ffr 81 All ftrn hr arf~1 a. Ii TsIf
irghtenod. hsf-,ieii- -hted. tssrisr s5oui ~
18th his iaii Dropped sad then he sst be-
ioro he stranger On qaestioniuE suareueHt.
! sas that be- sas shissrinx a. q w.th coid.
snd that b. dashod his tsn from si,ie %
s.de in tie and