Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-05-13
OLD SERIES,

ago tonight. after happy evening speht
~ltb you. 1 met Nilliam Mareh- tie con
trissd IA the most artfal manner 70 excite
my sasPicons.- then appeared 70 regret What
DC had doae ARd disavOwed all beliefin his
own saggestsoas. lie did this. however.
IN such = ~ay a. 20 convince me that vou
were wronsing me. and wrIng from hiaa
Etiis By litie the story Of your treacherv.
~snt home. packed nv trunks. and at
day broAk vas on my way to the West. I
woaid not write you. / SAID. She will
know Wy have gone. 1 vii not give
myself the trouble nor her tb@ triumph o
useless rePrOache.. And you Fanny?''
knew Roshiag until WiIIiAra's : eoafes-
son. bat susPeeted you had been deceiv-
ed. and year BY year. until the lAst. look
ed for yOu oa the happy Christmas eve. al
ways weAriag this dress. this band. this
bracket. Just as wore them the night yoa
went a~ay.~
- remember IL. Fanny. A. II Il were We.
tsrday. ca fool! Oh mailman that have
been burned every souvenir q vou ard
laughed % Sc them disappear. Aad have
Judged you 50 hsr-hly, have condemned
you 30 bitterly. have cursed you. Fanny.
yes. cursed you. Oh Fanny. wby do YOU
not curse me-"
" Because you loved much
Il did, / DO love much. exclaimed
Mr. vernon passiouatsiy. .' 90. Fanny,
! am o!d. old before my time-selfsh. hard
and misanthroPical. bat 10 love vou With
my whole sosl. Caa yoa--wii YOU be NV
wiie-the dArlsag ~ife that I once hoped
you would be. sVen although I can never
be such a husband a, promised 20 be-
come
wih. Robert. = answered Fanny. NV
heart Las never wandered. and my trust has
never iailed.-
j here vas minute o. perfect silence
While The loRg-PArted Iovers took m the
oeriaiasy Of their happiness. and then Mis-.
Wilson dropped her eyeli,is. ssrairbten.d
her figure. Pui on a rigid aspect. and rang
the bell
90 Can u ue po-sible.r cried Mr.. Vernon.
% that Madame C0leord and Fanav viii
son Ars tae sane' / can scareeIy believe
70. aad yet ! felt When I hrst saw YOU
strange contsnt AMI home became home TO
ne a. u had never been before hal r--
solved % drink this evening % the long con-
tlnuaace OF our relations; nov I will drink
70 tLeir speedy ehangrr
frse years have passed since that event.
i4i day. and Mr. Vernon has been reborn
into a life Of love and happiness. of use
faincss. All his hsngh,y rsticcnce. NH.
bitterness have vanished With his Fannr
a. hi' side. and her image on bis knee.
looking sith gleefnl ewes into his Own and
trying % syllable the worl q" athur. be a.
most believes that the biisited. barren
years vhicA closed bis youth and ushered
in bis manhood we're dream. and that hi,
-andcrIngs began AMI ended With the eve
nIns twilight. ard the rising II the morn
ing stsr. Greenslopc .. Itself again-smil-
ing and v~rdaou. IN ffs rnasier's SMILE.
The broad ring of stone has been replaced
by low iron fence. through the hnciiuI
patterns Of which the vcricst chiiI can scan
the treasures riihin is round Tie smooth
ly shnven lawn is brilliantly green under
the spray % the shovcry fountains. and the
cons~rvatory rivals The tropics IN hues and
frsgrance The house y fiieG for hall tbe
year With guests from abroad. but they aro
no more welcome than the villagers. who
are invited A. freely - they. The poor
sindert finds there books Tor his library
and money for his purse. snd the artist
s'ruggIlng with pcaury secs bis canvass
tlrn 20 gold BY the magic % hi. host and
hos'ss'. There the hangry are frIl and tie
ior'-irfs r-.s'l-' VII shelter. Tacrc al
sra. ..art.e. L.r arl bloom. ani count
ie's families bless fhe day in ~hich MaIam
Coicori ~as transformed into Fanny WI
SOD. NJ Vernou's frs; snd only love.