Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-03-31


please, and take ny solemn assurance that
I only ask il for my good. Tell ne-DO
you love meY No. no-do no; take your
hands away vet Answer me II you can
Fear not--O. fear not: for I would rather
go forth into endless night thAn do you
wrong. Tel me. MAry-DO you love
meY-
% cannot speak faiseiy.~ sbe trembiing-
y whispered. " For my own peace perhaps
j love you too WELL
Listen 70 me one moment I added.
drawing her nearer 70 me? and -hen
have toll you What I have % tell. you shall
be the Judge
She did not strive 10 free her hands bat
she gared eagerly on into my face. and her
eye b~amed Nth a hopeful light
You know John Stanton = ! said.
Yes" she replied.
- lie vas nv best friend uhile -e were
At college. and our Friendship had not grown
les. lie has been 20 sec me. and be tod
me The story Of tie trials and sufferings Of
one Of the schoolmatcs Of his earlier davs.
o. Mary. think know very vel ~hy
you refused ny bsnd. and blame yol not;
IL nav be that our paths viii be different
through l,le; bat you shall a. least know
that Be whom you have loved viii 80 live
that be shall not be unworthy Of your kind
CT remembrance. ! know that nv feet
have hitherto wandered into the path Of
danger. but heneeforth am free froua the
dread snare. Under The ne- light that has
da-ned upon me / bold The wine-cup % be
q fearful enemy. and / vii shun Il as I
would shun a shameful life and elouded
death-bed. For my own sake viii do this.
80 that nv -ainted mother. II she can look
down fTom heaven upon her boy. can smile
aPProvingiy upon the course be has chosen.
And nov, Mary. II. A. some future time.
you should feel that you could trust your
happiness in uny keeping. you viii give me
some token thereof. and will cone and
ask you again for your hand and should i
be ny blessed lot TO receive IL. 7 VII devote
every energy Of my being to maxi ing your
life joyous and peaceful one
I let 60 her hands. and bowed ny head TO
~ipe away a tear. had turned toward
the door. rally intending to depart. and
gave her time for reelection. when she pro-
nounced ny name. looked back. aud her
hands were stretched out towards ne.
" Not nov. whispered. II will rot
ask your answer yet Watch me-prove
me. Only give 20 know that have your
love. and will
/ stopped speaking. for Mary's Lead had
been Pilio-ed upon my bosom. and sba vas
weeping Ike a child.
Nov. now she uttered. a. wound
my arms abou; her 20. Charles. never
doubted your truth. know you cannot
deceive me. God bless yoa Tor your noble
resolution and let NE help you to Keep
it,
l cannot tell hos long stopped that
evening. I can only tell that vas very
happy. and that ny prospect Of tbe coming
years was bright and glorious
On the following day Sabbath. calm
ard Pieasant-the organ gave forth a ne~
strain. The daughters Of Zion we're no
longer Ia a strange land. They bad taken
their harps down from the willows. and
within ih- rhambcrs - the nev Temple.
more rcsPienIent iar ,han tbe ola. they
sang the songs that had aforeiime male
Joyous The city q their God AT marked
ihe grandeur q the music that sprang into
lie beneath ihc touch q the fairy organist
on that beautiful sabbath morning. ard al
seemed moved BY the inspiration. To ne
it va Ike the holy outpourings ofa re-
deemed soul. ard siih bowed heai and
folded hands gave myself up % the sub
lime influence. A. Msry turned from the
instrumcnt caachi her eve Nine ~as
din With moisture bgt her. was br1rh;
cleaning With Elad serapbic light
We went out from the church tocethcr
Ere many weeks had passed. another
band pressed ihe keys oftte orran. For
Mary Granville was rot IN ths choir. She
sneit before ths a'iar-kncit By u,y side
and over as both TIE aged ci,rsynan
stfetoled Bis hands With prayer and bless.
m-
Ani aga.n we vent oat from ihe church
togsther-Mag and I-out into ihs nev
hic-boand heart % hca-t. ard band %
hand. to love. honor. ard cherish frsscr-
more.
Pnn1orf.u 90 rur Prorrr A friend