Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-09-15

iittle hands. those strange. ignorant eyes
thai precioas nothing holding the enbrxar
soul. Charlie divers wife woald have lei
20 of liie and aosied s~ay upon th- sea o
dea'h thai night Her taby kept Der alive
And nov her -Asch. her rings. hsr Iiitls
Ie~elled keePsakcs began to go-by- and BY
her CO siiier clothes. th= whiis fars she had
wrapped herself n when she clipped tha,
nighs With him. Oae By one everything
went. save some cotton go~as. her hood.
and large sha~l. At last cane the climax.
She stood With her babe before the land
lady. and the woman sail thosg h not IN
3 kindly.
-" Mrs. Oliver. an sorry for vou: bu;
you have a iather and be must keep yoa I
can't And janet took her child and ven,
out into the miiEIater afternoon She had
no hope Of her iaiher's pity. bat she aid.
90 We can de. my child and I /. within sight
Of the old house; AMI perhaps be may for
give me When he sees ne dead Then
another hope entered her soul; she uoaIl
wrap the child uP earefully: the little one
might live. aad be would have merry on
that for IS innocence.
Poor girl. she had no money for stage
fare; she Plodied on through the cold
streets and out upon tie weary road for
hours and Il grew dark aud darker; eight
was rung from the city clocks. niae. ten
ard only then. BY the clear frosty moon
light. she saw the roof % her fa.lsr's home.
stead, with the elsns about Il leafrssas they
bad Seen when she had aeI frosn IL with
Charlie Oliver.
She had nnfta--d her pisns, and dragged
her ~esTy steps up the porch. Upon IL
those deep windows opened % the ground
there she would lie dovn. AMI in the morn
ing they would end her there dead. Al.
poor child, l hardly dare tell What she had
done. it vas 80 wicked bot she vas very
miserable. Al the bottom of h-r pockc,
lay bottle which vas labeled % laudanun,. -
30 AZ lass she stood before those windows
and one Of :hem was open-Wide open a.
haif-Past ten or a night IN midwInter.
God hal oprnei IL for her So she said
And she knew no; The strange truth Of hcr
words
" Oh. my home. she walled softly. "Oh.
my father. viii 90 IN. Iwin lie in my
little bed. will die there. and ny babe
vii live. and all good angels help Der TO be
better child 20 father than have been
- she erept IN on tip toe. unfastening
her shoes and leaving them without. tha,
she might make no noise.
She gained her little room. By the
moonlight she -aw that it was jus, As she
had left 70. and must have been carefully
kept from change. The sleeping babe We
iald upoa the soif piilow. anil thca she
thought Of her garments IN the barcau draw
ers. Were they there ycts Il would b.
more seemly % die in clean. fresh. whits
robes. than IN those travcl-sfaincd clothes
whIch she wore. So she peepcd IN and
found the waite raiment. and Pot q on. and
then she kneit 20 pray. 70 pray With a vial
Of poison in Der white hand. and with mad
suicide in her heart.
A she kneli she faced thc door. and her
eye glanced thither. shc sar light rlanc-
ing up and down thc wall and beard a foo.
step. Coaid n be hrr fathers SIZE crepl
% the door ani looked Along the stair
came The man-servant bearing ligtt. con-
ing steaiihily 18th strange look in bis face
-fhe strange man scrsrnt wio had tarned
Ler from fhe door by bcr fafber's orders
months before. and sh1sc wicked face hal
haunted her ever since. Bat where vas be
goiug ard What was D. going % dos
She Watched him with a heart sudienly
siil.ed iu Us beating. and sa~ hin enter her
fathers chambcr
Thcn BE made haste % follow BIN a.
fat as Der limbs would carry Ler. Not TOO
soon. SIZE saw a. shc crcpt in. az ope.s
safs. a riaeI ebes'. paper. and roid 1poa
the 1oor. ani the servants form bending
over her struggling father
Shc Uttered Shrek AID sprung forua-.l
In prison ahersari the william ssiI he FAM
cied Ler a spirit. ani tbe sirft bcramJeI
his arm. Ic uartci. hsu arose. and uith
this ofpor'1riiy the sfroar aai vigorous
oil man recovered Q Bis surpris-. atd turned
on BIN hai BIN i0sn in aa instant
o. .aeu lis ci1I-knsu fLat she Lad
saved Boo. Dos ,his Vas no time o. think oi
that o. oniy a,d. Riise ihe uindo=.
Janet. ani can join thc coachman~ AM
Jaaet otfycI Inafew moments thai viry
rascal 0n ihs f5or tal no chance ofcscapc
o. vas boanl band ard foot and Jay there
uiuing
ADD Janet ~ss in her hiier's arras.
sie iai bl h.m % tbc bed vhelc Do babe
lar. arl BAL foil him al. IT, hli knovn
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