Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-06-09
OLD SERIES.


vita an eye for the beautiful. he could not
hrip admiring the lovely faces tbat held tbeir
LITTLE court wiihin.
Ent she siunaer for beautys~ cx-
claimed Charley. euthu.issiicaIiy. a. tbey
wiibtrew iew PAGES lor ne~-couers.
q" Wbich shc DO you mean.-
' Tie Post-uistress--Mis- Jocviyn.-
O. She'll do very sell bot Who -As thai
sirl with The yellop hair ~iih the rsl rose
in NJ
Miss Hamiyn. she a suit you. Jordan /;
let me introduce You."
'' Nou mistake. Chariey boy. an ad-
mirIng Der a. a fxed star in another planet.
Its sltoseihcr too resf.lendent 10 shiac ia
my orbit. Sbe looks like a duchess-to
come do~n 20 earl and ] am by no means
possible duke
Bot there vas certainly a Fate IN that
night " ben Jordan sat by his IRE an hour
later. and thrust his hands in bis pockets in
meditatise mood. BE- came upon that letter
again. Naguel, a. his hand tosched il he
drew Il forth Il" Captain Jordan IL was
a arm hand ior a woman.
o. So that girl wiih the yclio~ hair wrote
it. The pretty duchess, should not care
60 look Al Der long; her brightness would
pat my eyes out
lie sp~nedthe letter and rad IL through.
Strangely enough. the sane handwriting
within a. without
One Of her contribution. cLs- lie SET
lied himself ior Al airy epis,le. made up Of
an OCCASIONAL bon r.of and French phrases.
IL iound a carious kind of letter for such a
gay-looAing duuhess. A straightforward
letter. fali ol simple strength. psrporting 70
come from a soldiers vife Where had the
CAV duciic.s learned 80 uauch of the straitca-
"a lives Of such a. thcsrs
lie discovered bis ewes noistcniag a. the
reality 90 tae patient cnduran-e: tb. sad.
waiting hope that vas presented , and. most
Of an. si the brave sentence. -. But though
/ am very. very lonely though ms heart
dies within me a. every report - fresh
battle. yet / w0uld rather have vou there
than here. because ! know that there Is
yoar duiy. there yoar hoaor.7 There were
souie tender. prayerful words. and then the
letter ended. fle folded 10 up and put q
away. Box b. coail not put away the con-
Rents from his mind 10 seemed 50 real.
as if it cane from the depths % some strone.
deep. vomanly heart. Aad ihat Girl Uiih
thc yel.ow hair wrote it. lie found him.
seii thinking oi 70 the next day. lie found
himseli thinking of it che next week b.
and-by this thought carried him o. sec Der.
iic went again and a-aia. AL in tlai home
ai-no-pbere. spite olihe CAV dschrss ar. Dc
discovered how f was thar tilis girl co1id
see 50 deeply into lie H. saw that she
wrote from hcr own Lcari-a heart deep.
and strong. zad uoaaniy anl heroic. lie
went again and again, ana finer brightness
put BIS ewes oat. b. gained a clc4-cr vision
~herewith 90 see. lies saw no ioa=c- CAV
dlclcs-. De-; SoPhy Hamlyn. a brave hale
phiios,phcr-lSoPhy liamlyn. the ouiy NO
nian in the world to him.
A f-liow-oficcr who came home tbe other
day and offered cordial congratulatioas 70
Captain jordan on his success in winning
M,-- Hamlyn. said. vonlerioglv
q" And where dii you 6nl her2 did
nat iaiak saca woman fsed except ia
book $50 simple and earnest and charm
ing.
A1l Captain Jordan answered smiling
% found Deg at tir Fair. where { an in-
ciinci % thick helcef1rth are o. De- found
an the COOL things ofrh.-