Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-01-20


rvIied and made up' again in our ehild-
hood The Old friendship had ineresssd.
bat had not changed ifs charsctcr: az least
can speak for nysef You remember
What Tennyson ssys in Don
th~ vosfh h~c.u.~
Hs ~ si-sss t---s -ith hsr 30 tA- hoas-.
Ihoaght ~ ei nura.
IL vas something Ike this With me. Yet
! aslunirci Mary very much. and 10 ved her.
after iashion' very dearly. AMI you'd
have done OF suffered almost anything 70
give her pleasure or 10 spare her pain.
You have h-ard all this before. l don't
mean 20 inaict any morc Of Il on you.
Nos take yoarself back TO Cambridge for
moment. and try 70 recall Trinity man
named Horncr'-' Handsome Homer tscy
called him.
d" remember him perfectly I said.
% lie Va IN The second Trinity. and roued
sevea IN their first boat -h-n they bumped
%, in the Long Reach A bro ad-.hould-
ci nan. With curly chestnut hair and ~hite
arms
" Regardless of grammer cry. That's
him.' vas The reply. o ffe and I bad
slisht aclsAintancc At the Univer.ity. in the
lssi Term -hen ~e both Rad With Smith:
ard meeting in town after We took our de-
gre. ~ became very good friends Some
time after this. b. wrote 90 ask me % 70
and see them az bis fHtner's r-c,orv N ssr-
rey. ! vent and sas the dear cd rector
AMI liorner's mother. and. more than all.
a. BIS sis,er. Recalling Der brother-faa-
cy him ~0ntn-rcinei. Frightened. IN
tenscly hesutiaed. and you can form some
slight iica % Mary Horner. Il j. irnpos.i-
be f1r me % describe fiiy the effect n.
proil~ci upon u'e from tb- frst NJ A.
qaaiutancv bal incladcI some sery PRETTY
-oaeu. ] might have said Of myself u IL
~rre not conc-ited. .Hififari aoa fia> gioria;
not a. a tirt though. mind bot Mary Horn
er ~as ncs experience. she fascinated
me-. and was a gone graduate You may
BE- sarc that ] dii not gci any better the
Logger STAYED within The charmed circle.
7 cot on ianousiy With an The people do-n
th-rc. and Ancici was not di.iiked by Der.
You know ~hat mean. Bgi coud never
detect snything Ike symptoms Of. that shall
cail its-reeipr0city % aHrciion CDont
laugh. there's relief in such a wav % put
ting IL On the contrary. she treated me
With cordial bat thoroughly self possessed
frirndlincss. She was not the sort % uo-
nan % encourago any lover. houever ac-
c~p,able. IN ocular drmonstrafion' and that
kint n thing. and u never occurred TO rne
% try q on and then the exercise. and the
general Atmosphere % the place. were 90
ooussaci~c ~ health AMI spirit, that tbe lady
had no reasoa. on that frst visit. 20 suspect
fros my appearance the oonditioa of ny
heart. This ~as IN The summer. bet the
following ~intcr found me again a. Shailo--
ford Recfory. ! had met some pleasant
people there whom hal not seen before
among others. Mr Horner's curatc. Charle.
oxenden. iie vas really good fcllos.
heartily devoted o. BIS work. a. vel A. an
accomplished man and IN agreeable COM
panion. All this ] coali bat ackuowici.-e.
In spite ~ ths shaio~ % conseiousness
thar there ~as something in The coufien-
tial reiaiionship subsisting between him AMI
May Homer. But then 7 consoled myself
viih The tbougbt thar they rad q common
interest," ~ parish matters. Which involved
q good deal 81 discussion. And there uas
nothinr in th~ conduct of eitber tha, 7
could conrlain - a. loycriike. even ifT had
possessed any right q complain At al.
~hich haint any' ] RAD never tod
ms love am not prepared % state that
on this second yi.it uicht not have. almost
invoiuntarily. behaved nissrn. bot fhere
had never been tbe slightest anrroarr. ia
shaf believe q. rsfirt .Ie. 'arar.r f
our frienHs lnf-r.na-.. bal rsa-ar,I th.
.'a-- ef.lr ,tnas one aaotber o. our
C.usian names. her b-uther caHeI me
fr-nk hlh.fualIy. as called hm Pred.
lsli.h 20 .houii probably newer have done
h our intimacy bal not been datel from our
Cambridge dav.) and sbe naiurang f.u. ID.
indeed sn the family did. inio the ssre
hnht Equally natural BE- seemed f5- re
t5 can be- Mary My fay st thistiue rss
short We vsrc an 1nbroken circle a.
here at Ctr.sfnas ard ief urh NY se-
rrct unlivuir-I. r. fev tats before Ci-i.t-
rfss Bny. Boz os-ht to have toiI that &
LiI seen be Ferrival' f-rI8rniiv hef~ecn
tr.e sts'ts to ~1rrey They we're living
thrn rrsr i.oulon. tis mother ard iaarifer
NJ I.-rral BAD been siI1s for .arne
year. iaI hai tikei O. Msry a Eus
about my admiration of the other May
May Percistl vas interested ia ti.e sa5-