Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-02-03

oEn account. and where he sau his o-n
name written a. plain a. copper plate.
" Dad y0a kno-. Simon. sAid the stran-
ger. that God kept az account Of the
thoughts and deeds % men. and AZ the ls-s.
every one mus, be judged aocoidins to vh.t
is written in The books
A. Simon confinued o. look. he sau that
not only his evil deeds and fraods we're
plainly written therr. bat al thar be had
ouly tboasht Of doing. bsi had not done for
want of opportunity. and that these -ere
al. too. set do-u - has di.ore,lit. Aadhe
noiioed s,ill further. that the good be bad
neglected TO DO. wAs also Pot do-n against
hin. on the debtors side OF the leaf. lora.
q appeared % hin. = -a- sort Of Al ac-
count book. IN -hich his evil deed. we're ~
corded on the lsit side Of the PAGE. ~hile
the right side. lsit FOE good and virtsos,
deeds. Which should have been placed 70
his credit. was almost entirely a blank
>'u'on answered AZ length. a. be eoniinued
looking. that he bad heard the minister.
tell. IN their sermons Of some such kind Of
a book. bet be had never really believed
that it existed
bui no- you cannot deny the evidence
oi your o-n ewes, FOR yea well kno- that
no mortslcould have kno~n and written the
'o'ng. ~hich yoa rad there
Simon kept on reading. for IA seemed.
indeed. a. though h. cogld not M. sp hi.
eyes TO look a-ay. Which b. attempted 10
DO several times. Bot be fore he had finish.
ed reading his AocOunt the stranger took the
book uP. closed "a. lad u snI.r his arm. A.
b. orosghf Il. Asd stood still. looking At
S'mon- sinou. too. looked Al hin and a.
he looked. has singslAr visitor seemed %
hecone nearly t-icc a. tall a. -hen be en-
tered The room Then be lail the great
BOOK on Simon's shoulders. TIE weight
OF q seeued 70 crush hia 20 the aoor. 90
that be aEOke. al IA fright. AID Vet -iih
sweat, groAning 50 loadly A. 70 awake n,
~iie. ~ho snquIrcd IN an ANXIOUS voice.
90 What - the natter. simon -
simon. afser some rabbing ofhis eyes.
A''i sosae disconnected msttsrinr and mum
bling managed ~ gave tis ~ife some idea
Of h,s dream and Consequent fright
Wen. sAid she. l l. but a dream
alter al. and b. no means % bad a. Il
nisbt be-
les. said Simon but it's true enough
vise. that have not done iu,ta, ogrb,
I kno- a.
Ahhough >imon could not keep the
dream out OF his ruind. he wss not DISPOSED
% ihink a. al times alike about n. Som--
times b. -Ogld feel ratber f,-nitent- and
Proui'-s hI9asef TIA; - you'd try and cone
little nearer TO honesty ADd iustscs. and
not Only 80. bat that b. vouid no- and then
give htti- something % the poor anS
nccds or that h. would even pct ItiI-
SILVER in the coutributi1n box. instead of
eoppers- At other tines. ho-oser. he uas
very much incliu-d 20 treat ths -holc nat
t-r a. something about Which be need not
oe concerned, ihat it "a natural enough
for one uhAt sas rnorc than asualiy psrpleE.
81 % drcsm disturbing dreams and that it
"a no strange thing that some q Parson
Donewelfs sermon should get mixed %
~iih h,, dreams
But -hiie be- found 70 diFcuf. even IN
his most Peniteui moods 90 resist bi. fond
ness ior driving bari bargains. %. IN bi.
most hard-h~arted ones. BE- could not -hoi.
iy thros ~ al sense Of the claim. % ron-
science and right. ard it must be sal. 10
DO hin Isstio-. that more than once ortsice.
b. did yield up some uboic dollars of An
ticipstcd gam % tbs claims 81 bones, deal
iny. To he sure ~ 49, not done ~houv
from q love of honesfv. for b. hai some
vague isars hanging about bin - rrresi-
ton. On the n~rt Ne- Ye.-'. eve. offh~
sirange v..,t ~hi.h isi given Sim tt. alarm.
81 300 Ih- imrres-ion of
t.v tr..rI le-an to rro- DOH snd h4e
away a1i Simon a. times Cthourh roe sH
ti'e tine eifb-rJ 20 POI ss hard ,s.sorser q.
Formerly ii- 80 by no .r-ans -ive- over
to tusiness yef. thoorh there -. danger
that b. solii hy ard ty become so fhe
tsrt on A''hoarh he h,d some cons,ien-s
lr.f. hc "a siasiy searinr 't out
one day sh.,h happened io h- oil, birtb-
day. te hai made a. hs Imagined sor.e an-
usuaIr favorable trades. rot aifoeeti.-r on
the ,.ie of honesty ether Ile -an.I
h'me reekoriag up pie gain. in h', o-n
uioi. al laying rlsns f8r their most pro-
stable .lscsfment s. hr arrived near De
ovn door. he met q f1nrrai PROCESSION. o.
~as that rf a sei-itor of hls. uho had been
in iea''h tl. . fss DAYS before.
" That So sallrn death. vat .t nof.
VI Ga.naH, f.i passer ty % h.n. a.
hc vas about tsrcnd.rr the steps fo tte
door b. r.re of as. c0-frueI te
speaker. .' have ,ac ica.- ol or lives. rat
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