Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-09-01
NO 81. PARIS MAINE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER |. 1865

beresi his solemn pledge. ard vas dcfermin
ed 70 redeem it be said that be would show
% the world. and to his father. an independ
cnt. seli-sastaining man. and be meant O
Do a. And then in his rev home. he hai
an sncel 20 sustain him. By every word
and deed. BY every look and thought. did
Clara seek % sustain and encourage him.
For the first SIX months Marx made bat
lii;le apparent h-adway Yet be vas dill.
gen and hopeful and ALTERED not. lie va
punctual AZ his Office. attending 20 su~h bus
mess a. was left With him with prompt faith
fulness. and deroting all his leisure mo.
ments % study. In III. oficc and a home
be studicd sd the harder he worked. tbs
more did be find % work for. Pride va.
leading hin on-Pride sharpened ard IN
teusihed by resentmcn;-the most powerful
incentive that could have been given hin.
and be was determined % rise 10 distinction
be attended the courts listened % the hes,
pleaders; and then. when alone With his
wife. b. held inpromp,u courts. and tried
important cases over again.
AZ the expiration Of SIX months. he was
engaged 90 defend a party who bad been
sued FOR trespass IN removing bu tldins
belonging 20 the plaintiff from land belong
ing % the said defendant. II VISA case
involving some nice points Of law. bat Marx
Wilton proved himself equal % The crner-
gency. and gained vertlic; for his client.
Mark bad now gained the first round oi
the ladder. and be kept his gaze fixed eager.
y upon the top. Another case was soor
gained BY h,u. in the eondncting Of -hicl
be displayed such marked ability as 20 cal
forth THE encomiums Of the court.
When il became known that Mark vii
ton ~as a rising man. he hat bushes.
enough. but hc would not pot his hands to
al that WAS offered II was soon known n
The courts that b. was a conscientious nan
And. furthermore. q vas discovered. - b,
dii more business. that be vas punctual.
faithful And honorable.
II was an enviable reputation tor a Young
lawyer; but he hal worked lard to gain is
Aye-be hal worked without ceasing. Al
home. and in has ofice. over his books. and
over his thoughts. be bad been busy With
an eve 90 the one idea % life. Step BY STEP
De worked bis way up. feeling. a. every al.
vance. that be was coming nearer 20 The
station from which be could demand Of hii
father such recognition a. one nan j. bound
70 give 20 another. Who merits i in honor
Al. that vas the high goal Of bis pride
O. reach a station IN life equal 20 the on,
his fafher bad reached before him. %. hou
proud b. would be when b. had gained Il
Bot. When be had gained g. ~hat wouii
be hcs How would be meet BIS father;
bow present the crown be bad conquered
lie could not tell lie would wait until th,
time came.
And did be see his father during tbes,
years of strugglc2 Yes. he saw him occa
sionally. They met sometimes in the streets
ani sometimes in the courts. They bowed
and passed the bare compliments Of rvcog.
milton. buf nothing more.
Ani bow vas Il in Marx Wilton's home
Go ask tie angels of Peace and Love. fol
those we're The angcls that guarded ihc spot
4 better vile. man never hai. Marx never
regretted thc step Le bad taken-aever
And ye'. sometimes. when The mcmorie. o
childhood came back % him. bis heart vould
60 forth in warning after q parents love
Ani in those moments be prayed that his
father might live fo bless him Bot be suf
fcrcI not. Ills wiic read al his thoughts.
ard she minis;ercd 90 al bis weeds. and
when BE sas that the old recoilcctiors we're
upon BIN. BE wound hcr arms about hi.
neck. and whispered 10 bin q the brigh,
promises of ihe future.
live years had passed-fve years of up.
biz toll; and yet bow rich IN result. hos
freighied With reward. that toll hsd been
li bal been most truly np-kal and far. fai
up the hiil had be- worked his vay.
On ihe ffteenth of March. Is. ths large
courtroom "a packed in every part snd
All over thc country. where the neusrapcrs
sers real. we're ANXIOUS people. waiting 81
learn she result Of that dsy's trial 10 "a,
An action oi giant monopoly against thc
rights of che people. ard Mark Wilton VS.
for the defence. During three dars thc
trial lasted. and durinr fhose three DAYS.
Wii'oa fairly outd.d his own hopes and ex-
peciions. lie kncw that be father vas IN
tho courtroom. ani that b. fathers friend.
rere there. iic knev that thousanis uere
watching bim. Add. furthermore. b. kneu
that in BIS bone vas one whose prayers
we're going up contlnually for hen. Tier
vas one thing more. IIe fclt that IBIS st.
a roan1 flr ap the iai,ler. ard he resolved
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