Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-04-26
}. IL. PARIS. MAINE. FRIDAY

late - Bot. you see. I met jenkins. and
- sanntered down street little wav.
and
- And % ~ may as vel give Up Rachel
At onoe,
" Never mind. MiIly. we can 20 some
other evening-
Mily did rot trust her -aywar,i ion-ue
to ansser. else she might have tr1,hfsllv
rePied thar al evenings we're alike. and
that the OCCASIONAL little trvats that nigh,
have diversified ber monotonou, life we're
too often missed through the earelcssne.s
and selsshness Of her Husband.
salking. eh - tbOught Harry. di,oon-
ieniediy. a. Milly vent up stairs 70 put
away hcr hat and circle. Really Minv
Is little too unreasonable. III drank or
gamhled. therc might b. some excuse for
per black looks. 10; Iit;ie carrlesne,,-
where's ibc great crime Of ~
Mildred b. said the next morning.
At The breakfast table. "il-s not /. very
busy day with me suppose -e 20 up to
Carrstaie and spend the afternoon nth
loNr urofter and hIs wife
And return in the evening train?
les. Just imagine ~hai n splendid day
tbs -ill b. for the oil woods and Glen,
up there l can almost fancy tha. I be,-
'he yellow leaves drifting down upon u,e
moss Besides. believe little chang,
-ould do yoa good you arc beeinninc %
look qa.te pale"
d" Ii -ouid be very pleasant :siI Nriiy
iLoushtisliy
Then suppose you meet me .; the de-
pot A. one precisely, The train leave, At sve
minutes after ONE
80 You I'll not disaPp oiut ueS''
- DsaPpoini you. goo.eyY hat should
make me disaPpont youy Remsusbcr-
one precisely And nov gct nv hat
there's nice little MiEy.-
The great black haad Of the depot eiocE
"a Just 'oaching the fgue one. when Nil
dred lhorueycToit entered Tie door Of the
l'a'seuser'' waiting room. She clane,l
ryund sagerly-no Harry was there,
II hve minutes yet before tLc train
.caves-bs may still be here .he thog.ht.
taxing her scAt jast ~Aerc shc could CON-
nianI q sic~ Of ans person who came into
,he tsiliins.
The moments slided away the pa-sen-
sc-s crowird ir;o the cars, tie late A.
rivals ran brcaih.cssly % secure seats.
~hiIe the earlier ones sercncly surveyed
them from the car windows There vas
the ssual hustle aad ta-mol attendant on
tie departure 0fa eel populated ~as train
ard hnally thc cars Inoscd. one ~ one. out
of 'hc lep5t. and Mildred slIl sat there
alone ani .lhccl~I
Tie iasi car bal been gone about three
minutes. whcn Ms. Thorn,y croft rushed IT,
g. she depot.
d" Halle. Mlly q, can { he possible hat
iLc cars Lave goasl Why. ouly stopped
bali a second ia tie street. 10 bsy newspa-
Ter. anG-~
IL stopped. painting for breath. and ZIP
ing ibc pevPirAiion from bis fsiehead 18th
canibric LandkerchicL
e" I''' too bad, ! declare. I'u sorry. Nil
dred.~
Mily dii no, aa.-e-; ,be hal much 20
10 90 keep bsck her rvbelhous tears. As she
thought Of ihe golden Octobcr sunshine
raining douu tbrosgh The grand OH -ooi.
80 Carrslaie. ani the d-iicioss blue hare.
-rarTias the distant hil-ops IN dreamy
inJistinctuess. Il "a. rather hard 70 cone
back ~ bricks snI mortar Of -alls after
tbi..
III tell yoa wha, Mily, you shant
iose yoar eScursion. I've got 20 20 O.
Bary on business to-morrow a iouv
oii country town sp the lllIson-and yoa
shsl 81 uith me-. Thcreu pc no mistake
ABBOTT ii ihis iine. i5r f Ton not there ~e
shnil bc non-saitei. al Jose thc pret,iest
law case I've taken in bad thi. year
Mil.y bal stood silent oatining the pat
tern ~ 'he oii-c'oth on tie aoor With tbe
poiat % hrr parasoi. bai sbe looteI Up
Nth d b'ighi su'le a. bcr husband fni.beI
.reakiag
' Tlanl ioa. Harry. I,bouii Ese ,hat
s-rY mseh indeed
'' >en..bies- th5ught Mr ThorncycroG.
al. le seat sa,k to bis omce. having ST.
lre.. ,o re'-aoe her iootst ps solitary aai
alone. to-ar.is ier home. d" In rl.I
ttrre rfsfr seeHe, MIl, 50 dear EuIe
falae. llf .ie'' o.'g ~9uan. ani -5mea
ere aar..e.,ari.y t1ssy ahoat sone ibiogs.-
M-eI Iaafuetefoft nee hcr husbsai
fhit rl-tf sI,h ha 'i-c a. brish, a. De- co1lI
haze desired
-. ue Al. r.ing t7 hase a i,arney io-