Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-01-03

Good morning. Miss Addic. Reci,a.
tion' all ready ?"
Yes sir" answered. sud he passed on
ahead lsNuntered on slowly, thinking of
my aunt Katherine. I though, il would be
nice plan for her TO be married The next
thought was who should she marry?
There were only 4 halt dor n unmar.
ried middle aged men in the village. Aunt
katherine was twenty seven and Of course
she wouldn't marry very young man.
rapidly enumerated the halfdozen eligible
ones and their suitability for my plan;
LAWYER Hyde, thirty, rich. aristocra,ic
and stinGy. Mr.. Leighton. thirty FIVE.
handsome, good. well off, but a widower,
and I've heard aunt katherine say she did
not like widowcrs. Mr.. Person, twenty
eight. handsome, wealthy. but too fast
DR. JARVIS. thirty.six, small grabbed, mis-,
cradle. and unbcarable generally. Mr..
Howe. too homely TO be thought of; and
Captain Paynes, with hi, yellow. bushy
whlskers, and nine thousand dollars worth
OF mortgaged property, which he IS always
taking about; worse yot Rather a sorry
array
just then the scboolhell rung. and wen,
IN to my books, and Mr.. Charles Devereux
aged twenty. eight. handsome. intelligent.
well educated and unmarried The cl - in
intellectual philosophy was called first, and
though | had carefully commit,c 4 my lesson
TO memory the evening before, my late
thoughts had quite driven all remembrance
OF It from my head. and my recitation wa,
imperfect Mr.. Devcreux Looked surprised.
Iya' mo. but said nothing In French
grammar my performance was still worse.
Miss Addic." said Mr. Dsvercux. asI
passed by him on my way to my seat. do
you have any trouble with those French
verbs AZ learning your lcs'on?"
Yes. sir, liule. '' replied.
You want little reviewing. think.
II have time. | wil! call in At your house
this evening. and help you a little while YOU
are studying
Mr.. d. knew that | always studied in
the evening, aud had several times called in
and spent an hour in assisting me with
particularly diili ;uIt task designed for the
next dav's recitation. So was not sur.
pri'ed to hear him make this offer. though
lt;le ashamed of the cause of il, a. IN;
failure had resulted from my wiIlul inatten-
ton and caIelessness. | thanked him. how.
ever. with flushed face, and went to nv
seat But 1t was not entirely shame that
flushed my face
As expected, Mr d, came in the even.
ing TO explain my French lesson. But he
did not find me alone. Aunt Katherine sat
by the table sewing. and looked even band
somcr than in tbs morning: Nv heart
gave iluttcr Of inpatient anticipation ev.
cry time Deyereux looked at her, and after
the lessons were through, did my best to
make her talk to please him. Nv aunt al
ways talked well, but she quite excelIcd
herself IN conversation that night. saw
that Mr.. DevereuN was in teIested. and |
was delight Cd with the success OF INV secret
plan.
In the course OF the evening. John Au-
brey. my lover come in. OF course / claim.
ed John as my lover. for though be was A
nice young man OF twenty seven. and a
mere child OF girl, hardly sixteen. lac had
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