The Union and journal., 1869-07-16
BIDDEFORD, ME-, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 49, 1863.

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ebb and aow of harmony, enjoying such
substantial pleasures.
"Its your money or your life win her'
She wouldn't disfgure the old place either
she wouldn't. Blood will tell; she's got
the high and mighty ways Of the Jerrold''
and they bought their lands Of the Indian
Sachems-nothing much older than that,
fancy, in this country-if they did part
with them to the devil, so to speak.
Heigh-ho! I thought danger was over
when fellow reached the fifties, but I do
believe that, like the measles and whoop-
ing-cough, It goes harder with the adult"
Z, And thus the Squire pursued his way.
sometimes humming a strain Of that old
tune,
"Lovely Zitana, list while play
Drlgsnds abroad, may not stay
but Thy bright eyes u the brigsnd should zee,
Thoa art the bandit. the captive 10 he!
All through the summer days Miss
Poore pursued her scheme, and into au-
tumn; early in the dcwy morning before
her days drudgery began, and again after
1t was finished. If she took holiday to
herself, 1t was only in order to swell tho
subscriptions. The neighbors caught tho
infection. and the children picked berries
and went nutting in the season to pile
Miss Poorc's market wagon. Women who
had nothing else to bestow, took their
knitting with them when they went out to
tea or plcasuring, and gave The results.
Ruth Brown made yards of tatting, like a
trace Of hoar-frost, while she gossipcd
about the neighbor's crops, the last singing
school and the young man with the golden
mustache who came to buy grain of farm
or Gould and said sweet things to his
daughter; while "reminiscences of this
smart young man with the golden mus
tache and the tender nothings he had said
to Kate Gould, appeared in the disguises
of graceful leaf and opening bud, in satin
stitch and lacc-work embroidcrics, under
taken in the cause; and II they did not sell
the better for this II surely was no fault of
Kate's; she had put her best into them.
And 1t was Maggie Stone who surrendered
the premium of gold eagle, which she
had taken at a by-gone county fair, very
much rs one surenders an eye tooth, only
because one would feel infinitely worse to
keep it; and Nell-not to be outdone-of-
fered her earrings, and found that they
were pinchbeck.
1t seemed as If one and all were bent
upon beggaring Squire Suffolk, for on the
first day of November the amount had
reached three hundred dollars, and tho
subscription list was closed, except to tho
Squire. ...
Accordingly ono afternoon Miss Pooro
put on her work of art, and taking her
treasure with her. proceeded to the Suffolk
place. 1t was bleak autumn day, for-
runner of sleet and storms and pinching
,,,,,r, ,vo,,hor ,rd >,,.. poor. ,vr,,r;no
ber ,hreadbore shawl about her was olaJ
MT last to find herself before the blazing
fire in Squire Suflolk's dr,wing-room. 1t
seemed to her ut first ms If he never would
allow her to come to the point. Either he
had forgotten all about the affair, or meant
IN wear mt her naticncc. but Aat WA,
simply incxhaustibIe. In the meantime,
he entertained her with detailed account
of his estate, rs II no were the steward
and she tho master; with the increase In
his crops and prices; with the story of his
youth and schOol-days; of his first beaver
and swallow-tailed coat; of his awkward
first love; and when he paused. 1t occurred
to Catherine that she knew him perhaps
better than he knew himself. She won
dered ut this strange familiarity which was
growing upon her; and when Mt length
she pulled out her subscription list, 1t was
with quaint reluctance OF manner not at
"' ike MISS o"'her'ne Poores usual
prompt'tuoe' was she AFRAID no would
~" 70 '.n", "'' o''s''''on, anu 80 "S"p-
''S"pp''"' ncr hopcSF was IL occ""sc'
n,''ng acquired u sort o' 'r'eno''hess ior
h.'h' sho 'c''rco lest ne shoula prove TIC
hisgar"F
Three hundred dollars" said he. You
nave aonc hne'y'
hpl"'nly wasntavery stunning "'ia'r
TO h'm' or nc met an emergency with con-
summ"te coolhess' ..r..
YES. have 1t here In ready money.
You shall count 1t, If you will"
lnree n'in'ireu dollars! why, cnilu,