Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-06-20

emn times"
The expression had great force, al
though it was little uncertain whether
it applied to Aunt Dcbby's Sheets or to
things in general.
"I guess they be-" croakcd Miss Hens
low. suspending the operation of pairing
one of the seams in Deacon Brodcrip's
coat. ut look az though there wouldn't
lr "A spear of grain raised this season;
anl there's Dave BlodgeIt, one of thom
VI llrrires->ccond ad,cntcra they call
misunderstanding the worlds going to
br burnt up this yru, on account of the
big horn aud little horn in the book al
Daniel asked him if he wouldn't like
Ia engage me Ia make his ascension robe.
for | thought il he didn't come out
straight in hi, calkerlalions, | might as
well have the job
Salomc stepped out of the bedroom
with a Cruel bowl in her hand. She was
:. tall girl. with light hair just turning n
little on gold 1t had slipped ont of its
braid, aud was hanging against her white
neck
What mop OF hair LONE has got"
said Miss Hrnslow. when she had gone
back into the bedroom. II notice that
weakly girls are apt to run to hair -.
''Salomc ainl rugged, that's certain.
said Mrs. Fairman. who was interrupted
in her calculation as To whether she CoulI
squeeze out molaSscs enough 10 sw'cten
the apples she was coring. "She aint
tough. and had to bc put to work before
she cot her growth If Sarah Jane didn't
keep school TO help along, could let Sa-
lone pul,cr round for year or Two; and
guess she'd get hearty; Tor the doctor
saws there aint anything chronic"
II don't know about that broke i'll
Miss lIcnslow. "She looks just like your
sister Patty's girl tha, went off with gall
loping consumption
There amt no consumption in tho
family" returned Mrs fairman, giving
snappish little jerk to the hand that
held the bread knife.
oval. didn't mean to scare you. Mrs.
Fairman, bat then its always best 10 be
prepared for things rs they come along
I'm never unpreparcd," returned the
other dismally 1--WE gone through so
much that it SecmS ~ though | was al
ways expecting trouble; and Obed, he
don't seem ID sense things rs | do; |
don't s'pose it's 10 be expected. Rclig-
ions solemnizcr, Miss Henslow, and
now when it looks rs if we were all 60
ing to starve. and the cows don't aver.
age, any day. more than two quarts
apiece. it seems most sin to be making
Jokes"
Look there at Miss Dacres," said the
tailolcss. "Aint she stiff Eecked? lm
,icr,,and Jo comes here pretty often after
Salnme."
lie comes 10 sec the bnls," returned
Mis-. Fairmau with some aspcrilN.
Law. a Young fellow eau visit The
boys and squint tDwurd the gill ut the
same time. But I'll tell you what, the
old lad, won't like il if Jo means TO play
that game leel it my duty rs 4 friend
to let YOU know how the land lays"
Mrs. Fairmam hud finished coring her
apples, and now she went 10 the sink,
and began plying the handle ol the pump
with such visor that her neighbor's last
words were unfortunately lost. Miss
Henslow remembered her goose heating
red hot over home, so she took herself
and her voice away, but not before she
had got peep ut the canaillc bread un-
der the crash towel, and that same alter
noon she thought it was sher duty TO go
over to Mrs. Seth Spencer's and tell that
lady how straightened the Fairmans
were.
10 Dacres, a broah-shouldered, lusty
young fellow, with great stride, and II
CHEEKY. loud voice, was just opening Tue
gate OF the home place 1t was the
suggest, best kept farm in the neigh
borhood Simeon Dacres, the old man.
was forehanded, and had money laid up
in the bank. and if there is anything
country people do love and respect, and
bow down before. it is money in the
bank.
Mrs. Dacres always regulated her al
fairs by the almanac, and the first of May
the sitting room stove was taken down,
whether or no, and now the house was
rs chilly as Il cellar. with a clean smell
about of whitewash and varnish.
Nus. Dacres was waiting for the men
folks to como to dinner. She had blown
the horn twice out of the back door,
and the pork in the spider was curling
itself up into little, hard bilious looking
scraps. With enforced patience she came
and sat down in the rockingham, with
it's puffy feather cushion, and united her
cap strings. She was large woman.
with Il heavy tread and II double chin, and
an immense talent for managing. In
her own person she represented the hard.
headed ethics of Burnham, and perhaps
,,,as mora honest if less nice than some
of her neighbors.
.Obed Fairman has been kicked by n
horse, mother said 10, betraying q lit
tie hesitation in his tone. 1.-The hurt
isn't dangerous. but l think it would look
friendly it you should step in and in
auire how he is"