Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-12-05

she would Or not, lor an answering
glance at sympathy as her soul was
stirred by The gifted thoughts aud noble
ideas of the speaker So it was at prize
I Speaking aud at tho evening lectures
! At the concert OF Wednesday evening.
and again oa Commencement day. HEY
were seated .yiiprc countless lightning
slaucc- passed between them. which
each being quick at interpreting. they
were thus made acquainted bv intuition
with the thoughts OF the other They
net frequently in tho grounds, the grove,
/ the gymnasium, the chapel, on the tower,
( in the cabinets, aud ono day, strangely
enough, the smging. seelhing crowd LETT
I thcm quite alone for a moment in the
quaint silence of the Nucvch Gallery
IL am clad to see ,ha, you remember
our compact" he said. in his peculiar
rich voicr, care you willing to continue
lit?"
a look. aud the words spoken trom.
! blingly, More than ,ciHing." was al, tor
/ Laura's gay companions returned for her
/ Just then, and Cousin Nell exclaimed rs
she hurried her down the drive TO the
! flower garden
"Oh, my Laura how that splendid
man looks At YOU | notice it every time
ne meet. You've made Il conquest.
shall write to Your father that hell soon
! have YOU oif his hands Ii hG looked at
me in that way | should 90 wild, but you
are so c1ul and Indifferent that doubt
Your realizing that there Is man in
/ town." Tor Laura. much 10 her cousins
/ dis;asic, had turned a deaf cnr 80 all the
ravlngS about students, TO which they
! were given in common with most girls in
u town where there is college
And those chance meetings weIo all
which the litcs that time bestowed upon
them, with the exception that nj the close
ol the week, whilo standing on the piaz.
~ OF the Amherst House she saw him
mount the crowded coach Tor Northamp
ton. They were better acquainted than
scores who had been formally introduced
and exchanged lew meaningless con
vcntionaIi>m- As he lifted his hat when
the coach ratified away. each was con.
scious % vague pain nj parting, pain
which was overcome 10y the faith which
eacl, had in tIc intcg.i., OF the oher,
aud the confidence hat they should
eventually meet again.
Every one remarked the change in
Laura. Although not Ic>e cheerful she
showed much higher degree OF culture,
aud her manner acquired such a new and
charming dignity, Her tastes took such
different turn that ,he discarded her
light. frivolous music and prlcliccd Bee
thpvcn and Handel She wrote an essay
apou culture tor ,hc village Literary So.
cirty not knowing her friend was pre-.
pairing lecture upon the Same subicr, at
:ho same time Their diaries during
mos; of this season, aS compared after
wand. were curious for their similarity,
ml from the way The stronger led the
weaker anl less cultivated mind
How she studied after she went home
from Amherst! "How YOU DO study :"
said her father, we'll pleased for there
hal been a time, when full Of her pretty
sirl>h conceits and yanilies, books had
been somewhat neglected Now she took
fancy to conchology; she looked for
specimens of coral and sea-anemones in
every little collection in the village, and
read every treatise upon the subject she
could find. She asked questions of her
father, ot the doctor, aud of Squire
Brown. 1T WAS seeing the shells at
Amherst, she supposed she said,
splendid collection, she had been de-
lighted with them 1t was shame she
had never seen them before. living so
near them nil her life. She wished cy.
crybody could 20 through those cabinets
parentJ and teachers particularly didn't
think halt enough about it, Ii she had
the power, every child in the Common.
wealth should so 10 Amherst and go
through the cabinets. How it would
rouse their ideas and their ambition, and
give them such u now interest in the
world they live in She could imagine
how excited and enthusiastic they would
be- how, after they went home, they
would commence collecting curiosities Of
their own; how, Tor u time, the bugs,
butterflies, and birds eggs would suffer
what quantities of odd looking stones
would accumulate in imitation Of Pro.
tessor Hitchcock And even if after
time the first pleasure OF specimen
gathering wore of, they would never
settle back into The same groove where
they moved before For herself, she
said, II will improve myself every way
in my power. will be worthy OF him if
the time comes that oul life paths lun
side by side, or are the same. He shall
moi be ashamed to call mv friend" She
kept herself dainty and fresh and pure
for him. She dressed herself thinking,
perchancc, | shall see him, and wondered
as she put on this or that becoming arti.
Gle Of apparel il it would suit his taste.
She swept and garnshed the rooms and
made the house pleasant; and as she as
sisted her mother with new interest
about the domestic duties, she said to
herself, with a blush, II will learn 10 do