Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-07-25

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"Ah. what preiudiccs you women
cherish According 10 your own acknowl-
edgement, you have not seer this worthy !;
according to the opinion of your friends
he is worth seeing
When one is ill.,"
And yet YOU avoid and dcspi>c his
shadow. very much doubt il yon do
not have him in your cup yet. AMI to
>"n,c purpose"
80 you di>agrecahlr man! You mean
/ that " hen do see him ! shall lall in love
with him. In that case | shall take in
| finite pains to avoid him. He's MS bad as
the Gorgons head Tor one would rs soon
/ be turned into stone, IOr all that know,
us to fall in love with man one hates.
| Besides. if he were AdoniS himself, |
should say. No | thank you. my prs;ty
man, it he invited me 10 share this vii.
dcrucS> with him"
"Ah! And YOU would not consent TO
To ike here on amy terms How people
differ? Now. like it,"
80. it docs very we'll for II summers
vacation
/ "And nothing more 4? You think that
there isn'l 4 possibility "i my pcrSuading
any body tu share my cottage, in case |
should make up my mind tn settle here p
Who was he going to ask To share his
cottage? How She snNicd tho gentle
maid" For her pant. she would have
hecu glad tu hare anything with him,
any = here In The wild> ci Australia on
! the icehcrse OF the north. the mountains
at IA moon But if he were jnltn'lm@
| lu ak sonr unr ,l,c9
II dare say you might lind some one
who woulda't--objcct.
But not Miss Felicia Saxon. Well"
taking out his watch-"il's time | WAS
of; five o'clock. Your hugbcar must bc
gone before this, unless he stays 10 tea /!
By the way. send me word. will YOU !?
how YOU like him. and who comes III un-
der the four lcaved clover" And then
he mounted the horse which he had tclh-
cred 10 the fence aud rode away.
Felicia followed him long with her
eyes. repeating. but mol Miss Felicia
/ Saxon
| "Why does he take it for granted p
she thought. III he wanted To know,
why did he not ask outright, without any
beating about the bush How could |
tell him that shouldn't mind ii only he
were here. too9 No. he must have been
l0king; he must have been thinking of
some one else"
And then she sighed profoundly, pick
ed up her sketch book. aud went home,
with the four.eaved clover carefully
hidden between its pages.
"Whcrc havc you been. child ?" asked
Miss Sophy Saxon. You always do
contrivc to hide yourself when the doe
tors here. lie wanted TO sec YOU. and
asked il you were well and told him
YOU we've well enough to be galivanting
over the neighborhood all the afternoon" :"
ale wanted To give me dose of cal.
omel, | suppose. hate doctors sluifs.
and doctors-st least" remembering an
exceptional least most OF them. I've
been skelrhing the interval ] haven't
been galivanlinS, and | don't know what
| it means"
What do YOU call skctchng? Those
little daubs ol lead pencil marks {? Looks
IA il The cIOws had walked over The pa
pei Dear me is that the nonsense folks
call sketching? You'd better been ut
home churning; its sight more profit
able.
Il leave that for country doctors wives.
BY the way, Aunt Sophy, your DR.. Ar
mold wears wig, doesn't he ?"
MY DR.. Arnold When you sec him
you will wish he was yours. What if he
does wear wig, miss? Is there any
thing disgraceiul in that?" Miss Sophy
wore false front herself
30, no; only it shows that he's no
chicken, rs they say; and Tor my part. |
would rather be young mans slave than
an old mans darling
(Which only shows your bad taste and
inexperience But you needn't worry /;
young or old. Dr.. Arnold wouldn't
waste Il thought on such II chit rs you
though you might thank your stars il he
should-in spite of forty wigs" And
Miss Sophy chuckled softly behind her
tea urn
"If he wouldn't waste thought on
me, why in the world do you try to make
my mouth water? I'm sure don't want
to lead him into amy such extravaganza. "
Felicia placed her four lcaved clover
over he front door that very night. and
sat down TO await the movements OF
Fate, which we know are always sleallhy
and unexpected. just now, certainly,
Fate seemed in no hurry. A week pass
ed without bringing any one in under the
spell of the clover leaf Felicia had be-
gun to despair, when perfumed note
from DIR. Gray arrived saying:
"DEAR Miss FRLICIA Have you made
the acquaintance of DIR. Arnold YETI
poor man. And how. fares it with the
four-leaved clover? am delegated TO
present you with my sisters love-.to
which may add my ownP-and to re-
| nnoSt- tho ,,lnaSurn Of vnnr cnmnanN al