Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-01-09

don't thee throw away un honest mans
love, Or thee may live to repent it,"
III have no desire To throw away AN
honest mans love. As Tor Josiah Lang.
ton. | don't believe he is any more cspa-
bic Of loving than mill stone; and if he
likes anybody it is because he hasn't
strength of mind enough to hate them.
don't want any such husband US he
would make. don't want any at all
I'm sick of married folks"
"Hetty." said my mother, warningly.
"Let her 20 on Sarah Respect lor
parents doesn't belong to hi, age. Has
thee finished. Hetty ?"
n have"
Thy presence is not desired here any
longer. Leave The loom, and pray Tor
that grace of woman, calm and obedi-
cnt spirit"
seized my sun. bonnet and rushed out
ui doors, running against Josiah. who
Was just entering. never spoke TO him,
but. calling my dog Rover, walked rapid
" off la the woods. and after wading
through dried leaves, ankle deep. seated
myself in large clelt oI Il huge rock.
picturesque and imposing enough for The
throne OF queen. But dill not GO to
pray. ~ father recommended wa.lft
much given to prayer in lIo'" days
The idea ol marrying Josiah Lang
! ton. sai alone to my self Is awful.
The vera touch of his hand When he
shakes hands with me makes IN, ar-h
creep. and then how he always sil> with
his fingers locked in front ui him, and
twirls one thumb over the other. Ii it
was any one else but he. il would he =
little better. He always talks 81 pre-.
vokingly cool and knowing. ~ II he
thought he WAS Solomon L and WAS
little bette. than an idiot. aud lo think
that father wants me to marry him out
vow will not.
| heard some one shuillins through The
leaves in the path. There, he's coming.
Now Josiah l.snglon. well have this
matter settled. I've rejected YOU three
times already, aud now Won have asked
father. and here YOU are coming again,
and YOU shall have no mercy from me.
have been ~ polite ~ could. but il YOU
cant understand civil refusal. I'll try
AN uncivl one"
Rover barkcd and growlcd savagely rs
| the steps came nearer looked up rs
they stopped in front of mo. when, ln! it
was not Josiah, but stranger.
He lifted hi, hat and | noticed at II
glance ,ha, he was not exactly handsome.
He had = manly, independent air and
natural unaffected manners that made me
think he WAS used 10 the city, perhaps,
AMI somehow. | had confidence in him
before he had spoken half dozen wor :.
II hope am not 50 disssrccablc to
/ YOU ~ your dog seems to consider me. "
he said. This is Miss Allen, | think D."
"YcS,"i replied blushing and trcm
bling. hardly knowing What To- say, aud
dcSpising myself Tor being thrown oil my
! equilibrium 50 completely by u stranger,
Il met Won as | was coming home from
church last Sunday. My name is Menill
| board with Mrs Hatton in the village
Yes, remember, Mrs. Hatton told
MS YOU were boarding with her. You
arc an artist. think she said Have you
been sketching some uf these old tree.
here ~
An artist, She is altogether mis-
taken She never asked me what my
business WAS, and never felt called up
to tell her OF course am not an artist,
but work in more matter Of fact place
than an artists studio-a mill in the viii
lage. do sketch little, 1t is true, but
/ never thought that II picture in my room
of tree and large rock and tour or
five cattle, would give me the reputation
of an artist "
Then We both laughed at Mrs. Hatton's
mistake, so the ice was broken, and we
talked oil other things. He did not Say
veIy much but made some remark
,ha, drew me out and made me talk with
out an effort
You see what is coming. OF COURSE. !
grew To liking him better than any one
else. and when he told me that he want
ed ME TO be his vile, and asked me il |
cared for him, or something like that, it
all came over ME that did, considerable (;
so said, yea, and we were engaged.
But the course OF true love never runs
smooth Father and mother wanted me
to marry Josiah, and did not want me
marry Arthur because he was IN Epsco.
palian, and came from the city, proof
pos tive in their eyes that he was a VIII
lain. would not marry Josiah and /
didn't want 10 marry Arthur, unless they
were willing. | told Arthur go. but
thought in few months or year, they
would see differently. and then mother
was very feeble and no one understood
her wants so well as |, and SO could
not leave her yet. He looked at me so
sadly and never spoke for long time, it
seemed TO me, then he put his arm around
me, drew me to him and said: Il don't
know bul you are right, Iletty. But |
wanted YOU to 60 back with me. mnst
leave this afternoon, three weeks earlier
than thought, but you will write to me,