Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-07-16
kitty Kiuym repeated Mrs. Sea

worth rsprovingly.
ANY how, mamma. he is an intolora-
ble bore. shall go down stairs and
practice" So saying she picked up her
ha, and sun shade and left the room.
Mrs. Seaworth sat sewing,the summer
wind coming in cool and refreshing upon
brow aud fingers. ruflling her slightly
gray curls, aud blowing occasionally q
stray bit of cambric from of the full
work basket She did not hear her
daughters music. she had forgotten her
surroundings in the resurrection of AN
cas!ier self called up by her daughters
woids. She was taking over again tho
long walks with Edward Hare treasuring
the flowers he gave her. and remember.
ing the waits OF poetry from his enchant-
ing lips ho had been no bore to her;
from the long College letler-amd
studies where she had been his toast and
his sony On to the time when the young
city girl came 10 visit her-lho pretty ad.
v-u,uros-who hung around hor so lov-
iugly. faltered her SO nicely, shared her
confidence, and ut last sacrificed her with
out u touch OF rcmorse La word or man.
icr to her own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. One
evening stood out from all the rest--even
i,ow lis returning memory made the
sweet wife and mothers brow knit angri.
/, above the still busy needle. is was the
kccnest pans Alice Harrington had given
her when she sent Edward Hare to an
I'ounco his engagement 10 her himself,
md they stood NJ tho garden gate em-
',,rra>sed ami equally wretched. only tor
a lil,le while. Edward Hare relnrncd la
the new allegiance. and FOL anything TIL
world over saw on knew. never sweryed
from il afterwards. To Mary Lansing
hrnccior,h her old lover was ~ the vie
tin, oi gay intriguing woman. Lut she
shank ~ much rs she could without at
tracing notice from Tho unprincipled
woman who had gone definitely to work
Ia secure the best match In Msyiiehl,
even though in doing So she had reason
To believe she was stealing him from
another.
But all such knowledge Mrs. Edward
Haze seemed from this day forth utterly
to ignore. She came. tho gay bride. to
take possession OF the heart and hearth
she had won by the most perfect strategy.
and she lavished all manner OF flaltery
upon Miss Lansing that she might not
slispec, her conscio uspess OF the reality.
Mary Lansing married some three years
afterwards. wisely and well; she had not
returned TO live in Maylleld until her in
vtations for large aud very handsome
house. warming were arrested by the
sudden death OF poor Mrs Judge Hare
Mrs Seaworth recalled her invitations
and lid not give the party. All Mayiield
lelt The lesson taught by that ambitious
lie and fearfully unexpected departure.
Thus Edward Hare had been the early
hero of Mrs. Scaworth's romance. Ro.
,nance. however, which had faded aud
died in the bright reality oi her welded
lite, Nor did the dreamy memory tha,
fingered sometimes over her girlish fan.
cy, wrong in aught her honorable nus
band, in whose love she had found truth
at last. No shadow Of regret dsrkened
her thoughts, and yet there was u senti-
ment of deeper interest in her former
loves successes than she could bring her.
self to feel for other men. In the full
sunshine Of hor happy life, all the scorn
and bitterness which his detection had at
first excited, had melted away and lett
but the kindly memory OF her early
friendship.
All this summer Kitty SeaworLh had
growing consciousness of power. She
had secured the young village doctor and
knew no rival in his attentions but the
profession TO which he devoted himself
for aer sake. Judge Hare was sort OF
noon. day shadow. forever at her side
when the younger lover was not. May
field talked in stores, and chatted over
tea.tables n thousadd and ono petty sur
misses neither Judge nor lady heard.
The Judge had no idea of measuring
his strength with boy, as ho styled the
young doctor. and it did not dawn in the
least degree upon the Judges perception
that there could be anything ridiculous in
this devotion to the daughter of his old
love. Mrs. Seaworth saw. and it annoy.
ell her; sho spoke regrctfully OF it to her
husband. who laughed the mans careless
answer-"Judge Hare is old enough to
take care Of himself; let our Kitty try
her powers upon him !" and so the sum-
mer wore away.
The clustering roses of June had given
place to the rich y dyed autumn flowers,
tho limo between their blooming had
been heyday of love and happiness
come back again to the Judges heart.
lie had never dreamed OF rival-rc.
membering his power in the past-true
lie had lost freshness, but he had gained
in experience. in position. and in graft.
fed ambition. No lady had said no to
him. There was the dignity of security
about the man-his colors had never
trailed.
A round yellow moon was coming up
the sky--the Judge had seen many har-
vest moon wax and wane-but what OF