Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-12-31

the full dress of sister OF charity. Tom
hoppod q loot Off his bed when the sister
of charity turned round on him; but the
sister of charity magnctized Tom also, so
that his janet" died unspokcn. But
from that moment, can tell you, Tom
began to get well.
SO did John Wildair, who lay in the
next bed; and so did all. the Smiths and
the Joneses and the rest, with whom this
story has nothing to do. Never was there
such sunshiuy place as was that ward
No. 81, till they were all packed up and
packed of, and sent back into the coun-
try.
And then. Why. by that time, Mile
Lacrctelle had her way as perfectly as
any red tspist OF them all. Not DR.. Sam
pie nor DR.. MacGregor could draw up re-
QUESTIONS with more iormality, insist on
precedents moro precisely, or do as he
chose more certainly, than could the
French nurse She never asked for any.
thing that was net right; and. when she
asked for anything, she asked rs il she
were certain it waAto be granted. Sothe
end was, that il always was granted. Tom
Trevor was assigned to Lynchburg. Dear
me how John Wildair wished that he
could be assigned to Lynchburg. He
would have given his hand had he dared
ask her 10 assign him TO Lynchburg. And
the only reason he did not dare was his
fear that she would find out, by his ask
ing, how it was rs n matter OF life and
death for him to 60 there. Queer human
nature! He hoped she knew she was all
in oil to him; and yet that was the one
thing ho did not tell her, and was so
afraid she would find 1t out. Why was he
afraid Wby' Oh! tits the old, old story.
What if she did find it out, and then NOV.
ed Tom into ward A, and let Rebecca come
into ward in her place. e.-wha, would
John Wldair do then, poor thing' SO
he was assigned to Lewisburg. when they
wctenssigned TO Lynchburg.
Die OF broken heart' Not bit of it.
lie did not die ut all he got well He
bribed black brother to let him out of n
window; and lie stole horse and rode
him thirty miles before daybrcak. Then
he slept all day in barn then he stole
another horse, and another: and 80 he
turned up ut Harper's Ferry; and so he
was in Battery Seven in front of Peters.
burg; and so he marched under Ord to
Appomatox Court House; and so, when
Janet brought poor Tom, still limping,
down to our lines, and hunted up the 9th
Maine, John Wildair was in command,
because he ranked every officer left in the
field. And did not John Wildair tell her
how glad he was to see her?
Yes. And she was glad TO sec him
And John had her and Tom sent back to
the ileld-hospital in al old carryall, and
in the evening came down TO see how Tom
had borne the journey. And after that he
took Janet ont to sec the sunset behind
the river; and they walked. and they
walked, and John told her how desolate
all life had been to him since she and Tom
went to Lynchburg, and begged her, by
the love he bore her, never to leave him
again. without saying he might come after
her
don't know wha, he said TO her; but
| know that after the Twenty. was
paid off. married them both, and that
there, according TO rule, this story ought
to end.
When Mr.. Billings sent the painting TO
John to look at, and said it was named
Confidence" Janet asked il Confidence
was not Latin for Brass" But John said
"No:' ho said that it was word which
meant Faith and Love mixed together
And we hung the picture above the man.
tel in the dining room; and, rs we sat
looking at it, the brothers and sisters
came in for prayers, and old Chloe brought
n The little Donald. And old Grandfather
Trevor opened the old Bible he brought
from Cornwall, and lie read:
II give unto you power TO tread on SER
pents and scorpions. and over all the pow
er OF the enemy. and nothing shall by
any means hurt you."-Old and Ne,o for
December.
The beautiful Chromolith,. "CoNFI-
DENcE," by HAMMIr BILLINGS. to which
reference is made in the above story, is
GIVEN AWAY TO every Renewal and New
Subscriber to "Old and NctO" FOR 1873,
at S4.00; or ut 1926, the chromolith will
be furnished handsomely mounted ready
for framing.
1t is lOx14 inches, and printed in beau.
titul oil colors from eighteen photographic
stones. Addrss GEO. A. COOLIDGE.
BUSINESS AGENT, care OF ROBERTS Bros,
Publishers, l43 Washington ST., Boston.
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ONE RIGHT OF A WIFE.