Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-12-17
Stlttt StOrp.
\ MARRIAGE NOTICE.

A. h,r father, death everything dg
vowed ou Margaret. Ilcy mother oa,
perfectly overcome by Tho shock; and,
far from aGoydiug the young girl Tie
lcas; support, WAS bu, another butdca o1
her hands. Tie boys, hastily summoned
from school, looked in their bowudcrmeat
AND grief To her. In the mid>, OF aar
own sorrow, she soo;heJ, as lay rs She
might. ,hc bitterness OF their,
Tie ua.r. over, camc ,hc inevitable
discussion Of affairs Mr Lcishton's it,
como had been good, bat ihc greater
part Of :, died with him; very little
property hal been accumulated on which
,ae family cou,l rely. a his became
e,jleni. one cherished plan after another
vas given up Edmund mus, leave school,
Il vaS plain. and e,o,e himself TO some
rcmuuortuyc pursuit Margaret felt this
a'mos, q, mach a> d,I lac youlh himself
,or 81, had srea, piidc in hi, talent aud
lu,h IN his future She tried. bat in
,a.a. Co discover some feasible method Of
continuing him a, Li, studies, Robert
eas wiling caoush ,o give up school sad
.,,c,p, situation in the coan,in. house
oi "a friend in London.
}ut ,a,u there was her mother; the
cmulrtu, who were >t.l, 10 1e educated,
brought forward to an a.c when they
could care f5r themselves Tie m,aus
Of doing ii worc utterly inadequate, and
as M~rg1c, recognized yhis ttct,her own
pa.t la the sac, i.iccs OF tie Tine became
painfully apparent
I. Was ius, SIX months sine, sic bad
engaged herself 10 Philip Iicarn. How
entirely happy had been The iiIst days Of
That engagement, Through al. The SORROW
OF these weeks what so.ace She had found
10 lis affection, And NOW 10 give 1t AL
up. How could she She racaed her
brain for au alternative. and found none.
Il i, were in ANY Way possible, the lni'c
capita, must be kept intact; and 20 do K,
some means mus, Je cuutriyel OF eking
out the income ii produced. The boys
had, lOr The present, enough on their
hands-upJn her the responsibility de
VOWED. She could not lorsale them and
seek happiness in her own way; il was a
se.iishneSs OF which she was incapable.
And To take them all with her to new
home-to impose such q burden on >
husband; that, too, was impossible.
Oue simple solution OF The difficulty ap
peared-to sacrifice herself Then shc
could STAY at home could care lor them
all; husband to Tie utmost their scanty
means. and earn wha, she could 70 add
10 Jiicm.
She hadnot expected that Philip would
acquiesce quietly to this arrangement,
but she was hardly prepared for sneh de-
tcrmined opposition. How much it cost
her 10 argue against him, and horsclt !
lie urged. first. their immediate marriage ;
finding her unyielding on that point, lie
took another tone.
- VIII wait, then, " said he; land you
yourself shall tix the limit. How long
will it be before you are at liber,y ?--bc-
ferc your sisters can take charge of the
house and OF your mother ?"
Margaret shook hsr head sadly. Too
long for you to wait sac said
That is not an answer to my ques
ton, " he returned.
IIelsn is eight. aud GIacie ten; You
can see it is hopeless"
"Nat at all. Six OF seven years viii
surely be sufficient; and will wait ten,
If YOU say Unjust. Anything, rather than
give YOU up"
Margaret's eyes thanked him, tho heI
lips still refused assent.
.And you ieave uae0nsidcIed all the
fortunate chances, he continued. Your
mother may regain her health, aud be
able TO guide her own house and the
children. The boys may so prosper that
10 efforts will be necessary. Wait and
see. Task nothing of YOU but delay"