Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-06
Selftt Storp.
II WILL IF YOU WILL"

The Kay House i - pleasant little
hotel. standing half way up the side at d
mountain in New Hampshire
In the parlor there. one July evening,
were tour people-iirs ~. John and her
daughter Ely, Miss Emily May aud MIR.
Miburn. As Ely ST. John went to the
piano. these TWO last slipped out on the
balcony. and stood listening ss Ely sung
Could We forget, eould We rorgot
oh that Lethc were running yet,
The past should fade like morning dream.
In q single drop OF the holy stream,
All, We know what you would say.
Ru. NC were too ;ire,l TO hope or pray;
Dor. hurt with ccascle,, jar and fret
Bod, auj >oui cautot for.Oi
tan they forget. will they forge;
Wh,u thoy saall reach the boundary set
WHEN y iih the iual pous and strain
The, sac parted never 90 meet again
liver 10 them shall rest be given,
>eu,eles. "a earth or happy m Heaven:
That wli,h has been q might be lgl
n yyc could only learn 20 forget,
Rut the tar. shall cc1se 10 rise and set
Aud fail from Heaven ere Nc forget
Ely sung with AL intensity aud palho'
which borrowed none ct It's force from
within. lot she MAS = good naturcd in.
consequent Solt oi sirl, who had never
h.,d trouble ~ her lite. The gilt ot
musical expression i, often quite indie
pendent of ieelingo or experience. Ely :
music hust Emily cruelty, aud stirred
and reused the old SORROW which had just
begun to fall asleep Tor q little. She had
loved deeply aud tundly man whu hni
gruwn tired of her and lett her, because
he WAS gleaI!y her interior.
Much As she had suffered, rcjOiccd
when her engagement with Lewis Leigh
ton WAS broken had known Lewis
IRON his earliest childhood. and had al
ways disliked him a. u selfish. concei,ed
prig. The last heard Of him he had
turned Catholic, and joined the Jesuil>
and only hope he got well snuLhed
during his noyitialc. Had Miss May
married him, her disappointment would
have been uuSpeakably greater than il
was. As she leaned over the balcony
while Ely sung, and looked out into
shadows and starlight, her heart was
wrung rs with the first anguish OF loss,
the sckening sense ol her own blind in
la,ualion. Oh God she said To herself,
when ,CH the bitterness OF this death be
past2 Then she became conscious that
Mr.. Milburn WAS speaking 10 her; but he
had more than halt finished what he had
to say before she yealiSed that lac Was
asking her 10 be his wife.
lie spoke at u very unfortunate mo-
ment. He and Emily had been very good
friends that summer They had wandered
around Mount Washington, and been to
Glen Ellis together. She had liked him,
but she had never dreamed ol him rs q
lover, and when he presented himself in
that light she WAS shocked and startled
and a little provoked.
"Oh hush!" she said sharply. 1T
never ean be-Eever"
DO YOU then dislike me so much?'
said Evert Milburn, trying very hard to
speak quietly.
No" she said. making an effort 10
co!Iec; her thoughts. Il have liked you
YOU have been good to me; but all the
love bad TO give is dead and buried and
there is no resurrection
lie made no answer; but she felt she
had hurt him.
L am very sorry she falteredi II
peTer Meant-
II understand" lac said quickly. Il!
is no ones lault but my own. Good
night" And they touched hands and
parted.
Evert went up To his own room, wheie e
his nend Dick Bush. was sitting in the
dark. Dick WAS boy oi nineteen lie
had been lryiag 1. s-rN MS way through
college. and had worn himself out in the
effort. and Mr.. Milburn hail brought him
to The mountains Tor his vacation. Dick
made hero of Eyert. and he had been
MORALLY Jealous OF Emily May.