Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-08-04

Miss Iiulu1ll was III hCr VIII y cHu. QUO
declined TO give up tho cherished scheme
OF half \ dozen summers for this upstart.
Why should he not fancy Katharine as
we'll rs Miss Drexcl. it is true. nothing
had been withheld from Katharine which
She h!l any right u expect. The gilt OF
concert tickets ciaiiuucd she sill had an
cecasional-indcrd, more frequent
seat bulind MIR. Jcil'fey's nag; when he
brought IN hsSte; OF carly lruil, kath.
crimes ha..ds received il. But ifrit and
flowers found their way almost every dny
into Miss DfcXei'S room; She bad n scat
in hi- carriage whenever he could leave
business for pleasure, and lluldah did not
know that Katherinc's drives and pleas
urcs had been Increased u, her rivals sug-
gestion. nor would she have thanked her
for her tioubo. All this, however, was
no, at all 10 IIuldah's mind. She SAW
that opportunity would make Mr.. jeff
reys the lover of Miss DrcXel. unlcs
l
something should happen 10 Interrupt
their too easy Intercourse. Mr.. Jcilreys
was iudolcnt enough in his social nature ;
she had never known him TO 90 out OF his
way TO cultivate the young ladies, and she
had argued that once In the house and
under his eye n young girl could make
easy prey OF him; indeed. she had built
her hopes for Katherine on this peculiarly
of his. and she arrived at the c0ucluSio
that She had been isol to admit Miss
Drcxel TO this opportunity. She ought 10
have known that plain woman was
more dangerous than pretty one, mas
much as man is not on guard against
her, while the pretty woman is 50 well
pleased with herself that she takes little
or no pains to please another. lluldah
s,raishtway decided 10 get Niles Drcxel
out OF the house - soon rs possible. q!
course this could not hc accomplished III
direct way; she could not tell Miss
DrcXcl up aud down that her room was
better than her company, and the only
other alternative wps 10 resort to little
lingS of temper aud pin pricks OF dis
comfort. which, if Miss Droxcl was any.
thing OF an epicurean, would render hcI
boarding. place highly distastcful.
Now, Miss Drexci hnd cJunied upon
making home fer herself and Ally out
Of these sunshiuy rooms and though she
vas no epicurean, and not much OF .
stole. yet it was essential to her happines,
10 live on good terms with those about
her. \ quarrel was as dsagrceable rs f
neighjJyhood OF inlec,ioai rs Miss llIl-
dab undertook TO quarrel with her, lccturcJ
her. advised abou, the management o;
Ally. iuterfcrcd with her. aud made the
girl dread u 70 do Nn Stairs To her meais
/ In uu.h, Miss ilIidih did no; care a inr.
/ thag how obnoxious she made herself.
/ provided she could put opportunity be
/ yond Miss DrcXcr, reach, aud keep Mr
/ JcA.cjs tor Katherine. So, when AIN
/ Vas convalescius aHer 4 juvenile illness
she refused 10 have the cook prcpaic hci
dinner at an carrier hour taau that al
+ which the household dincd, and Mis-,
DrcNol WAS forced to 60 cut to II rcstau
rant aad procure liSN dinner already
cooked !or her little sister. Miss Dtexer,
means not being bOuuliul, and laundry.
work high, she proposed 10 herself The
care of her own and Ally's muslin. and
rGqLt stcd 10 be allowed The use OF al
ironing board in the back kitchen, where
she would have been in no ones way
but this layor was declined. Miss Hui
duh couldn't have ladies pulterius rounC
in the kitchen. and spying ou! the poverty
OF the land and the greatest concession
that Miss DreXel could wiring from her wa:
the privilege OF toiling up and down two
long flights OF stars with hoL iron, 10 dC
The work in her own room. Ii Mis-:
Drexel was invited 10 picnic, Miss HUI
dah's cake WAS just out, and her bread il
the oven and her chicken uapluckcd.-- -
When Miss Drexel aired her rooms, HUI
dah complained that she was warming
the square outside. Miss DreXcl onduret
everything patiently for six months Oh
more. thinking Miss Iluldah was over
worked, aud made fretlul aud fault finding
by the friction OF unhappy circumstances
but At last she iell into Miss lIuldah's trap
and went out to hunt up new boarding
place one day. but without confding il
Ler landlady. Mr.. JefTroys had beer
away month on business, and The house
was less like home than a prison. Sht
directed her steps TO the Soberley's first
who kept boardcrS under protest. having
had baronet among their ancestors, whl
considerably intcrlered with The arrange
ment. Mrs. Soberly had quartetto o
| ue'upHlCiS W ihuiJ HO"oNci, anu tOoH
only gentlemen boarders, sho said, "Be
Sides" she added. "it would be so un
neighborly in me 10 tako away tho
Sparsley's Loarderi we are good friends
and they are needy women. Ifyou were
not the Sparslcy's boarders. now-bu
you see how it is! II would be taking
the bread on, OF \ neighbor's mouth, now
wouldn't it"
Dishcartcned. Miss D.exei pursued hoI
quest TO the Sliccrs' door; but Mrs Slicer
having brace of gay sons. entertained
only ''middle.aged, respectable women.
"Am not respectable, and twenty