Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-08-18

u grown person, lot NIu lippi. SiaihPSu'
Slrcuglhless body had never had room To
grow iulo strength or fitness for toll,
either ply sisal OF mental tho honey
dew oil lie might be as grateful to her
lip rs 10 thai of another, but she had mol
the strength 10 gather il FOR herself. aud
The man who. in taking her TO his bosom,
looked TO find u hclpmcet and companion,
would lind himself the posscssor OF mere
dainty waxen image. with neither energy
or wit 10 aid him. no sympathy to spare
from her own suiicrings Tor his trials.
and no love for any llhlng but her own
ease and pleasure.
Very palo and worn, ard listIcss was
the face beneath the bridal veil but the
trunks. heaped with fold upon fold OF
snowy linen and cambric. in tucks. and
ruilles, aud embroidry. worc sight To
behold" as the few (') special friends
who were allowed II glimpse OF their
delicate beauty unanimously declared,
while no one dreamed that, in that won
derlul array of dainty needlcwork. was
stitched in. drop By drop, the young life
oi their iashiUncr.
And. now, Tor The first time in all these
nineteen wears OF maternal care, Mrs.
Iiamburgh found time, rs sho expressed
II, TO take q long breath" Tho barquc
that she had spent so many years in rig
giug was fairly launched upon the sea Of
maulmouy. and ii was her master" who
was hencelorth to be responsible for her
safety and comfort.
Was >ho troubled with any fears thai,
the masis were unseasoned and irai, or
that the Lu.l itself might be too weak 10
weather oven the smallest gale? Not
She.
With proud satisfaction she turned the
pages ol the past. and complimcaied her
self upon the wisdom and judgment with
which her child had been trained up to
womauhood. and well married, while =
score OF her old friends and schoolmaIc,
were still fixtures beneath the pa'crGa
root i ,.Jrl, she cJHll nJ, be..ere in
any possible cloud, now that her plan,
had all been so successfully carried out /,
aud when, few weeks after stIrtiug OF
her wedding tour. the young bride wrote
from q quiet, secluded seaside rclrea,
giving rs II reason Tor their leaving the
mulc fashionable walerinS-place thu.
they had been stopping at, her own weak
hcailh and inability TO endure the crowd
and excitement that were uuav oida5!e In
n large hJtcl, she laid dJwn the letter
with hugh. and the characteristic com
mcnt: That is her haSJdHdS whim
Just to have her all to himself. she new
er minded tho gaycty at Saratoga before
so long rs she could have u part in it,"
Aud when, later still. the husband him
self wrote to express his fears in regard
TO his " ife's health. and his intention OF
trying tie rccuperative power OF Voy'
age aciois the ocean without delay. Mrs.
was so much elated with the
prospect OF European tour for her
that she failed to note the shad'
wv that wa already closing about them.
ale WASH used 10 the ways Of deli.
calc woman (his first wife was rs stout as
rs Irish washcrwoman), and ho was
at every little ache and pain;
hut he'd soon get used to it," This 10
herself. To her daughter she wrote:
'.Bo sure and get me lace enough TO
rim my new velvet cloak and dress,
with half dozen sets, if you can man.
lge TO smuggle them across in any way;
aud if you can find SGT OF pink coral
ike Mrs. Midge's. be sure and get it for
me-" While in a postscript sho added
Inc motherly at,erihought: Take good
care of yourself. and be sure and wear
FOUR under.hanncls on ship5oard; it's
always more or less chilly on the water"
Bnt the search for health was in vain.
the young wife, bet oftener
lcr husband, wrote TO the friends at home,
rom some far famed German bath or
sunny Italian villa, good news OF the
beneficial effects apon the invalid. and
hopeful prophecies of return TO health
and home. But rs months passed on,
.he news became less and less hopeful,
until at length that least encouraging OF
all reports, the more" or "quite com.
that tells Us when hopes cable
has parted TO single thread, came with
significance across the
ocean, and even tho mother, in her ob-
stinate selfcoufdcnce, knew beyond q
loubt that her chld's days were number
cd, and that she might ncyeimore look
upon her Lace on earth.
at was that constant dragging round
rom one place to another" she COM
planned. bitterly, "that had killed the
poor girl. If she had staid at home,
with her m0ther to care tor her, she might l
rave been 4 strong, well woman to-day.