Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-07-14

10 have dose of Sl'ts and sCnna Ia The
house. and she might rs well step up Il
tho doctors and set il then as any timc
There WAS no need To wait for tlic gras.
To dry, for Mrs. Woodcoch's cholola'C
and white calico, guiltlcSs OF a panier ant
innocent ct II trail, did not even blu>f
the broad planlain leaves aud le hairy
specdwell blossoms bordering the we'll
lroddcn looipaIh that led from her door
step straight into the world. Ard heI
heavy calf skin shoes sq1cakcd 10 seoir
the idea of wclling through.
So she tied on her lug cabin sun bonnet
that had pert calico bow prospecting
from III. top, took her crooked handle,
green gingaam umbrella, 10 act ia,
double part Of supporter and protector
and set ou;-noi 10 seek her r.riuuc, Lui
70 seek somebody's misfortune.
The way to DR.. Scacrcsls was acros,
.hc green. away from the black cotton
mills down 10y The river; away nom III,
street of s.ifr white cottages, where thC
mill operators lived away from III,
common place, two story dwellings
clustering around the church, the store
the blaclSmiih's shop aud the post Office
to bit OF level slightly removed hom
The Hollow" 10y a slopirg hill. Here
were scattered a Sroapot hodscs where
the doctor. the mill owner. The minis'el
and tHo or three prosperous farmers
lived Lived. 50 the Hollow people said
'sluck up" and apart from their neigh
Uors.
Bu, this arislocra,ic isolation was n
The work of ,no Hollow. lor, as Mrs
Woodcock often said:
"FoIks can choose their own place il
the would. II they have . mind to ho''
ap lh,h hcals, and be something au,
somebody ,acy can De, or they can t'
nobody OF na.hius. EaAc, one"
Accordingly she held up her head an.!
made herself somebody equally /" '"'
Kitchen OF Mary Dl0y,'ho I,i,h hnale,s,
in Spcca Lane. e. ,ao loves, dip oi 'hr
il,.ow,a.i la ,he p;'o.s OF the ,pario"-
mansion that cto"a,l ,ac Top oil & Hl'!
llI.
50 uow .hc wo., up ,aa side, flower
5ocl.r.l walk loading to d.. S;acrc.t-
stately doorway, VII" lbe assurance oi a
oe.caAe Sa,s'; and. tapping confidently
oa thy ogon door, stepped in with a .'.'.'
u,i t1d courtesy as much ct respect TO
herself as ot Difference 20 Mrs. Seacr,s,
au1 her daughter liuhm, sitting sewing
AMI locking tranquil As iLo7sh Nd storm
Aai ever passed ogci either vineyard or
sphi;
Dear me. Isil}oa, Mr.. Wooicock
ll1w you s.aiucd me, Come in. We
were .pcaams OF you halt au hour ago.
e.i,d Mrs Ssaysos.. who was lively,
c.u,,u woman. as round aud Il sIcl as a
o,py; and always sizing in the sunshine,
mo- matter what clouds there might be in
the .Ly.
MIS-. Woolc5cS came in. "QliIe q
shower VIC have had, " said she. dIopping
upon velvet sofa with an sir OF being
much q. home on velvet. IL noticed, as
came alonr. Mr. Iluri0nrl's oats are
lc..ep and / ,hoa!dat wonder il a
r,,J deal of ip;nry was done 10y lhc hail. ''
Every likcly.0 replied Ms. S.acrcsl,
serc.cly The hai...oucs were very
t,ra, Hut i, has cor.e OF beautifully
,,w and lae air secns ;, much purtr
.,,,.ibe The storm -
S,ne pcop,c mirh. have lclt pat aside
a, This. ba. no. Mrs. Wooleocs. She
p,r,,iyel that something lay under this
placid sariaco. and never being loub!cd
by excess OF de.icacy, proceeded once
10 send out her blood hounds.
"IInw WAS it here ~ sad She boldly.
"Any,hing damaged about your grourd?'
The dah!ias; somo OF them were
broken OF. didn't father say % responded
Mrs. Ssacres,, appealing to her daughter.
And thial, some glass was broken il
The hot house. The doctor has Just
ordered i different style Of sash, 50 these
arc out OF the way ilsi in tine
Everything was always Iieh that came
to Seacrest's net.
"'Ti,n't that, said Mrs. WoodcocA to
herself. Something heavier than hsil-
stones Is Oh her mind"
5, she started another trail:
IL fl.rl from Earnest lately d. size