Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-11-21

twenty thousand 10 Schauber's half mi
lion! la vain Rufus sends 10 Middlefeld
for certificate from Priest n .sh" that
his parentagc is respectable and his char
racter unoxceptionable. What does
Frederick Schauber care for Yankee par
sons certificates OF the character Of Yam
kee peddlers!
"Sho shall never marry the beggar,
ncrcr; will send her to Germany! :!
cries the infuriate Frederick.
Katherine can 20 no more to the FROG
ings' She shall neither ride nor walk
without trus,y attendance. But Kalh
crime is own daughter of the man who ut
fourteen years of age bribed bis way
trough The Prussan lines with twelve
cents worth of bread. She easily ar
ranges for au interview
Il don't know what he will DO, Ruff: ;
he may send me 70 Germany, bit -
Tne delicate garden lily nsmes mp with
the force OF he Schautcr will 10 royal
tiger ll)wer. Shc rolndl her sentence
with lock R1fus will be likely to re-
member.
From that aour Katherine utterly dis
appears No ono Of all her acquainta- ces
can give any clew to her whereabouts ;
tn Froe'ings profess ignorlace, and are
evidently sincere. Not Il vessel leave
tho wharf for Bremen or Leipslc ,ha:
Rufus does net board, seeking g,imps
OF the one iguro in all his thoughts not
a door in Philaic'phil ur Germantown
bat opens at his knock, the r,q les, alway S
on his lips 10 be allowed To pat up blinds.
the hope always in hi hear OF a glimpse
OF Katherine. he sends letters TO ovory
city in Germany. lie spends hours ia
watch upol the S-hauber mansion. Pee
pie come and 20, iorms ht before Iht
wiadows, ani .tcc, look out. bat KrE-
crime never. Philadelphia becomes =
strangely empty city one street in il is
dead street.
ats OF no use, I2lus," says his gooi
l,isua Froe.ng, al The end OF year aut
a bali; "Schau5er mas a will like iron {;
yCI ~i.l never have that g.r.'
Rllas remembers that Katherine, too,
has the Scbauber will, and in this COL
necticn comes the problem why, i; stu
faithful to him. sho never m2naSy s.to
convey him. message. Then comes
sel-Iis.rust. What, he asks himself, j,
he, RIius Swift, late New England
tanner then Yankee tir-peddler. that he
should call f-r,h such devotion rs hc has
;akon Tor granted in his lDTer OF Pnila-
deiphia culture and refinement? Is il not
good sense 20 belieye tha. her attachment
20 him was but a llloiiag ia4cy? May
act her absence iron the ely be accounted
;lr by her Slsme and dread Of the rai..ery
of gay aollaiutances Doubtless she is
mine'iog IN society in sono distant city.
and thinking OF bin only Hi,h flush o.
sel!-indigna,ion that she has ever enter
tanned one thoJgAt OF fondness Tor him.
lie waits and watches another ,iX months
One fact becomes patent to Rllus's mind
tho regard which k.iac,ilc Schauber
had protested io. him WAS bu, the iran
sieut emotion OF an enthusiastic, warm
hearted girl.
The next iuciden, in this story is uE-
r0Itgra.e for the Interests of sentimental
literature. but considering the world, rs
it is. not surprising. R1lus is altogether
sick and tired to desth OF Lis uneXcepiion-
able, frst-clsss Philadelphia boarding
house. The occasional teas at the Froe
lings' have grown dull and uninleres'ing.
Perhaps be has been seized with lon1-
ing for the apP!c-pic and doughnu,s OF
his native lauL. He bethiuks himself Of
lady, name.oss here, resident in South
amptcn, Mass, a lady ol Refinement,
amiabiity aud domestic qualifications.
WIKI busiucss-like promptuess be al
dresses her - letter, in which he says be
has always held her in high esteem, and
would ike "to open q correspondence
with her, with view to mattimony."
II, daily posts The letter, and returns TO
his Office to iiad boy waiting with a
card saying that Mrs. Hoey OF No. -
y NOrlh Second street would like TO see
him. Rufus is frequently in receipt OF
similar messages. Philadelphia ladies
are still trille suspicious that these win.
dow blinds are another ipscrutable yankee
trick, and if they fail 10 20 up or come
down smoothly, they send for The agent
and demand an explanation. Rufus
makes out bill Tor heavy customer
who is waiting, tucks the money received
into his vest pocket, and proceeds 10 re-
port himself o. M. -, North Second
street. a middle aged, ordinary looking
woman receives him in room, the win
dows of which he is surprised to perceive
are not hung with the new popular blind
The lady walks up and down the room in
some agitation.
II don't know but I've done wrong"
says she Immediately.
Rllus thinks she refers 10 not having
purchased blinds.
81 don't know but I've done wrong"
pursues she, "but I've accepted note
for you from Katherine Schauber."
"Katherine Sch7uJer! Where? Hand