Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-07-24

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Her face was smooth and round and
placid when she first came, but it was
getting wrinkled and her hair was getting
/ gray. One time, only once for twenty
! ycarS, as nearly as could be remembered,
She tailed 10 come, aud one, two. three
letters were waiting for her ia the pigeon
hole The clerk did not advertise them
nor send them to tie Dead Letter Onico
with the r,st, for he knew il Maria Rus
sell was living she would come tor them
in time, aud il she was dead nothing
could he gained by hurrying them ciI 10
tho mail morsua whote all unclaimed let
ters 20. But after four mouths her iamil
iar lace appeared nj the window again,
and ihe clerk was as glad 10 see her as il!
she had been an old friend. But it was
/ nct the face he uscd TO SEQ. is calm
smoc,hneSs was shruuken; its iullucss
was wasted; there were deep drawn
| lines around The mouth and eyes. and the
fresh flesh had turned TO a wan paloness
a friendly greeting NyaS on the tongue Of
the clerk as he turned to meet her, but
when he saw how pale she was. bow
wasted and how the calm expression of
her face had increased and covered with
the autograph OF pain, he suppressed the
cordial words that were pushing his
lips open, and simply remarked;
You have been sick! :"
Yes, have been SICK - she said. and
gathering her letters in her hand she loll
The window, and like snow flake in The
sea, melted away into the surging wave
of humanity that was roaring in the street
outside.
Alter this she came regularly again,
but the psleness lengtheted and deep
ened instead OF growing less.
The clerks began to talk of her changed
appearance, and concluded that she was
Suffering from cause, they could not de.
eide Just what. although there were
plenty OF reasons suggested, and it was
concluded at an informal meeting behind
the wall OF boxes in the post Office one
day, that the next time she came it was
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