Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-06-04

bellows, bonnete, shoe ties, and hosiery
suitable TO the season and the fashions.
We (that is. your mother-who Il still un-
able 10 write, by reason OF sore finger
and myselD hope you will not SCARE
any expense 10 ciothe yourself equal TO
your schoolmstes. We aote what you say
about Mary Ricketts, new silk dress. that
cost SIS. You are TO see that S75 and 90
her $50 or 800 better, drawing on US for
the balance if short. Raise the Rickett
girl or bust. We trust you are careful OF
your health and do not partake too ire
quently OF confectionery. and that your
French and music lessons are the same.
We trust that you wrap up warmly when
you 90 out, and are careful about your
flannels in that dreadful eastern climate
and always wear your rubbers. The
wheat crop this year will average nearly
forty bushels to the acre or supply each
inhabitsnt OF the State with forty-iour
barrels OF flour, and still leave 100000
bushels for expectation. With the Pa
cific railroad finished, the effete nations OF
Europe and Asia knocking at the Golden
Gate for breadstntfs, the time is not Tar
distant when the State will be entirely
self-producing. We often picsure you,
dear child. sitting at your tasks. your
bright eyes occasionally dropping IN rev.
erie rs you think OF your parents far
away. Do you ever wander with US
through these dim woods-God's first
temples-and breathe with US the infinite
peace OF solitude, or reflect that long be.
fore we had being or existence these
grand old monarchs looked down on 9th
ers as they look down on US? Do you ?
we hope-that is, your mother and my
self trust you do. although we earnestly
beg and implore you not 10 dream OF vls-
iting US here. For tho society Is quite
united for person OF your age and sex.
Murder not unfrequcntly stalks abroad,
and slulce robbing ls as common aS the
rcd hand OF the assassin. Scarcely a day
passes that We do not consign some vic
tim to the siIen, tomb. Consumption is
epidemic and smallpox too often has
marked the loveliest of your sex tor his
prey. The tsce of beauty fades quickly
through pestilential fever now quite
common, aud the exquisite daughter OF
one OF the first families has been taken
for an Indian squaw by reason OF the
same. Freckles are paramount The
hair withers and talls-the teeth likewise
The same. Much ss we hope TO behold
.hG, darling face, we could not expose
you TO such certain ruin. Your mother
tainted on reading your request 10 visi!
her. fear In her present state OF health
a visit from you would be fatal. If you
value your parents love, Danish this idea
from your mind. In few years prob
ably, we will be able TO once more clasp
you in our arms by the Atlantic shores.
Your AFREcTIoNATE PARENTS.
Six weeks had elapsed and the dutifnl
snswerIto the above, confidently looked
for by the guardians, was due. Never
theless. as the time approached some
nervousness on the part OF Fleet was
manifested by ths, gentleman's unrest
and his frequent visits TO Captain Rats, 70
whom al letters addressed 10 their de-
ceased friend were delivered. "Nothing
from the young lady yet, l suppose.
Fleet would say .inditferentlY. mo- the
captain would respond quietly. Il reok-
on it'll. take her about Two weeks to get
over her disappointment. Then she'll
write .sassy-like as not-orimebbee not
at ALL" Fleet turned pale, then red. then
bi, his moustache. You don't think,
captain he asked with an affected laugh,
THAT we were little-just little toe
hard ?" "Not:'too much for peace and
quietness.n remarked the. captain grave
"; women don't take half way mo !;
they can't believe a man means IT," he
added, "any more than they do" New
ertheless, the captain himself grew lit
tie anxious. and having to visit Sacrs-
men.o, left strict orders with bis comrades
that he was to be recalled promptly on
the arrival OF Miss FannY's reply.
But his yisi, was not interrupted, and
i. was nearly three weeks later that ne
mounted the box seat OF the Pioneer
coach to return TO Lagrange. AS he set
tied himself beside the driver. after the
interchange OF few complimentary
epithets, his eye glanced down toward
the wheels, and was attracted by an open
letter, and part OF female head obsruded
from the coach. The fair reader had ev-
identity thus sought to evade the gloom
OF the coach's interior, and possibly the
prying eyes of her fellow passengers,
while she perused it. But why did the
captains withered cheeks instantly lose
color, and why did he convulsively CLASP
the railing by his side. The letter was IL
his own handwriting, and had been
mailed to Miss Fanny six weeks before
It was utterly impossible even by The
utmost craning and at the risk OF hls lie,
to see anything more than bit OF lace
some artificial flowers, front oi blonde
hair, and the fatal letter. Yet his guilty
conscience recognized in these scan'
facts the formidable presentment OF the
deceived orphan. Had she discovered
the trick, and WAS now on their trail, with
this terrible indictment in her hand ? ol
was she still 10 ignorance-an Ignorance
which single chance question ane
answer now might dispel. amid fain.ings
shrieks, tears. and wailingP Captain
Rats grew apoplectic with bewilderment
he dared not even ask question of tbt
driver. who was already beginning Il
survey him with sardonic leer. and hat
audibly sought information If he. thu
captain. called this kind bf conduct prop