Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-10-21

ASKED lilly:
"Ncs. actually, | heard him myself
Did YOU ever
Ms, Rosie Green. for all answer, looked
uuuttcrablethiug,. Miss Rosie Green took
Oft her Suudovn and famed herself Wig
orousN with IL. She looked warm; her
face was flushed with feeling no less than
with the weather. She and her sister
were no longer as youthful as their names
suggested. Moreover. irritation brings
out the lines and wrinkles of face, and
/, is uuqucs;iouably irritating 10 be passed
over fo- slip of a thing with doll
baby face. not ones own flesh and blood
at that.
It's all pas fault" Miss Rosie pur-
sued. presently. "He does spoil that girl
50 abominably There viii be no endur-
ing her presently
Il shouldn't Be one bit surprised If
Mr.. Leonard makes so much Of her just
10 please papa. Men are such time sery-
ers, OF course its for his interest TO
keep in pas good books"
There they 20 now cried Miss Ro-
sic in an exciting whisper flying to the
window, and pecPing through crack in
the shutter
For goodness sake, don't give her the
satisfaction Of seeing YOU look at her.
Il don't care whether she sees me or
not-not q rush. That old pink calico
on, l do think she might have had the
decency TO make herself look respectable,
riding out with pas Young man.
Pas Young man. What a way to
put il.
well, isn't he, for the present: He's
reading medicine in pas office, I'm sure,
and he takes messages that are left, and
tells pa aiterward. For my part think
he is bound to be civil 70 pas daughters.
We'll, he is being civil to one OF
them"
.Yes. That's the worst Of the way
pa treats lilly It's real unjust to Us.
The hateful little piece
\ case Of cruel step sisters, YOU are
thinking. However, there was no tie
either Of blood or marriage in this IN
stance. Or. Green had adopted lilly;
brought her with MIN when he moved 70
Woodbridge fifteen years ago. She was
a mere baby then, and his wife was still
living. and cared for the child ike heI
own. She was a motherly soul, and loved
babies Her own girls had left infancy
half score Of years behind them. Since
| her death life had not been 50 smooth tol
lilly. Perhaps the Green girls would
have been kind to another person IN the
same situation, but they certainly made
life a burden to their little adopted sister
| There Is no accounting for likes and dis
likes 1t did not prove lilly morally
| deficient because she aroused the worst
feelings in RosieS and PoSies natures
1t is an unpleasant mystery why certain
autagoniStic natures should be subjected
TO certain exaSperating frictions. There
are those whom it sets wild to feel the
down of a peach. Others bite through
the skin with unalloyed enjoyment.
Mr.. Leonard-he hoped to be Mr.
Leonard at this time next year-drove ;
fast horse before a shining new buggy. i
was a bright day, and he had pretty CIR
beside him His spirits rose to the leye
of the occasion. lilly and he laughed
and talked in a way that would have
driven Miss Posie frantic l specify Mis-:
Posie, because her sister acquired two o.
three years resignation in which to beal
the ills of spinsterhood; wal-fowerinG
had become almost second nature. Bu
Tilly laughed on regardless; she was
happy. John Leonard was the handsom-
est. the best hammered, the best dressed
young man she had ever known, and he
had singled her out for his especial favor.