Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-10-21
THRoUGHA TELEGRAM

I'm gong 20 pa, stop 70 this sor' Of
thing p" .aia Mr., MeElrOy. III d0a''
I shall certainly come TO the PoOrhOass. ]
hsvsa't saved money al these years TO
r.in !, down on people. heads as lit ~ss
hals,onss. No. Delinds, hAven'i sOs
Eve dollar. 10 spare. Your winter bonns,
/, quite good snegsh to wear for q monih
longer Ev,ryeody else has -, their
spring suits Well. II ever body else =
fools. ths, ain, no reason that you should
be. Six doliArs Cor subscription 10 help
bay the ns- Minister, furniture No, II
tno~ Il. Jane. whea I came 70 Blood
vile. bough, my o~a furniture. and
thsr,s 10 reason that new ministers
should no, DO The same thing. The gro
GER, bOok , I never "a. aay,hins Ike the
way osr Housekeeping bills run Up , h'ud
Be = deal cheaper. A. Ear a. ! ean see. to
so 10 Nsw York And board q, the Wind-
s5r hotel thAn 10 live ksre. unless y0a and
sarah can manage = little more economi-
eally. Mathew. And a. for those sioging
lessons ihAi Lucy wants 10 tAss, you may
tel Der no ,"
Lacy ,hoaghi-" msekly began Mat
thew StArling
Bat bis uncle interrupted him eurily
With
"YOu may tel her no and ,ha, ends
the question.
John MeElroy wss q man Who bad. IN
the Local dialect. ''sAyed 10, Of moosy.
Being = great deal too eooaOmical TO mar
~. be had invi,ed his lame nephew. Mat
thew Starting. 10 come with bis family
and keep house ia the cd red homestead.
and thereafter be TOOK credit 10 himself
Coz supporting AL the S,arlinss. although
Matthsv 'oiled diligently a, bis trade Of
shOemakins. and James. the eldest son.
managed The farm With skill and success,
while Mn. Starlins and her twO dsagh-
ters. Lucy and Deliada. were the model
dairy women and bee, managers in the vi
ciniiy.
In an evil hour Matthew Starting bad
borro-ed a thousand dollars Of uncle
JOhn. to pay of an old deb, that hung
around bis neck like a mills,oae.
He bad ksP, up the in,eres, pretty
regularly. bat Il would have been about
.. easy for him to pay OF the national
deb, =. 70 diseharg, an Obligation Of q
thousand dollsrs and in this way Uncle
MeElrOy eOnirived to kseP him ground
down into the very dust
Had IL not been for this thousand dol
lar debt. the Staring family would have
ersp, oa, from under the hsrOw Of Uncle
Johns tongue and temper long ago.
"It doa't seem a. Il We could stand il"
said Mrs. S,arling. plantively.
Il doa's care bow much he scolds me. =
..iA belinda. "bat he has no business to
tyranni1s - dreadfally over poor moth
s."
III I could only raise money enough 10
take q quarters .inging lessons, ! could
cara [. hundred dollsis year ia the
church choir" .sid Lucy.
"Ifr' said James. laughing. That's
. big word. Loo. for such little one. II
Uaels John would Only Is, me plant .
crop oi,Ob.eoO up in the south ssld. am
sure could rails. twice a. much money
a. the turnips will bring Us. Bat uaeis
John sticks to old traditions. and that Ut
tIs II stands in the way only wish that
the farm ~1s mine J"
The Housekeeping book vas particular
" sxxrsvsiing that morning; and Mrs.
staring bad she'd few quiet tears bsfOrs
the interyis- Gas over.
II hate whining women said MI
NcElrOy. and hate ssrsvsssns ones =
"Itry 10 do the best can" said poor
Mr Starting.