Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-04-08

aisksung aN ish, made her picture
too lo,ely for that room.
"Pfuj,nce. she sail .liicnly, "a'
,hi. /, JOS ls.' night. ! think l'll ~
dowa ani ,sy sool bye 20 tin."
"lou nigh, call him up here
NO think III 80 by myself.
"a believe ha,ca', ever told you. Do
I ~. ho~ much you plsssrd me by giving
up that childish way of going oa With
him. iha; yoa used 10 have 1, DID very
well ior ,oa TO BE- 6ad of one another
shea yoa ~sr, little, 6ui Of coarso :, i
cat oi ,he question. now.
{, misb, have been tie dr,lsh, aai
toe rcd dress taai broagh, such vivid
fash % D5fa. cheek a. she listened aud
turaed A~Ay She Tan lightly down
,is,r.. anl oPenei ihe door Of the greAi
farm keichcn.
4 Young man AT By the Ore looking
into ii a. one look. ia,o the eyes oi an
enemy before the dshi-an osctgrosn
farmer boy. Ia home made clo,as'. with
nothing aboa, him 10 fall Ia love With.
7 isis, q ar for the bi,llian, little hsure
tha, stood waiting iof him 10 look up.
a. 49,. 600 latent oa his osn thoughts
20 notice her. AN ,hc Wcat ss.ily across
,he toom. and taking hi' head between
her ,oit hands. tafasd bis face NJ 10 hcfs.
"Joe. bad boy. wcrc yoa goiag away
~,hol, letting me know -
TIE hard line, % bis face s0fiened and
Enlightened under her gaze ull one would
noi have kalsn him ioT The same man.
Il thought iha, would not see yoa to-
aisb'. be saii.
"Yoa knos-you knos ! would have
crcp, ,hroagh ,av k-y hole fof oae little
"a, minute ~.ih yoa.
"Hos lons wli yoa wa.i toS me. Do
ni'
"Il yoa cone back
"lfn wcrc seven yc-f', ta.ak toN
loas !. soah be-
III yol love me A. yol make M be-
ls,e." .ail Dora. "yoa woali no; -
At al. ba, woaN work here until yol
coall bald h,,ls hoa's. anl then We
coa.4 iolSl :. together.
"No. hulc Dora. that Is noi my kind
% love, my mother tined that AL ne
lived slaves hic."
"Dln Dora edei Prudence from
up stair. shat On earth srs yoa dong
dosn there
Il ml., -. nos. nus, truly. aid
Dora. a, ,he fe,, h-r.s,f lockei Ia arms
tia, would ros give a~ay. III ! live
~.ih1l, yoa io' ,srsa years sh.A be
homely o.i maii. and y0a viii no. thank
me Ga waiiias oS yoa.
lie pa, hsr away thea, aad looked At
hsr car.olsly. ss Il he had never ,hoashi
of her pre,i.ne.. before I'D yoa know
whai yo4f name means >" be asked ear
nr,t'y IL .sw ii IA = paper 'aa' The
oiofa meaas 'Gift of God. snd you have
b.ea jl., ,hA, 20 me n | had never
.-ea ,oa. .hoaA never have had no.
,.oa bcyoal a day. work and nishts
.lesp. lwll write whenever have aay
luck. anl come home on New Years eve.
when DO come Anl Il yoa wear this
rel dress shall know yoa have waited
Cor me.
II think | shall live 10 wear L when
yoa come home. II Il Is seven times seven
years. Joe. for womsa arc very hard 10
kal." ad D,n. slowly d.,aPPsafils
from the kitchen.
What have yoa bssa doing all this
time ," asked Praiease. severely.
"I~asoaly gisirg Joe 'oms very good
advice"
"well. / hope he'll Proa' BY IL
$50 DO /" said Dora heartily.
lis a. easy 70 say seven years as one.
and We rad Of Jacobs seven years ser
vice for Rachel. which seemed A. one
day for TIE love he bore her Raehels
feeling are 90, ,hoagh' worthy to De
mentioned ia Holy Writ, bu, II her love
vas ike Do'as. every day seemed like
seven years And here IN a nu,shell lies
the diifsrsace between a mans love snd
a womans
Jacob bad the sheep to mind, and be
did mind them uneommoaly well; Joe
went u seek his fortune ia new scenes.
and oaly though, q Dora when he had
nothing 70 DO. TIE poe, though, he had
se, a hard task for mAn when be said
LEAN to labor aud to ~ail"
Till her love wen, away, Dora had
never cared to ask herself whether she
was a child OF womAn- sunshine had
been plenty with her, and she had easily
.ugared and gilded the plain thing. iha,
farm life Afforded to her.
Before tie frs, year came 10 an end
she fel, that she should soon arrive a, a
pa,riArchiAl age il she did not do some-
thing TO kill the time which died 30 hard
on her hands
Teach school | guess not. said
her father when she bFoaehed her plan 10
him. "Yoa Amt starving Yet; and II you
van, some new furbelows, just say 80.
and no, come in slan,in' ways like that.
II don't want any thing. father; bu,
/ -. 4. -, h,,le IN do Al home"