Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-12-02

there, snd dl1n say meen iVt 49,
~hile-jus looked a, the ky and the
hills and wood. I, was aboa, such .
nigh, fOr mconligh, a. !, Is out there
now. only there want no snow. Well
While ~e'd been ridin' Id been ,ellin
Dick sboa, my life. and Via, rough
time Id bad. and al that; and she'd 'aid
jus, the best things to me about Il, and
told me hos sorry she Was for me, and
80 on and .i,iin' there on the porch, Ne
20, to ,alkin' the matter over sgsin and
finally. the Gre, | knowed, Id said it.
ja.t asked her to marry me. fair and
square Well. you jas, ought to q seen
her, stranger She Vas sii,in' in kind
o. Io- chair. and the moon Was a.shinin
ish, square into her face. 20 that could
see her jas, As plain /" day. She sat
night still and ,rembled. and jas, looked
rish, down q, her feet. and that made her
e,el..he. come clear down on TO her
checks. And she. 20, the longes, and
ele.rne.,.cu, syels.hss ! ev,r ace. Well
she never said a word for morn d"
minute. Lid. !, seemed like yoans
eternity to me And then she looked up
and her eye. va. brim full o tears. sh'
d,dn't really cry. you know. bs, just had
h.rs,e. fun o tears ready to fsll. and
u,mblin' like. there in the moonlight (;
.nd she looked rish, q, me for a minute
and then she ay.-snd hsr voice kind
O. ,hoos little when she ,.lked.-'Why.
G-orgel wha, made you ay that
(Yoa .ee she'd 20, TO knos me 80 vel
that she jas, called me George ~''h0a'
thinkia. I'm pO,hin' but little sn''
and you are a man sro-n. ! never
though, you come to see me because you
wanted 70 marry me. but only because
you lteJ me. jus, q. liked you Nov
van, th., . gr,s, speech to make to
f,ller, oh. well, I took i all back. told
her to play never said Il. and all that
bu, somehow, after ,hs, night, she a.
~ay. seemed different !, jas, appeared
a. II che sro~ed into a woman all IN one
nigh,.
"I, "a. a long time afore ! ever said
anything more to her aboa, Il. In fact
| d,n't know q. ever would a said
anything about /, again. II she hadn't a
give me a chance to. used to 20 uP
there. jus, the same. and go r'din' with
her. and all thsi,-shd We used TO talk
aa the same. only about that. But one
night. | was ,itiia' alone oa, on the
porch, where I'd been smokin' with the
old man. and the Gre, thing ! knew 'h'
come snd kneeled right down sfore me-
aud pu, both her hands into mine, and
she says, George. | never answered thai
question you asked me 50 long ago. foC
h.vn't forgot IL, have you I've beer
,hinkin' il all over. ever since, and
know how ,ha, I've Lowell YOU oil the
time. | don, quite see hO~ il IS ,hsI
YOU should love me bu, | kno~ you do
or you wOaldn't say 50. and 50 I've come
TO say yes" Well. stranger, may be yo'
know a little how !, is yourself sbou
such times Ba, a-y h,w, right there
on ,ha, old porch. begun little heaver
below for me and Dick. and il haint le
up yet. and we've seen some Pre,,!
rough times too. since then
lie paused suddenly, bending forwsr'
and listening inten,ly then, With 'lish
n Cd. be said. That's ell right. Iva
iu., waiting for us TO strike . JOIN, OF
thi. grade. Bot Jack is up To it, H'
then resumed
This vas along in the fall. The oil
man give hi. consent, for ! ". ge,'in
on fine, -rekon I Was good for sbou
ten thousand them ,imes.-and We neve
act no time to be married. Bat along Il
the winter had hard run o luck. firs
ven, on q note for . fellsr. and b
broke. and I had to make Il up. l,~s
Zoe somethin' over six thousand. and
run me pretty close to make the raise
That sss ~hen I sold Kit Lord. but
did hate to zee her 20. Then, after that
one Sunday night. when ! vas up TO se
Dick. the stable got sfr, and burne'
up pretty much oil I had left. Then i
the spring the var broke out. and ] 81
~sys vas BLOWN round. 'slhin' jus
vhat I thought. no matter Who heard
till finally !, 60, too ho, to hold me !
that region any longer. and 20 sold ou
mos, O What Id got left. aud shiPpe
out between two days. and got of to sh
North. Ididn't Get ehanc, 10 ses Die
sfors I left. OF course We oil expects
the thing a be all over 10 fsw month
any ho~. and then thought Dick an
med b all right again So come u
here to Jackson, and prtty soon snlis's
in the Michigan Cavalry, and vent soa'
again.
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