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

er cheek, ani coming cat pale and dull
eyed aner the stab of disappointment.
I wonder the people in the country are
- aalious - b, pi''-m,s'etsi II they
oll, knew II. they ari ac'ofs in more
Tragedies than any member u theatrical
uock company. MaoA sealed happiness
passes through their hands bu, they
have TO refuse many a"MsnsnA in tie
Moatel Gfaoge" weary womsa who
reach hand out Of their dali lives and
draw !, back empty.
|, Vas far into The second year beioie
joe's Gr.i lei,cf came. II WAs a fAncliul
sal foolish thing for asohool mistress
10 DO. bu, Dora carried Il 10 her own It,
,.c room and pat on the rel dress before
she i,al Jos's lei;sf.
Joe Was working IN the mines m Col
orado His lack had no, ye, come IN
nugget, a, least. ba, hard work and 'o-
Der living slowly giving him the ad'sn'
'age over the other miaers. Tie ~as
never 10 well aud he loved bsr better
than al the world.
Dora lived on ,hi. letter lof maay
week. and she ct Colorado for a copy
80 often 70 her scholars that they ~ill
write that word better ,haa any other.
Letter, came o0snsi a. y,afs drew on'
sometime, Joe Was up in che world,
sometimes down, once bis carefully
hoaried gold va, stolen from bin. AL
be- bal to begin all over again but
thi. vas no,hiag o loag i..aea. Ia
which a friend wrote 20 Dora a. s'oa a.
Joe was ol, of danger Tlrn she On.
we'd The dove, their wing
"Nsw Years day" va che hhries'
u al to bc.r sas eoaM no. help
strong pressure Of excitement when 'a'
pa, On the r,i dre.s, which grew more
and more Old fa.hioned, and watched
the .un - doNa oa ,be road ehieh
Joe mus, travel whea De shoald come
home. The next motnios she hiid
hsr .hoallsr, sadly 10 che burden oi
another year
Oae Young farmer after another ioini
hi. way % the farm house on sunday
evenings. and Dora pushed then do"n
an inclined plane % disappointment -
g,n,ly that they scarcely kneW "ae'n-
- they h,d mean, 20 couri hcf OF no'.
Il va, no, ,he leas, Of her uials 70
meet the ,a,reA,ic, Of mother. and tie
rough Argument. Of her father ~hsn
enc " tso more P'f'i''ani suffers
would take nothing les than "lo' ior
their aass,f.
bora could give 90 reason iof r'PeA'ed
refusal. . marry, only she loved 90 one
well enosgh-ars reason which Woald be al
.aaicisn, Il pafes,s remained immo''aliy
yoang. but /, loos,s is weight after ''S-
.y
A. ,he sssca'h year dres - elo'e'
Dora, hear, bcl' lshi within her Joe
had mentioned seven years, A. II be
mean, 10 come home then a. any rate.
She worc GA, the h'., day ol the glad
New lear" wi,h busy care t.li la.e IN
the afternoon When an Oh maa spent
wi,h much walking stopped 10 resl him
self Ia The farmhouse kitchen Prudence
besiirrcd hsr.eli 10 give him a ieI'y
laneheoa. and when be was VAIN and
frd. be begun 10 talk Of h.s travels. Tie
bad been 70 seek hi. fortune all Owe the
west. and never 6nding i, returned 10
Die a, home. Ne mentioned Colorado
And Denver, Ane when Dora iolnd her.
.elf alone for momen, she ssil
"D.d yoa ever see Joseph Raymond Ia
Denver.
Joe Raymond, Oh. yes Iknew
him-liyed with him nigh onto a month.
/ His wife was real good cook; eOulia',
be be nowhere. ia them parts
"You saw be was married
40 be sure righ, smart feller. and
mighty fond Of bic wife. womea ATE
.cAlcs oai there.
Prudence came in aud the old mAa
wen, on hi, way all unconscious Of the
srea, stone he had cas-, into the still wa.
,ers Of DorA's heart.
Whats the matter ?" sail Prudence,
you're as white a. a sheet
DorAs only answer was to star, out Of
the house. and run a. for her life, down
the frozen orchard path, by which she
could gain upon and oyer,ake this terri
Die old man. She nigh, have said, with
"holy Herbert !"
MY thoughts arr all a case of knives.
woandinx my hear,
with scattered smart
only misery mus, have time to ery',alize
into memory before !, takes the form Of
poetry. She stood before the old man at
the turning. bare-headed and breath
less.
"How did the Joe Raymond look that
you lived with :" gasPed Dora.
IL never said Joe Raymond" said the
old man Peevi.hly; IL said Jim Ray
mOnd. They had biz boy named Joe.
who" but Dora waa of again before
he could finish the sentence.
She ran back through the orchard Civ
ing thanks with all her heart that she
had 10, suffered henclf to be parsaad-