Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-09-09

as the cold season had just passed, som
months would have to elaP.e before ,h'
young lady could safely face the Indian
climate. Meanwhile. the lovers cores
pouded regularly. Mr.. MA,tard beeAm'
more than ever convinced that his future
happiness Was secured. and Miss Anni'
Creep seemed quite reconeiled--'o say
the less,-,o her approaching marriage.
One unlucky day Mr.. Ma,,ard ehAnoed
to come across a young officer newly ar
nved from England. whom he bad met
a, Col Creep's house a, Sou,hssA. whsr
they bad exchanged sala,aiioas Mr.. MAJ,
,ard inquired. with pleasing embArrAs'
msn,. fhis companion had seen anything
Of their mutual friends.
"Ye.. BY jove - said the young fellow
wiih a laugh. IL came overland, yor
know and A. I passed through Pans. ~h'
should I NEE, but pretty Mrs Hobson.
"who is Mrs. Hobson ?" inquired Mr.
Mai,Ard. blankly
"Oh I forgot, You haven', heard o.
course One of the girl.-l'm not sar'
which. bu, the pre,,ie-', bolied viii
Tom Hobson. Of the marines the o,hsi
day. | me, them On their Honeymoon.
Tom. you know, is up to his ears in debt
and hA. bad to send in hi. papers in co.'s
sequence. How the deuce be j. going L
keep = wife I don't know. However,
they seemed perfectly happy and coa,eni
ed. leHPeci old Creep i tearing h'' an
,iquaied locks by the handful"
lam engaged TO one Of Col. Creep
daughters. said Mt Ma,iArd. siiiily.
"Blsss me you don'i mean it
ha,a'i beca 70 Sos,hssa since | met you
there ? Congratulate you. old fclIo"-
which il !, :"
The second one. Miss Annie Creep.
replied Mr.. MA,,Ard eomPlAeen,ly.
The second one Why. that was The
oue | me, in Paris, leAs, Away
thought 90" said Mr.. Maitard'. com-
panion.
"Pooh nonsense p" exclaimed Mat
tArd. With sudden misgiving "loi
have made a mistake This = the faiar'
Mr. MAusrd." be added. producing
Photograph from the region Of his heart
"Ths is The one mean, slid The
young man. the ins,an, he 80, eyes uPof
it. That. the pretty one-now Mr.
Hobson."
"Ba, tell you ,ha, is Annic-Mis
Annie Creep 3" cried Mr. Ma,,ard. turn
.ng enmson.
"No, now. my dear fellow. She MAJ
have been Miss Annie Creep once. bu
she j. nov Tom Hobson's wife. lo'
may take my word for H." said the youn,
man. oonuneingly' a. be restored ih'
| photograph
Good heavens =" exclaimed MA,,afd
sinking into a chair; "eAa !, be true
When did !, haPPen'
by jovs I'm awful sorry re'aFhe'
the other. spParen,ly realizing The 'i'ua'
ton for the first time. "li never sirucl
me al this ins,An, I'm afraid rv'
brough, bad news"
when did i, happen ," repeated Mr.
MA,tard fariously.
Quite rccenily-only day OF ,so be-
fore len EnglAnd. | don, know The
particulars. for I only heard the story By
chance. III hadn'i me, him ia Paris.
should'n, have believed il, diin'i think
Tom wAs such fool"
IL suppose there is no doab, aboa, i,
murmured Mr. MA',Ari. turning suddenly
pale.
I'm afraid not. Come and have 1
peg. old fellow" said his friead. looking
a, him sympatnetioAlly. 'of course, II |
tad guessed wouldn'thave said anything
Ba, ,hiAk yoa are very well Oai Of il,
and ,ha, j. the fact. Little Mr.. Hob
son was always a desperate dirt, and sh'
will curl Toms whiskers for him, III b
bound"
Thanks, | won't oome-hv; now,
said poor Mr. Ma,tArd, as his oompaniol
took him good nA,uredly by the arm
"Please don', say anything aboa, this &
anybody"
mo, on any account. | tell you wha,
Ma,,ard." added the young man ehserily
Il can congratulate you a, this momen
with a much clearer conscience than
| did jus, now. when heard YOU were en-
gagged to one Of the Creep girls. ] doa'
say there is any harm in them. bu, ] don
think they can muster hear, be,wee
them"
Ba, consolation Of this Kind. howeve
well meant, was not calculated to soo,h
Mr.. MA,tard in bis presen, state Of men
tai anguish. In fac, he was 80 ove'
vhslmed by the news he had heard ,ha
he wa, hardly conscious Of wha, his CON
panioa was saying. When the latter hs
taken hi. departure Mr. MA,,ard beeAm
a prey to the mos, abjec, misery. A, hr'
he endeayored to buoy up his spirit wi,
the hope that. after all. his infOrmEr
wa. lAbOring under misaPPrshension.
lie carefully read all the letters he hA
received from Annie Creep. and their p'
rusal almost convinced him that he ha
been needlessly alarmed. on the oih'
hand, however. i, was impossible to be