Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-03-11

away a thousand years.
II fsl, sure. though she'd come back oi
herself before long. The house was %
forlorn and lonesome. iha, time and
again I was within one Of jus, hi'ehins
up and goin' TO fetch her. but always
hardened TO her again and wouldt l
dida 10, Of ihinkin' those days though
and one day !, came over me strong what
fool a man !. to le, himself 70 to ruin
when be can help !, jus, As well As not
| I've heard folks ,ay they can't help i',Ou'
that's all nonsense, you know II a
man wants to qui, the way for him to do
Itis jas, TO qui-no tAPerin' Off, nor
foolin' about H.
"wen. Sarah Jane stayed and stayed
,il a, las, Il came across me she'd been
gone better than two yeAr, and fel' 50
,hunderin' mad 70 think she wouldn't
give in that. bein' sick aad tired Of Twin
-. thinks | to myself, 'rll e, divorce
70, dcssr,ion and ~ west, So went
Z, see lawyer abog, l., one day when !
I hauled in a load of seed potatoes.
"Ai,er he'd heard all had 10 say
sAys he:
81 think you'd better 20 and bring
back sarah Jane.
I'm blessed Il | % that sals ! 3
'.hs ~en, away of her q her own Aeoun'
sad she may come back the same way
lie talked q good deal, and ! almost
fch like weakening down, bu, 'i'll !
eoaldn', quite e, to ,ha, lie said d
have time to think to think Of il before a
decree could Be got. and Ia better not Be
too hauy. Ba, soon I heard ,ha, sarah
J.ss's folks were ,alkin' about ge,iia a
divorce. snd l was determined that they
.hoalin', goi ahead Of me.
go | wen, 10 the village again and
va, jus, goin' to see the lawyer when l
| heard how do .yoa-do IN the street
There Va. runaway. Things vent ny
in h.l,e-. "A .l,er. and woman vas
hurt Ipushsd into the crowd and 'A~
hsr lying there With blood on her hair
II~as Away. powerful strong. and !
picked her up and carried her into
/ house close BY. and a dosiof came to see
VIA, The damage was. aud when they
turned Der face up gave = jump
"For II yoa'u believe twas Sarah
Jane, She hadn', come back TO me. nor
hala't gone Coz her, bat here We we'e'
come together, iof all
"She looked 10 pale And 20 piii'al that
/ I forso, in oac minute al about being
mad with her. and carried her TO room
they axed for her. Before she knew
ANYTHING else she jus, settled right down
20 Il. and woaldn', ls, a soul ba, me DO
f1r her
"soI had the old house opened aud
brish,ened up. and took her home and
Il was good TO both of Us to Be
there.
eve had bis scare along of that
divorce business. though. Her folks
had j, Published how she Wa aPPly'h
| br one. and We sAw {, in the news
pap.r. and foi ,he lie Of - neiihe'
eoaM make oat whether Ne were d.
vorced o. not. Bat Il was all night
aad /, has been al righ, ever since.
"Only ihA, WASH, quite the ead OF
liz. A little while after there came
letter 10 me. and twas a Asyers b'll
Ye,. sir. ,ha, chap had the face 'S
send me a bill for So.
IL was damb-founded. and the hrsi
day / had anything TO haul IN ] mad'
.,ragh, for ,hA, mans office.
"'I.ook a.here. now = says |, wha
have YOU ever done for me that yo'
should send me this bin ,
II though, he'd "a looked foolish. ba
he didn't. lie laughed.
"'why, my dear sir,' says be- 'iaa
bill Is for advice.
go Advice " says |. What Advie'
do you mean"
Il advised you very strongly to &C
Ike a sensible man and 20 and make uI
things with your wife, and ! understand
you've done il. You don't think can
afford to stay in this Office to give yO'
and other folks advice for nothing, d
yOuH
".Now look here says !. DO yo'
mean YOU were ge,,in' of all that preach
er.like talk on fellow for fee, Could
ntII gone back to Sarah Jane wiihoa
any Of your ,ellin'E
"He stopped lAughin' and looked .
solemn was afraid he was goin' TO &c
! off another advice bill on me.
: "Yes. my man. says he, but wAe'A'
! you'd "a done !, or nO,'s another que'
ton. III had push ed on your work
; you wished, a gulf would have bee
fixed between you and your wife whie
! would probably never have been hllec
Now I'm goin' to leave il to yoa,' 'A,
! be, 'whether my advice WASH, the be-
advice you ever had in your life al
worth a, least twenty-five dOllAi'f
: "He took !, 80 cool, ! couldn't b.
stare a, him and then il seemed v eve'
las,insly ridiculous, this thing OF Ia"
yer ,yin' to keep families jined ''ge'h'
9 and ehargin' a good fee for IL. instead
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