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

house and gone to boarding At a neigh
boris Anew that woaldn'i sui, Johr
long. for he was always a great hom'
body. and watched anl watched fol
him 20 come and ask me 70 70 back. bul
be never came. and the longer he waited
the more | was bound never to 70 back
q myself
"Afer Ia been gone a long long time,
one of my brothers came ,iorming home,
telling bow he'd heard sAy John was 20
ing 10 gei a divorce from me Coz deser.
ton. Father and the boys were all As
mad as they could be. to think Of hi. do
ing Il Aher treating me % Ia felt like
leaving him. Iwas angry enough my
self. too, and they talked to me ull they
broagh, me 20 think the only thing 70,
me to do w.s to gct divorce myself
"Wen. / wAs % worn ou, and dis
hcar,ened that | didn't care what ! did,
% vent 10 see lawyer. lie was q
nicer looking man than a greA, many
Awyers are - bad look a. Il he mean,
70 DO night. aa4 WASH, only ,Aiaking
kow much money be ooald squeeze oa'
q you.v mos, lawyers do. lie ioek hi'
pen in his hand in business-looking
way ,ha, alnos, frightened me, and 'ays
be.
d" VIA, is yoaf name. madam
D." sarah Jane Price. says !. And
then be looked a, me pretty sha'y' ard
booked IN a book that bad writing In Il,
and then hc aid
"'Auy relation 10 John Prioe p
"SoI ioli him I vas John Prices wife
and what IA come for lie looked very
seriou, whsn told him al about H.
"'Any chiliren be say.
"Of course eoaldai belp epias
when I iold him how we'd lot The little
ones. and how happy we'd always been
a then. and how happy We might have
been even YET. ifrd done little more to
help John over IL. and be had no, been
led away. And then he go ou' oi me
ho~ my folks bad talked me over Aooa'
the divorce. and he looked more serious
than ever. and .Aii good deal more hks
thn
"'I suppose ia the eye oi the an you
arc on,itled 10 a divorce. bat the law Is
no, Away, right. Il isa dreadful thing
fr two people Who oagh, % make each
other happy and live together. Now
say. be. MIR rrce. are you sure you
have no love f'fyour husband lsf' ,
"He lookei straight In my face SOL
ema - and broke nigh, down and eriei
harder than ever. ani could ! End It in
my heart 70 ay night up And down that !
haint,
well say. be-, yoi'd better 'ak'
A. Eule time 90 ihink q il, and call
sgAin
4 aid l would Gnd ven, home. Bat
they woaldn', give me any peace there
al keeping on ,hA, il wOaldD'' be keep
ius up the digai,y Of the family and
showing rish, spirit Il ! diin'i gei the
divorce So wen; into the village
again in fe~ days. Bat just A.
crossed the stree, TO 70 into the lawyer
osHse Who should l zee bat John .-look'
ing foi al The world JUS, A. he looked
years ago before trouble ever come Be-
tseea ~. knew in one look that h
va, himself agsin. ior be hell up hu
/ bead l.ke man. and his eye was eleA
sal bright.
IL took few steps forward. - dale'
I | didn't know wha, wA' doing Al
the sad years between seemed 10 ~ Gu
| like q fash. and l only saw John M
husband Thea heard screaming an
shouting. and a grsa, noise and rush nea
ne, and something dashed a, me, An'
everything seemed 20 70 far away.
when opened my eyes again Joh'
was With me. Ia been knocked down
and run over, and John had taken m
into house and hadn't lef, me ioF
week. Iwas 50 happy lying there an.
him taking care Of me jus, like in ol
times, that | wouldn', le, myself thin
Of anything. And when the doctor 'Ai
| | could be taken home wondered wha
John meant 10 do. bu, | didn'i say on
word
"And neither Of Us said single wor
when be carried me into my own room
and the smell q apple blossoms cam
in The window, jus, As !, bad two year
before.
"Bat a. | WAs unwrApping parcel.
eaugh, Sigh, Of my own name IN prin'
on a piece Of newspaper. | locke
again. for Ia never seen my name
print before excepting when John an
/ were married. and when the little one
died. There was some lawyers talk an
Johns name. and my name and som'
thing about divorce and | screamed o.
for John.
4" he looked and looked a. II, and b
face was black enough.
"'John. John said !, what
meanF
"rm blessed II 4 can make head or Ia
Of their lawyers lingo says he.
e. 'Oh. John = said !. are We d
voreed ? lie looked At the PaP'