Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-07-15

"a hswitchci By the charms of his bosom
friends afaucei wife. kueS !, before
he dii. bot of course no, before Dolly,
who haa genius Coz unerringly detect
ing every symptom. however obscure, Of
dAwning love. either Ia her o~n case OF
Anoihers.
NV mother and Frank ~crc utterly
blind 10 the danger was very unhAp-
py. and exceedingly sory ior Dolly, for
Fn,k. flr Mr DaeFc. and. own Il. for
my.rlf. for. though had no, iallea in
love wih Franks cousin, | must say be
wa. ,he only nan bad seen whom | felt
coad fall in love With.
An accident brought matters % eh-
max.
We were string Ia the drawing room
after dinner one evening. when no.'e
IN ihe sscc, drew us 10 the w.niow.
| TIE pole Of carriage had entered The
,hoalar of a cab.hofsc. Dolly became
/ I'M and fiiai at ihe sight, and Mf Dacfe,
who was a. hcr sile. threw bis arm round
Der o. save her from falius. lie Jed her
% a .cfa. and stood aside a. Frank drew
/ near her. bui from that night be never
came no more. he and ! only had seen
the half.peialani way In which Dolly aad
turned ffom Frank. had caught another
expression oa hsr face, bad seen bee vivid
blush.
Prom ,ha, evening she became cold.
ps,alAnt. teasing % Frank AZ fret he
/ i.usAri. then was burt. and haally the
l engagement was broken oh. Ihs s
.ooa toA. bui MA; my mother and !
suffered mus, hs imagined dsrcd nei-
iher % tsn her thc truth nor o. hint io
n..ly that kncw % whom hcf heart
was given. iiolsh loved ter so dearly
/ srl felt .o sure that ih.s was tac trst
true love of hcr hic. This determined,
decided. someshat stern man Wa sure
,o charm oar U'.lc hu,',ray. f she no-
tccl hlm ai al
Mo,hcr arI arranged that Dolly /
should A. auay on a short visit. FfAnk /
-. O., como one evening o. return ihe /
/ letters Dolly h.l sc1t him They would /
n., f,l ttr ahralile.s oi th.s ruTiirc so I
much as lf 'hey vtre placed perslnaiiy .
/ b., l,n .l ms hands and | had bis lei- /
,.-. also fo give hlm. Mother was quite .
.rrr.al Oh seeing bin. Coz she loved him I
dearly and fie Task was leit Oh mc. ! .
sas not sor-y. f,r I fr,t o'ad ssy al F.
/ chat was lAe.y n comfort him. loving /
/ b1ih cf them sn deeply
So poot Frank pfoiucei bis souosial |
/ Trlr packet. received ihc one ! bad iof I
. him. srl stool 'can.ng against itc chin .
/ rey.p.scs. wh.lr I sai quite unable i1 ut' .
. ter a. uofl. but with tear. dropping qai- .
/ e,l, irom uy eyes A. its' be- told me
/ th.t i, k.es Dolly bal been fa.,hls'' 90
/ hm De ie.t ,4fe ,he and Jack pacfe
/ loved each other AL be- spoke 30 hum
I bis oi hmse'f. aal as % i' va qai'c %
I te rtrc'cl ihs' bis cousin shoall be pre-
l,rr.i above aay other man. that was
I rrraiIy tllrhel. aal my tears i-.l faster
ana faster
Jack b. che .oal oi honor, k,iy bat
/ must make % clear i1 him that he is
/ f-r. to 3D. as h.s heart dic;atc,. His and
I hrf hspr.ncs. must n1, be wrecked. !
w,ll s,t MS father o .snl me io oar
/ branch house io lnla. and al no, return
/ ul th.y are marricl Jacks fieh enough
. tl marry at once. ] shall embark on
Taariay.
Then he charged me with tender bless
/ .-y. f.r n..'f. aal. ai hi. request. Seni
o. as my mo,asr to b4 him farewell
. Presently She g.lci ia, pale AZ death.
Ste t.li oat hrt trembling hand in bio
enc. blt Frank folded hef ia h.s arms.
AL .as ,1t1cl oa h.s breast. | stool
. by w,sp.rs bitterly aal when We wc1c
. .5mrwhst ca.mcr. Frank embraced us
. b1.a a1A.iy. anl. placing me ia nay mo-
t..fs arms. leG ls. Poor fellow. how
. brave he wa. Boa gentle and pai.eai
Ina month from thA' time Dolly WA'
/ a.Eaa.ei OBJ Mr Dlcfc. and che marriage
va arranged ,o take place a. ihc begin
nins ~ the a'g vacation We were by
/ thi. t,-ne convinced that it Was the bcs;
ih.ss cha, could happen No onc coald
/ Zee Dolly and iolhi tlAi this was tbe
oslr mln she had loved. "a. calm. in-
tense character impressed her, his great
alenu aWcd her; aal her pretty inno-
cen, pf.le ia beg manly lover, her meek
ness and qaie,ne.s. were most promising
symptoms of happiness IN her married
/ DE.
Dear mother was so suprcmc.y happy
. / was very fond Of my new BROTHER he
was such a power ior good and peace IN
cur home that wc never bad been 80 con-
tented before Frank wrote freely 10 us,
m.aly. patient letters. fall u unselfsh
.n,ercs, in all around him. lis sorrow
had swetened. not embisiered his char
ac,er lie bad .et himself 10 alleviate
his Anguish by doing good, and his fret
AZ, on reaching biz destination had been
% use bis keen commercial gifts i5f the
welfare Of The widow and children Of an
officer ia the army. and, AZ the cost Of
time. talent aad energy, 20 rescue her
small fortune from unsafe hands aud in
vest i' prof,ably Ills letters were hlled
with similar incidents, naturally and
simply told. and our affection increased
for this truly brave man.
Dolly's godmoiher took II into her head
TIA, ii was her godehild's duty TO pay
her farewell visit before her marriage.
Though, as she had never troubled her
self much about us, we were rather star
lied a. this demand. We all thought ].
would be bes, % ac,eP, the invitation
for my sister was no, looking well-And
/, was settled that she should - and
spend a month with the old lady in her
lovely North Country home. Mr.. Dsere
was pressed to 70 as often As his profes-
sional engagement, would permit 80
Dolly lef, Us in pretty good spirits, in
charge Of the elderly servant who was
our substitute Cor 3 re gulsr ladies maid.
She wrote 10 tell Us how she was en-
ioying the repose and beauty Of the eoan-
Try. Mr.. DAere had managed 10 run
down Saturday till Monday Al the end Of
the first week, and had Of course made a
great impression, bat was afraid be could