Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-16
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10 WeNAn yoa Itnaant UP.
Thanks surs 10 enjoy my-sh Ivan
10 tell you some,hlng before 60 The.
tsggci him to sJ.ak. They thought ~ va
.onis p~tty parish matter On hia mind
DO yOl mini taking or your spruns for .
minu,si somehow my ns~s doesn't -ssm 10
a. In with thsn"
nr. Mordls w0 . rrrvil-r~f pwpon he
could say AMI DO What few othars could
Mor~ovsr. his manner showed tham hs hal
some,hing Of lmpurtAnos % communinsts.
wl.nout q word thsy untiel thelr Tins-
fors-. folded thsm up and AID them sero~s
thu shsrry cask
shall ws go up siairsr asssd Horaoc.
''Oh daar, no This win do oaptAlly.
What vani 10 tel you Il this LAT week
ask~d Ms ClAu-on d marry ne. shs ~
fuasi Thought you ought n know
Horaoe loukei AZ Hert~r,; Hertsrt looked
Al Horaos They r,rokei ther t-aris msii.
tA,ively, but for somo time neither spoke.
well, - AID Mr.. Morile. that's all.
II think, Morils, aid Horace sally, ''you
should have consulted us nnt"
Quito 81, : All Hsrtcrt.
Don't -. Il atall Ms Clau-on sof sge
But 10 dos~nt mAttar-l I'll you now
The brothers shook their hsa.ls grayely.
Il tell you, aid sylvanus. "becau.s I'm
gJlng away % cure myself when ooms
back sboald Ike 10 H. able o. Visii you a
bsfor. You ne.sin't h. afraid
"Mi- Claa-un must decAie. sAii IIorAoe
"EtActiy ~, All Herlert
~ the matter vas left, AMI Mr.. Mordls
went away IN his hsri -arnsi holisiay ~iihs
clear oonscienoe, n a heavy heart
Tho brothcrs returned to their fascinating
OCCUPATION AMI worked away for sou.e time
IN alsnce Thres dozen of sherry must have
hs.n bDttlcd hsfore Horaoo sTnksi
1t l. time Bestrios vas married"
"Ye-, AID his brother; hut shs isn't a
marrying Tirl she tAks- after u, th.nk."
Thara NAs always a comfort In tbs rchsc
ton; especially uow. when the fame q Miss
ClAu-on's gocl looks hAd sFread through half
Ws~ishire.
II was insisei time that a suitable suitor
male his APPEARANCE. Tho chancss were
that In year or two the girl might fall
into her unclss' old-maidzh ways for the
Tai erts were now getting into domestic
sruoye down which 10 Hoeuled likely they
would slids until tho end q thcir lives
They hal q course scen tho great World and
the yanitles thereof, and now they found
that there was nothing like hone, sweet
homs-s~pccially whsn the disposition q the
home-loyer l. such that b. takes an imniens
interest In every detail which makes up that
swertneS With the exception of the prren-
NAL visit b town. they had not left Ilaie-
wood Hou-o for any length q time since
they seitlei down to rule IL fortunes. They
went 10 London this year Tor tho last wcck In
NAY and the whole u June. But Mis- ClAu-
son did not acoompany thcm She sAid out
right that he hated London, AMI loved Oak
bury and its belonglngs. ~ At Oakhury abe
stayed A very curious cholco On the part
q young lady who might, hal she wished
a. ~ 20, have spent the l>onion -sa-oo ming.
ling In the pursuits and gayeties q what h
called the upper circle.
However, her decixon was ccrtain rclief
10 hcr uncles. Had she selected 81 accom-
pany them o. town, they would hardly have
Known What b. do with her. handsome
nlcce staying with them AZ their hotel would
bowel, II not nuisance, a responsibility.
Approving A. they did In the main of her
treatment q Lady Clauson, they could not
counsel her b. 20 b her fathers house. There
were, u cOur-e. many faIniliss they know
who would have hsen glad % have taken
charge q a niscs of thsirs. but BsAfricss
staying at another establishment vhil<t Mr.
Malngay was In town would clearly show
the world that there Wa n family fcud.
Nothing In the TalbrrtS eyes was worse than
a pruclsimsi family feud Henc- II was that
even now they spoke of Bcstrios a. only being
On yiSit b them. This dslic.cy On their
part was a costly matter, fr bad they
brought themselves to consider the girl A.
part u tho houzs, they might with perfect
justice and propriety have ss>ociatci hsr
with themselves IN tho June audit, % living
Horace another opportunity of showing his
skill in accounts and estimates
70 WHEN Miss Clau-on REFUSED % 10 b
London she ettricatcd her uncles from q
dilemma. She stayed at Hardwood Hou~e,
and for fye weeks ruled Whitaker and ths
other servants as well A. Ehs couh
Ths Taitsrts had now settled down for ths
rcmAinder q the year. Autumn o. winter
would make little difference 10 tham. They
we're not, a. may easily bs imagined, enthuxi
ssfic sportsmen. Sometimes they sorept~i
an invitation for . day CO two's shooting;
but that acceptance dsp>nied more on ths
quality q the host than on that of ths sport
Although whsn they did shoot thsy shot
fairly well-as they did most other thiags-
10 may be tAksn for granted thai their
knowlcige Of the proper trcafment Of game
IVES more valuable when the gams vn lying
In the laricr than when Il wss flying o.
running about Thy could advise yoa how
10 haste . hare much better than how %
shoot him. 10 IL vas that after their Win
10 London they looked upon thesnslvss q
pretty well nxed ~ HARDWOOD Houzs until
The next spring
Beatrice vas nov just pazs =. II really
Wa high timc that sui-or cana and the
'srabbAs>,- who could sszily have siaptsd
their feminine gifts 20 mAtch making, bsg1n
10 think ovsP The slixibls young men N ~