Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-09

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Now tho entry wa, Wage n nure, sit
months, Al ~. Of ssamaiei kep ~ nure
ant chih for ak months, say AZ ie- 81.
total. AZ a. al
II thought" AID Horacc. slowly I'm fact
your manner ai various iimss gave mo 90 un-
ierstAnd that Il was right and Just ! sbouh
make this entry
Hert-rt's facc grew rvi Tie was A. nearly
inarazc a. h. hal ever t.cn In his life. Yet
b. ansWsr,sl nj in words lie took quill
IN AMI drcW thick ink line through the
,utry, thcrcby giving Horace a mornings
work in r,.copylng bis elaborate statement
AMI altering the totals
Nothing more was all Hdhsrts manner
4 dcuial vas more emp IhAiic than words His
brother know that b. would never have dis
puis.l a slKTence which b. NAs Justly Liable b.
tAy. Horace dh Mt apologize for bis sus-
ricion be fen that having allowed Herbert %
hot ami mutllAfs his fair lalance sheet with
out word o. protest was morc than enough
nompensAiion, ami no doubs Herbert thought
the same, for peace was rstorcl, and The
matter never again mentioned
The con-cqucnce was that, after the June
audit, even Horace was unable 10 frame any
theory b. account for the way In which the
boy lad appearod among thsm. lie felt,
moreover, he had hscn rather taken in-thai
his consent o. tho ckilds remaining had becn
won unsior false pr,tcnoss, or, rathsr, hecause
hs had deociyci him..lf However, 10 was
now TOO late % alter the course Of events. and,
10 tell the truth, Horace Talbcrt. m his own
grave, solemn way, Tstted the child almst a.
much A. Bsatrice did.
About this time the Rev. sylyanus Mordle
made great rc~olve. Months ago he had
come Ia the CONCLUSION that Mis- Causon's
gray eyes and classical face hal wrought
havoc With his heart The NJ. h. waistcoat,
which COVERED it--Sylysnus was orthciox NJ
least In bis attire-might have besn o. W,
tissue paper for the little protection IL had AZ
foriei him lie had not until now me, the
woman Le wished 10 make his wife, although
his single state was in no wise due 10 any
views a. % the peculiar fitness u cclitacy Cor
the priesthood. such iniquitous doctrines he
scouiei, a. they dssrve % D. scoutoi, by al
who owe anything to the hcrce. brave. vulgar,
coarss ami truly human rcforiner who bolaly
asserted that comforts q married life were
not rif.rfiuous luxuria< After Ms Clan-on
hal h-en NJ Haxlewosd Hou-e for a month,
the curaie knew that a crisis In his fate was
approaching lie slapped him-f heartily On
hls brad chest, and told tho Rev. Sylvauu
MordIe that here at last was the one maid for
him.
This. - far a. Il went, WAS emiDcntly sat-
isfactory Unluckily, o. luckily, there are
two partios 10 every bargain, two sidss 10
every helge, and the curate felt that tho
beige bstwcen himself and Ms Clauson was
high ons
Nevertheless. like a bold man, be went %
work to climb IL CO bresk through H. II
was, indeed, high time he took some action In
the matter. Under the present circum-
stances, hs found his cnforc-d habit q aP-
pearing cheerful TO all, even him-eif, heconr
ing great strain upon his re>ourcs~- Ibere
were times when b. felt ternpssd 81 seek -ome
secluded corner Of his parish and sigh dole
fully beDeath ia famous oaks. Tins when-
I'm his own words. he felt inclined 30 90 cut
and hay the moon, or generally do what b
consoling 10 unsettled loven
All this and more, for ths EAke of Bestrics
| Clanson's gray eyes, brown hair and straight
proflsl The Rev sylvsnus was, indeed, In
a bad way, and knew he should not bs hs
own man again until his love was crowned,
or Kicked into the gutter.
30 one Sunday evening be presched Grip
exhilArating, detonAting sermon, In which h.
showed his y~rishionrsv how right n was that
man should cbco~e q helpmcet He preached
Il really 10 encourage himself, but its imme-
diafs eject upon his nock Was that On the
nert Sunday tho hams o. marriage between
no len than three couples were called; - Il
must have been most ccnvincins disoourss-