Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-10
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pied noi.ely through the m,idos' Of the
lIol, farm, he came across Ada with a
little willow baske, on her arm and a
serene unconsciousne. on her dimpled
face he did no, turn and flfe to cover
a. the pruden, man Is understood TO do
in such cases. but, 10 afoolhArly spirit pass
ed on and ws-well, YOU will discover
what later on.
The days drif,ed on In the particularly
aimle. fashion ,ha, seems to spectators
TO largely prevail in committed little
towns, but which. nevertheless. arc days
ihA, teen with sisnihc,n, ,ril-s and SUI
ficien,ly imrorAn, issues when one CONES
TO be an actor in the quie, pastoral drama
During these days Fred Foster hsd
become a regular visitor a, the los
brown house on the oaiskir,s of the
town, and drif,ed from an indolsnily
passive TO an indolen,ly active position
In the society Of the village.
There va. pleasant Shsrm Aboli
Ada. hearty erjoymsn, of s"ry rustic
gAyeiy. and. being prviip thoroughly IA.
der her Who'll some presence. Fed sub
mi,ied TO be I'D to the ,aeuiicial picnic
altar. exhibiting under torture q meek
ne.. and resignation that wefe a. onee
lamb. like aud heroic II is something
TO which. IN the hands Of a clever wo-
man. we ate all liable 10 come. 80 DO
no, consider this manifestation u in
hsrer, weakness on bis part.
standing ~iih reluctant feet
whsrc Tho brook AMI riter meet,
". Jansy. li'o~n and slim, With the
unframed grace Of willow branches
sweeping over still. dark pool', WAS
Jansy With a sluggish red ai,hing duly
beneath the warm brown OIL smooth.
firm cheek. And one grsa, gif, WAS
her, in the long. sweti.seenitd SUMMER
twilight. my mellow chords would ihnll
into undreAmed of riehness undsr the
def. magnetic touch of her long, du'ky
fnser She played a. birds sing, a.
a,sers unfold. as mAidens dream. OBEY
ing a law she knew not of--s command
voiosle.. but eehoing through all tine
and space.
Not many sianger, cas-, = second look
at J.ney when Al. WAS near She bad
none Of ,hs, blooming beauty and as.
sre,,ive personality that characterized
the elder sister. ba, those Who did look
twice were certain to look iwiee-ani
sssin |, i. my opinon ,ha, there have
been those Who looked oi,ener than Was
conducive 10 their own peace Of mind.
bu, We won, 20 into details aos.
Janey va. Abou, seventeen A. this
time. a large.eysd. dreamy young per
son Of no particular impof,ares 10 the
busy household over and above the daily
dusiing Of the be., parlor and do not
have any notion that her opinon. any
more than mine. va. asked when Fred
and Al. fn.lly concluded TO become
engaged.
/, was only sbou, a week after this
interesting even, that Aun, Pfim, from
whom our pretty Ada had indefinite
expectations. took /, into her cro,ehsiy
old head ,ha, /, was time for ner,o make
another s,iemp, a, dying. She had been
in the habit OF oi,rea,ing her long.'uiiering
relative. 20 a deA,h.bed scene abou,
twice per annum for longer than cate
to remember. and IL the final even, did
no, 70 on wi,hou, hitch, 1, would not
be for lack Of full dre,s r,hsarsAl'.
Ada. who had an eye TO the main
chance and recognized the necessity OF
keeping a firm grip on Aunt Prim aud
her probable lsgaey-ii would come
handy for the ,rous,eau-',Aried oil pre-
eipi,a,ely with biz box. little box. etc
while Fred stood bAreheaded on the plat
form and ,ndeavored TO look properly
disconsola,e a. hi. faneee faded away
in halo ofnGs,y.smsellins smoke. reflect.
ing plAcidly that Fred bad delightful
manner. and she hoped he would 20, get
q sunsroke az q reward Of merit.
or course. Fred Was very fond OF Ada,
else Why should be want 10 marry her
Hut. to speak the truth, which has
Away. been my practice, Ada ws
very practical As well as very esse,ine
young person. and suspect ,ha, the poor
young man far,ively welcomed the op.
por,uni,y Of Strengthening hi, mental
yeriebra and drawing long free breath
once more before settling dosn 10 the
eramp, and kink, Of the matrimonial
condition.
IL was. nevertheless. little dall With
out ,ivaeiou. Ada AZ first, and in his
new capacity Of engaged young man
Fred had no, the hsrdihOod TO begin
new Irritation with any Of the rustic
bellies under the very eyes Of bis people
in.law.elec,. 90 be fell into the hsbi, OF
spending many OF his spare hours 10 the
society Of brown.eyed Janey, whom be
had hitherto hardly noticed Surely no
one could object TO ,hAt-snd no one
lid. mores the pity.
Well. | don't suppose !, will be hard
for one with 'peek Of romsnee OF i'm
sgins,ion in his or her composition to
guess wha, happened Indeed, II the
romance and ina gina,ion both be lacking,
a little knowledge Of human nature will
answer every purpose. They fell In
love.
OF course |, was a fatally miserable
thing TO do. bu, the long lis, OF such
casualties in existence plainly goes ,o
show, in my opinion a, least. that the
organs Of the head and the heart have
not even a bowing acquaintance.
OF the two, Jsney was by far the
most innocent and unsuspse,ing-,hs
woman is usually at first, although che
often strikes a balance by ,nple-plA,ed
misdoing after having taken the fatal
plunge and IL Was not until she fell
fred's eager kisses on her lips ths, sh'
awoke TO the knowledge Of a love thai
was q, once mishier than herself and Z
cruel wrong to the absen, aud unsus
peciing Ada.
Fred, being !, Is safe to suppose. more
experienced 10 the symptoms OF the ten
der passion, shoud have realized ,heil
common danger and retreat from the
serious companionship before Il was TO-