Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-04-13
WINNY.

chair on the poEEa till dinners ready
We dine early In these new world parts
Fine farm, Well. yes; Indian creek
is . nice place II | do own Il. All. a.
far as you can see. grass land. corn fields,
wood. aud creek, all belong to Il. Stock,
too /: they call Il the best stocked farm in
Ontario, I believe, and dare say they're
right. AL mine; aud yet. came 10
Canada twelve years ago wiihou, even
the traditional half crown In my trouser.
pocket. You look surprised. Would
you like to hear the story, There's q
good half hour to dinner time. yet. and
IL. a story 1 never tire OF ,sllias some
how.
began life q. the son Of village car.
pen,er 10 the south Of Eagland. You
kn,w the elias. pretty we'll, | dare say.
and wha, a gulf Was hred between me
aud the vicar Of the parish. And yet
and ye,-from the time she vas seven
year. old and I eleven. and .hs fell down
In the dusty road outside the carpenters
shop aud eri,d. aud | picked her up. and
.moo,hed the little erumpled pinafore. aud
kissed the da,, oa, Of her golden eurl'.
loved bg, one girl In the world. and
,hA, W. the vicar. daughter. Wianis
Branscoms.
M.dns.., you'll say. Well. perhaps
90. And ye, . man Is bu, q man. and a
woman q woman; and love comes. what
ever one may do. There's no class dis.
tine,ion recognized by childhood. and We
were playmate, and friends I'LL ,he wen,
TO boarding school. II Nj" winny had
had mother. no doub, things would
have been different. bu, We wire alike
Ia never having known . womAa's care.
AID the old vicar Was blind TO everything
ba, hi. theological Al treatise.
Ba, when she came back rom the
London boarding school. . beautiful
young lady. all smiles and laee' AID III.
lie lovely way.-,hsa | knew. | had
tried my best TO study and work, and
make myself more like the men she would
meet bat wha, can lad in az Engli'h
village do, jus, had enough education
10 make every other lad in the place bate
me and beside the men Of her world !
suppose | ca, rather an astonishing hs.
ure. Ye, the hope Of her was 20 beyond
all else 10 me. iha, mad. hoPels., +. !
eel, IL. | had no power over my'elf; and
the frs, time | elush, her alone IN the
woods-.he avoided me. and saw ] had
70 watch for chance. | told her the
whole story and waited for her answer.
She grew .enle,-a rush Of color ,hA,
dyed her fair. swee, fAee-,hsn deadly
pale.
"Diek." she said. and she VAS ,rsm-
bling from head TO foot. "you know II
can never. never be; you kno~ jou are
wrong even TO dream Of such a thing.
some girl. would think IL an insult;
know you better; but II my father heard
Of ,hi. be would ,hink you had abused
hi, kindns., TO you he would never for.
give you. Forge, your mAdns.." And
she ran from me.
| let her go. had seen the blush
snd the ,remor. aud | guessed that II |
had been Mr. Lonus. the young squire.
instead Of Dick Ha~,ry. the carpenters
500. her answer nigh, have been differ.
en,. A grea, resolve 'Prang up IN my
soal. and | took q ,olemn vow In those
June woods. Tia, very nigh, ! sold the
old shop my father va, dead, and | had
taken to the basines'). aud With the
money bough, an outfit. aad started
.,raish, for Canada. l, was pretty tough
work =, fir.,. but worked like a galley
slave. starved and pinehsd All saved.
and never .pen, penny oa myself eS.
eep, for the books | 50, up half The nigh,
TO read and study. Well. In this eoan.
,ry the man Who works aud doesn't drink
!. sure to &c, on; and had a mighty
purpose in my head. by and by |
bough, some land dirt cheap. aud sold IL
for three times what l gave for IL; then
| began to make money fast. 'hoald
call my luck wonderful II | believed in
luck and didn, prefer TO think wi.
helped by = power far abler than my
own. At last, ten years to the very day
after / set foo, on Canadian soil. bought
Indian Creek farm. and began TO build
this house. AL the neighbors thought
my good fortune had turned my brain.
Tor / fitted IL up and furnished It for q
lady, down TO a little rocking chair by
my study table, aud work ba'kst with
a tiny gold thimble 10 il. When all was
finished. I took the fr, ship for Liver
pool. >,
Ten years build. city over here. II,
doesn', make much change in Dsvon-
,hire village. The very gates were still
half Off the hinges as | left them. only
the people were a little older and ,rias
more stupid; and there Was = new vicar.
Old Mr.. Branseome had been dead 'ix
months; died very poor. they told me I;
there was nothing left FOR Mi. winny.
NV hear, gave one grea, leap when |
heard that. And Miss winny' oh.
she had gone governes'ing with some
people who were jus, of TO Canada, and
the ship sailed tomorrow from Liverpool
The Liverpool express never seemed to
crawl 90 slowly before. got there to
fiad every berth taken on board the AHt.
arctic, and the captain raging A. the non'
appearance Of two Of the crew. With.
out = seconds pause offered for one OF
the vac.n, places; I Was As strong s .
horse, and active enough, and though the
captain eyed me rather ssksncs-l had
been 10 q west end tailor on my way
through London-he Was too glad 10 get
me to ask any questions. So sailed on
the ship with my girl. little . she knew
IL. saw her the first day or Two. look
ing 90 pale and thin that she Was like
the ghos, OF her old self. and yet sweese'
to my eyes than ever before.
The children she had charge OF were
troublesome little creatures. Who worried
and b.dsered her ill ! longed to cut
them we'll. But there WAS senslsnes'
and patience abou, her quite new to my
idea Of Miss winny. and only loved her
the more for IL. After the second day
an, ,h. lind freshened. and saw nc