Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-09-21
THE MIGHT OF LOVE.
Charles n. waterman In the springfield sun
day Repubiican.l
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for his customary season Of study aud
meditation. An eigh,.houn ride on
the railway brought him TO little coun'
try station in the pine.iree state. whenee
he could see the s,eeples and roofs OF
Ioftytop, three miles up the hill that
lowered above him and there be found
an an,iqua,sd vehicle and horses. with a
busting. sAasy little man for diver. to
conyey him to his destination. Leaving
the village. they crossed river which
disclosed pretty winding' and maple
fringcd banks on the left. while on the
rish, IL settled into s,agnan, muddy la
goon., in ons Of which blue heron stood.
and cared a. them siupIdly. Then they
began TO ascend the hill. AZ frs, they
were surrounded by farms. ba, soon the
meadows yielded 10 pastures; the pas
iures in turn were lost in woodland,
which covered the h.llside' As " TO iso-
late and guard the high.pcrehcd village
then the woods grew thinner. and on
the right white marble shafts were espled
among the trees. where century OF the
inhabitants Of l.oi,y,op lie slseping
The village Of the living IL Ji'i above
the houses surrounded by fruI, and shade
trees. and on this early jane day the or
ehari. Yet retained their blossoms. though
with fam, hold, and their white and
pink clusters. with the opening roses
aboa, the doors. gave beautiful effect
10 the yerdnfe. A light breeze shook
the branches. and sent such shower "
petal. drifting a, almost TO hll the air
aud whiien the street with their pfoiu.
sion. Thi, wa. RAynold,'s welcome to
l.ofiyioT. aud the beauty Of the scene
touched him.
Presently. seated al the window Of a
chamber in the hotel to which be hal
been ,aksn. he gaScd upon lovely New
England valley. with IL. little ri'er shin
ias beneath the setting sun like stream
Of silver Grassy intervals undala'ed
IN the breeze. between the hanking
hills: higher Ani higher the valley rose.
and lower and lover descended the ky.
until they met In peaks Of snow. These
were the New EnslAnd Alps. From
every state Ia New EnslAnd We turn TO
admire these glorious SUBMITS. bat ii i
10 Maine and New Hampshire that the
people worship them. Long did Ray.
noli. drink ia the wondrous beauty.
After supper. a. be wA' viewing the
village hie from the verAndA. he fell in
with a villagcr who ea,alogued iof him
the natural attractions Of the vicinity.
"Mouni R.iny"-indica,ing with hi'
thumb an eminenee 10 the east Of the
,illase.-"Caseads brook. Cave OF Iro.
phonias-"
$50 have 20, into classic lands ;"
interrupted Reynolds, "l did not kno~
before that rroPhoaia' was situated IN
Maine"
The citizen. laughed. This is bu,
one Of many ooantsrpAf,', and 'hink
you may safely veniure into It's shade
w,hoa, fear Of losing your gayeiy.
RAynold. seemed pvpossessed Ia be.
half Of ,hi, classic retreat. and asked
several questions regarding is where
aboa,, which the citizen klndly answef-
cd.
I'll think | will visit the cave aud DO
some ske,ehlng there tomorrow. said
R.ynold., "if can find It. Do you
knos Of any one who can guide me
The citizen though, moment and
then answered. 81 know Of a boy who
goes within a short distance Of the cave
every day. and | will charter him for
your guide and seni him TO the hotel IN
the morning.
When RAynold, looked out Of hi, east
era window. next moining, the sun va.
arising seemingly on, of a gap ia the
ere., OF old Rainy. while from his wes-
tern window he bsheld the submits that
were generally clothed with cold white.
ness now peaks Of burnished goli. A
sparrow was singing bis maths. while
from the gAidea he could hear the Pecu'
liar cry Of the robin, which the farmers
translate into "wAsh-skillet ani which
they further say is an omen OF rain.
Soon the gong sounded, indicating
breakfast; and Reynolds responded TO
the summons. lie had scarcely flashed
when a small. ieePly.,Aaned boy made
his appearance. and announced ,ha, be
had been engaged to pilot the gentleman
10 the cave OF Trophonius. R,ynolds
took hi. .ketsh.DoH, esmP.ehair and um-
brrlla, and sAun,sred after the boy.
Their way lay a, frs, through a pleas
an, stree, Of the village and the boy gave
a rambling commentary on the yillaser.
whose houses they passed Then came
a stretch Of country aud down a steep
hill. Raynold.'s conductor either gave
up talking to him. or he. los, in medi,a.
ton. forgO, 20 listen. But his medi,a-
ton was broken by the following an
nouneemen, from the boy
This is SIlyer,hread brook. The
Cave Of TrophonIus is further up the
brook. can 90 no further with you.
bu, you can find ityour.elf easy enough" "
Rsyn olds thanked him, and turned to
view the little thread OF water that was
falling over a ledge on the right. i,
was hot day, and he though, he would
seek shelter from the rays Of the sun un.
der the bridge and sketch the stream
and rocks so he scrambled down TO the
bed Of the brook aud seated himself on
cool stone but instead Of ske,ehing be
betook himself to dreaming. After q
while be awoke from his revere, aud
feeling in no mood for skeiehing, he
shouldered his kit and elambered over
the rocks TO explore the brook. He had
not proceeded far when he heard distan,
thunder. sd looking up. he saw that
the robins morning prophecy was prov.
ing true aud thA, rain.clouds were
forming.
III must be getting out Of this. he
said then he saw pile Of rocks ,hA. he
donclubed mus, hide the cave. and be
though, he would investigate tina, before
returning. even a, the expe nse OF q
drenching.
As be WAS climbing over the rocks he
Il III, ~ ....tks,a. th.t tntafosfeI