Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-10

20 be sure. ba, che had given her the
loveliest old bfocade for wedding dress,
and promised to be prssen, in person a,
the forthcoming esremony-and she
would be sure To bring something hand.
some.
There was a fearful thunder storm
iha, nigh, II hsd been sul,ry and
ominou. 90 the westward al day. and
soon after Fred mounted hi. hore and
rode away into the h,ful blackness Of the
furious storm which soonbroks o'efhead.
H. had been firm in bis resolution to 90,
though the ali le family. with the txetp-
,ionoDsney. ,ndsa,or,d to di'siade him
from the attempt,
"ThN las. clap was a sumner.
Shoudni wondsr II the lightning struck
her,abou,.." remarked farmer Holt. a.
be slowly pulled od a wsll-wofn bot
ard gard ril'c,i,sly into ils eapaeiou'
depths
Morning dasned cl,r and brillisn'.
and they had b,rely flashed committing
upon The severity OF the las, nights
.iorm. =. they gathered around the
breakfast table. when a man came
brea,hlr,.ly up the walk, and called farm.
- Hol, oa, q the room. a few hurri'd
~ori,. a sharp exclamation, and then
,hr sound Of reIeAiing steps. aud The
farmer came back into the sunny break
Ia, room siih face grown strangely
white beneath i,s coat Of tan.
They all knew soon enough. Oat IN
the morning sunlight. with his dead face
UP turned TO the deep.,in,sd ky. they
had fourd Fred Foster Horse and rid
er and kinely oak Jay prone. stricken by
the same death dealing bolt.
There was a bitterness, harder TO bear
than death. Janey found in the days
which followed. Ada was able TO take
q certain sad satisfaction in the ~ OF her
mourning and the Asionishin manner ing
Which /, bioash, ou, the peaehy iinis Of
her delicate complexion. There was
also mournful Kind Of consolation in
i,hseiing ,ha, .hs was the center OF IN
i,res, In the village and all the country
round. As well a. In dilAiing upon Fred''
manifold peifec,ion.. and the fine e.iao.
li.hmen, she would have had. TO ffeds
friend. George Marshall. Who was very
kind and .ympa,he,ic--so much 90. IN
fact. that Ad. began 20 feel iha, her be-
rea,emeni had greatly increased her nat
ural a,irAeii,enss. and placed her almost
on par With fascinating young ~idos'
hut my Janey She had no, even the
consolation Of new mourning to distract
her mind from grief ,ha, Was all the
more poignant from being. perioree,
silent oae. Over and over again she
,aid TO herself. IL, va. me be loved
no, her," and I'll, bitter. con,smp'uou'
rs.en,men ssains, George ard Ada. "
they talked IN tender undsi,ones out on
the vine. covered porch OF paced IN
ple.,an, melancholy the long. grass
grown path down which Fred had gal
loped that fatal night.
JAney'. eye. had grown pre,srnAia-
rally sharp. and when. after a perfectly
proper interval. Of course, another en-
sasemsn, ring .parklsd on Ada'' plump
finger. no one wi. less surprised than
he.
The years wen, on. aud Ada changed
from a plump, pretty maiden to an
equally pretty ma,ron and her early
love story. with iu sad ending. be-
came akin to hAlfforso,ien tradition
in the village. and was only oecl'i onslly
allnded TO by her contemporaries "
"Ada Holt. disappointment Perhaps
their romantic Young daughters may have
iel, little secret DISCUS, ,hl, she showed
80 little .isn Of il. pA.sing-bu, what
would you' People cannot mourn 'o''
ever.
50 We grew old ,ose,her-JAney and
/. When all the house il s,ill can
hear her slow. soi, footsteps coming aero',
the hall and into the mOon.lii room. and
fea,ins herself on the faded stool she
strikes my hushy chords with hands
,ha, f.lter now a. they never did Of old.
and TO the broken melody sing. in
husked and fearful voice the song' he
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