Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-11-09

together when old fotee' went uP !"
0ineral Court.
"He was a violen, hind Nv . man. an
learn'd too. The way he used to set
down hi. cider mug. silver, too, an say
'Bie, hoe. hrc.' or some such rubbish.
mad. my blood run cold. lie ". aw-
ful proud NV hi, kno~ledse. One Nv
the fr.t thing. I recall was the querell
In the church between him and Deacon
Dean. That night. as I W. briugin in
wood Il lived with him) be ser TO me.
Simon. the ignorance Of some folks is
.ppsllin.' I tipped a little Latin at
Brother Dean. to-day. an he cried
Away with your Greek"
"Bat 10 return 10 my story. Old Po'eet
furbid Mary. seein' OF 'Peskin' to Lutte
Paine any more. She got IN q way Nv
meeiin him down on the edge Nv that
cliff"
looked up High above oer heads
ro.e the elid. There W. deep eh.'m
in IL. caused probably by tie wearing
away Of a .sam Of f,rsproek.
81 ealc'ls,s the Wind roaring IN that
cave |, VIA, they call Po'eets hollering.
I've seen ,hs, cliff when !, ". white
with foam; an the ~ind 'kfisksd In'
beloved like. a. the Bible 'ef. a thou
san cattle.
"Ons nish, Mary stole od to NEE,
Lutte. 'Tw. brigh, night. Who
should rice up from the very ground. {"
|, ~sre. but the old man. her father
Ho, word. follo~ed. Mary had . tenn
per NV her o-n. I'll never give him
up. never she ksp, s..syin.' PO,eei
would keep iollsrin' hersuP -i,h sharp
word. Bimsby. be 'sI. 'iou 'eoaif
and raised hi. hand 10 strike her. Mary
had bes .,sppin' back ell the time. an
be follsiin' her up. She took one more
step an old Po,ee,'s shrek rang out on
the air. Hore. rose in their stall. At
the sound. an they heard !, far miles.
Mary vas gone. rish, down into the
bciling. .ee,hing water.
"He acted like . crazy msa. but 'oon
eslmsd lown ar vent on ss before. Poor
Mary. body va. never found, AZ Late
Paine vent off TO Virginny, or 'ome-
wh,r-. 10 dro~nd hi, trouble.
"Bu, old Po,eet had haunted con.
science. lie lived on an on for yssr.
.. hard =. . lin, an s cool COW.
eumber. TO sll appearance. lie Wd'nt.
fur one nigh, ,hs, same awful Shrek
"a. heard. an old Po,ests raanslsd re-
main. w,ie found a, the foo, NV the elf.
II ". lo~ tide. you see"
A, this moment. the blosied eares"
Of dead dog aoa,ed by US. A 'uper-
.,i,iou. chill ran through my veins. Tue
Wind MAS rising.
"Do Il, "a, 80 home " cried. See,
the gale !. coming up.
We reached unele Simon, cottage as
i, struck HI. porily ~ife mr. u.
"Your husband hA. been telling me =
legend Of your io~n." said. "and the
origin Of IL. peculiar name"
Don't you believe half simon says.
Nj. H.ithern." she returned. a" lie
/, dseei,fal. he'll tell you anything. al
laugh at you for believing him.
A. recalled the crafty. yet rosui'h
look Of hi. eyes, almO., ooiaeided with
bsr Eye. Of that pure, deep blue. rare
ly seen beyond childhood. and which !
have Away. observed belonged 10 per.
800. Of rather opposite ehnse,eri.,ie'
than those one would expect from their
innocent hue. Ye, IL VAS 90 pleasant
10 swallow marvellous story whole.
Has, ,hoa q drunken .ouli
The bsns ). IN thy shallow skull no, IN my
silver bowl
"No~ you think Simon likes to
plague me. s.i ran over TO Lir,'.
yesterday [; an when 10, home be bad
a FIRE in the be., room. an the cheers all
ou, in the Aoor Had eomp,ny. he said,
an | stayed 90 they wen, home. lie
~oulJn', tell me Who !, WAS. an Was
js., worried to death. when Mis- Kay
dropped in an told me no, a soul had
been near the house lie took all that
trouble 10 Plsgue me
Several day. Afisr. | asked the venef-
able pastor abou, the Pe,i, tragedy.
"Siile,' version Of the origin Of the
name Of the town is correct. When
'Po,se, boilers they sl~sy. fore'sll
storm. Mary Petit, OF rather Mare,
va. supposed to be drowned but, sfisr
her father. tragic end. she appeared ani
claimed hi. large and valuable estate.
She fell over the cliff but almo', into the
boa, Of her lover. young Paine. who was
on hi. way TO NEE, her. he coneesled
her on board . coaster. bound for Boston;
joined her there af,er the futile search for
her body was over. aud married her. !
think she did very wrong 10 allow her
father to think himself guilty Of her
death. bu, such are the facts"
The next time n~ Mr.. Simon Stiles
I accused him Of not telling rne the truth
about Marie Petit.
"Ef you'd ssed me ef she WAS dead ]
should told you. Why didn't you al
VIA, become Nv all Po,ee,'s property ?"
be re,or,ed with the most injured air i'm.
aginable. 81 guess you know now how
this Hollow got lis name. an you won't
iind |, necessary TO AZ any more que''
,ions bout IL.
With ,hi. vproof | walked of. leaving
him living picture against background
Of sky and water. The wind softly
lifted hi. ,cant gray lock', squilrieal
smile seemed forcing i,s way over the
rugged face. and those innocent eyes
loOd,d mildly indignant. ! would have
liked to photograph him for Rogers to
eopy.-Sarak +. T.. HaWthOms.
TnE LAsr STORY Tom "A party Of
gentlemen At a Birmingham hotel were
telling stories one nigh, rseenily Of fam.
Gus shots and how many qaails. part.
ridges. ducks and other birds bad been
killed st q single discharge. After lis