Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-01

all bis aeqnsin,sness and friends come an
inspec, HI. patent esli.,hsnie toys. uni,
every one for miles around became fsmil
lar with Mr.. Mousei'. green saving jack
Al last the longed for day arrived. 4
big load Of foe hickory bad been pile
up in close proximity to the tools OF dsei
nation.
Mr. Mou.er va. al excitement. H
passed by hi. amused wife with import
"a, di,dAin. and scarcely gave him'el
time TO devour hi. dinner. he was 50 cage
90 Be =, work.
"No,hing more. thanks" he replied
a. hi. wife wished to repleni.h bis cup
Rising. he fastened 90 handle his pet
with an ardor ,hs, caused l.i,beih q
smile knowingly A. she watched him piel
on, the very ,malle,, aud mos, slsnds
cord.siieks
That was . gres, mistake on Mr
Moa.s''. part. he should have t.eklsd
the ditisul, one. frat. on the simple ba
fruitful theory that custom would hav
.see,snsd hi. toll With the balm Of srea,
er ease.
Ny ho- the saw rsn,ed, aud the ab
brr,i,,sd stick, ,umbled 10 the ground
sdll. Li.be,h, who vD peeping With
.uehtsr trimming eye., noticed ,hs, a
the third oord.,,iek work seemed 20 slack
en- ia., q little; bat seven were finished
lnd Mr. Msa.sr came 10. declaring b
eel, glorious,
The ,eeoad day Mr.. Mopser remaineS
., table tribe longer. -Four eofd..,iek'
in broken lsns,hs licked the dust. ho"'
ever.
Third d.y-Mr. Mog..r took time I,
glance over the daily new, after dinner
Record Three eofd.siiek,.
"Li.bc,h," said he, | think I've beer
cheated in ,h., "- jack. II ia no, Pa'
together on as practical plan +. ! va
Jed 20 believe l, wissles."
Fourth d.y-Mr Moa,er ,oysd o'sl
hi. dinnsr extensively. lie smoked BIZ
pipe And read the paper. lie slAneet
over bis monihly magazine until dark
and then started up. ,Ielaiming
"Msrey ho~ .hor, the day. are =
M,. Moa,er enjoyed the situation in'
icn.ely. bat never ssii word
Fifth day-Mr. Moussr rose With I
sense Of inj justice r,,,ins upon him. Al
day he va. hAun,ed by the ou,rsseou'
fate ,h., made him the owner Of saw
ins. jack.
my dear. We require more wood thar
usual to-day aud io.mouo~. ~a.hin'
.nd iroains days. you knoT." aid Mrs
Mou,er. a. soon a. be 20, home.
IL never saw anything like the -ay
you women manage % consume fus! I.
snd Mr.. Moa,sr grabbed ht' hs, and
strobe sngrily toward the v0Od.pile. A
fs~ stick, fell before the savage manipu'
l.,ion Of the saw. Will. Sir. Moasef'
.n.rling k,p, eioellsa, time TO the wild
motions Of the sawyer.
"Conf0und ihi, bushes. be nut.
tered. kicking a, the Harmless. .ek-no
=. hard a. he WAITED 20 kiek. Zoe fear bis
wife should see him. aud, vom.nlike
cry. III told yoa .o," and add insult tc
injury by bl.bbins TO those bu'ybOdi,'
hi, friends. who hep; A,king him hos be
~A. getting along saving wood Tie dii
~i.h folk, would mind their o-n ba,i'
ne,.
With. era,h be seq, the saw ayins
over the WOOD. pile Thi. vn too much
III. wife was. brute % expect him e
wofi like = slave dufing the fe- mo
meat. be could call hi, own. fee from
ba,in," dfadstry. Ba, II he gave uI
be would never hear the Jas, Of IL. Oh
IL he could only gs, rii OF ih., aw,j.ek
A long time he Pondered At las,
smile Of Joy illumined bis face. III.
night. after hi, wife had retired
Mr. Moa.er slipped on, aud carried ,h'
hated green object 10 the ironi gate
Presto 10 the morning the corpus Ne
licii would be gone The highway va
full Of robbers. who would steal .ny,hin.
aud everything.
lie would make big fu.. about III
loss. ba, take good care no, To buy
second .Aw. j,ek And wi,hou, one. ho'
could be .a~ the family fuel , HI. wif
shouldn't se, the laugh on him!
he .lsP, the sleep Of th. jas, until
about I o'clock in the morning. IL va
still dark. bu, hi. anxiety TO assure him
.elf Of the los, Of ki, uoabl. caused hin
70 sneak on, and rseonnoi,rr. The saw
.ek wu still there. Mr.. Mou;er -hi'
pered-not a prayer. "Oh. well. Their
/. time enough .,ill between ,hi. hou
and day light for = theft 20 be commit,
ted" be mutiered. IL va. the voice o
Mrs. Mouser that awakened him in tim
for breakfast. He glanced out OF ,h
window the frs, thing. Oh. how brigh,
" the sun .hOne. and ths, saw sel
cleaned up =, him 10 all il. 'erdAn
beauty. No robber hand had carried
away. A fearful Sigh escaped the Mou
ser bosom.
"You must saw some wood for me be
fore you 10, dear" said his wife.
"WhAi. more wood
"Yes. dear; reeollec, you only sawe'
one stick las, evening"" rtjoinsd Mrs
Mou.er. msekly. bat . wicked glesm o
mischief played sbou, her eyes an
mouth.
Mt. Mou.er ignored her reply. an
FASTENED to TOY with hi: pretty tools vi,
a visor born Of awful fury. A grea
swear word desired 10 be born, but b
lip. were compressed. while way down !
III. soul q voice grosned-,hst saving
jack mus, go!
Where, whence , how
Mr. Mouser va. q man Of resources
Twelve o'clock midnight. A burglsris
darkness and silence brooded around |.
man stole hence from his couch. al
grabbing his ,rou.er. lsf, cosy bedroom
A little later. the only other se,i'
creature sbOu,-a feline primA donna
nigh, have witnessed a sorry Sigh,
solitary man marching townward. clutch
ing in bis strong rish, hand = beautiful
painted green saving. jack.
Soon be returned. The saving jae
where was IL,