Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-04-01

cileni - the arrested drive on the svsnue. h.
h..i.,iot -.n her sincs ths evening sben b.
hai rAiss.i ber hAni o. hls liz iiow ths
thought q that usonlen, -~at th. hloc.i lap
lng ~ hs osu flngrr tiT-l lie hal haunted
the avenue every afierpcnn. not daring to
bop. that tho carriage soah again L. stopr.i
In IL. cIar-s. bui that At leas, hs nigh, 80
bsr passing fsos.
A. quigs q . fash that day hls eye. trained
In country fashion to hrsi hisntify approach.
lng riders by thslr hor--, bal --annei The
animals tha, drss the carriage. ~ that bs
might knos them -bsn bstt he sas thcm
Dat again AMI again "a. b. disappoiht~i. Zoe
Tan. on vhlch he wouii have s,aksl his rrpa.
tAiion a. l..lng the sans .sr- drawing car.
rage. that ,lid ~, ooniain thu fsrs h. sDaght
IL might have l-sn sgarel many heart sink
,nss. a. sell a. doubt. n hi. hor-- lorr. had
b. sBosu that the Tramlsy. dh no, tssps .
turn ou,. bat had r-oour,- % 9 livery stable
~h.n tbey sani~l 10 dnv.
lie hal svcn sought iNlclA q, church IL
hal kno-n. since the fsmilys summer ai
iiaynion. the name q the church -hich they
ati.n,l.l. AMI thithsr he send~i hi. way
sunday moruing. bat their I-s ss sppsr.
sntly farther bach than the s.at % vhich be
va shown. Zoe not oba nsnaler q The Tran
lay family c,alii b. -. In frout 90 ,o sitbsr
stis - him. AMI shsn the -rvic. sndsi AMI
h. rvaehsl the si,issak as raptily a. I.->lbls
h. .nln lsafnsi that the cus,om % rural
young mn to stan. In iruui u churche- to
- the suphiI.r. emerge was not followed
ai fashionable temples In the city
Another cumfortins bop. shich sas sronsr
lr~i In fuli fruition. sas la a.. eafly arrival q
hi. dr,-. suit Fully Array~i. hs .J.ut many
hsur. t-fore the mirrur In hi. rUom q, ths
hotel. sudsavuring o. look Ike snms % the
gentlemen -hom ~ hal ..-n At the Trsmlay
rs~piinn little ihoush b. aimlrvi MArs.
cu g-nrral prtncipls., 10 Al nj hesitate to
cpniorm hlrn-lf As nesrlv ~ I--sibl- ~ that
g,ntlsmans ,plsBii oimI.-ar~. suollins
into thsairc one evening On general all
mission" t.cks,. which sniitlsi him to The
trivtieg- q lcanins against q sal, h. 40
quite a numl.r q men In evening dre--, and
b. imtsuy~i the oppnrtuhlty ~ study The
confafaiiys elect. - different siyle. q col
Arr And shirt fruit. Finally b. ycuiur~i Ia
.pp.ar AZ the tl.airs In sy-ning drr-- him.
.,lf, ani from tho lAck q special aiisniion be
Justly hAiisr,,i him-lf that h. di ~, carry
llm-rli unlike oth.r m~n lie ai-o ma,is the
impsiAnt di.cJy~ry that Judge D.csmans
custom - buttoaing hls svsllos t.-'ei coat
ai the saist, AMI displaying . yellos sals
hab.Iksrrhisf In the fullDs-s thsrrof, had te-n
sland0ns.l In the ms,Topolis
A. lA., the long hoT.si for svsnlns arrived,
AMI Phu sas fully drys-ri AMI uncomfortA'
TO lsiorv aIn-t lie hai already l.sru~i.
by o,.-ryaiicu, that vel drc--si msn kept
th.lr fanss clo-.ly shAv~l. AMI hs hai sr'
f.rimsuis,i. ~, sithoai an in-ari grusn at
III. sGtrAsaganos, In shat to him ~sre the
my,,.r,s- u hair dr,--ihg ils vsniur~i into
the .trv-ts q. -son a. darkne-. hai fairly
fAllsn. male his say to th. .iciniiy % the
Dtnnn rs-ileuce, ani frOm Q safs distance
r,sNun0iiervsi tbs hou-s with the parpos.
quite as common In the country as In town,
% o., t-ing anlong the earliest arrival. No
Ious dii h- watch sithOui sizing even .
snsle I.rSon 90 carriage approach the dor
tia, thsrv cam. o. him the horrible fear that
f.fhat- for ~bfns f,a-on the affair had t.sn
p-iTone,i Al,ogt y O'Clock, however, bis
tass "a. rssarisi by single carriage. an
other followed shortly. and several others
cane In ratld sicce-~ion, - q quarter of an
Lour later be made his own entry, On this
o,caslon h. wss n0, unable 30 translate ths
Instructions. a. to ths looaliiy q ths grnils-
mems dressing room. imIsrt~i by the ssrv'
ant At the door, bat, having rsaebci the
g~n-ral r~rsptacls q ooats. hats anil sticks,
ks vas grvatly panied to kno- shy num-
b-r q gru,letDen wers standing ab0ai doing
nothing
by the time he lsArnel tha, most II them
we're merely sailing for their r-I"cti's
femlnins chAr.,,- 10 ds-ccnd With them, .
elock la the rom struck ten, and a. fhl
oountoi tie sirOks- ami rvmsmisr~i bow
often h. hal tccn half rou-si from bis hrst
q ,te t.nsaih his t.sl cloths AZ home by Just
that numl..r, be yawuei by force q habit
ami half wisbei hs never had eft ilaynton-
Hut sisiienly drO~sinsSs, melancholy and
everything els uncomfortable disapTsar~i
in an instant, AMI haayen-PhiI's o~n, new
-, hsaysn-snSslOJ-si the earth. Zoe as bs
follos~i two 90 thr,. bachelors who we're
going down stair. hs heard . well known
yolce stclAimingi
"Oh, Phili Isnt this nicsi JIsi a. n you'd
bssn waiting for mel l haven't any ccort
tonight. - you'll have to tAks ms down
PAPA vlll drip In later. after he's ,ir~i Of the
club
Oh, the music In the rustic of her dre~s ~
Il trailsi down the stairl on, the gold of
bsr hair, the flush of her cheek. the erI"ct-
ancy In her eye AMI her parted liEsl And
only twenty .teJ- in which 10 have u all TO
hinsslfi woali they had bssn twenty thou
and
Al the foot % the stair Lucia took Phils
arm. and together they ~aiui~i their bo-ie-A
Thl felt that be was bslng loossi al by one
one t-siies Ms. Dinon, and lndeci he vas,
for handsome yOun; strangers are quite -
rare In New York as anywhere sl-s In the
world Ney,rthel--s bis oon-riopsns-s vas
not allOwei o. make him unconftrtable, for
t.ts-su long trained courtesy and iEtsiii-
gent admiration Mis Dinon was enabled to
greet him - cordially that hs sss made 10
fsel entirely at eas. Other gusts came
down In moment. AMI Lucia lsi Fhil away,
pre-en,ing him 20 sOns of her scquAintances
aIi kssnly enjoying the sarpri-s of tho-s
Who r-cosnis.si In him the awkward country
boy Of -sk t.fora rhsa one gentleman
after another engaged Lucia In oonver~ation
ami hrggsi danoss; other laiss- ~ith whom
be vas chatting we're similarly taken from
him, AMI Phil finally found himsslf alone on
.ofa, In . po-itiou from which be could
clo~rly ot-rrye the bo~tr~~
Mis Agp-s Diaou va very well worth
looking At Ma Trsmlay may not have bssn
far from right IN fixing her years 81 thirty
sr, but there we're rcorss of girls Who wouh
gladly have scceptei -oms OF her years u
they might have taken with than her sup>rb
physiaue and soms of the tact and vit thai
bsr years had brought bsr. Gladly. too,
would they have shar~i Nh DinoaS supsr-
flucus age could they have Divided With hsr
ths fortu1s he had In her own right No
body knew ersctly bow much it uss. and
fanciss on the subjsct dinsr~i widely, but
What did that mAtteri Tbs leading and In
t<rssting fact was that 10 vas large enough
70 have attracted . pleading varssty Of suit
or, % that thsrs had not bsen tims ancs
che "cams out vbsn Mo Dinou might pos
have s-t her wedding day had shs ik>i
What detrimcnt h thers In ags % girl VIC
can Afford 10 chooss instssd of bsing chosnI
Il nos ths full blown rus more sAsiafactry,
10 many syss, than the budi Ard bow nucA
moro charming The ross vhoss b,uahing pse-
ah lsck not ths CLINT Of gold!
Phil bad about rsschsd ths cpucluioa tkas
|, Nh Dinon was woman whom ~ believed
| q would do his mothss good 10 look st vhn
his dslibsratious wvs hrosgks 70 an ssd b
ths iady hsrssk. vho spproarhsd Nh, -
aids