Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-02-25

mon-y ihA, hls father. In .piis q caro- AMI
skill al hll basiness, wss able to show Zoe
morv than 9 quarter q . century % hard
wurk.
Tho yuung mans departure was the coca.
sioa for quito Representation by the neigh.
bnrs Otbcr young men q the vicinAgs bal
hosa % New York. bat generally they we're
tbo~s whom their nsighbors dii not hops 30
-. again. fhil. on the contrary. vas q gsn-
srL favoriia lIs family ih,sniei ,hs, no
Oos shouh know q the journey until Fhll
"a. fairly "a. Zoe they kns- By sry-rienos.
In -hich somsiims. they had hs-.n the o,Ycni.
er.. how insaiiAble s rural ciriousity about
any dong. cat - the ordinary. Hut when Sol
Msntrins toll al. -ifs tha, Fhil vas % 20
do-n wiih him a. hand Mr. NAntring
,traighissy pui on her t-st things ani went
cut io tel all her nsighbors that Phil llayn
wAs going down % York. AMI. t-lng woman
who never al anything by kAlVs., shs after
sard ploiisi the dusty rosi that III % the
lltiis village At tie railway s,Atiou. ehsrs
,hs cOusumel several hour. In doing pst,y
shipping At the SEVERAL store. varying thls
r~rraiion by insiusirioas g1~sip with every
acquaiutancs Who drOpp.si In IA each pr,
80 who hearl tho nsss wondered what fhn
wss guing for. AMI az Mrx MAn,ring wn
SURE shs didn't know any bs,i.r than dad
sni gons Adam. there vas Developed q wealth
- surmiss ahi ,heory that .houll have for
ever diIsll~l the general imprrssion that
Americans are NJ, imaginative Tsopla
for ihs remainder % Ihls tims at hons
ths family anil "a. slis-, soa bal soarc.ly
enough time o. themselves 20 sttsnd 10 their
daily dsyotions feopls cans 20 torro-
s1msthing. % brins n-ss % AK aivloe-
anything that -Oali ts an srcu.s o. - What
might b. going on, AMI to learn why Phil wn
going to the city Fhlf. Iarvnis hal prv
Tarvi What thgy suppn-ei wOui ls sufficient
explanation. tho farm anil the houss ne.dsi
-oms things that coali better 10 sslsciei from
krss siock. anl VARSITY than bought nsar,r
bomo Dat they Lsi unisrrai~i the T.rsis,
sDcy q kcAl curiosity. numl~fie-s pointed
qus.il0ns wsrs Ask~i. AMI N In the cogrss %
. w-k ihsrs hal t--a any visitor who dli
o., a.. In 90 say or o,hor. whether Phl
wOah go o. 80 ih. Tramlay,, the family di
n0t know who 70 bal b>sn. tbsy we're ,ars
they wUgi have gratefully no,.i such . ooo-
siisrais jsrSon At the time. AMI rsmsmhsrrd
hlm-or hsr-torvIer after
TherS were soOfs-. too. ~hO wsni~i I'M %
Do than small srvice. In the city. fArmsr
Bls~ii, hal heard thA, the car COMPANIES
often snll for alno., nothing the horsss that
broke down AZ thslr hard work anil nrs.iei
only plenty q ~, AMI rasturags 20 msks
them - good AZ nss, wOahint Phl look
at.oat AMI 80 u hs coaldnt ~, him tar
gain,-aBi bring u tack ca the sloOp, hs
wOaLint mini is.silns AMI waisring 10 on tho
hons tripl OF Mrs whollsy hal ten hni.
Ing her sy-ctacl- ~ yOunx that shs didn't
kBos bgi shs p~.-i~i strongrr glAs->s. or
may L. q Blbls With larger J.. q, II fhl
wOah pr.os both AMI vrits hsr. shs voaih
try ,o msks up hsr mind -hAi shs ought 10
d.. Samantha Rooblss had tssn telling bar
husband jams for ths las, I've years thai
their b-st room CARPET was too shabby Zoe
people vho might have funeral In ths fam
lly ., any time, Jams s'spmo,bsr tsing very
oil and slcsiy. bu, James -oulint do any.
thug but pu, off. AMI ss for hsr. abe -snt
going 20 10 chea,.i cut % her eye 10th 81
ths stores Of the depot, whsn year bsfor. last
,hs saw In York nswspap>r. that the wind
bls~ out % the hand % romsboty lsaning oas
% train window, that goci lngrains we're
.slllns In ss~ York at thirty-dvs cents
yari. shs ~ishei Phil would pick hsr on, ona
D<-ids- many requests Ike tbc-s, Pm bal
90 make promi-- 30 doIsIs % young men
and women who>s wants wers smaller. hut
none the easier 20 attend 20. ~ the prusrsc-
tiv. Traveller and bis parruts bal the p~ins OF
pArting allsyiAisi by tho thought that nos
until Ihll DEPARTED would any % them have
Jsaoe Tho day of sailing brought great
ihrong ol yisitors-so many that the minister.
who vas q tho numtsr. erismpori,ci Q
''nelshtnrhooi prayer mcsting.' a, which
Proyiieuce Was implor~i % AVE our dear
young brother from ths psrils Of The dep,
and informci % - many % Pills good quail
i,ie. that only an inborn r~pect for religious
forms r,s;rainci tho mcis-t youth from
sneakins ou, of the hack door and hiding In
the hull % tho sloop until there Was q broad
sIranss Of water between him and the shore
Then the entire thr0ug. excepting two or
three old ladies' Who remained with Ma
IAyn ito help her bear up. poor soul,
s>cortsi Phil To the sloop Among them vas
Q preiomlnancs of young msu who looked -
N In ca-s Phil should want eutstituis they
we're ready. and % young women ~bo~s faocs
Indicated that II Phil should care ~ say any
thing tender 10 anybody. Just 10 have some-
thing 10 think about while away. he should
have no eIcu.s 10 leave ii unsaid
Sol MAntring cut tho parting short by 70
marking that prayer Was all very vel In IL
place. but be didnt believe In 10 keeping .
slcop In . shallow river while the THE wa
falling and no wind TO help hsr cut 30 ihn
hurrisi aboard. though not bsiors bis father
had almost crushed bis hand With grasp
that had been developed by many years Of
training with birdie reins. al belves and %
ternal affection
some ons cast OF tho sioops hawsr. the
mAinsAll was already up. and the craft besAn
% drift out with the tlia Thls wAs the sg-
nal for q futter % hAndksrchisfs and Q
chorus q cheers. during which Farmer llAyn
plciiei along the river hank beside tho Hoop.
regards Of mud, stones, marsh grass and
cattAila lie seemcd 10 have no last intunc-
tions for his hoy inis-si his occasional shouts
we're bs.towei principally upon Sol MAnf.
ring, Who stood at the wheel, and they bad
no more relation 20 Phil than 90 the Khan OF
KhivA In like manner Phil seemed Ices In
tere~f~i In hs father than In the mafs OF
cordags at the foot Of the mast Neverthe-
-, when the river hank endei At ths shore
of the bay. AMI could 10 followed no longer.
the old man stood thsrs, ~ sol Mantring
all aftsrward, "lcokin' ~ II bed Lost hIs iAss
friend, never srpsctsi 10 git another, an
hed got Ten year older ail Of . sudden" and
Phii, when hs aw this, Strengthened In front
Of ths friendly mast which hill him from the
rsmainder Of the crew, and threw kises 10
his father. with the profuaiou Of carly child-
hood, - long a. hs couh distinguish the dlngy
cd coat and hat from the stones OF similar
hue that marked the iittis point
"rhs psrils of the dssp- we're happily
avsrtsd lndssi. Phil would willingly have
endured more could the wind have blown
harder. The sloop finally made her pier In
New York about dusk Of the secood day.
Thii hastily doomed bic bsst suit, and - The
part Of the city In which the iron merchants
cluster was not far away, and 6ol Nantring
knew the srssss Of that portion of The city,
Pm startsd, With minute dirscttcus from the
skipper, 70 call oa Nr. rlmlay. His single
ne. Of purposs made him uncooscious that
hs was scsing In . mAnnsr not common -
hin, bus - hs climbed ths sids of The pisr
and hurried toward ths No. q light bsfors
hin Bol Nantring rsmAsksd 70 ths rsoAin-
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