Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-03-25

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49, hai forInssl plan.
AMI tinrrarss for consuming soch iims a. b.
boy.-i a. have. changing them again and
again o. r,,nf"fm toiongsr 90 shorter Tsriols
Ils sas pr,tr,rri D. t.s an intelligent tourist,
b. -. unly shat wss veil worth t-ins, look.i
o. sni q. study mnch that cDuli ~, ts -~n
tn any o,her ,lac. walch he -ss ever likely
to vtut
A at 10 "a. In Nes yors. his time
~OUh h. limited oniy by ths stp-nss - 70
manning Al h0,sl ~ boariing bou-s Vet hs
founi Lini-rif uiisfly -lthOut imyul-s to fol.
loo any q hi, oar,fully perfected plans lie
struli,i alugi grvai DIAL. bat In an utterly
almls~s wsy lie pa~-.i pablic baiLiings
sh1ch b. kBss by sght a. smong iho-s hs
hai inisn,l.i to inst.-r;, bat bs dh not even
satsf thru d'-rrs. tbs grrai hhfsfbs- In which
for y.ars b. bal boI-si to lu.neh the literary
thir,, that hsi t-sn htti. mor- than tAn,s-
lis~i by the olliectivs ts.,ks In lIaynion -ers
r-garlsi wtih tmtaiicDo, Of al b. as
-hlIs rambling al.pli aloos. nothing rally
hrsi his atisniioa bat N. opaisnts - hop
windo~s iis coali not Tas. . cl0ihing store
siib.ui suo.lering u -,tDs q the go.is BE-
sas within wOuLi not l.soms ham letter
than shat hs -as wcarlng. b. sIsni hours In
Io.,king at display, of drr-- gypis AMI mag
ming bos ons 80 Other PATTERN 90 fAbric
ruaI l.uk ga LsIcia. Ani hs sasis.i many
hsgrs mor- Ia day drsans - parchasing-
oaiy iur berthe hts q i-s,lry AMI other
ofnamsnu siih uhich .nms Windows -ers
nli-i
I.uusllno.s incrra-si The weaksning eject
- -. Ia. f..s.
On. In IN. city bot IN. rrsmlays ani Msrge,
anil b. hai ten much -u.s to impl-s hlm-slf
ug.,n thsm. ls-Alss, MaTs- ~s terribly un-
Interesting a. him, src-pt a. material fof .
study 20 human nsiurs-matsrtAl that vas
peculiarly una,tractivs vhen s1ch q sT.rimsn
a. I.ucia sas Alsay, Ia hi. minis .Y- AMI
ins,s,ing ur.n oSIpytng biz shols aii.niion-
~. lof,sl,ns-- s-n l.cains intoisrst,is, after
. sngi~ DAY - u b. hurr,~i o. IN. river, ~
gaplis-s q tFuiahls criticism AMI teasing
ts-.i ca his uss cloths. to chat 9Th sol
Manirins ani the crvw q ,bs .lopp The in-
tsrvies -as ~, entirely satisfactory, and
Ihil cat hi. wat .hoTi, dsTariins siiha hros
full q srinsL- AMI heart full u wonder
ani Indignation al ths Tsrsisisncy siih stieh
- and 10Th his uen talk~i q i.ncia Tram.
lay anil the r-gAri In -hich they as-anl~i
Phu hsli her How sh0ai they imagine
.urh a thlngi lie vel snss- AMI ds,s.i.i-
ihs rural rag for Frying into the affair. u
I..npl-. tart hulafly yOang msn AMI sutDen
uh0 -s.fus,i ai al fooi q On. anuthcr, tat
shat bal h. ever done or all to make tbe-s
ruage fellows think LSicia ~as io him any
thing bui t.arisr In his fsibsrs bou--i AZ
h. soo,isr.i, thsrp cane 20 his mini q linz
-hich b. hal often painfully follovsi In hi'
coy bu1k ai schooi, Tbs FACE q Jouth u an
of-n trokr Il dii not tsBi Al AL IA restore
oomt.u-ur- o. hi. own fso-.
Hour by hour b. found hlm-n surse cutn-
pany. IL hal never l-furc male soch . dis-
coyery. Thsre hai t-.n hundr~i. AMI thou
sADis u days in hi. life -hsn frum dawn ,o
dafs b. bal l-sn Aions on tha farm, In the
so.ls 90 in h fshing hat, -svera mils- of
,hofe ga N. o.cAn. Yet th. comIanIonship %
ki. th0ughi. had i-sn satisfactory. iis hal
sung aud shistlsi Ly the hour. r~cii~i %
hlmsslf fAvuriis hits q T.-try anil 49,, ~
l.ar-,i oli sori-. AMI iokc.. and enioy-i
hlm-li - sell that -ofn~tins- he Vas AN
novel rather than I,loa.sl ~bsn AN acluaint
snce wouh apT.ar anil mss, On diVcriing
al. attsntloa a. san. trivial r.r-naAi 90 basi
ne- affair. Why couLi b. not cheer himsslf
ns~-h. ~ho Away, hal t---n the lif. sni
ehssr q whatever society bs fOun.l him-si
ini
lie tri~i 81 change tho current 81 his
thoughts by Loking AZ other I-upls. bat tho
result "a. dismal Ia tho extreme. lie lOuns'
81 Aloai nroaissy, stToll-i In Central Tark,
salk-i d0su FIFTH avenue, anil from mC.t
that hs sas hs assumel that everytDiy ~bo
~as having . peasant tiIne, driving fine
h0r,s.. or living tn . handsome hou-s, ~as
rich. Ne bal ts.n carefully trainsi In tho
t..lsl that "a mans life coasiststh not la the
Ahunianos q The thing, which hsposs--sth, :"
tot hi. ol-.ryAtios ot New York ~.r.
severely siralning biz faith. lie ~as entirely
orti..los In his l-lisf as "a the prime -oarce
oi richs.. but hs .udlsnly bscams con-rious
81 an unhappy. persistent qusstioning a Ia
shy b. sl-o had not bren born rich, 90 had
r,cAs. thrust upon him lie un,isrstooi no~
the mad strife Tor wealth which be bad often
hsari Alludsl q .. the prevailing sin of large
citls-: b. wi.hs.l he knew how to strive Tor
N him.lf-anywhsrc, in any ~ay. N only
b. might alsays l- one % the thousands of
p-uyls who s.m~i to war nss clothes al
the time. and sgsni their evenings IN elegant
soie,y, 90 Ia the gorgroas sclusion - pal
ar- Ike that crcuploi by Marges club
For instance, there sss Marse i'hl had
a.sel Tramlay what bgsine~s MArse was On,
AMI the reply was. "NOos IN particular lives
on his lncotne- What. askei Pull of him
-lf. wAs the rea-on that such q man, who
dbl not SEN much interested In anything.
shoali have plenty of money and nothing to
DO, When csrtain other Irrson ~bo could
kc,nly enjoy. AMI. he tslieyoi, honestly Inn
prove, all % Marge. privileges, should have
ben doomed 10 spnd bis life Ia hard endeav-
or 10 wrist the plaine-t.fooi from the JEALOUS
earth aud threatening "a, ani have but .
chAncc glimrss " ths paradise that the rich
we're enJoying-a glimp-s which probably
wouI make his sntirv after life ~retehei
Could be ever again be What be had - long
l.-ni-a ch.srful. contsntei young farmer
ami f.herman' lie actually shiversi - be
ealI-i up the picture Of the long road. alter
naisly dusty and muddy. that pas~si his fs-
thers hou-e. IT, .iiss ~ brown fenos and
struggling bushes AMI weeis converging in
the distance, an uDcoafh human figure or .
crawling horss and ~AsJn its only sign 81
anlnlAiion, AMI coatrAstei 10 with Fifih ave
nue.. it, boun,laries hsndsDms hous-s and lie
roadway thronged with co-tly cluipagrs
t-aring veil dr---'d men and BEAUTIFUL 40
men Passing the hooss OF . msychAnt
prince, he 40 In ths window dns bfonss
group on stand. how different from ths it-
tls plaster va.s of wax flowers and fruits
which had bs~n visible through his mothsss
"b<>t room window - long - be could ~
memhsri
Yes, money was ths sole causs of the diffsr.
suce; money, or the lack of 10. had curs~i
his father, ss u nov was cursing him Mons
Of the elderly men be Nv had facss mors In
tslligeot than biz father. yet 90 that very
moment the nDs old man wss protably clad
In of TAtchsi trousers and cotton shirt, dig
Eing muck from . black siimy pit 10 enrich
The th.n sou u the What lot And his mo-
ther: 70 made bis blood bol 10 think of bar In
faisd calico prvparing supper In the plain old
kitchsn at boms, while scors q richly clad
vomsn of her age, but without her ai~rt,
smiling facs. vsrs leaning bsck In cariAgps
and rssmingly unconscious of The blssing of
bsing sxsmpt from hosnsly toll
And. coming hack 70 hims>lf, moosy. o.
hck o. %, would sooo banish him fron al
THAI now his ere Vas fsastiug upon. 70
would aisc tsnish him from Lucia He bad
rsad storiss Of poor young mn whom vru-
drous chances of fortune bod helpsd 70 ths
hsnds and hsars of beautiful matisus elsd
N 6ns rsimsnt and wearing rars epmA bst
y nsvsr haA failsd 70 rsmind hinssf thas
- tais vss saly ssnasss, ~ -