Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-04-22

inhabitants. thrre u tmistnailnn 'nDagh W
rstlace the Als'ni llnss In . de-lrri chain ~
iaris
Al that lIayn,on sni ia vicinity rvally
knew al.,ut ths supIs-ssi llAyn.Tramlay affair
"a. that the rramiay. hai tssu ai lIAyn
farm. that they hal q daughter nam~i Lucia
wba--s sgu dll Mt differ much from Pills,
that Phll bal l..-a In New York Zoe mors
than q fortnight. that h. hai guns dir-rt
frun s>ol Mauinngs ,l,op O. Tramiay oricc,
that b. hal tsrn sevn In Scs Yors In store
elo,hs.. anil that 10 admitted having --n
I.iria oncr ~ tsicr Oat - th--s fes facts,
which suuli have l-~n usele-. % even 10
ts.tiv. wcrv b. unable o. trvsi them "a u'ers
elsw. to l.. folovcl cafviully. the entsrpris
ins r..ople q fiayuion consiruci~i uumtsr
~ siories, each q which hung together admir-.
ably. That they dlfrr~i rniically frum QUE
ano,her ~as not tls fault % the lccai ~
nanc.rs. thsy hal honestly dons their t--i
9TH ths material At hani
Ihn di ~, rr-nri thr matter In this light.
When day by day bic LITTLE brO,hers returned
from .sbsI stih tale. they hal hsanl from
elas. mate. ani sonirr~i greatly that they
hal o., hrst bsani ti,rm az home. Phil's ten
t.r bruks l,.--s ~ .lLlcnly that the boys al
mo-, feaf~i a. rvT.ai AL they hal heari
Ts. vraihful yuang uan lsarn~i that b. hsi
tsut.-,i a. l.lcia and lsvu ryfu-ssi, that hs
bal ts~n aospiel. apTnrrnily At the ams
interview. that Tran,lAy sas "a buihl haiSl'
.pn,s hOi.c on the satsr frlni q IiAyn Farm
foe M. daaghisr asa ~siiing prs-snt. ths,
phu taos his refusal - -rriously "a h-aTt
that be -as gong a. study fur o.. ministry,
-. - T.ll
iuto drinking hAht. - de-ply that rramlay
hal l.su ohllgci 20 write Farmsf Iayn 10
hurry o. iils city AMI rruiov. HI. unfortunate
sIn frUm ills -rras u t~npiaiion
I1iil gfumhis.i anil .,orms.i. h-evrn vos~i
,hs, N sJ-..ip si-lut him dhl NJ, .ni hs ~o'ii
go o. "a. lle tbought -rriousiy - puhli.hins
q H., - deiilAis IA the weekly paTsr. -iit~i
In The county toNn, which devoted . column
o. two 90 Ilaynion news Then b. wondered
sheiher b. mi yhi ~, mAkea cunf,lant Of tie
minister anil trg that q -rm0u L. prracbet
On ih. sinfulBs-s u go--ip, tat this plan dis
apt-ar-i ahruisly when the siaismeut u bis
approaching marriage ~as tTac~i, almost
with certainty, to the minister himself
tiut the wuni trial ~ all rrmainei On
sunday h. ms, q, church ani In the young
I.oplss liibe class ell the girls who lived az
or near Ilaniol Soms a ,a.m t-long~i 70
churvhe. other than that which lnclu,i-i tho
Ilayn family among it, msinb<rs. bat for oncs
they vaivci UNCONVENTIONAL preiervncs- and
weu, a. the Fir,t churrh. anil ~, only a. -
Pills nss ,l0ibes ani caOe, ~ which sol
MAniring hAi brought such astonishing ~
portS
They we're As good AMI sweet b~,rtsd. tho-s
IlAyniou gifls, A. any ~ their 80 on the face
~ N. Earth. Fashions tribe oil and lack
of prose,siolAl advice As ,o hos t--st 81 en-
hanre their s,,ural charms by borrowing
from Ar, cuii ~, dis-ui-, th- fact that
sons a them w,rr quit. pretty. u was not
their fault that PILLS hart hai gune sl--
where for q mate, but that the young man
hlm-lf was groatly % blsms for such .
ooGre Was the general opinion amons therii,
AMI they ~Oull have at last ths cofi-iiation
of swing how h. hai b-~n affected by stop
~ unusual among Iiayuton youth. Ani
shat questions th0-e girls' ey~ di as-l
There va. NJ ne-,i that they shoali pat any
q thsm into wuris. Ihil undersiosi them
all, with the result ths, never tsfore on sun.
DAY hai D. hoafl - little % rrmon. hymn
or praysl. " lsiray~i - fceb!e grasp of
the topic - tie day In tho Bible class
- ~ .usly was hi. mind disiurt.si that be
b. him--lf sharply to account, ''eramin~i
. u,i leucss" In the tins honorci sli oFtho-
doS ulAnner. ami resolved that lack Of cccu'
patton WAS at the lotion % hi. troabls. lie
wouIi t-gin bright aud Early Monday morn.
iny an extension of the big ditch In the
marsL lani. II the mni and Stones and rupts
aBi quickssnds. the tugging AMI sirainins
and Jerspiring. sure Ia la incident io The
work would DOT cure him. be grimly told
himself. then hi. csss was bofsless indeel
BrAvely lie keTt bis wOrl A. sunri-s he
sas alfeaiy on bis ~ay % the Hsrsh, AMI by
the mElil. - the morning single -,nsaiion
sncumtass.-i his sntlr. mind. u WAS that
ditchlng was the haris~t. dirtis-t. forlornest
sors that ever fell % q farmers lot lie
dragged one hsa,lly Dooi~i foo, after the
othsr from the ooss, leanei on hi, sTais and
Offered himself i've MINUTES ret
lie lokei ~carily aiong the proiongaiion
of the line ~ the ditch alrsady compistesi.
ami ~onsler,si how many hun.ir~i days the
entire Improvement would rquire. before
10 dscalssi his calculations we're disturbed By
the -mni of the family dinner bell lie
lco1ei at the sun, which was his only time
p.sss while at work. and wondered vhat
could have t.failen ths hitherto faithful
family clock Again the hell soundei. and
When he lcol II IN tbs direction Of the hooss
be- az, ou u lriE % the hill behind the
orchard, bis mother waving bef apron 10
him Somethins was the matter. what could
it bsi . trampf-a persistent lightning rod
n,ani lie hnrri~l toward the houss. and scon
saw that bis mother Was waving also some-
thin, that ioosci like . handkerchief and
then Ike piece of Ia'sr littss nsArse
AMI be heard his mother shoutingi
"raibers writ We've got . Ietteri-
fhil ran D-arly sIi the way up the Hill, hs
hsd not p-rfofmei that dii1cult feat since be
and another 10y had racd up. In cosstinS
time. In wili strife - 10 which sbouh capture
Q popular Girl and take her down on bic siei
A letter frEn lie father was Indeed IN unu-
suai event, 10 The old man bed nos bssu
away from boms h<forv. excspt vheu on jury
duty In the county town. In many ysarA -
erva Tie ohi lAdyS naan~ 70 sssmsd ~ ~
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