Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-06-14
A KENTUCKY oRgTNA GREEN.

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For q long time the village on Oh
other side of the river has been SQUIRE
of fascination; there seemed to be only
few houses perched upon tho sid
of the hill, each one OF which wa
striving tn outdo its neighbor In colo
and architecture. There Was one straigh
up and down affair which stood q llttl
apart from the main cluster of house
aud which had style that spoke some
thing on this Wise; "Just look at me,
sm sky hlue."
We w.nt To Aberdeen; I'VE" were IL,
women and Que man. Fancy the mora
courage of that man that dii not falteI
before the undertaking Of plunging Int,
the mysterie. % q my sterious little VII
lage and explaining the same Ia thres
young women cousins aud three othe
young women who we're NO, la the leas
oousinly.
II Il hardly necessary to say that W
turue,i our faces toward th. house of tn
esquire" the one object of Interest u
Aberdeen. \ plain, brown house y
Was nj the end of "Maln street" ans
next to the hotel. it, front door wa
set squsrcly In the centre Of the side tina
faced the south, aud there were two Win
dow., with brown shutters, on either .id'
of the door.
The squire himself answered our ring
aud babe va enter. lie looked III tha
day and explained that he was just get
ting out Of the clutches of the grippe
he va. tall aud thin. with small eye
aud heavy lids his hair va. white ans
hIs face scanned with the age of seventy
i've or eighty winters. =.
"lIow long have been bsr.r' saic
the squire. ~ have been here In ihi'
house thirty-h,e years. ] was borr
within few miles ~ Aberdeen aud have
never been loo mile. away from home u
my life. Ne., I've been right here and
done q good deal towards helping pco'
pie out of trouble."
"Or Into L." could not resist saying
The old squire chueklcd. "Oh, hops
not. When people come to me to ge'
married aud don't seem 10 know thei'
business, or are too young, send then
back home Ia their mothers"
That Was an outrageous lie, aud
knew Il, but the squire Was In 4 plou'
mood aud We were obliged Ia listen "a
illustration. IL the conscientious d.
charge of duty while W. were all men
tally commenting upon case after case,
where irreparable mischief had been
done by the same conscieniiou. squire
for the psltry sum of hiiy cents, for q
bag Of potatoes or q basket of corn.
"Ju.t about 700 couple--betwcen
coo and 200 couples-l'ye married In
nv time" Squire Bea.ley continued
with not a little show of pride. "Oh, no
Never had any rouble al all. Those
.torie. about people pursuing the runa.
way couple, and threatening me, aud all
that, ar. newspaper stories; needn't De-
lle,. q wori of thcm-all trash.
"Ne,er had any trouble at all; mar
~ people right here In this Office, at the
hotel or ON the fcrryboat; IL doe. not
tax. long, aud I Away. carry few Ger
tlhcaies la my pocket TO have them han
dy.
III always give this to the groom" he
explained. ~ sm paid from any cents
To slO for my work. \ fellow from CHI
cAgo gave me so, that's the most ever
did get. I'd like few more runaway'
from there. No. never take anything
but money"
Another lie ; Il was positively opprc--
.l,e, bat IL wa. evident that the old man
suspected that one of us might bc
wieldet % the pen, and consequently, q.
I said before, Il was a plou. day with
him. .
There Wa. pause, during which !
wondered how long II had been since the
pillow cases drawn over some very
heavy looking pillows, had been WASHED
I decided Il Was fully six weeks, when
heard the old squire say TO our young
man; II thought you all had case for
me when YOU came in; u seems that out
of thi. crowd you might be able"
The young msn turned pale. and, sip
ping from hls seat on the window sill,
began to pull on hi. oycrcoat; he Jerked
II up at the back of the neck, drew u
down behind, buttoned II up hastily,
and, thru.ting hls hands Into his pock'
cts, stainmered: These are all very
nice, squire. but my girl Isn't here"
"wrrtch." some one muttered.
That kan.s. city girl. ! suppose
said some other one.
"Oh, no his latest l. In Omaha ex-
plalned the third. while the squire con-
tinued:
It's an easy thing to do; II takes only
a few words and there YOU are. ! am
called up al any time of night, and, sick
or well, I must respond to the impatient
knock nj my door. Not long ago, be-
for, got dressed and answered knock,
the fellow had nearly backed out; he
hung around outside, while the girl
came In and coaxed him to follow. 10
you think YOU wouldn't like to-"
The young man shlyered and looked
be.eechlngly around upon the crowd.
"for heavens sake he exclaimed,
"girls, get me out Of this aud 80, q.
We said our good-bys to the squire, aud
had the pleasure of seeing our young
man revive with the hrst breath OF the
fre.h air without, We thought of those
700 couple. that had crossed the same
threshold and wondered II they we're
not sorry they had ever stood before the
august presence % the squire.
Here IL an Aberdeen story, with the
charm Of being perfectly true. Ther'
was bright pretty girl of II, the daugh'
ter of wealthy people, In q beautiful
proud kentucky town. This pretty girl
was desperately In love with young
man, Who, for various reasons, did not
meet the parents IDEAL of n husband foi
th,ir daughter, and consequently the
course Of love was anything but smooth
for the lovers. -.
The young woman vowed she would
marry the man of her choice: the par
ents vowed with equal emphasis that sh'
should not. The parents tried To wos
her from her love with new dresses, Jew
els and all things that delight a young
woman's fancy.
Finally they lifted her out with an EN-.
tirely new aud elegant wardrobe and
sent her to Kansas City to visit an un'
Gle. The dotlng parents drew deeI
brcaths Of relief; the plan seemed TO b
perfect success, when suddenly ths
Young lady appeared again on her IA
Iher's threshold, having been sent thltheI
without ceremony by her frightened
Kansas City uncle.
II seems the lover followed the maid
en- West and they planned an elopement
The uncle, In some mysterious way, saw
through the whole affair and detained
the maddened lover beneath hls owl
roof while he sent his niece 10 her a.
ther's house. Then the same old story
was repeated again, and anxioas care sal
upon the brows Of father and mother
while the lovers met secretly and decid
ed to end the whole troublesome afiail
by going 10 Aberdeen.
The young woman let herself dowr
from her window by . rope, met hel
lover on the corner, and together they
drove forty miles on . December might