Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-16
CHATTER VII.

.EIEWN have wished Il TO
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I&&A Ia. John Hurl.
70 X stone. as lave
n intimated. was Q
young man fond
1HLItYH' of his plcasurcs-
~ l,xN 40 fond. inde,Si.
" E1 that the pain they
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most dear. did
not prevent hi. enjoying them TO the full.
Apparently. he was the kindcst Of ions
and most afrcctionate of broihers lie
Vas never known 90 give his mother .
crcss or inpatient wori In his life. and
his attentions 90 his sisters were all that
they could ask and more than they cculd
expect, judging from the relations at
other young men In their circle 10 their
sisters
lie was very popular In the village,
for he Was no, only the most amiable
but the gayost and hand-omest young
fellow In all thc-e parts. and therc ~as
a dash % the hero about him, t6o. foi
ho had scrycd with distinction In a.
army. having gone In as q private anJ
Won his captains s,rar- by sheer bravery
and devotion Ia duty. Ponder q lux.
ury than any man ever met, he fairly
revclcd In hardship when IL had 10 10
endured Easy going as be WAS by ma
tur. AMI slow % act under ordinary
circumstances, he was as quick as q fash
In an emergency. AZ homo he was
never on time. no matter What the ur-
gcncy % the case; In the army be was
punctuality itself. The most dandiiicd
about his toilet arrangements. and taking
As much time 90 array himself as the
vainc-, l-lle. hc would take snow hath
!, he could g,t no other. dry himself In
The sun and t- ready Zoe marching In
Eve minutes Ills ma,,rcss at home had
20 ts % a particularly choice quality Of
curlci hair and the springs of the very
t.si steel. 90 he could not sleep In tho
army he wvuld roll himself up In bl,n-
let. lie In the mud during a Islting storm
and .l~p as peacefully a. n child John
iiurlsione was made up 81 oontradic-
tions
lie loved his mother 80 'enderly that
he Was completely unnervcd N she vas
81. and ~ait.d upoa her With the gentle
ie,o,ion - q daughter: yet he dill not
bs-itaie 60 do things tha, he knew would
brcak her heart. simply to graiify his
own pleasure. lie would have given his
last crust to his mother and sisters, yet
he would not do an honest dAy's work to
save them from want lie did not cay
that he would not. he simply did not.
and that va. thu end ~ the matter. Ills
mothers and sisters were devoted 10 him
They knew hc was thoroughly selfish.
Ia, he wa. - swcc, and Kind at home
,ha, they forgaye him everything Wo
men always liked him; men-that L.. the
the serious ninded-rcgaried him l---
l.nicnily Among the class I.opularly
known as '',he boys- bc was 4 prime Ia
voriie. They admired his cleycrnes,
and be- Vas pleased by their homage.
lie would 1T for an hour at time talk.
ing with bis Sandy. the village black.
smith. a miscrablc. drunken. fellow. 10
cause. he aid. SANDY $50 fond % na'
Every harkccT.r in the town and every
hanger on ~ the saloons shook him by
the hand and sworc that "Cap'n Jack
was q ''psrfcc' gcmman.- The aitsn-
tons % the Prince Of Wales are no
s~ccicr 10 the professional beauty than
were thcse word. of compliment 20 Capt
John liurlstoue.
John received the attentions % the
young ladies morc moics,iy. lie never
hoas,ed % his oongucsts: indeed. be did
no, seem 90 think that he hal made any.
lie never tircd Of telling how fond he
was % the girls. individually and col.
lectiyely. but that they werc fond u him
he moiestly denied They know I
love them all. and they feel sorry for
me. be usei To say. iaughingly. John
Iiuils,one was the mos, dangerous sort
% iirt. for be was really In love for
the time being with each % the girls he
flirted with. When he transferred his
very special attention from one 20 an.
other he did ~ In the kindliest manner.
and SEEMED always To have a warm place
In his heart for the old love. AZ the
time 20 which am now writing he was
paying marked attention. even Tor him.
10 Amy Iayliss. the pretty little simple
minded daughter 81 the Rev. Dr. Bayli's,
rector of 81 Ann. church IN the village.
II was more than whispered than John
ilurlsione vas engaged to ANY Bayliss,
but nothing authoritative was known
upon the subject But tho dashing
beauty. Emily liarford. denied the rumor
fiatly. and s,id that John llurlstonc WIS
not the man to te caught by baby face;
that he was amusing himself with Amy
layliss because he saw. ne every one
could sc. tha, she was dead In love with
him. Emily Barford. Ike many clever
girl before her. did not understand men
as well rs she thought she did. and In
the case of John Hurlstone was entirely
mistaken lie was Just tho man 10 10
caught by "baby face and when Amy
Isayliss rolled her big blue eyes up
towards his AMI stretched her little mouth
with n smile that showed two rows 0f
the whitcst teeth. the big heart OF Capt.
John swclled to bursting. AMI hc sworc
20 himself that bc was at last madly and
seriously In love
John tiurlsione had been hard drink.
er ai different times In his life. but the
folks at homc had never seen him under
the influence of liquor. lie either went
without drink altogether or he gave him.
elf up To IT, They used to say In tie
army that he could drink the entire mes
under the table lie didn't care much
for champagne. though when he Was
thirsty be would Gil q celery glass and
drain u To the lotion. but this was done
rather 10 amusc or astonish his compai.
ions than TO slake his Thirst "liard"
liquors were his choice. and when 10
once besan on them be kept u up In .
way that would have killed most meil
lie was conviviai drinker. and seldom,
unless TO wipe out tho memory OF some-
thing unpleasant. took q drink alono.
When he had money. he treated the
crowd. when he hal none. the crowd
treais,l him.
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