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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
NORWAY lAkE

Miss \. 4. NewhAll IL at home for q
much needed rest.
Mrs. WEIGH and daughter return ia
boston the 10th.
Mrs. samuel Partridge sister, Mrs.
smith, went To Bethel Tuesday. She
will stop there day or two aud then ~
on To her home In ~. .Iohnsbury.
Miss Emma Stevens "a at home for Z
vacation Of few weeks.
Some Of the summer boarders here al
the lake went away the 18th.
The dance at Floods Hall the 18th
Was well attended. IL Was very warm
night aud the lemonade and Ice cream
were very refreshing.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
HARTFORD.

Mr.. Alt~rt Moulton and sister run
Arlington, Mass, are Wishing 'he''
friends In Hartford.
Mr.. John Parlin and family have re
turned from Berwick where he has been
teaching school. - .,,.
Mr.. Prank Jordan has been quit'
.Iek. but va. better at last accounts.
cal AT stanley Blsb-e's store Al bach'
ield u you want "a good trade In ioo''
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
EAST hgBRoN.

Farmers Arr enjoying some very fine
hay weather aud are Improving the
sane.
10. u. keene IL at work at Buckheld
hA wing with his crew.
T.. q. keene Is cutting the hay for W.
y. Bucknsm.
Daniel D.. Keene :. cutting the grass
for Robinson Dean.
Mrs.. Charles Bailey Of Dexter IL visit.
Ing relatives In this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. J. I.sughton took the
fir-, and second degrees In the Grange
Al the last meeting.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
RUheORO CENTRE.

Presiding Elder, A. 4. IAdd. held ,
quarterly conference here last FRIDAY
evening. Il Was voted to have tho trust.
ees take some action towards building
= church at Rumford Falls.
Mrs. Harriet Wood IL gaining Ia
health. She IL however At the hospital
at Portland yet.
The Epworth League recently organ.
lied here IL doing good work.
Messrs. l.. u. and ID. \. Andrews were
In toWu last ueek
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

Mr.. Richmond wescott aud family are
expected to move Into their summer cot
tsge to-day, Friday. The family will
probably remain for the summer but Mt.
Wescott will return Ia his business In
Portland after short vacation. lie has
some very choice fowls which he will
bring with him.
Miss Mary Wright, who has been an
invalid for some thirteen years, seems
10 be q little better this summer.
Mr.. James weseott has gone to Port
Land To work for his brother, josiah
wescott. james IL . mason by trade
and IL called one Of our hest workmen.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

Mths Sine q he centennial exercise.
Y o. fr.t Mpti.t 'haryh % Parts,
a. 'Ftu.sr. Contribution WAS taken
p STRAY ffs rNI~ns. 20 printing. In
la11t.st : -u The pr,C--iings 81 the
Gay. Nu-a Hl ths pamphlet has t~eu
fFas ul af Oh, l,,mocfat oric- Tor
80 tlus tli 10 l. nov In the hlndery
- .li $50 .- ready for delivery a.
li'hissr. ifI.a pamphlet % - ccta-
So. .r guud quality ~ paper,
i-i tvl'a.... 's.i.i~. general and intro
-'.ioff natter he rvt"rt. % the three
-''s'a.. : M. .l fan the address %
s'-"nF '. ..F pastor. the historical
.sp1rss 't BE-, n. e. Estes, II. u.
-. u htrl a1i V.sm hy Hoo. Georg,
mn ur 'hs iAy ~ the centennial
t-is- ..Itrr~i ouiy about one
ara q .'r historical discoars. herr
20 .a ' sh.gh contains q grrAi
"a = u..e historical matter, col
80 D. i'. t.,ss' accurate and pains
- iho.~ wishing to pur-
- u lnphi-t may procure u oi
la',"r. Ii., 4. 4. Wedge, Tor y
g % ..Gl. 10 p crnts II -eut by
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
CANTON.

NrS Jennie Hollis has returned from
Portland where abe has bern at work In
= millinery store.
u. A. Hills, Esq., has been quite sIck
the past few days.
Prof. u. A. Daniels and family arc
visiting at Mrs. Esther llayford's.
Mrs. X. Thompson and sou Of Auburn
were Waiting friends In town few days
last week.
Miss Mary Coburn IL spending the
summer with her cousin In Mlddleboro,
Mass.
Prof. W. W. Andrews and family are
visiting at ID. Bradford's.
The All MAtx Specially Co. will
visit Canton Tuesday evening, July 10.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

p >tarn., Esq.. has q yoke %
n. sa,h q whi,h has a horn knocked
So ttr rf'yi - tghting-so that
slru H., a-v Iu The yoke the two horns
~ ~ .l..is Az down h--id. the oxen's
az, ut..s those Ca the outside stand
pa uF.r uitursl position. a the
~ an u,.. matched la Sire aud color,
~ syums,ry q the pair l. Increased by
- tfu,T.rs hDrus. 4 shOrt time since
iFrum.rsuf mFmhsr 20 the Oxford bar
49, " >,arns Nhat knocked down
o. born. NJ >t-arn. replied sotrrly
IA irv, fru directly bstscen the
~. n aayrf guilelcssly scCepieSi
- ~ .aIsf.1r. bat his wifr, Who was
i',-l'. ga,f 'hs jokr away by asking.
Ahr 'rlur % the yokeF
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
IocKE,s MILLS.

oul,. a .erIoa. accident occurred To
Mr. Geo. Bryant while riding horse,
back. The girth brokr lifting her iai,
a. an. yroand. shs vas taken gp anu
'-.,,I.i 10 Mr.. Carr. home where she
rrm.ln-d unconscloas Tor nearly Two
hoar.. pr. Rankin VAS called and ex-
smIn.d her and pronounced %" bone.
broken. hut .he |. very sore aud may
~. lurt Internally.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
&c AI NoRIn lovlLL.
II b .I,rnlL rnor.,sp rolLAn..


@'tlt. NAM. July rs, is9s.
s,,nday afternoon fire Was dis
!, ,','si In ~ rot n the engine house
- seim min aud spool works u
- walker AZ North Lvell. !,
-. 'l'rad 10 the main part OF the mill,
lFucr o. the house and stable Of
g.. !, s','oss and N. house, stable and
a.. 49, . I. 81. u. Farnham which
As, -, hurnoi. The upper part Of
$50 huiltiug VS. Oxnesl and ocsupl-
n '''es,'ut Lodge. No. -. LOOP,
,.,'iinss ~ Geo. Hartman caught
80 phces, bat did not buru. We
- 10 mil Nas Insured for 500
r.. lsfuhsm, on buildings and
4. slp1 The odd Fellows, $50
l,., 49, no' learn the amount % W. 4,
s Insurance.
q. NC.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

g. Paint having been formally made
"a. ,oaniy Attorney brown Of
,oaniy iOr mol pressing liquor
AS,,, MS oonirsry tn sw, and his re-
,si.,hs .sked Zoe, q hearing wss
-, a. ior Monday of las, week. BE-
b.. governor aud council. Mr..
.t...., pearet, bot M oae appeared
aar,~, nm and the MATTER wAs die
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
THE OXFORD BEARS,
the polNos or the WEEK M AL
SECTIONS OF The COUNTY.
WEST PARIS

Good hay weather the past week.
Thr.e men are making boxes In the
corn shop.
n man Who slept In J. W. willis harm
last FRIDAY night, Vas arrested by Dep
ufy sheriff Tucker and taken tn Gar
lands boarding house ON thu Inn.
Mr.. aud Mrs. J. A. Dowst and son.
Arthur. nom brooklyn, y. u, were at
u. u. Andre~s', rharsday.
Mrs. Eiixa GREEN % Athol, Mass, has
teen stopping st her fathers, J. W.
Willis, for the past fe~ days.
Miss iva stuart 81 Lynn, Mass, IL I'm
town visiting friends.
Lewis Mann of Milton has been here
Ia look az the Pioneer mill.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

n fo.'swlug arv among the arrival.
afh. A. Hi.sfi iluuse Tor the w-es
" safNHs ~ h.l.tst. fsrt'snd
Tt.U taf tses X tuIe, hs-tau, Ma.
b. - 81 NJ New. furtlani
- E.as 90 sifs rurtlAnd.
tsare Trsftfra. sin ant ,isaxhtsf. fort
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

K..hor Neriy q PORTLAND, abb IA stop
rss hs-,. gunIgctod Episcopal service
4 - Baptist church Sunday al the
rssaf hruf. ~. The sacrameuts
tagt..m. toudrmstion aud communion
ssv oh-ef,~l.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
BUcKFIglO.

lion. George ID. Blsbce's bay hor.,
Mckusick Was Que Of the handsome.l
aud hest appearing % the many GOO,
ones from all parts of New England At
the Old Orchard races.
The family of the late Holman a.
waldron % New Castle, Ind, are visit
Ing relatives here.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

Geyrg, . >'safn. has rvturb~i frOm
th-'a. t,a.. sh~rv M. sous, George :.
a. Harry l.. arr .Ak. both have had
|. stsrs .rkuv,., llArry's liie being Tor
attn almost irsIaircd q. They arr
- iupr1siug. ani ~ill come north a.
- a. thrt - sufficient str~ngth.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

To take the place Of Railroad Com
nlssioner Bowers, deceased, mention ID
made Of tho names Of william A. Good
Win of Portland, Samuel Garland Of
0osham, and Benjamin y. Chadbourne
az BAdGfoed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

r., sanford Mitchell pr,ache,l At the
Tsvsr.Ist thar,h Sunday morning,
~ sualuttci a .sr,icc ~ song In the
s,,-iss The mr-tings ~ill - couiinu-
sltf .,srsI Sundays, AZ n a. n. and
suTE
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

Nm E..s Gllcs - Portland u At
e NsIea'. fDf fes week. >he l.
,,omIan,.I by Miss One-yi rhur.ton
4 Ru.fnr
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

N..cus, Eeal. and Mis- Alice Ten
~ 4 l'srtIani arv Spreading = vacation
rihs hams - Io-~ph Cummings la this
yIage
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

n - Mo,haui, falls ledger come.
bear ut.s. aud J. a guoi-looking and
.slyvlil,i-i papvS. There are some
ssksf. h.hi1d u. and .. Il l. work
tat aAsf. suty-ss. In the Hsvspspsr
D.. t i. .air to pr~lict succc..:ul
orr.r CO. 30 paper, which Ne sincerely
tlsts have.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

NJ p.HisI Ta'-'s and Mrs.. Emily VI. y,
W. n North Cambridge. Mass, ars
..rf.re 90 weeks NJ Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

N. Nsr.oa Rrigg. aud Mr.. aud Mr..
49, Rrs-. sni child. ot lAwrrnce,
u. Az 40 Mr. Nasou's.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19
LOWELL.

The waste gate at Fox & sons mill
went out reccntly, stopping the work
% saving and causing quite a damage.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

NJ c~ursy Page % Berlin. y. IL,
. sth h.r daughter. Mrs. cyrus L.
...ftagt. e.. n Gipley's.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

nj william D. sargent, principal Of
u.,roa ACADEMY, With his ~ife, we're nj
M. I.' at Scrk.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

e,.,f climate this >weltsr and gasp
,gih, ~. thea bald fires sunday Ia
~ sArm
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

N, All Mr.. J. :. Miller of Concord.
II ,yn t.corgc l.. Mellens.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

V-,I. pulinghAm and daughter,
,,p,srI. ,i..ied friends In this Placc
Ia. sssk
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

n, ,,i Mr.. Thomas u. stearns Of
,.s.,rIi.,. Mass. are visiting friends
!, parI.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

4 suBt Harlow % the Democrat Of
-. speeding two wesks' vacation al
pxae.d
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

v,.... ,.r,cs aud Gertrads Harlow are
..si.s A VACATION al pixheld.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

p,, n. 4. Daniels % New York Is
-, Nh. father. jacob Daniels.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

y.. Cass carter of Bethel !. Visiting
aSg.Carters'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

NJ. n \ Newell. % Rockland,
~. /. N.ltlng her brother, }. W
40.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

NUTtuuKE DISTRICT.
J. g. 'o.. q Io.iou Il visiting friend.
3 ~. nj 20 .-hooi.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

M ,ogr thermometsr get thrcagh
.,...k uiihout allowing it, top OFT
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

u'',sri E..rri bet hi. valuable stall
~ bA,s l.n.fe. saturday night.
49, Rupture q a blood vessel.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

~, Tnnk 4. GresB. % Maiden,
- visiting at Mrs. VI. \. GrceOe's,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

Eegi6aiug ,aEday. July 20, the .erN-
r-s 9Th HJti.t church Tor the summer
nrfi. xII' o. a. f.iloNs
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

sAgff-yat.ul % the seryic.s % Rev.
: , Netss me nsighbor. will turn oui
80 AnliaF morning Ca cut his grass.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

80 r. r..r n Frstrf at
49, .rs.ss -s-ios - arssn minutss In M
~ ia ..zs f..asvi ~ -srnun.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-19

,'poi closed Ast week With an inter
- pfugramms highly crciitable to
-i' ald teacher. Ms. Colby has
lr- .ls.l lDr Ihr winter term.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27
RECENT SCIENTIFIC FINDS.

THERE is tract Of ground in Levy
county, Fla, in which three holes have
been dug thirty feet apart and each ex-
cavation has laid bare parts of the skel-
eton of huge animal.
PROF. BICKMoRE recently exhibited in
New York a variety of frog whose fore
and hind fingers are webbed so that it
can fly, in the manner OF the flying
squirrel, from tree to tree. These frogs
inhabit Borneo.
A SPECIMEN of capped petrol, bro
supposed to be extinct, or at least lost
species, was found recently in England.
The original home of the petrelis said to
have been the islands of st. Domingo
and Gaudaloupe.
A NEW species of mammal allied
to the ant-eaters has been recently dis.
covered in Sumatra and described by
Dutch naturalist. 1t hasa long tongue
which is of use in collecting ants, whose
nests it digs out withits long claws.
THE recent discovery of prehistoric
copper implements on the site of an an
cient Indian village near Betterton,
Nd, is considered as furnishing another
link in the chain Of evidence that
among the most remote tribes there ex.
listed system of intertribal trade.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.


The superintendent of the New York
state lunatic asylum says that the ex-
ritement while engaged in the game of
baseball has cured several patients.
A MAN in Hagerstown, Nd, has an
egg which was laid by a Plymouth Rock
hen which has clearly defined upon its
shell the imprint and letters Of a foreign
piece Of money. The date 1922 and the
word Constitution" can easily be de-
eiPhered.'.
IT is not generally known that an
orange hit in the exact center by rifle
ball will vanish at once from sight.
Such, however, is the fact. Shooting it
through the center scatters it in such
lnfnitesimal pieces that it is at once
lost to sight
THE Schenectady Evening Star says
that letter was received in the post
office of that town bearing a Texas post
mark and addressed as follows in Ger
man: "Mr. Rev. G. w. Drees, Servant
Of God, Learned man Of Scripture,
Preacher over the Sheep, Bucks and
netherlands of the Congregation of
God"
A CURIOUS collection was found by
the appraisers Of the personal property
Of Mrs. Julia Swinford, of Kentucky,
who died recently. She had been the
possessor of ten pairs Of shoes that had
never been worn, fifteen pairs of scis-
SOrs, scores Of spools of thread, and one
hundred and fifteen nightcaps, all Of
hfferent styles and patterns.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27
KNOWLEDGE IN SMALL DOSES.

Bro GnnET is the name Of winding
stream in Missouri.
A DAIRY show is to be held at Ham
burg, Germany, in 1894.
NEW YORK city averages ten fire alarms
every twenty-four hours.
FRENCH farmers prefer horse rakes
that are made in the United States, as
they are both cheaper and more easily
worked.
Four families of Penobscot Indians
lived last winter in board shanty at
Cape Elizabeth and earned together
$40 a month at basket making.
Musk in its natural state is said 10
be the national perfume Of many
tribes, who annually slaughter thou
sands Of the rats for their musk pouch
es and their skins.
THE stockmen of South Dakota have
recently imported from Tennessee a
number of Russian wolf hounds to help
in the determination of wolves, which
have of late been killing numbers of
calves and colts.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27
THE LAZZARONI.
A Glass That Tolls Not, Neither Does 1t
Spin.

Glass That Tolls Not, Neither Does 1t
Spin.
A century ago there were thirty thou
sand "lazzaroni" in Naples. Neither
disease nor want has diminished their
number Their children die at fear
full rate, but there are many hospitals
for the survivors, and neither board nor
lodging costs them much, when, at a
mature age, they are turned loose into
the world to become '1azzaroni' in
their turn, like their unknown fathers
and mothers. What is "lazzarone?"
it may be asked. According to Colletta
he is a being who lives how he can
without working. If he puts hand to
honest labor he is no longer "lazza-
rome" 1t may be doubted whether the
'lazzarone" will ever become extinct.
The 'resanitation" scheme will not
Gust him nor make him change his hab-
its. He is more than half what his eli
mate makes him.
A Neapolitan has said that love is the
only occupation of the unoccupied. II
this be really so, imagine the condition
of Naples! AS far as observation goes,
the ''lazzaroni, as a class, seem to con-
slider the effort of extraneous courtship
somewhat too strong for them. They
viii throw sparks in plenty into the in
fammable hearts of their fair acquairt-
ance, but it will be rather from the
sheer love of deviltry begotten of idle
ness than because they are in the tolls
of consuming affection. Friendship
nothing more?" whispers a handsome
brown giant into the ear of maid as
brown as himself, whom for half an
hour he has been plying with what
seem to be insidious advances, and
whose dark eyes have begun to CLEAN
with passion. If the girl be a good girl,
she answers: Certainly, nothing
more" and the chaff continues. Other
wise, frown and pout of the full lips
tell the man that he may, if he dare run
the risk, go step further. Truth to
say, woman is the prime cause of very
many of the deaths by the knife.
Although human nature is in few cities
more human and less divine than in
Naples, the verdict which acquits the
man who avenges with. the dagger the
wrong done to his wife or sister, or
gives him but trifing sentence, is held
to be very just.-National Review.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27

ravages in the faces fullness and the
thin hands were almost CHASTITY in their
tenuousneSs.
Having seen that the stranger was
lying quietly, Hester closed the door
behind her and taking her buggy set
off at the old horses best pace across
the prairie after the individual who
combined the professions of agriculture
and medicine for a livelihood.
rs that you, Miss Hester?n asked
the jolly doctor as she rode up to his
cabin after a three miles Journey.
Not sick, hope" he added before
she could answer.
mo, but" then she stopped, the
delicacy Of the situation dawned upon
her sensitive mind and the faintest sus-
picion Of blush freshened the wind
tanned cheek. you see it was this
way" she began, resolutely. 81 took
a man from runaway an he's over to
tn house, unconscious. You must come
an fix him."
In a moment the two were Jogging
along over the plain. As they ap.
preached the SHACK" Hester grew Wis
IDLY nervous, but her companion made
no comment, and as they found the
stranger still oblivious to the world and
itshappenings, they soon had other mat
tiers to think of.
DO you think he will-that it is seri-
ous?" anxiously asked the woman, look
ing into the physicians face.
mo, Iguessnot, though he had mighty
close shave" was the reply, Hes like
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27

Needs a man around; that's what's
the matter. reckon she's been dis
apinted some time err nother-in war
times, guess, fer-there she goes now.
was Jest a-tellin' yeh how twas"
Leaving the rude stable behind the
claim shack was rickety, old-fash-
Toned surrey, drawn by an ancient
steed Of unkempt appearance, The
woman driving was angular and unat
tractive, but there was something about
the outfit that brought a suspicion of
tenderness to the storekeeper's eyes
a tattered flag tossing its folds in the
prairie breezes as it f1oated behind the
wagon. He mad followed-the old stars
and stripes over too many fields not to
have his heart warmed by the unex-
pected sight.
"She does it reg'ler," went on Mark
ley. "Ev'ry Declaration day she gifts
out tn flag an putin in her wagin
goes over ter TIL little prairie cemet'ry
an deckerates tn graves. Their amt
many ter see to yit,. yer know" he
added, SER tn settlemint amt very old
an only half dozen hez died-includ-
in TIL boss thief that was took sudden
with hemp disease. Ter-day's Decker
alton day"
Hester Lang drove serenely on, I'M
conscious of the attention she had
attracted. There was Sunday peace
fitness on her face and she turned often
in her seat to gaze lovingly on the
faded ensign behind her, ltwas the only
bit of gay color in all the wide Kansas
landscape. The uniform green of the
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-27

~ 10 come ter MS senses any time now,
an then it will depend on how he stands
it. If he's wanderin' when he gets con-
scious, there's danger. If not, there's
hope"
IN send the parson down durin' the
evening" he called, as he started out
for home, IAN mebbe I'll be here my
self"
/ Hester went quietly to work at her
evening tasks, taking now and then an
anxious look toward the bed The old
horse was feed and the stable door
closed against the damp spring air.
81 didn't deckerate tn graves after
all, did -" exclaimed the owner of the
claim, talking to herself, IAN tn flow
ers is all in tn wagin. I'll take EN-
in fer him ter look at-it'll be Jest as
we'll"
A tender expression came into her
face at the words.
Loaded with the wild blossoms-the
wlnd-howers, violets and early red
roses which she had gathered during
the past week-she reentered the cabin
and placed the rude bouquets beside the
soldiers couch.
Something in the fragrance of the
blossoms, or in the approach of Hester,
reached the drowsy senses of the sleep
er, and as she leaned over the bed his
eyes suddenly opened and their blue
depths looked steadfastly into the
brown ones of the hostess.
"Hester" The words sprang instinct
lively from the pale lips.
Jim" she replied, with a dry, hard
sob that seemed to come from her in
most heart.
I've looked for you so long" wills
pered the man, 81 thought I'd never
find you"
And thought you'd never come. b..
You knew me when did meet you?7
Yes, Jim, Id know you always. But
me! I'm so changed. How could you
know me?"
Eyes, you're changed and so am /,
but those eyes could belong to no one
else"
Then flowed on the stream of talk as
she sat beside him with one of his white
hands clasped in both her wrinkled
brown ones. He told of confinement in
southern prisons; Of long delays before
he could work his way home; of finding
her gone to the west; of a search that
was unsuccessful and a heart-sickness
that resulted in start for home: of the
runaway while en- route She told of
troublesin her family; of being thrown
on the world alone; of mourning him as
lost; and her life on the plains.
1t had grown quite dark, but they
took no heed of time.
Suddenly footsteps were heard out
side and hearty knock shook the cabin
door.
Its the minister" whispered Hester
nervously, hes come to see you. We
won't need him now-shall tell him
ter go homer
jim chung to her wrist. Eyes, we do
need him, he pleaded, you know what
for. Have him stay and well settle it
for sure"
She hesitated a moment and then
throwing open the door invited the
minister and his companion, the doctor
to enter .....
1T didn't take more'n ten minutes
fer tn preacher ter catch onto tn fine
pints in TIL case an splice tn two wan
derers as tight ez tn law could hold
EN-, said the doctor the next day at
the settlement store. "Th' feller's git
tin along elegant an they're ez happy
ez kittens. She didn't do her usual
thing by til dead soldiers, but she
made live one mighty comfortable an
that'll do fer one Memorial day. &C
NJ. Harger, in Detroit Free Press.