Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-04-18

''Do you know-cgn You guess, Lucille
can you guess who my love isy
II was never good at eniginas."a littlo
indistinctly,
"Dr. Harrisse. do you rriiember when
you frst met mey'
at seems TO me that have known you
always" he evsded.
II thought that you remembered when
| FIRST saw you her,"
"Could I ever forget you. LucilleY
at seems 30" smiling family. But
have Q confession to make"
80 have J."
"You win believe that lavc deceived
you."
"Ifthis be deception. let me he deceived
forever"
She smiled family.
Here DR.. Johns joined them again.
When they parted the next morning. he
aid:
~ shall see you. II I may, at the first
available moment In the week. II any.
thing prevents, shall write"
Sitting down to dine the following day
with his bosom friend. he said:
tom. you know everything and every.
body; can you tell me where ] met q
Miss Lucille Lindsayy'
"She was tho person Captain Hamer-
ton wanted TO marry. You remember
old Hamertony"
"Yes."
Forty years her senior. lie tempted
her with Jewels as Faust tempted Mar
guerite with Kindness and luxury. but
although she was only poor little circus
rider she wouldn't have him. When he
died, he left her half his big estates. ]
heard she went abruLl. Shc broke q
bone falling from her horse In the circus.
suppose ] must have set 1t. Gone. eh!
Been on the ragged edge u Irritation on
the voyagel Fancy q llarrisse marrying
q circus rider! How rracn street would
howlr'
DR.. Harrisse was rcr.iap1 thankful
that his patients demanded his atten.
ton. and gave him no lime to think or
visit ut once, and that an important case
made 1t impossible. as he said to himself.
to do other than TO postpone Miss Lind.
say. One day Inc met DR.. Johns coming
away from her presence. He had an air
Of suppressed excitement about Linn. II
was year since they had parted ON the
Malta. "The fellow l. almost hand.
some," thought Harrisss. ''and hc Ii In
love with Lucille"
He acted upon his determination to
call. but Miss Lindsay was engaged with
q headache and begged DIR. Harrisse
would excuse her.
The words sounded strangely to him;
he felt dazed and miserable and angry
with DR.. Johns, as II his visit had some
thing to do with II. All ut once the fact
that Lucille had begun life Az u circus
rider seemed trivial and of no impor-
tance compared with the greater fact
that he loved her. Let those laugh who
win.
He never remembered having been In
such q hurry before In his life. Why
had he postponed happiness NO longS II
was late I'm the following day when he
received Lucille's reply:
Your Kind worls wrte have carried
me back to those halcyon days on the Malta.
when believed myself as desperately IN love
as you believe yourself io l- tSlay. confessed
all this 10 DR.. Johns when lr piolo.,d io me
yesterday morning. and l.c was Willing 10 sb-
solve me
DR.. Harrisse tossed the letter into the
crate and went out to his patients.
II was perhaps half u dozen years later
when looking over some old papers he
happened on the charr'l remnants of
Lucille's letter. which his servant had
rescued from the irc aud folded away.
He opened It curiously and fingered over
IL fascinated.
I confessed all % Dr. Johns when .,c proloscd
to me yesterday morning-it Rad but 10 you
love me-poor Dr. Johns. should lie To pun.
ish you. ] should lik. io guoie 10 ,oI. There
must be nAutch girls aud circus riders IrrlaIs.
but We don't cl.oo-e our wives and sws.thearts
from among them" and refusc Jour gin bat
love you. LrCiLi.E
At this date, however. Lucille had long
been Mrs. DR.. .Iol,ns. .--Texas Siftings.