Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-07-05

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Leouidas Striker escorted her to u.
largest kettle Of all. ordinarily called
Big Ben and gave ha the Monster
stick 10 stir the bubbling waves Of
sweetness
There. said he. you can say
you've helped to sugar off this year.
Isn't IL a splendid yieId2 And maple
sugars going to be high this season.
Oh, you'd better stay. Esther. there's a
lot Of young folks coming up this
afternoon, and Darkv Jones il 10 Be
here with his fiddle
'Oh-I couIdn- I. possibly said Esther
IN truth and in fact she had not been
quite NJ hsr ease since Jes.anine's m
lucky aIIusron 20 O.h-lIo in commune
ton with Mr. Jefferson. and she did
not breathe freely again until she had
reached home. where her mother was
Just clearing away the dinner dishes
Has anyone been herr said she
who should be here cDunt-
questioned Mrs EImtord Il don't ~
poet Elder Morris folks untiI four
O'Clock
As Esther took or her things in the
little chamber upstairs whprp the shin
<ief roof sIoped down 70 the caves sne
glanced down at the engagement in
ger Terror Of terrnrs. the sparkling
H-tle rnx was gone.
Ii was past four o'clock Mrs Nor
ris was drouinx away in the sitting
rpou about the asst missionary box
which hat been sent out - the
H1ugara Indian reservation. Miss
Aielgitha Morris was adui-fng her
hostess most recent crazy patchwork.
the two ttrle Norrise. were playing
checkers. AMI the good elder himself
was iartng down TONES Of theological
law - Farmer E1mtord while Esther.
with tearsvoIl~n EYES. was mixing .
bach % BISCUITS for ten IN the kitchen.
All % n sriien she caught sight %
John Jefferson riding past on his gray
pony. with av.rted face In an in
slant sh- caught down the shawl that
hung On the peg back % the buttery
door and mufflng Il around ser head
and shoulders. dA-tetf across the snowy
backyard where she could intercept
her lover A. the curve Of the ruad
lack. Jack she cried ~pi-eoGsly.
I've lost l., Your ring Oh lack. 10
say Samethinz - comtre me-. am 50
a~ahappy
Mr. Jefferson drew mp hfs sseed and
taceet Esther wiki q scorntIl light in
his eyes which she had never seen be
fore
YES SAIL he calmly = knew you
had lost T. know 4s'r YOU lost It.
know % WHOM you have given it
Essie stoo.t dumb before the cruel
emphasis II his woryts.
4 was a. the sugar camp an hour
ago. said he. SOME one told me YOU
had gone there. and I was going II
bring y0u home And I saw your ring
on Leouidas strikers watch-guard-
Wasn't that rather soon To t~rauSt-r
vour last lovers gift 10 YOUR old swami
Would It not have been better taste %.
him To display your pledge a little Less
publicly
Jack Jack pleaded Essie. holding
up her hands, a. il every word were a
blow
Il need detain Won M longer, ne
said ~ he bowed trixidlE and touched
the neck q his horse with his whip
Iash- and the next minnie he vas gone
Poor Esst- dragged herself back o
the house. the tears freezing on her
chees AMI her heart colder still Was
she the victim 81 enehaltmsnts What
tnf all this mean
Tea WAS over 1t I1st. but Esther Elm
ford dit not know whether she hal
eaten hot biseuit or cotd hasty pud
ding >h. hal listened with a vague
u~nmeantnS smil-. u Mrs Morris pro.
langr,i account Of little Tommys last
siege Of diphtheria and Miss Abel
xitha's proposed visit - New York
Il was almost a. Il brain and nerve
were beuuuh-,t- when IesSamins
strikers clear. sweet voice STRUCK
acruss the current Of her hopeless
apathy ami she found herself in a con
h~stentiaI corner Of the best bedroom
upstairs. with Jessamine eagerly
haranguing her
The stranZ-st thing cried Jesss
mine He found IL in the maple.
sugar kettle Alice had made <lm.
flannel cakes. and he dipped out a dip
yerfuI Of the hot sirup for Us to ga
with II. and Leon came within Que o
; swallowing the ring Whose i it,
said he Why. Essie Elmfords o
urs -abi l. sDbfn't I see th,
sparkle Of it when she took Of he
mirreu 10 unfasten the III Of the has
Set that held Uncle Peters erulIers
And It mEst have slipped of he
, finger said h. when she went 70 stf
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IL on his warehchaiu for sat-keepins
until we came home. amt here II Is
Esther murmurei a word or two o
/ thanks
! 4 was very careless. said she.
Bat even after Jessam me was gone
she vat staring at the pretty trinke
which had - nearly been boiled dow
into maple sugar What was the IL
of It now What WI the use % any
thing
Esther, Esther her father eali-,
D Up the narrow wo-sleu stairway
Here's Mr. jefferson a % speal
- YOU
r How strangely all these thing
seemed 70 sacc-ed n another. lid
I the dim laPses q a dream >he kzey
not how but she was standing. xitI
Jacks arm around her. her ~truunlei
: eyes looking up into ah&
: Ny own darling. h. whispered
can you ever forgive ne for b-in,
such a brute I have Just =e-E tia
Striker fellow Hes rot saeh a "a.
lot after al and e-Terything i y
plaiEet Sweetheart sav that 70.
forgive me I never snail tarzive M
-
An a. he horrl6 nightmare t-=n,
w1s over and H. enZzEment wzs
s=ere 70 longer zzc poor MT EatAe
Efmsgra vas happy aga1a
Bat toat rninz saE sa~- TIA
[ shall ever want 70 tasE maple suxz
Again Not lust get. AZ all
! Amy Randolph IN y Y Ledge
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