Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-07-05
A LOST RING.
Tie OIL Srory OF worars Love
and Mans Jealousy.

before ard to think that u j. mine.
p~ar Jack coulda possibly love you
n more than I aid before bus Z do
love Veu- Oh ~ mlch~
The li-tle hit % io-r-makinz took
pIa-. under the trust-5ound appl--
tres = the Back Orchard where
Esther EImsrf va. standirg With a
white Eoobra ha.ri wrapped tightly
over aer curis and a black andsrarict
piahi shawl euf1idinw her m1mmv-
fashion. >h- was a tall rusv-ehessed
CTR. with a complexion born % NOM
tain-bre-zes ami ere. that shon- with
ruiay h~slrh-uo hiesI sEiph- but
rather a rosy. vhole~um-. diEnpl-s
human <irI lle. Wo-isworths asr>
ONE
soc ura ssert mr. ruod
For aumsn aarar- 3 Tally sssL
And n -h- booked az the tinr. glitter
ing stone Tho -parsles under her eye
h-aes were a dead uaa-h t8r t.
Bat yo1 must not v-arit every daF.
Es-ie you know aid John J-1-r~on.
Why metz Her c-ouurenanre fell.
You wanted cur engagement sep,
= secret SOU know
~ 7 did Anything hus the gossip
% The whole combined neighho-hos~l
c-ir1 Esther wi-h asse - aistasse
Well. anyhow. Z caa put a blacix.
velvet -ihboa through = amt hang i
around my as.cs
Bat you hav-a ? pail me- for Il yet
Paid You ToH -m.r--nary fellow
one Ass E--r Z DON'T often yet 4
chance 10 claim r. vou know
she poised he-~~Ifon tipt1s % accord
The demanded royalty and then ran
Augh ng away toward her home
how generous he IS N kept ~
psac5ug 2, he-~elf a real diaGuoud
When she <ot hack - -hr src hen 81
The ruomv obj farmhouse where Mrs
Emasri was frying cruliers IA ar
asmnzphere % fragrant BLUE smoke
thai latF east 4 d~-suateate,t xlanc'
a. her
Seems - me- vauVs been a Iona
time grrrlng that spotted calf into IN,
barayar4 said she
Was Z long mother But h -
elrar down the lane ANT the o-rha-
gate was open e~qgivoeateI Mis-
Esther
The striker gals stopped here ~
you They was goin NJ - the Narl'
aga camp with a lot % fresh haxe'
bread amt pc. t1r Tom and LeanHfA-
ami they waited err you til they va
clear out o. patience. added Mr. Elm
fort fishing another tin Skinner ful
q crisp brown beauties out Of III
huhhIlng mass q TAT and Iandin.
them IN the blue ssan= iar. attervarl
9, be 7aerallv sprinkI~d with whit
sugar
oh mother ean gur aid Esther
eagerly TIN sure I couhI overtak
them IN Eve Minutes
I've no objection. said Mrs Elm
for,t And you might take a baslSe
Of these ere erIIls . your mel
Peter Hes dreadful partial - frie.
cakes. and h thinks there amt non
like them Z make AFTER Mother EIm
toryf-s -ec-ipC
Esther was right In I-ss than th
specified 1--we minases she bad manage
70 overtase Alice ami Jessamin
Striker. with their basket Of fresh pr
visions 70 the dweIiers IN Maple Suxa
camp. On Giant Ill., where the 81
prrme process q sugaring Or wa
inst then n full blast But in the rpv
minutes during which she put on he
fur-hDri@red hood and asece-Ifuea mi
tens upstairs. she haI sIyIy slipped th
diamond ring en- the first finger % he
left haaL
IT hall =. -.r.- - e II - =
herself and no one VIII be any IN
wiser
The striker girls welcomed her -,
ously-
It's a nice - have You "a.
Alice ~Jessamine declared q wouI
not 20. but
Why Shouldn't I ~ sahI Esthei
Don't 20 up every year when the
ARE sugarinE off,
JessamiEe Striker began - zgxIe
Yes sauI she but our Lruuiia
has never been there untiI this seassss
and Mr. jefferson has never Neeu /,
, particular in his attentions % Fyu b,
fore
Esther erimsoaei To the ro.sss Of -
hair
What ridiculous asassu~ al
she
oh > IT, though retartAI Jess,
mine WHEN al the world know
that Jass Js-ezzoa j. a. j-aIoxs 4
O-hsIIo
Esther walked Ga with silent d.
nifty In her secret heart she vas 3.
ginning % regret that she had pat he
self out - accompany these silly -rl
Dout nina less dear. sad goo.
humored Ahee striker. slipping h.
hand through Esther arm she Nj
Eisgls at every thiaz-its her uaru-
Isn't this a charming morning.
heard n bluehirf in the swamp dow
BY the river and there's a Lot OF yeIIo
louquILs IN bloom IN Anne Rebecca
window box The snow i rhawing
the sunshine. bat the walking i xos
yet. and Leon says the maple tire,
have never given a better yield
Up at the sugar camp all was Ii
and animation Blue threads Of snoI
wound upward 70 the sky from q
chImn~ys % the two or three boal
shAnties, matched with strips OF bal
and trusses Of straw. where q
hands kept house in a gypsy fas
ioa- The great kettles where the sir1
was boiling down - the requisite SoIi
it,. we're watched By select deput
ulons, lest the fires should sIacxen
the saeeharine masses seoreh. viii
Others were attending To the II
. prouptu tone chimney IN the OF.
air while the carcass Of a Wild turk
. was whirifng around and around
front Of the blaze. impeIled BY a M
ingenious rotary spit. and a hest
3 potatoes "a baking in the hot ash
= below The girls we're ioyfzIIy ",
coined Uncle Peter chuexIed aIoi
. at . slgnt Of the cruIIers made AFT
his mothers rins-honored recipe. T
two yoGrg Strikers sxtends6 a hos1fi
Die invitation 70 their neal even &c
:, In process Of prsparation
~Le1= sz1s -He s--<-y vrs.e-zs-
Lone Lake. said Tom And It's
prime one you bet Rather ale
than the salt goldfish we had reckon