Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-01

in, tex dat heavy musket offn' de
racks an load an clean her, an he do
it wild a mighty bad look bout de
mouf. Den he gone up to de cupoly
an lef' it dab an den come down
agin. Whiles dey all is eatin' he
'nounce thee time dat he goin' be
way endu'in' de evenin'. Den he gone
out de front do an out de gates an
down de street Den, sub, den, sub,
'tain't 10 mon half n our ago, Nelse
come to me an say dat he see de boss
come roun' de stable, keepin' close IN
by de shrubbery, an crOpe in de ball
room winder, w'ich is close to de
groun', sub. Nelse 'uz a cleanin' he
harness in de back yo'd, an he let on
not to see him, like. Miss Betty, she
walkin' in her gyahden an Miz Tan
berry fan OH de po'ch. Nelse, he slip
de house whuh de lights ain lit an
STAN an listen long time in de liberty
at de foot er dem sta'hs, an he hyuh
dat man move, sub! Den Nelse know
dat he done crope UP to de cupoly room
an'-an' dat he settin' dab, waitin!
Soze he come an tole me- an / beg
Miz Tanberry come in de kitchen, an
I shet de do an I tole her. An she
sended me hyuh to you, sub. An II
you 'uz a-goin', de good God 'lmighty
mus er KEEP you ontel got hyuh!
mo, l wasn't going" Tom smiled
upon her sadly. II dare say there's
simpler explanation. Don't you sup
pose that If Nelson was right and Mr..
Carewe really cid come back it was
because he did not wish his daughter
and Mrs. Tanberry to know that-that
he expected party of friends, possi-
bly,, to join him there later?"
"What he dOin' wild dat gun, sub?
Nobody goin' play cyahds ner frow
dice wild gun, is dey?" asked Mamie
as she rose and walked toward the
door,
"Oh, that was probably by chance"
mo. sull! she cried vehemently.
"An' dem gelmun wouldn' play tnight
no way; mos on 'em goln' wild you
tomorrer. an dey sayin' goodby to der
folks dis evenin', not gamblin! Miz
Tanberry IL be In state er mine ontel
she hyuh FUN me, an I goin' hurry
back. You won come dar, sub? kin
tell her dat you say you sutney ain
comm nigh our neighborhood dis
night?"
Il had not dreamed Of coming. tell
her, please. Probably shall not 60 out
at all this evening. But 1t was kind
of you to come. Good night"
He stood with a candle to light her
down the stairs, but after she had gone
he did not return to the office. Instead,
he went slowly up to his own room,
glancing first into Crailey's-the doors
of neither were often locked-to behold
chaos of disorder and unfinished
packing. In his own chamber 1t only
remained for him to close the lids OF
a few big boxes and to pack small
trunk which he meant to take with
him to the camp Of the state troops
and he would be ready for departure.
He set about this task and, concluding
that there was no necessity to wear
his uniform on the steamboat, decided
to place it in the trunk and went to
the bed where he had folded and left
II. It was not there; nor did a thor
ough search reveal 1t anywhere IN the
room. Yet no one could have stolen
it, for when he had gone down to the
Office Crailey had remained on this
floor. Mamie had come within few
minutes after Crailey went out, and
during his conversation with her the
Office door had been open; no one couid
have passed without being seen. Also'
| a thief would have taken other things
as well as the uniform, and surely
Crailey must have heard; Crailey would
-Crailey- =
Then Tom remembered the figure Id
the long cloak and the military cap
and with a sick heart began to under
stand. He had read the Journal, and
he knew why Crailey might wish 70
masquerade In a majors uniform tna'
night. II Miss Carewe read 1t, too
and a strange wonder rose In her mind
this and q word would convince her
Tom considered 1t improbable that the
wonder would rise, for circumstances
had too well established her In mis-
take. trivial and ordinary enough al
first. merely the confusing Of two
names by a girl new to the town, but
so strengthened by every confirmation
Crailey's wit could compass that sne
would NO doubt only set Cummings
paragraph aside as newspaper error
Still Crailey had wished to be on Uni
safe side.