Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-11-12

three blocks from the h1gh ocnoo
building on the same street She wa
before q quaint old house. fresh witt
paint and covered with vines.
Inside she could see bare polishs<
floors. walls freshly papersd In Low
toned harmonious colors, straw rug
and madras curtains. It seemed to b
restful. homelke place to which sh'
had come. and a second later down al
open stairway came tall, dark eyet
woman with cheeks family pink and
crown Of fluffy snow white hair.
Elnora stepped inside the door
'Mother!' she cried. you my mother
l don't believe It'll You are perfectl!
beautiful. and this house Is nttl'
paradise. but how will we ever pay fol
it7 We can't afford itr'
"Humph! Have you forgotten I tele
graphed you I'd found some money
didn't know about7 All I've done II
paid for and plenty more to settle fo1
all I propose to do"
Mrs. Comstock glanced around Will
supreme satisfaction.
II may get homesick as pup befor'
spring." she said. "but II do can q
back. II I don't I'll sell some timber
and put a few oil wells where the,
don't show much. can have lant
enough cleared for few fields and
put tenant on our farm, and we vii
buy this and settle here. It's for sale.
Mrs. Comstock invited Elnora'
friends to visit her and proved hersel
q bright and interesting hostess. Sh'
digested a subject before she spoke
and when she advanced a view he
point was sure to be original and terse
~ expressed Before three months peo
ple waited to hear what she had to say
Elnora never mentioned Philip Am
mon, neither did Mrs. Comstock Earl!
In December came a note and a big boz
| from him. 1t contained several book
on nature subjects which would be
great help y school work and mum
Der of conveniences Elnora could no
afford. Soon after Elnora wrote Am
mon:
Dear Friend-I am writing to thank yo'
| for the books and the box Of conveniencei
| sent me for my work ] can use every
thing with fine results. Hope am givini
| good satisfaction in my position. Yo'
| will be interested to learn that when tn,
summers work was classified and pinne<
| I again had my complete collection saw
| q yellow Emperor. ! have tried every
| where l know. So has the Bird Woman
We cannot find a pair for sale. Fate II
against me, at least this season. ] shall
| have to walt until next year and trJ
| again.
Thank you very much for helping me
with my collection and for the books and
things. Sincerely yours.
Ammon was disappointed over tha'
note and instead of keeping 1t he tort
It into bits and dropped them into ths
wastebasket
Throughout the winter Elnora and
her mother enjoyed the city thorough
ly and the change of life It afforded
but signs Of spring did wonderful
things to the hearts Of the country
bred women. They decided to keep the
city house during the summer. but to
70 back to the farm to live just as soou
! az school closed.
CHAPTER XII.
Wherein Philip Ammon Ia seornsd ey
| Edith Carr, and Hart Hendsrson -Ap.
pears on tho sesne.
CARR stood in q vine In
closed side veranda Of the Lake
i'll Shore clubhouse waiting while
IS Philip Ammon gave some Inn
portant orders. In a few days she
would sail for Paris to select a won
derful trousseau she had planned fol
her marriage In October. Tonight Phil
| 10 was giving a club dance in her hon.
or. AS she stood waiting she smiled
softly. She was robed In French ere
alton suggested and designed by Philip
He had said to her, II know a compe'
tent Judge who says the distinctive
feature Of June is her exquisite biz
night moths. ! want you to be the very
essence Of June that night, as you Will
be the embodiment of love. Be moth
The most beautiful Of them Is eithe'
the pale green Luna or the yellow I'm.
perialis. Be my moon lady or my golc
Empress"
Now she stood, tall. 1.-the, Of grace In
born, her dark waving hair high piled
and crossed by gold bands studded
with amethysts and at one side an en-
ameled lavender orchid trimmed with
diamonds. which flashed and sparkled
The soft yellow robe Of lightest weight
velvet fitted her form perfectly. while
from each shoulder fell q great velvet
wing lined with lavender and fecked
with embroidery Of that color in imi
tation of the moth. Philip had said
that her gloves, fan and slippers mus'
be lavender because the feet OF the
moth were that color. These accesso
ries had been made to order and EN-
broidered with gold. In her heart she
thought of herself Us "Imperialis Re
CALLS" as the Yellow Empress. But IL
all the fragmentary thought crossing
her brain the one that never came wa'
that of Philip Ammon as the emperor
Philip the king Of her heart. and a.
least her equal in all things.
"Ah. my luckr cried a voice behine
her.
Edith Carr turned and smiled exQuis
itely.
"l thought you were on the ocean,
she said.
81 only reached the dock" replied thu
man. "when l had a letter that recall
ed me BY the first limited. Edith, yot
are the most superb woman In ever!
respect that ! have ever seen. ON
glimpse is worth the whole Journey.
He half closed his eyes and smilingl!
stared straight at her. He was talle
than she. q lean man. with close crop
ped light hair. steel gray eyes.
square chin and "man OF the worid'
written all over him
Edith Carr flushed. Il thought yo'
realized when you went away that 20.
were to stop that. Hart Henderson,
she cried.
" did, but this letter Of which ! tel
you called me back to start 1t all owe
again. One Of your most intimat
chums wrote II. It contained the hai
ard that possibly I had given up to
soon. It said that in 't OF petuianc
you had broken your engagement Wit
Ammon twice this winter. ana ne na'
h..t, banouuo ho knew YOU di,