Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-08-06

that seemed familiar to me. and ]
fancied I might have met him during
my western tour years agone. But ]
couldn't place him. nor could he re-
member having seen me before. He
invited me to dinner at his home. and
I accepted
The moment ! laid eyes on his wife
] noticed IN her. too. something IL
miliar. II had met her during my
previous visit to the region now b.
held her twenty years older than she
was then. The moment she looked at
me l saw By the expression on her
face that there was something about
me that was not strange to her. but
as she received me a. q stranger !
did not claim q previous acquaintance.
The dinner passed OF pleasantly. the
governor leaving his wife to do most
Of the entertaining. They both evi.
dently had been denizens Of the coun'
try In lts primitive days. but women
take to new conditions easier than
men. and the wife would have passed
for a lady anywhere. Indeed. she had
spent some time with her husband In
Washington while he had represented
his state In congress- heard after
ward that she had been quite prom
inent socially at the capital.
Suddenly look. motion. q gesture
Il can't tell which-told me that she
was Mndge Hayward. was convinc.
ed that she had recognized me from
the first. and II she had wished to be
known az her former self she would
have greeted me as her former board
er. But since she had not thus made
herself known I did not feel warrant
ed In claiming q former acquaintance
Therefore when took leave Of my
hosts I did not mention the matter OF
bygone days. But the lady gave me q
pressure Of the hand that assured me
I was not only remembered by her.
but remembered favorably. fancied.
however. that gratitude was mingled
with other sentiments, l not having
given away her previous condition to
her husband
But In the latter supposihon l was
mistaken. While smoking In the hotel
at which I was stopping a man STEP
ped up to me who recognized in the
man of thirty.nlne the youth OF nine
teen. he proved to be one Of the
poker party convened at Madge Hay
wards the evening before my depar'
ture. l told him that had Gined with
the governor and his wife, had recog'
nized the wife as Madge and the gov
ernor seemed familiar to me. ] also
asked him II he remembered how
Madge had drawn the deuce that had
filed her hand and won large pot
He said he did and straightway let
me into secret
"What ! AM going to tell you" he
said. lis confidential. am the only
man now about here who was here
then. The record Of the governor and
his wife IL not known. and | wouldn't
make 1t known to any one here. Madge
ostensibly kept boarding house. but
It was really a gambling house She
had a husband. and the two worked
the scheme together. Do you remem
ber man called Plunkst, who dealt
her that deuce2 Well. he was her hus
band and Is now the governor. he
was very clever as a dealer and had
fixed her hand for her before 6lling 1t
with the deuce. l didn't know this at
tie time. l inferred 1t afterward when
learned the rest Of the secret Plunket
was not his real name. The pair made
no end Of money through their scheme.
and afterward the husband became
prominent in politics Having invested
the money made as card sharper In
mines. he became very rich. was elect
ed to congress and Is DOW. as you
know. governor"
y am sorry" l said to my inform.
ant. ito hear this. ! always liked
Madge. and l know that she liked me.
I wish you had not told me-"
"You should remember that this
couple were then q part Of their sur.
roundings. Would you expect to hnd
flowers In donkey pasture or thlstles
in q conservatory
"But the dishonesty Of II allr' ! ex.
claimed
.Where was the dishonesty Il was
fha common custom Of those days for
those playing cards to beat one an
other II they could Did Madge take
Sour money that wayi No. She would
not allow you to play. do not doubt
that she and her husband, having arisen
from that lowly condition which then
prevailed. now look back upon II with
horror"
was not convinced. but I called on
my old friend Madge and claimed an
acquaintance Her eyes filled With
tears as I did so. and she and the gov
ernor kept me their guest as long as
could be induced to remain with them
Anasrams.
Inc 0QuRTum, VI uonopo
,etters I'm words or sentences. was
much in vogue in Greece In the o'den
times. The Cabalists. or Jewish doc
tors, thought that the anagram always
poiuted out II mans destiny. and II Ills
name written backward or transposed
in any way spelled word with mean
ing they firmly believed 1t revelation
The flatterers Of James l. Of England
proved his right to the British mon
archy as the descendant OF the mytn
ical King Arthur from his name
Charles james Stuart, which becomes
.'claIms Arthur's seat" The best ana
grams are those which have IN tns
new order Of letters some signifcatior
appropriate to that from which the!
are formed. When PLATE asked "Quid
est yeritasY' (What is truth y ne prop
ably had no idea that bis question an
swered itself, but 1t did. The transpo
sition made It. Est vir qui adest u
Ia the man who is here). Anagrami
were written as early as go B. c.. ant
their name comes from the Greei
words ana (backward) and gramm'
(Writing).