St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-12-24

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EiS0TA3:,.''I| Sc ||l!::!,1E! I|II1URSDAf l|l| FA
her rTsTch vsTnc.ohaamnber an 1Ss! Fl tioo hight. 4
was large, lofty room in the west wing
ofthe building, remote from the stair,
csse, and at,ther furtAar end of /. long
corridor which ,openedby aide:doors in-
TO several unused IeQms. But the
young young BRIDE ha1d 'et}htoSs9a t}tSs IL rather lthap
any other, for. size Knew her husband
had lived in iteand ltssd, it, and that
long gagoit had been .hia notAerA yooR,.
The high .n9qptel-pieee with its curious
carvings; .',dla' }; the ,cei!inh decorated wy
strange hlct1res of hImphs{and. Cupids
the antique lfuknitare, stnd, tho tall, can.
opied bedstead gave quaint and, SOM
bre aspect to the, chamber; but to-Dig ght
1.-The fire reared and, cracked on the
hearth, apd flashed upon the yellow
damask drapcties, j. hha the candles
burning upon the dressing table, lit up
every, cotnet:: As Lady Gourthope ea!
tered, her maid came forward from a
door on tho -oppoate side: of the room,
which led into a slnall dressipgzreom:
,"Haye you teen Waiting long, Hes
ter ?" tie lady. exclsimed, noting the
girls Weary eyes You look sadly
tired" 4. :t'.& II ia-;:G2'> .i1 Il. :.
81 have but: just come in, my lady,
Anne and I have been in the work
room all the evening, and it's that
makes my head ache So, " " @&@ p
"Poor girl" said her mistress pity
ingly'j you have been more used, to
milking cows than STOPPING. over nee,
dle-work. Bqt. CHEEK Up, Hester, aud
it will seem more easy in time. Have
he others gone to rest p %: =
"A}l but Stephen, my lady; 1 heard
him cross the hall just nov" ~1
"rell him he need not keep watch
for Sir Richard. He is, I trust, ere
now, safe In Chester: he must have
forded: the river while It was yet passa-
ble." !,
2""Or # tic stream were swollen my
lady, he had but to ride down to the
old stone bridge below fathers house,"
the girl said quietly" '';''.' II ,.'..'@.
"Thc bridge-I heard OF no budget"
exclaimed lady Coufthope: ~, s.I.'
"Tis by the. old Ipriory---a matter Of
three miles round: maybe; but Sir
Richard knows it Rell;": ":..,*1,,..v.,, i!
"And Marstoue said nothing about
it," sal / her mistress 1musingly.
:"He said nothing ofthe1 tord,''' Hes
ter ansN cred; she only yssaia he was 20.
~ = :: = -. L o:-A -..-@i y
s'I1e; has. not come back :" Lady
Courthope asked abruptly +. ,.:;
p go no, my lady, he told US that if
he did no meet Sir Richard, he should
stay at the Golden Horn till morning"
81 gave him no such lcavo;'' and
there was surprise and resentment III
Lady -Courthope's tone. A long 81
elence followed, while the maid moved
softly to and fro, assisting her mistress
to undress, till, us she brought the taf-
feta dressing-ggown and velvet slippers,
+ Lady Courtbope said kindly THAT
will dog Lean brush h my owa hail for
this night Now go aud sleep off your
Eheadachc." ..rsr9 49,; - ..l,.l t.. n!
The maid fingered awhile, but. at a
second bidding, she withdrew, thank
full to be released. Lady Courthope
followed to = SECURE the door: then re
turning, she drew. an Iarmchair close to
the fire, and: Leaning back in it began
to unfasten her: shining braids OF hair
With her fingers moving: .drean1ily
AMONG the goldenI tresses, as they fell
around her lovely face, she sat think
ing of many hisgs :, she thought !, Of
her husband, who seemed closer to her
heart for, that very; difference of age
which had made; many marvel at the
marriage; she thought Of his tender
indulgence towards ), her faults, ots bis
almost fathcrly care, IF his sympathy
in all her pains and pleasures, and yet
rof the; manly care and respect with
which he treated hcr-of the. perfect
confidence with which he, the man Of
forty FIVE, showed : in the. wife sstnore
than twenty years younger than him
ffself.s Arid then she pictured the com.
| lang years, and the time when his .hai,
should be white, and bis now upright
figure bent, and, when, she in turn
should show her love and gratitude by
unwearied 1care-when she should fore.
stall his every wish, and make his de-
Eelining age: 80 happy, that, he, should
never regret his youth ) and when toe
-@add: her cheek flushed at the though'
F---yodde children, bearing in their "a
Eces q mingled likeness to, Them both
mightperehanee Be, aboltr them, max
i ing the house, 50 quiet; nov, , ring With
laughter, from morn tilt hight; s&d 1:
that, picture rose before. her, she 8sarn
led to lay her head upon her husbands
breast, and whisper it to him, Yrets J,
Il It,was strange to ;be here, tar. from
him. IF she could but. leave this lone
ly5 silent 1oom,s and mount her horse
and gallop through tho darkness t
that lone inn At Chester. The vague