St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-07-27

trunk in. Up again md 1.-The atittlestrunk
followed the big, one. and Willis's carpet
bag was seized, when he said:
a"Not That, Mr.: Brown. that IL mine. 4 =
stsWell, you are coming ovet7to the Cor.
ner; are ,yoA lnota''at:4 anii i-~i2gl, 71a i54n
Thank Inlll you, no. return return by, ite,mor-
All tile :entreaties. that warm a hospitality
cehid dsuggest swere' used 10 induce him TO
accompany me, but in vain, and having ta-
ken the direction Of the, shotel, he. saw, me
seated on the seat Of the wagon, and bade
me Rood.bys'it 81 aa*s.o!s' sf'~A'si LIN =
/ IL think when Gerald took his place be-
side me- IN the! board, whiehu hu6ormedz the
wagon seat feN something the. same SEN
ing myself sperclied upon the box beside
We rode ior some time1 iprsilence, / ,reso-
lutely staring forward al the. dry, dusty
roed but :! last he. The kindly voice broke the
| 'Are you tiredy Amy?.a essutsaoa tsata
I locked round. How could I have
thought his face common one The pro-
fuse clusters .of xayiSg Light hair made
thousand little crisp curls over his high
forehead, and his large blue eyes were full
Of bright animation. His smile showed a
sweet mouth, and unbrokens rows Of white
even teeth, and The sun burned features,
though large, were handsome a. ID regular.
Having made this, mental inventory, and
Indignantly asked myself il I expec. ed to
meet city dandies' in &a.farm2house, a. L was
oil ready for chatting. saast22its II @tas
Tired? No. How far have we to 20 ?''
'.Ten miles! The horses nre tired COM,
ng.down in the heat Of the day, or we
would 60 faster. You look, tired or sick,
or something. Such white cheeks!'' S'''' =
81 am never very rosy."' eav9i3 as!
.ss.Then the Corner is the place for you.2
All the. girls hero have che eks like ,peonies.
You know, how to ride?''l gSa3 Iii- stss,uars
'.0h, yes: drought my habitand hat. p
"l,idipg dress. "oe:} be:se's' . a.
%s'oiM lin fact. we don't make.
any difference here Some Of the girls
have long calico skirt, but mostly they
jump on just as they iare.l Well, we've fine
horses on our place trained to the saddle,
so it you likesto ride, why you can.p:. -, p
he was very ;chatty now the ice was bro
ken, and made me so many offers of SER
vice, SO many promises of pleasure to come,
that his ''Herc We are !'' at the gate Of =
winding road, was rather On unpleasant
announcement, than the relief had cx-
pected it TO be when started. The house
at whose door he left me standing, while
| he drove to the barn, was small, with little
windows, and a high, pointed roof, and 1
hesitatcd about knocking. He came back
whilss 1 was still standing there. -. ,:,rG;
Met 4oes tia z he cried. ssCome this
way &, 4 .Ysi.5ss So. IS M
: lis led he round the porch. which e,cir
elsd tha Mouse. toa back door, Sad iato
tho kitolaea. Here, fast asleep in rocking
chair, We found middle -a9sd. Somaa.
whose striking likeness to Gerald prepared
me for his 'sSaFses.3'2 &f@ "
''iIilloa, mother ~ a. -. ,.
"MercY on me, jerry" she said, peev-
ishly, opening her eyes .dont hollow So.
amt deaf.''. - -, 'S- e--T
''liere's Amy, mother"
"Come round here Amy, !; don't want to
get up, and my heads Just easy. easy. You're
younger than am, and can come to me. ,
obeyed. and after looking at me ear
nestly, she said in a soft, gentle voice, en-
'.'"Just like what poor Amy was, when she
went to the city to teach. Heigho! Study
and teaching killed her, Kiss me, dear,
and then take off your bonnet" .a<T
Tea, ready, mother =, asked Gerald, as
! threw .ai4e my; travelling cloak and bon
.'No,, Jerry; is it six, ~ -as4 ~...a-,
'Past six, nearly seven $; AMI I'm hum
CRY tast q hunter" las ,.7sy u g.4.sEif a.i3
.'Can you make Johnny cake, Amy ~. in
quired my aunt in the ..languia drawl,
which ! afterwards found was. habitual 10
her. ,+s..,.~ ss.x -if-.s = ,l,,..}, 8 = .y...c
~ :. .,l No. 1,1a'am. cant COOK Il. !.
"Can't! Why how old are you, child 2"
"Seyentoen." sfa2a Eg4,s Js53xa ,,Eg,s.s;,4
..:And cant make a. Johnny cake u g.. .sst5
The idea seemed TO- rouse up her dor-
mants energies, for. .sheS left her rocking
chair and began to move about the kitchen.
1swas dusty, tired and heated with my long
ride, and, after asfew moments, 4ventured
to X if tcoull. 60 to my room. 70 aonsu;a,
3. < Jerry. take her traps to my room,' said
his mother. s.Yoa'll sleep with me, Amy {;
there ain't but two sleeping; rooms in the
house, Jerry's and mine.''' zs:faa ~.g H..
l followed Jerry tosa large, comfortably,
though plainly furnished room, and when
he had deposited, my trunks, filed for mr
large water pitcher, he departed: i, Ibathed
face and neck, .fshed out a cool muslin from
my trunk, smoothed my tangled curls into
order, and .donned pair of slippers: by
the time this operation: was, 4 completed,
Gerald's clear voice called me to tea, and
went down again to the kitchen. ss2
a Eating here, and the total absence Of
servants, did not surprise. me, for numer-
GUS novels had impress led upon my mind
the fact that this was the .custom of the
counthy.;;'' but Iswas unprepared for Aunt
Fapny's. start and .Jerry's widely opened
eyes rs came in ass y ss5,.s gI:xays zxI s,.,a
.tWAy Amy. you're : perfect picture II
said !Geraldy Saint sthat . pretty gown,
mo.ner :! r. ftSs tss.. "a ~ ;sizS Nsfs =
"What is the use of dressing upso smart,
just for tea at home ?.ns said my aunt.
saI. I..glancedsat my simply made white dress,
and wondered what they would sny to nv
more stylish bareges and grenadines, but only
thanked Gerald for his compliment, and let
his mothers remark pass unanswered.
Johny CAKE. found,. was mixture of Ipdi-
an meal with other Ingredients, and particu-
larly unralatable from saperbundance Of
salt. Gerald complained loudly, but q hiut
Of headeache from his mother silenced him,
or rather turned his grumbling TO . tender
care Of her, which was very touching. a.
Mother suffers very much, Amy" he
said to me you Will find her ailing most
ef shs tine hat hope you win overlook overlook
1sns,v!,ersd 4, 4, politely, snd thesubjeot drop.
a. sooi, q teai Vas q over Gerald asked NE r
to walk over the farm with him, and, as l
] pleaded fatigue, hc took some chairs cut to