St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-01-05

- ll,..u O'.11i4 .'.11iAs4 N1iNI 49, 4gAATrs SsAohO '# -
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some Pc g excuse for sbsentieg himself, but
f,e e|tS was lurking !! II thetI locust s'oye oil
theI time, tiPm1e, Watching NJ, Lesbrook, and
Este'lo ,a!, as they ephutted ip the doorsay'
= With T.. something on9t} the feeling i suuaower
might l|t BE- BE- supposed to have ,jn Watching
two magnolia }ie ll blossoms: soma r,,s IT,
i;.,iT The !e following evening Joe made
fome g! f:'' excuse e nnt site to come into the house
until mil, it nv. was toq late to see Estelle, -
The 3 ''e1 next a night i was, the e same way,
and 40 :n Sunday TOO, and 50 on, u. till Estelle
qqite, ,'ee1 Poeuted, and md, n wondered what did
gil l. Cousin pu' ~ Zoe. g. 'Shs had habit Of
teasing hi him 1T about his many Western
'ssmnss, sns,, and na: hitherto he bad only laugh
ed bYt new y, he h'g'i'pc WINGED, almost srew
angry, and ia'1n1|dl--ddrropped them carefully
out Of hi. vernacular ,...,, .,...,, .......I
Miss L1ivy, who who had perhaps been
secretly jealous Of Elistelle's + and. Joe's
evident preference Of each Others So
ciety to hers, became suddenly very
fond Of her dainty little cousin, and
sc"lded Joe i1 ndmeasured terms tor
not devotiog more of. his tine TO her:
She had lurking suspicion that the
wonderful :.:.busine<s 5" that took Joe
away so constantly C concerned some Of
ftbe tarmer's rriuar' 'd,ughte;rrs' about, and d. it
made her very 6nger-ends: tipgle to
think of''haviogt; 70 70 come ono under Joe's
wife" ''*''
h., pqqr nJoe' 1'TlEo 70 him this exquisite
little Is Estelle fll was such I. revelation. las
he bad bad, meyer, w dreamed ef:, Because he
felt eelwIk awkward va in the presence Of her
dlaipgtiness d. he Imagined he he., vas 80, and
he grev a more and more chilly and eou-
straiocd. while angry with; himself. be-
cause be could not, be otherwise; and
then when he behcld the legitimate re-
flection Of his strange manner in Es-
'''le telle be; was angry at her, and, having
succeeded j" getting upon :. bis -mettle,
carried matters >wilhan altogether high
hand. That independent Western
head Of his quite amazed Estellc with
Ethe haughtinssssI Of its carriage. - !
t2ashe' talked sometimes Of going home
But week AFTER week passed and still
She staid; not quite 50 cheerful always,
poor child, for size had trouble Of her
own that was; not yet quite palpable
enough to be told u Cousin Liiv',y,..' Pa
f'Pae wrote 50 briefly and 90 seldom, and
he did 'aot respond d''her . talk about
coming home, and:-off IF course our it was
merely accidental But something; must
all papa: IF hc would only tell her
she might come home she would k'now
livery soon what it all meant. @"''':'i u
|o1Iathe first weeks after Estelle'ss com
ing she and Jo'E had often ridd en- a; out
foil 'hotsebsek' in"'the evenings. But
this had not Been III a long time now,
when by some chance Joe being 7unru.
4 sqally genial, she asked him !, to- ride
With her,s Just as they were starting
. negh.btor, h.bt oer, who had just come from
the, nearest post Office, brought Estelle
q letter, and she stopped to- read BY
1.-THE. sunset glow. Something took ,Jot
(,away meanwhilei and when he returned
the letter had disappeared; but .Estelle
looked pale and preoccupied, and, con
9 tinuedl So during the rde,st.l,J -,
a IT wqs late ins the fall, ,2the evening :
4 magni6ceutlyc beautiful one, brightenet
] lbyithe moon and the shasy light ofth'
tyarioua fires, which, at this season kin
dc. one after. another on the, prairies
and an sweep Its length with! a. sharpe
edge than eyer scythe had. z-::! nj
IT,; = heir destination was q ahaskingfpar
Ety,vhichn ff,:.telleI was: very curious t.
j attead;o but since, Il tt!ee receipt Of; cha
I letter, though esporsiNe as a ss'tten be
: fore, sheI:was iquidt and subdued, AM
/ rode palely, Amos. yoiceiess beside hel
d cousin. .nsJoe looked like prince, OF
/ horseback, and felt more at home cher,
D than any,ivhercleIse. uoUneonsciohsl!
he had been anticipating wonderful
things this evening. and was all th'
more NOR au9ppFepaFEesd| for this = s.er..nse = un
sorciaability ia l on The part ,ot Estelle, Th'
sod sfofdSs e ~. q thsf vhen . p. his efforts
put forth to Ss3 such a ap unusual a.nl degree
1a1s55s failsa Z I|' slif'' :ny Sas neq9syllee!'
response from Eat EEls'telIe, &c grew / ,n4oodilj
4 lsilept h'n.eli,nett a. "a +, splty,,.J1
). shef u dgot 4 letter s.Is from that citj
Il lover Of hsys," he nuttered q ;ipvardly
! I"ahd Of course I'm nowhere" .
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