St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-02-02

| Beloved was on Jeseie's tongue, but
she did not utter IL. }'as ,>'t'T,:. .ss*>-'
II am young-sf least 1 am not
twenty yet-but life Is not happy
thing to me. Yoh do not Know whsf
trouble I have Mad" ss.@
"1ou have lost your parenn1''
4 "Yes, yes, yes.''ssH 2'as7z 2t'fas@t
The girl shuddered all over and hid
her face in both her hands. 'd5s@ 81. b
"l; have been very wicked,n sic
said. "Oh, Miss Jessie, II you knew
lall, perhaps you would not be here :!
BdtI think I am dying, and 1 beg you
to come again. Next time / ~ilf tell
you my story. You are religious are
Eyou not''"zv1 @-sj :ra5 as aa~1d !s:s. ..
"Not as !. should be }; but + belong
ito the church. "eil@jt .r}i:st2a @"'
'Theh: sou can tell me more than I
can think fr myself: I cannot believe
God will pardon me, yet they say He
is very n'ercifal to sinners" 81.
+ Jessie put back the golden curls from
! the white forehead. s&84SI f..e"
| ''Iou cannot be: very wicked, Weh-
deline," she said ss'You are too pret-
ty-to., much like aschild:" a:T-s's-
''Prrtty::' The2girl shuddered III
over as she repeated the word. 'aOh,
! Miss Jessie, Il wish: I had. been born
with an ugly face. I'd rather have
been born black, like dear old Jane
It has been curse to me to be = pref
ty rs i know 1 am.''.a' .::sod
Soothing her, hslffaDeyisg her De.
lirous. Jessie sat beside the girl for
hours When they parted she had
! promised so return 10 : lew days.
! The next day it rained, aud the next
then came riding parties, fishing par
ties, boating partier-a week passed.
At last ca,"e Jessie's birthday, and =
regular evening party. 2,s@A -. =: =.
l. Laughter aud s,irek sud music filed
che house. g: as!5di #2az uog ssa:. 5..s5
| TIE Doctor wss there but i id the;
early part Of the evening /. boy came
running to say that Squire Walker of
the Bend had fallen down in = Ct, and
he left them -:'so @r4[ %9E II ::.ss.ss
The silver tongue Of the time-piece
oh the mantle had counted ten when
Jessie left the crowded parlors and
stepped out upon the porch. She x.s
not in a merry mood and looecd 10 81
alone for a few moments AS she
stood there she saw in the moonlight
a strange crooked form ha)f.runDing,
half:hobLling toward the house. It en-.
tered the garden gate, and came toward
her, aud while she wss' wondering
whether it were witch or brownie it
flung back an old black hood, and 10.
vealed the face Of the malatto Jane. '>.:
"Oh. Miss.!" she cried, acan you
tell Tue where DR. Oliver Is 2 They
told me he vas over here-I-O Oh
you're the young lady Miss ;Wendeline
thinks so much Of; she's dying, Mis-,
I'm afraid, and there's only ! child of
ten with her. Oh, call the Doctor,
please Miss ~, .lo t.tia 2z.i u szstI =
! "Dr. Oliver IS not here" said Jessie.
''He has been, but he h.s gone. Do
you know Squire Walkers place r @t
"OhE yes, Miss" u. ss1Esi s=fs T.
"You'll find him there, aud Twill
go TO- Wendchne. ''as!asi .ss1S6E
T "God bless you, Miss. .
| :T.ke the path owe. the field" said
Jessie and, waiting neither for boo.et
nor shawl, she .r,n areusd The house
until she came to the stable yard
There sat John, the mal-servant, in
his shirt sleeves, passing BID heurs in
chewing straw. asass Essss >S<:ss. ,sfs5s :
+ "John,'s she cried, harness Black
Bess to the gig immediately :! I want
you to drive me to the cross roadD r. 4.,
1 "Ycs, Miss" said John. I'd
I He was a man Of few words, and os-
; y asked, wke" thu gig vasl rsady,
|"Sh.ll I get my coat, Missl This her,
is my stable jacket.'',di 2tfI.1 g4lt sss.a
I "No; time is everything just now =
And II a moment they were whiriine
along the road 1t full speed. "
( Far in the distance Jessie ssw Tie
light in the, cottage window, and her
heart best fast ~ She entered tho little
room. A rough. faced child ia rsgged
7'garmeats sat ythe bed, aud on Il ~
tpoors Wendsline! The moment Jeaiasis's
teyes rested on her face she knew that
1.-THE. old woman was right-her hours
liwere regnGmbered.' gsI'Gaas! .a9gsaq5s atlt hs
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