The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-09-12

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!; wn iny yGonetill there, Miss iDo,a n.
4 petting and cossiting .shcm.,yaIri 800
i "Sosir," resumed the old man after
apause,t t",bg!snd. ~ MI. G Geor,g9 became
Il fond of:sMiss Dora:ss He used Is i6liopT
i her about and I SaYatc1. tall 1lerr vi5hesia -
j He broke ihIaa 'chesihut ihllyz hhf41mseif
|Snd died TO Eide With thgsrr.Ha eBat' she
|xase ohy ys0f chihn.!s HIS temper vi, 10
|'shifty; ;tand sshc heatd, his cui1@s curses once
/ when llexss bitterly .angtyy, sthouRF 81
-didrt know she was, il heariping'; did utd
she seemed Is shrink tftont hhm!a She
Nala4 y! % such 2 beauty: r-ggoldep hair, and
ssyes, slr; Just sAke Ake tne 'eE! sky on; = clear
!d4!a day, ,snch deep, clear, blue, while her
compilation the village girls used to coil
1ilies apd roses: I've heard il said
That thlat 9 great portrait painter, game down
70 paint her tace, and showed it, in Lon
aoet g The greatest beauty he'd. seen
!9lF anly nlyFMlAeEe: .s bna o3a.ssf .t:: J.1 Xix,
|'iw"Mrs! Linwood, ,1dr,, the: servants
could oil see, was very anxious about
Mr.. George.-She'd murmur to herself
for: heurs about him. and wad Ialways
Hooking at him and Dora so viatful like,
asdfshsadidn't 'dare To say what vas on
her stdngue.,i; i;1'So 1thingss: :welt ON It'll
one dayja, company Of soldiers marched
into 1.-THE village.uo The officer in coin
mandl was invited by Mr. Lipxooa tto
dine; and he did 80; but he didn't see
f1Mns, tLinwood or: Dora for, they were
both: ino With colaBi and: theylatsyedsnp
stairs. ii The Officer .Mas ID handsome
young man, with keen gray eyes and
quiet manner, and 2 look, of. real homes
y. about him,. sir. JMr:4 4ingoad asked
hi@ !ig e sfRs HAsa @ he could get lsssye,
aWell, 81 and by b; came came CAPTAIN, capbtii,
Calton was ,6is, name, and he wore the
Waterloo i medal, toi hs had been ID ID the
heat Of that. aud he. came ID late one
night: after dressing into, tie drawing
room: Thera were Mis-, Linvood and
Miss Dora. The squire introduced
him; :; when suddenly the captain grew
very asitated and Miss Dora gave & lit
tie shrek, and then looked SO charming.
that half an eye might see, Polly, my.
wife, said. where her heart was.
s'The Squire didn't see this, and for
tunately too; for only the day before;
he'd asked Miss Dora Is tajiin marry him,
and she, cryiag bitterly had refused. .
"Tho Squire went off duck shooting
With me, but be- laid his gun down in
the punt, and kept stirring sternly in
the air, and muttering to himself. You
may guess, sir, that held my tongue.
'Well, sir, at dinner nothing much
was said, for Captain Cation! seemed
very silent, and 30 did Miss Dora. The
Squire drank good deal, and talked
about the shooting, but now and then
be looked at his cousin with such d J.
wild, eager look that made her b1ush
like . rose whenever he. caught her
eye.) s.-r: :: :; -:I.!4:>.7 :: r'rr;i =
"a"After dinner, when Polly. was put
ting some embroidery away IN the cabi-
net at the end of the drawing room, she
heard Miss Dora tell Mrs: Linw wood
enough to fnd out that Captain Cation
was her old lover whom she'd met at
Bath with her parents, and that they
were to be married when he got. rich
enough, Polly could not. help hearing
it sir all women are curious about low
ers;" continued the old man, smiling;
'but she loved Miss Dora with all her.
heart, and wouldn't have said a word
about it for the world. =.
"Several, days went on, and the
Squire and the Captain went cut shoot
ing, and Dick. Smith, the head keeper,
used to 60 with them" go t..'. ~
"Onc day Miss Dora came down in
the little pony carriage with luncheon.
The Squire was just finishing the beat
Of a copse, but Captain Calton was out
side. When Miss Dora came up he took
her hand and kissed it. But saw it,
though I wasn't such a BOBBY as to
show myself. What was worse, iii, the
Squire saw it through: the hazel bushes,
aad her pretty face blushipg and look
fling 50 happy " - L - <-:% K.
II heard him grind his teeth where
I stood, aud whisper curse. Did you
ever hear one whispered, sir? It makes
stman creep all over. - a 49,.
""Presently he came out with . very
| jolly air, and after lunch he drank to
Miss Dora's health and then to the
Captains. + was carrying the bag; aud
the squire spoke in bluff sort of way,
SO I heard all. H.: ~
/ "'My cousin is pretty girl said he.
"'Yes, said Captain Cation, ner-
vously like, and I could see his hand
tremble. :; = y.
"'Ah, well,' said the Squire heartily,
4 used to be jealous for I always: :ad.
mired Dora, that I did. But what's the
use. now? Never mind, old fellow, I
wish you joy Of her; you must excuse
I,my, temper, it's . devilish bad one . :,
'e"That was truer then he thought"
muttered the old man musingly.s
"Captain Calton answered him in q
very friendly way, and the matter seem.
ed all right. s.:i =, ): -. :' H. .i, 4. ~. u 3
eThe SQUIRE was in /. dreadful tempe,
the next morning, With Dick Aid me;
because we hadn't killed some stray
dogs that had been driving theswoods
"He, was very. savage against poach'
!; ers, and. swore he'd have spring: gums
set for their dogs in the open runs .oi
: tho eopse. q OH Oh III
$50 matters went on till just about
!; Christmas when q large party Of the
neighbors of the Squire came over "a
shoot under the pheasant oovers. 1,;'"
y tThat day We hadsno peace. rAll the
spring guns were taken up; damaged
I raisins put in the runs to loll the pleas.
ants there, and the woods were watched
every night, y On the night before we
met the Squire, who gave! MS q curse ol
two for running against him as he came
round the eopss. He'd been looking
after The raiSsiins, he said; fot hd Wis
good hand at seeing his orders carried