The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-11-12
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little drama Of Merlin and Viyieo, :
driving circles about him, ind mute,
iu1 !. mystic sentences, but Merlin xoul,
not b eoeb.nted, .od sudaeDlJ sp'fiiog
ing up-xe xcre dear a :strcam4sh;
leaped over upon . large rock IL tn,
middle Of the current where Iscould n,'
follow So l sat on the bank, and {,
please him sang little songs to ,le
waves and Maids. Till at length yur
party were all called together again. and
in the purple twilight We wandered
home.
: :"Max," I sail, that evening. as he
sat at the table, idly skttchiny with :
pc" the dearest little grim imp, all
carled up to keep from falling, riding
through the sky in the crescent the
youog moen--
f. "Mar," said, "you were so good
not 70 take the knot from Marian
Woodw
""hy," and he opened his eyes at
me wonderingly. 49,
81 don't like her, I dou't like her,
she trightens me when she comes near
me, she always spoils my pleasures.
!, Don't ever call on her, Max, don't ever
like her !'':;.E. -: ..s.- e.. ..
"Nonsense, Eruie;N. ond he: sketched
on meditatively, making the little imp
hideous with a grin on its face. -
''' Nov, how foolish r vas 70 talk to
him 50, and arouse bis interest :. in his
girl! :,
By nd-by he looked up at me again
'Ernie,: this Miss Wood" Che. hid
been thinking Of: her :then,) "must
, have done you some great injury to
make you feel so towards her"
"Ob, nc" L answered, deoeitfullv.
r.: He did not seem to notice my answer,
and SAID nothing More. AT length the
imp sas finished, thrown into my hands
aud he began to walk about the room
A'mlessly, now and then stopping to let
his hand play idly over the piano.keys
sin some wild strain Of his own impro-
vising-now and then pausing before
some portrait or landscape PICTURE
till at length he fingered near my own
little book-table, taking up one book
after another, and rapidly turning the
leaves. Many Of them Leonard had
given me in those days, really so little
while ago, but which seemed separated
from me by a gulf of ages. Ga the
blank leaf Of these books was n every
case written, "Ernestine from L. c."
At last. N az. took Ills hat to 90 out ;
and passing me as I bent over NY work,
just touched my cheek with his hand
a sweet little caressins motion that filled
my heart with content all the rest of
the evening:
"Come home soon, Max" 1 called
after him.
'7"Oh, yes, Ernie !"
But he 'di'rt come home 5000, not
till nearly midnight. l was bali asleep
when I heard his step on the veranda.
Next morning as he was preparing his
palette for the days work of beautiful
coloring, he asked in an Indifferent
manner.
"E'n ME, is Mr.. Cleveland a great
friend OF Marian Wood"
"Yes," I said With an effort; then
trying to be very natural asked, "Why?
what makes you think so, Max ?" -.
"Ob, only I met him there last eve
ming"
:'"0b, Max, wee you a. Marian
WOODS ! r, s..:. - g. :
eyes; L dropped in there for a while;
shc'sa very entertaining girl to call CO."
Max gone over to the enemy! What
did I do but burst into tears !:
."Ernie, you are very FOOLISH" be
said, little stelnly; lit l had known
you: voan. have! cared 50 much, I would
not have told you."'': -. : =. =
That didn't mend matters much.
: He did not say he would not have gone,
only he would not have told me. So I
marched off to my own room, and was not
agreeable again till dinner time, 1 Won
der if T shall ever learn, self-control.
It's policy to do it, that's 3 evident, for
mankind don't seem to care the least
bit for all !. woman's lttle. pet feelings,
'fancies, and prejudicee. =: .,;< :.
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CHAPTER VI. :,
J.. Ones evening Lou Winter came in
for. long cory chat: II vas late ID au-
tunnn nov, and We were glad to hover
over the fire, and talk over all sorts Of
little things, "like other women's talk, -
as the: Dutchman said. Max was not
at homo, Aunt Ellen was in her own
room, 50 We gave ourselves, up to the
luxury of an hours gossip, none of it
very important, till Lou said =, :.
"Ob, Ernie, have you seen Mir. Cleve-
land lately?"
: "No, not for moon and i half .
: "Well, you should have seen him as
T. did ivtnsfcri1xv i. Ho -. ct,n1;,,,,l -; -,