The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-01-09

Cunningham wife had been Maro.re
Armytasso: The slip Of paper seemed
TO bring up old memories. "It is al
! true," said she. Thon she reaectei
on tho strange position in which sh,
had been placed. To what end ?. Fo
some purpose surely. Should she re
treat? Was: not that her safer, true,
pun Possibly; but she disdained it
r'a"n:ne up into her mind came apgr,
and bitter thoughts Of revenoe g
h. her aer1 NE had G, been ruined ;; what did
ne care She knew not, she cared
not, but should she submit ou;otIa o Ja'to ~
be trampled down without one styr W
gIe! No. She looked into the m;rrG.
as sue had once looked before, lonp
and earnestly. Excitement haI
Drought strange lustre into her haze
oyes and crimson glow unon ho,
cheeks, the fair hair waved like golden
Ipples-that golden hair, not sicklv
i1a3en, but soft, shining yellow, here
and there assuming ever a warme,
tinge, that made the invidious describe
1t 1t as red. But it was not red; it was
that rare shade sometimes depicted by
the old masters, that when the SUMS
rays fell upon it, seemed almost to
shed a halo around her head. She
loosed the comb that gathered it up.
ana shook 1t down over her shoulders
Earnestly, ~ more earnestly, she gazcd in
the glass before her, her wild eager
eyes meeting the wild reffec ton till The
image seemed living, real as herself:
and like some mocking spirit to answer
She started back half affriehted
was 1t herself she bad seen she almost
feared to look again; she cast a hnr.
RED glance at the mirror, and pa}e
tlmid glance in answer to her inouirv
rcassured her. More calmly she scruti-
nj nized the picture, critically, carefully.
There was nothing remarkable in the
beauty Of it; figure not dlmiuutiye
nor precisely Insignificant, still, not to
De compared with the majestic form Of
mrs. Braddick, neither would the
lace : TOR regularity bear comparison with
hers ; the large hazel eyes with their
DARK. 4ashes, and the magnificent golden
halr, were: redeeming points, and the
consciousness of intellect gave life
that was wanting in the statuesoue
Mrs.. Braddick.
"Mr. Braddick and his brother haze
positive admiration for women who are
'ot sensible" The words were ringing
n Adrlana's ears. Not always; there /
vas time when it was otherwise. |
night it not be SO ogain ? Could she /
lot 10 rival the dull inanimate beauty Of /
ars; y Braddick. Yet how had Mrs. |
6raddlck injured her, that she should |
vleak '!s her vengeance upon her? She
no not wish to injure her; she did but
'lsh tor one single moment of tri-
'mph to repay her for long embittered |
ears; one moments triumph. yes
ut one CLEAN, and she would quit
Court for ever.
nuo Win vain sophistry- she sought !
0 cheat herself: No. She in IerI
'eart dlsarproved the deed; but stronger !
ose the demon of revenge, stronger
rose the wounded feelings of wears,
ne remembrance of wearV n;obts of
'eary days, the overshadoved land.
cape Of the past, with all its ~pitiless
Sorms and clouded sunshine.
"Hls children will love me better
han their mother ="
And the scornful lips smiled tri-
and the pytboness ewes
gain meeting the eyes in the mirror
gain shrank back as though thew had
'countered mocking demon.
And Adriana lay down to rest. and.
range as 1t may appear, slept calmly, :
anquill ly,-no weary tossing to and | /;
Q. no broken slumbers, no startling
slons. So it often happens: the
ind, thoroug ghly exhausted, has, no ;;
'rther strength whcrewith to torment ..
self, and the reaction almost amounts
lethargy.
=. Gro BE coS11NuED.)