The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-01-02

: some people, and some suit otl,e1s. a,
: what does for Adrie does not: do 8 {
! yeu: ges 9; much stady.. .giv<s pe
: checks. The xisest man 'sa1s IL x.s
*eanoese e the Aesb, rand + m not 2
;. ,ng to g.iasay The ,viistst Of men, q IL
{ him king. TOO: :; W. mn,t r;ve VA 'Adr r
} some :roaas Ike your,." =: =
! And Mn. Davis looked. kindly, ,
Adrlana, then her eyes, turning on he
j preference with maternal pride to Il
pnset' blooming country maiden, an
her heart filed With . vet lareer 1aa,
:ure OF the good S.maritan's comna..;o,
for the forlorn stranger:
= wish mother did not .despis
french and learning, and all that, .,
much,r said Katy, when Mrs. qDavi
9ad lett the room; !"sometimes I xisl
l: knew more. Do. you think she'i
wrong 81 1hsn:t e it best to know. every,
thing as you. do ?'' .'',
, "But I don't know everything. Tn
far from that" "
"Ah, bat more than ,nost neonl.
Dont you 1ook down upon. people thai
,h.r, nsow - sothins II : don't you de.piss
tOnly sometimes"
= "Ah p; r Interrupted Katy, "me, and
mother, and father"
Nc, no--1 did not finish my sentence
haty; you would scarcely ande,tand
It II did I don't despiss you, and
sometimes l half think your mother j,
r!gnt: Perhaps one is happier tho lea1
one Knows One: teeh ones inferioriity
iess there. are fewer wishes, less am.
bltlon, less restleasness, more peace y
,1 Would you give up al you know ~
mot now l know it; it has once ed
deep rivers, and I must float along With
them ! must see whittier they 70. Ite
. restless tide, that will not let me
land" go ' '''
's.There, now you are getting grand
ana poetic, and I don't understand Won.
But you don't think there !, no use in
learning? Mother thinks evervthinp
waste # time when one il not do;ne
something useful"
s"The point is to determine What !,
useful. " just now my requirements. "a
you are pleased to consider them ara
moro useful to me than. sevine or b.L.
,ng: or eake-making, or any other house.
noid at could possibly be, for they give
Katy looked up.
"Hslf q & tie time, .Adrie, I don't know
what you mean, but I suppose I shall
when youhave been With US loneer. !"
u shall not be here much longer
| m:geing away"
"Where? why? you have no friends
out us. you are not offended with
Us :" *.''..-
"oaended! what are you dreaming
about 7, No, I have no friends but you.
and l could not have kinder ones !; but
I've ny'own way 10 make in the world.
and must make it my own way"
"And what j. your x.yr'
ooh, I'm only at the preface; I can't
tell what tho first chapter viii be, till /
have looked into it, 49,.
!, t"1s it ! book, ,Adre I can you make
stories that every one win buy ?" And
Katy looked with deeper vene1,tion At
the strange, wonderful relative.
INC, not : book, something safer to
begin with; There, that Will enliehten
you upon tho subject, And Adrian.
tossed = letter across the table. KATY
read it; attentively, laid it down, looked
first at Adri2as, then at the letter, With
. puzzled look. ,-t-: ~.
y, "You are going to teach little chill
dren Of four and I've years Old Arie :
Why, how can you? you-you-',,
ward pause.
Adriana laughed, half bitterly. =:
care not ct for it-let me finish the
sentences for you mot much of the
milk OF human kindness in me no SYM
pathy with childish troubles-littls
EYES overAowiug with infantiae grief At
not being able to master the Wonderful
phenomenon, that a.b spells ab. No
patience. perhaps-patience! yes, 1
have PATIENCE said Adrie, jumping up
and pacing the room in manner prac-
t'cally oontradicting her theory. dyes,
you may look, and doubt too, but /
can be patient-if I choose. People
can b be anything they choose, At least I
can" ,s~
Il e.n!''t'''5. said Katy; "a Il wish I
could ! I'm always going wrong vhsn
I'm wishing 70 60 right" -.
Adtiane paused ID her rapid PRONE
made, as If some new idea had struck
"You! Why what have you to do but
right! Why, You can do nothing but
"The heart is deositfal,'" quoted
Katy, timidly. .. =.
'@Adr:sna laughed outright. ~,
""Nos yours, Katy. If there ever
was truthful little heart, you have it"
IN But Katy had advanced On op;niou.
and she felt she must stand toit-Veak.
y It might b, but still stand. s,'...." =
can hearts, Adrie," she. said with
out looking up, "miue ~ we'll . 9th
ess." 'zss = l&,,3,&ss,{ :. ssss.s
"Mins /. not deseitfsl,, s,id Adri..
hastily, ,,s.'f Knew il well enough /
knowsths, bad and tie. eood il L; /
need not let the bad prepoaderats M.
lese I,hkc. What i choose q. do, I can
But kitty had made her little protest
and could go, 20 further shs would
have heon beaten IL .algsmsnt, aud
sAs knew -it.; nevsrthslsss, shs had 1
vague senDe that hsr cousin W. wrong,
1atsd that L fshs were only . clsysr 4
her oousin she could sxplaia hsr,sll
lelsarly, and hsr hslpl plsssasss s,nots 8
her paisfnlly . iaa xhiek IA
lessa ai.l 9. 6! e |'l' - s