The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-12-31

I I, DECEMBER 81. l8
, preston Of propriety, smiled resignedIy
at thought Of the sacri6ee he made,
and exceedingly admired his own gen.
erosity toward the object Of his prefer
ence.
II shall marry no doubt At some
time," he soliloquised, while pacing
the double parlors few days after the
| scene described, With his silent tread
and noting his attitudes 10 the tall mir
rors. ~ shall marry at some time,
but less than fifty thousand does not
take me. No; fifty thousand is tke
lowest figure. Time was when I should
have gone for half the money; but I
begin to know the value of the article :"
and stepping to the glass he caressed
bis top knot adniringly. Then rcsum-
ing his walk, he continued: "This lit
tle saint may perhaps ill the whole in
terim: I shall show her of quietly to
Liney Baker, who cut me decidedly and
no mistake. She shall see that relig-
ion does not always make a girl turn
prude. I shall have to be cautious
with Maggic-hays her confidence now
love easily follows-then give her
tho excuse Of compulsion. No matter
shed die and make no sign, rather
than meet exposure. Those vulgar
creatures who 60 to law! Bah! I
have always kept clear Of them ~
And congratulating himself on his
prudence, he caressed his left hand
lovingly, with the right beating
time upon it, as he stepped back and
forth singing Pleyel's Hymn.
While tho elegant Edward was thus
in Imagination dispoeing Of himself
Margaret was in the kitchen giving
Kate hsr lesson. As before stated,
these two had easily come to good un-
derstanding, which had grown into a
warm regard. Kate's tireless good ma
ture, her exuberance Of rich animal
life and keen Irish wit, made her a
source Of strength and comfort on all
occasions. In addition to the precepts
about her person and room, Margaret
had taught her that to make sweet but
ter she must wash and scald her milk
vessels every time they we're used; and
turn them up to the air; and no Lieu
tenant ever was prouder of the official
approval Of his General, than Kate of
the praise bestowed on the prints she
turned off twice q week from milk
which she said would have been vast
ed. Amongst other things, Margaret
had essayed to teach her the art of
reading, but this was slow work. The
alphabet was the mystery Of mysteries,
and to get it unraveled in the good
n.tured head appeared a hopeless task.
One day Kate conquered A, and next
day A conquered Kate; but she per-
severed, scratched her head, boxed her
own ears and exclaimed again and
again:
"Why don't yees bate me, Miss Mar
earet? SEIZURE now an if yo'd lay on
me wid tdhe broomsthick I'm tdhink-
in I'd mind it bether ~
This day her teacher concluded to
try spelling, and asked the name of a
letter.
s.. "Schure now, let me SEQ! Tdhat's
o wild bit broke out Nv it-och isn't
itC?"
ayes, and this is Aw for Margaret
knew this Rubicon could not be passed
until G was forgotten.
"Yis; A itiz, seizure enough"
"And this ?"
"This? Let me tdhink minute
och, tdhat's tay."
"Then hero is G, a, t, and that
spells eat"
"Wat?"
&c, a, t, spells cat"
"Spelh cat, does it?'
"Yes;o, a, t, spells eat; and d, 0, e,
spells dog"
Kate looked at her in dazed won.
der and asked:
can is tdhat wat the little divils
IL fur?"
"Why certainly, Kate; what did
you think they were for ?"
"Sohure an didn't I tdhink tdhsv
were jist to bodther buddy's head;
but its cat it makes, il it? An tdhare's
t9he cat settin tdhare in tdhe pistur,
lookin' as make as Moses An G, a,
tay, spells cat! Och woman dye
tell me 20? SEIZURE an who wod i.
tdhsught o tdhat ?"
After spending some moments In
open mouthed wonder and various ex-
clamations, she turned to her primmer,
saying:
"Let me say it again r. and holding
tho phenomenon tightly under her
thumb, as though afraid it might es-
cape, she exposed one letter at time,
and began:
"C-aa' bodtheration to 1t nowv
"a" prompted Margaret.
eyes; Ait il; an tay; g, q, tay,
cat. Och, uf tdhat doesn't bate St.
Patrick himself, tdhat tdhim tdhree lit