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

getncr. L must show you my pea
some time, Miss Linden:N 10 so.!..as.
81. will back my little: Pearl aeairL
the ornaments" said Mr.. Etheercdge., e
"Como here, Pearl (which shall mn,
ma give me, you u her brooches a,
bracelets ?"
Pearl laughed.
"You would like me best because
could pour out your coffee in the NOR
ing; but papa could not spare me-"
$50 you think you would be mo
useful than bracelets and necklace.
but don't you know I could sell thcr
and Get a great deal of money f
them Z"
"But you have enough money, yo
dent want any more"
"That is doubtful proposition. B,
on tho whole you think a Pearl th,
can laugh, and talk, and pour out co
tee, much more desirable acquisitio
than one that the divers have stole
from the mermaids, among ocean cave
aud coral rocks deep down under tb
dark blue sea ?"
"Really, Richard, I wish you woul
not talk such nonsense to the child
said Mrs. Braddick; "what with yo
and her papa don't see how shall b
ever able to make sensible woman E
PEARL"
Adrlana gave one Of the furtive plauc
es in the direction of Mr.. Ethcredee
and was disconnected to find that thei
eyes met. She looked steadfastly dow,
at the carpet, where she could not
however, discover Mr.. Etheredge's sen
timents as to Mrs. Braddick's capabili
ties tor training children into sensibl,
women.
"Why need women be made sensi
Die! let them be natural" said Mr.
Etheredge, turning to leave the room.
"Are they ever sensible ?" he added
In what was intended to be a soto voce
but it reached Adriana's quick ear, and
a fresh barrier was raised against him
"My husband and his brother have
some very odd ideas, quite ut variance
with mine. They have a positive ad
mlratlon for women who are not scnsi.
ble."
Adriana could quite imagine it, al
any rate, Of Mr.. Braddick, so she an.
swered eyes," as confrmatory of Mrs.
Braddick's assertion. >,
"lt is a subject Mr.. Braddick and I
continually disagree upon. He says,
let children grow up naturally. Now
what bears children would turn out if
they did. Besides, people with natural
NJ ore so exceedingly. unpleasant,
they are always saying something disa.
5rceablc. Then they arc called frank
and unaffected. For my part l dislike
! natural manner; I have always avoid
I'd it,
=: Again Adriana replied by a confirm
tory "Yes," which was again success
uI, and Mrs. Braddick, warming with
no sub bjcct in which she believed her
elt to be appreciated, continued: .
81 strongly disapprove Of children
,eing allowed to have any opinion of
heir own ; give them a sensible code
hat will be right and proper for them
o keep to through life, and let them
'eep to it; mould them after a proper
'attern. But all my yendeavors arc
frustrated by Mr.. Braddick and his
'rother, who have, as I. have already
mentioned, peculiar views. I trust I
hall find an ally in you, Miss Linden,
nd hope you will be able to manage
he children, for they are quite bevond
ne. l tear sometimes that they are
opeless."
81 trust not"
!: Pearl had disappeared with her un-
lie, and AdriaDa went to the nursery
look for Charley, but the nurse hav.
ng taken him out for walk, she bent
er steps to the school.room. On her
ray thither ;she5passedr the library; she
ad never been in this room, it being
occupied by Mr.. Etheredge.
he door was slightly ajar, and the
ange Of books looked tempting, and
Adriana decided that this would be an
xcellent time to take advantage Of Mr.,
stheredge's offer of making selection
rom them: :, "..-
The library was long narrow room.
he walls lined with books, excepting
lere and there, where portraits we're
lung; but of these Adriaua took little
'otice,. and was soon absorbed ia. the
''thcult task Of choosing, from SO many
1olumes, which she should read first.
)ne was taken up, then laid aside for
mother, which in its turn gave way to
! third that she bad long wished to sec
md she went on until it seemed doubt
ul whether she could make any choice
It all.
A feeling of hopelessncss came over
much there was to know, to
earn, how little time wherein to ac-
auire it. Was there, after all any use
n knowled ge-would it benefit he,eaf-
Ter? In that hereafter might it not
come as q flash upon the emancipated
spirit, a sudden revelation of ali past
knowledge as a preparation to q further
development of which she had now no
All, but the mind was un-
satisfied until then It'll chen it. must be
fed, and must feed Others dependent
upon it, absorbing and giving forth, a
link connecting the past with the pres
ent, yea, carrying it on to the future
mind revealing itself to mind, sprinr
setting itself in motion that should new.
er ceasc... She, too, formed a link her
actions would have their: influence on
tho future the pebble dropped in the
pool sinks out Of. sight and is lost, but
the circles it has made widen and vi:
den, and act as an impulse to some OBJ.
ject, that,insits turn act, upon another :;
md so the action, once put in motion,
IS carried -on: indefinitely. So might
she, though blotted: out of existence,
still still live BY thought or action, carried
on through weaker or more powerful
mediums Us the case might .be-the
immaterial more powerful than the ma:
terialiJ mind over matter triumphant,
asserting itself throughout all ages. :,
In the midst of these epevulations
Adr!ana looked up; the sun was stream
ing through one; of tho deep bay win