The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-12-03

o.. III. ;4.. 81, NO. 20.
"AudU tskes JEANNE !" and she
~ It once ia;tle softswarn embrace.
"A mothers heart caihot easily break
under such burden; and whatever Of
pri',tion and es!,!.' !!.bor ,nd sorrow vas in
} reserve for the newly made widow, she
} would live and could j. not: b. WHOLLY =
wtetehea With Willie and Jeansie. to
support. =. 49, ..,'~.: -,
When tho others returned from their
n work; Jeanni< was sleeping softly,
and Wiliie's account of the rebellion
quito divided the thought of all with
he gloom of tho grave.
As Margaret kissed her in her little
cnb she said !: "Oh, mother! We ought
to bs 80 thankful there are So many Of
u. We can help each other so"
"Ya, darling;, I could spare noue
Of my ehildres; but if your fathers
adairs arc: - much involved ~ We
think ii will 'bs hard, I fear. You
are all girls, and Willie 30 helpless. If
my two sons had been spared, they
would have Seen men now, and might
have taken bis place:" :~
"But God knows best,: mother, and
Why should girls not be able to take
care Of you aad Willie as well As boys Z
We ars healthy, and you have taught
Us to work."
"':Oh; yes ny child ): I know you can
make btcas, but getting it Is another
matte q. r. If " ars, Il I fear, reduced
70 daily 4abor for daily bread, you have
little idss ef the Disadvantages under
which women perform that labor
[Tstins eare of.shouse in-wbich every:
thiog isprovided is quite different from
providing the house and everything in |
It; To think Of my dear ones homeless
is not the least of the sorrows OF the
hour"
! Margaret kissed: away tie tears
Which the thought forced through the !
quiveriag eyelids, aud whispered softly:
."Edvard will never see you or the
children without home, mother"
~ have been thinking Of this, Mar
garet, and could not t>be, burdensome to
him.. If he takes care Of you it Is all
I have ! right to expect, and perhaps
you might take: one Of the girls"
"Do you think mother, I could 90 to
BE- taken, care Of; Il though I were i'm.
beetle, and leave you to struggle With
poverty |" -
'But you will have, new duties, nv |
dear. Your time will belesg to your
husband, you %ill have no right to
neglect his interest OF seek to burden
him with your i.,mily. You must not
think Of him in this connection. Its
unjust" 80
will let him think and you will
see, mother, how glad he is p
This assurance was spoken with some
secret pisgiviae. sFer,syeer she had:
been betzptbed:to Edward: :: Strofyndsr, |
> man Of: largo :sstate III land. and
manufacturing interests. The consentof
her pateaas h.d:bs.n long withheld .nd |
reluctantly given; On account Of real
or fancied 'morosensss and sel6shness in |
the object Of their daughters choice.
This opposition, founded on opinions
rather than facts, had the usual effect
ifstrengthening her attachment. In the
carly struggle between love and filial
duty every faculty Of her mind had
strengthened and iutensi6ed, but the
master passion gained: its natural domin-
ion; and her parents yielded to the
knowledge that whatever of unh.ppi-
ness tho :: marriage might bring her,
:ssp.stiop from her lover must blight
their bud of promise and leave her to
withsr like = blossom, pipped by a
spring froat Their consent had filed
her life viii. The bevildering sunlight Of
young and happy ovc.~ Her tall. dark
lover-hsr :HRl.ck knight" as Miner
via had playfally named :him-rel.1ed
bis usual taciturn reserve; Or receiving
The consent ot her parents to tho long
sought aihahes,' ind folded her to his
ie.!t viii IN almost boyuh abandon,
wills ,his lip. 'elanig to b.rs and the
new life Inn in toi, electric thrills
through 1551erJy fiber Of their united
anhk'. .'~<'i' .:'t;''',
:, oh; how good and grand, how noble
md strong, he Was ! How she clung and
| trusted and looked up and xorshipped
Her daily prayer was that '.he might
hot transfer to hin the devotion due
alone I'd God.
:, Ey,ry shuus1n soul yieldl hom.ge to
some one attribute Of In6nity more easily |
th.n to al Others; aud Margaret bowed
to strength. The infinite power Of the !
Deity demanded the worship of her |
soul, more than his mercy OF love. In
nature she loved mountains, great
rocks tall trees, rushing torrents, the
:heaving ocean md the crashing thun-
der. Birds, Aswels and the thousand |
miaor beauties, were to her n musings
.--things to be loved and oherished-l
but her worship vas given to strength;
and the life in which she could merge
L.. o-u ,nusk ha ~ AMMAN fhn s&.n~nev