The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-02-13

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@Excuse> me-" said Mr.: Etheredse,
"but you can do no such thing" and
gently taking he, hand: he drew it
within his arm. .''S '-' - =
Ad.iana's first impulse was to draw it
away, the old feeling of anita gonism
was at work but she was faint aud
weary. and her very weakness chafed
her. She kept: a determined silence
the rest Of the way, broken only by a
cold, "Thank you for the trouble you
have taken, Mr.. Ethercdge," when
they reached the hall door.
.:...... CHAPTER XIV. !; -
J.. "In thoughts from the visions of the
nig,ht, when deep. sleep falleth upon
man. Adriana rondered. Her musings
were unsatisfactory, her convictions by
no means. dattering. II am fool" was
the summing p;'':and Etheredge
Court is no. place for me:"' :",,'
Then came a,curious chaos Of: feeling.
modification, sclf-upbraiding, and
wounded selfrespect, which to-a person
possessed, of siderable amount of SELF
esteem, is far more CALLING than any
amount Of blame from others, and so
Ad1rlana A1 felt it; yet strange to say, a
CLEAN LOT triumph mingled: with the
chaotic elements and counter balauced
them oddly. Still,' when the the voice
that had once before spoken within her
said, "Go?' the yielding spirit answer
ed, I1will CO." : = -
True, the dark angel thrust himself
forward, and mutterud, "Whithcr,
whittier? the worlds wide and lone
ly;" but the guardin-angel- bent ov ver
and waved his wings, and Adr,ana tell
asleep. .>,..; ::* .
Morning came,- usually the dispeller
of so many harassing night-thoughts.
The mind Of man, renewed, refreshed,
rise. with fresh vigor to meet the diff
culties that in ;ho solemn watches of
the night:overcome him in anticipation:
The nerves are ibraced by the living
4 power that seems to forsake US in our
nocturnal struggles; and yet t. return
with the dawn Of day. And yet at night
alone do We. seem fully to realize the
life Of the soul. Then, with the sense.
OF calm, Of loneliness, comes also the
realization Of the immortal, and man
wrcst1es alone with his Maker. No fac
ticious props arc near wherewith to stay
his arm;" the silence and blackness
around him are too oppressive; death,
as it were, creeps nearer aud nearer to
him, and amidst the .deep.felt quiet he
seems to himself the only sentient be-
ing in creation. Then he knows himself
more intimately than when surrounded
by the interest and activity of life.
There is nothing to distract his atten-
tion from the fact that be, the unit of
an :unnumbered' total, is something
more than a component part; he is dis
tinct, individual, isolated,-a soul
among many soul unass,stable by any
human agency.
Adriana collected her struggling
ideas. Waking thoughts did not dispel
her night determinations. '
81 shall leave Etheredge Court"
On the stairs she met Mr.. Etheredgc.
Her reassured step, the flush Of conf
dence in herself that lighted up her
face caused Mr.. Etheredge to,wouder
at the change that had come to Miss
Linden since the last night. Uncou-
sciously he spent good deal of time in
specializing upon Adriana: she had be-
come sort of story to him, which he
was interested in unraveling
"You seem none the worse for the
snow-storm, Miss Linden"
"On the contrary, it has been of
benefit to me-"
$50 it appears. Therefore suppose
you will venture forth again, as the
snow shows no signs Of disappearing
We may have it for some weeks yet"
II shall not be here so long"
Mr.. Etheredge was surprised. He
was not prepared for this sudden turn
in the drama, and yet what else could
have been expected? As Mr.. Ether
edg, turned into his library, a convic-
tion darted into his mind. He tried to
reason himself out Of it as very absurd
one; but nevertheless it remained:
Mrs. Braddick's perplexity At Adri-
ana's sudden resolve; which would have |
been amusing under ordinary circum-
stances, was now embarrassing in the |
extreme. = 9H :re. -.
i, "What had caused Miss Linden to |
decide SO suddenly? What necessity |
was there for her. to go?. Anything,
everything, should be done. in accord
ance to; her wishes, !. if she would but
remain. What would tho children do p
To all which, questions Adriaua ans
wcrcd as best she might, but was firn,
in her determination not to remain at
Ethcrcdgc Court. So Mrs. Braddick
turned for, help aud sympathy to the
different members of the family. .s.~l
:>"Charles !" ~sF~%s.'. - %4.T :" 7&
eyes, my dear returned Mf. Brad.
dick, looking up from : heap Of papers
Al ..sHE[ - - 4 y"