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

In = few days . letter arrived ,t Sill.
verdsle' bearing the london post mark.
"ear Katy" it read, "yoa see th,t
despite the tendency Of mortals to 20
astray, have reached my destination ::
you yourself could not have come in :.
more straightforward matter-of-fact man
ner: Ny journey was totally eveutless,
the monotony being only broken bv :,
stout, putty gentleman Offering mo The
Times, after be had finished readine It
n himself and again by an equally stout
laoy forcing upon my acceptance =
sandwich and two sponge biscuits. With
these exceptions I was left to nv own
meditations, with which I viii mt
trouble you, saving to tell you that as
the chimneys Of Silverdale vanished in
the distance, q haE.desolate sensation
stole over me: But I have left off anal
!ysing my feelings; it = bad habit, tend
ing to produce = morbid state Of mind,
IN my opinion; ; therefore l set myself
to LOOK vigorously onward to the future.
and ignore the past. Oh, for . draueht'
OF nepenthe! But I am almost begipnine
to thiak have taken one, or that I am n
not the same being I was some year,
ago. They say our bodies are constantlv
changing, and that after certain nun;.
Der Of years not particle Of the old
body remains. It seems odd at th,t r,to
that one does not get nd Of scars. in.
ST. stead Of the pardcles forming 50 exactly
IKE the old marks that ona could sve:r
70 their imnutability. Perhaps some
thing Of the same kind takes nl,cs in
the soul the same, and vet not the
=. same. seem to have had two distinct
lives: one that is worked out and com.
plete, and another that is Just beeun.-|
: new thread, knotted in, perfectiv d;.
!o'ned: and yet 30 neatly fitting that the
oreak Is lmPerceptible, au inverse me-
temPeychoa's' tho same body animated
BY diverse soul. There you viii s,v. II
am getting ineomprehensible, 50 | vim
return to rationalities.
eThe end Of my journey va, my .r.
,lval here; but my stay will not be
long, - there is going to be , eener.I
move into tho country to the house of
Nh Braddick's elder brother or r.th
e. halebrother. Mr.. Braddick is in
!sdia, looking after some property that
has been left to him. which viii nl,ce
himself, Nm. Braddick, aud NV two
PoPis, in that position aguntivoiy de-
scsibed "a rolling in wealth.
:. "Mn. Braddick is IN iusipid pe.,op.
With strsw.oolored hair, cold blui, h
cyes: and ver,) piot-.nd-white COM
plsxioa, altogether unintsrestiue, and I
een imagine it must be rather {, relief
to Mr.: Bnddiok than otherwise to be
10 India for = short time. We had it,
tie conversation last night, probably
:ne meant to be gracious, 20 1 am Will
ing to take the viii for what it Is worth
and excuse the manner of its execution
l send you the conversation ~ nearly
verbatim ~ lean -
-, . "A': ~, 5rodd:ek:-.I B.. dare say you
tesl tired, Miss Linden p
7z: - Nee Z. L'.d<".-.:Not much thank
..!1. ~; blow 'one;v.rs you io
coningF La ::
u s Ass L.-:Aboat eight houn.'
"A:. R-Ie il possible Eight
% aoot, N, ga Day !! I should have sup.
posed It iapdsible.'
Mas Tins passes ou;eklv IN
Tie chang Of scene and Of
p'.sengsrs takes up oes's attention -.
s"As: R.-(s,xsias@y)-tAhy a:
passe) 'Ysu have nexor besn = govern.
ess before, Mlss Linden! 2
Z: "kiss mo &#: >.
r "Ms. B.-tAh! you would not fpd
many situaeions like tho ono Won vill
haveawith me.' 5. .:;ss~5,
'.lEss q =; {iisas,yegat;,elv. a..e.t.a
iagly, and ss,gges gessseli - Nor
.!.hc ss ezpeaaaory.) )-sYes.'
4 .What the tysl mems / have vet n
9nd eet, for Nts+ Bsaddick did not .dd
snytsins TURF Thsre was !. proloor.
~ - q stAs end of which m.
3 bt,ddieE I'd soassrved that probably /
shoald Pot tears y - ny pupils until
motning. md that perhaps / niRht IKE
toeeens g r Whsa . slisht sesAs
~. AsaEd 61e1ds, he dor bulst opea,
lnd IN q = s.7s7ss .