The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-05-27

oslwsrs1 the morning stars staging 4
getbsr and oil tho: sons Of God shos|
lug for joyl These unpistakab]
depths Of golden light, these 2mystsri
ous haruoniss: in which she ut eatran<
ed, whsaee came sheyl The bank o
which they rat ssuk away, and tk
.tpsss were falling. v9: js@
t. When earth hsd rsadjusted hsrss1l
Margaret ;was h biz arms on The edg
of the sivuist, her face asd hands dsip
ping With water, and his check prsssst
against her. brow: holding her. hsat
against his bosom, while: bis hsa.
throbbsd tumultuoasly; and he hex
her with strsioiug CLASP. She knew
she must have swooned, aad for. =,
instant wished she might have died
She made faint effort to release her
self, but hs only held her = little NOR,
teuderly IS though fearing he nigh
crush her; and raising her head, look
ed into her eyes while his own ~er,
beaming with 4 proud triumph, and
said:
my precious love; my own! I hAv,
your secret. See! this caught on J,
button when I carried you down, and
in releasing I opened it." j.
Hs held up . medallion on . slender
gold chain which wae fastened around
her neck, and looked 1t tis own minia'
ture, an old sun. picture which she bad
herself fitted into it, present osse.-
The hot blood dyed her face crimson
and; tingled in her finger tips. Again
she tried to release herself, and ex:
elaimed::
"What shall I dol". ~. :.
"Do~ he laughed, "Why even wear
the original, . troublesome old fellow,
in your heart Of hearts, u he ws.r,
you in his"
"Let me ut up, please" she plesd j.;
and he raised and partially released
her, ~ he said {: 49, @' :
"Therel You se. I begin to ob.y Al.
ready" ~ d"
She grew very pale .s she replied :
"This is ill wrong, al 4 mistake, il
not . crime, aud enc for which We
must yet ask forgiveness"
GALL nonsense! . I thought there
was one woman Who Vas above Affects
ton, one who was always true, and
would not be ashamed Of the ewiul
crime Of being . woman, provided she
were guilty Of it. To love is as much
a part Of your woman nature, your hu-
man nature, as to breathe. Why
should you play prude or ostrich, and
affect concealment which conceals
nothing :"
how commanding and noble he look
ed, his face bronzed and rounded out
BY. sea; breezes,. and eyes beaming With
the enlarged culture and active bepey-
olence of his studious and virtuous
life. How ready was every impulse Of
her nature T. own him lord. She felt
that if Abraham were at all like him,
Sar,h had had no difficult task in 80
designating him. To stand erect was
the stern command Of duty, while bow.
ing in homage would have been. but. too,
too easy. She turned her honest syes
full upon his face, and even. her hps
grew pale, as ,she replied TO-. his re.
proaoh:
II did not intend to conceal any.
thing, and if it will crafty you "a
know what is nov or An hour ago was on:
ly known to God and me, I may tell
you that if the sensations Of this life are
ever immortal, if this clay shall ever
again be reunited TO- tho soul after
death, or there eau be any sympathy
between them, and this body Of mine,
which,
1ss *s,M 1:ee :,.!s - ;:s.s e:.s. ss: d., ,o,
And blossop In purple and red"
Her cheeks became scarlet and were
vet BY the dew Of tear, then paled -
she continued: "Whatever crime this
may be, let the confession BE- = part Of
the punishment, for I feel that you are
not free to love mo o. to bs loved BY
| me-" 80. - IA
II had thought you knew better than
this. Your Bible tells Of one cause ffor
which husband or wife d ffei1I Ths
law Of nature teaches the same. I had
that cause, and know ii ~ her volaa.
t.ry eontss'ion:; You would not hsv.
me submit to dishonor ogross. You
would not, fora morbid senimsntslity
or sympathy, sacrifice Ii. happinssi., d
two lives" 81 :,s''''' ';"2a -.-1 >
II know from her al you know, and
once thought as you do oft, islss / hope
I should not have cared for you; quits
as I do; but recently I have come "a
! understand her and have her full con.
6denee." r. :.>'.- s,. :. ,'
II cannot talk Of her and that old
miseryr hs replied, turning and lay
inn hi. Enahaad m q ,nnaa novarad