The St. Cloud journal., 1869-09-23

. pleasure g their superion What
& they die by thous.pds Of starvation /
9 penury Il = thsir business-t
2 / pYrpose ior s. which they, uere create
!. but i, y sonle mistake, : iatent spa
q of manhood struggles 70 the. surfa.
y = and they Iiss ppon their oppressors
{. the representatives Of their oppresso
to proclaim gloriop, equality, then |
2 necessary saerides Of two o. three i,
! lI. y : blot ppod the page Of history, bith.
9 to quite unsullled b tho myri.ds
81 deaths among tho people, caused
!, ubiquitous and heartless misgoyernme,
d If such. narrov-minded egotrm is "a
3 cation, you had better not have gone;
college - %<@:.S s.s,s. =. -
i Her Y'r!esIlsra extraoardin I'D mary warmth or
completely abstract : subject quite b
wildered me; her philosophy, to
> though, perhaps, we'll founded, soundt
strange from The lips Of : girl .carcel
twenty years of.ge; and il seemed
; me, as days wore on, that I. knew Ii
less and less s. e.: ss..s@e.' :.tss = =. +.
Beyond this one outbreak, hoxeve
and an occasional sarcasm when an
! question Of social distinction was star,
ed, I never got any. further clew /
Miss Heath's real character, her. ID
varying placiditY remained Is min
presaionable = ever: At length, whe,
days and weeks brought me .ppa4eDtl
mo nearer the object Of my mission tha,
in The, the fist q hour Of ny arrival, i Il
solved, 10 ,,,.f . ft g q desp.ir, 70 brave Il
consequences, and propose TO Gabrielia
Herswhole conduct was such a enie
na, that I thought it might possibly
conceal an inclination favorable to my
self; and 'at2all .hasards, = declaration
would lead me to spartial solution 0,
tho puxzle. #sGE..s::55 istzizz.tssIsE III
When | apprized Sir Andrew Of my
intention, he implored me todelay until
We knew more. Of each other. To thi.
Ireplied that I had given ~ up ali hope
of ever. knowing more Of Gabrielle
and that I had certainly been 1t Client.
awyrloDg enough for her to know me
fully. I did not tell him how much j
was beginning to.sufer from this pro.
tracted suspense; how, With every sue.
eeediag day, my passionate admiration
made the barrier between IA an ever
increasing torture !; yet with the COW.
ardly consciousness that refusal might
result in banishment from her presence,
Iiistened to Sir Andrews warnings
against precipitanoy. z 91z
h 'sWait, 's At least lhe said "till after
The the tair,-a most important era in The
lives Of al Gleutvyr tpeople.. ohee
year this little village .axakes 70 life;
buyer and seller, marionettesa and no.
,nageries flock 10, tor thesday, from al
parts Of the country !; and every one,
from the highest to, the lowest, is expect
ed IT, be in state of excitement aud ex-
1 sultation l' At the great event.. Even Ga
briella forgets her. books, land; seems: as
Interested q the busiest when. the fir
time comes round. You will have !; ID
opportunity Of seeing her as you have
not seen her yet, and may then find the
secret spring to her favor, which you
do not seem sure Of having yet discov-
cred. She is, perhaps, a little cold,
and like ALL women, s'capricious too
much precipitation may rouse her oppo-
sition, and 1 think you now concur
enough in the family wishes to dread
this. Therefore ]. say, wait a little. In.
my day young men were not ID such a;
terrible huErytosgive way to despair!
And accordingly; ] waited. ;iw aaa
!. x,9TElh There certainly Was q change ina Miss
Heath her placid tranquilitys w.s re-
placed By an unmistak.ble .seatlessness.!
7ssh She now often jo,ped out general con
= versation, .ll: al11ays introducing ths;ssub-
jeeetI I' Of the fair, either proposing to ..lidr
! father f1att to tthllEoM open the park gates and
give "a banquet to oil comen,z or declar-
ing her intention+ef passing the whole
dayff >vill.ge.ins the midst Of the
fsativai.a sa1 i ,s..ssss<sas >sss.:las:2 @s<ss
: Ny heart began to- beat With e.. sen-
sation almost ike hope u I noticed this
change; there. Wis. something d natural
and girlish ii her interest for the com-.
ing gala, and. anxiety for The people's
enjoyment of,thsir holiday, thatI Il
,gued we'll from the contra to the indif.
ference she had hitherto shown Tor
everything :'a5ss " s1i az9sss q
Sir Andrew readily entered into III
lla her sympathy for the villagers, :; and
promised e1s' u that the presence Of the party
from the castle should not be wanted
70 crown the OCCASION - ! complete .uo-
9 cess. To me the projected fair Was .
species Of revelation !; il seemed 10 az
plain away my principal doubts, aud
account for Gabrielle y outward apathy
by her life Of unnatural stagnation.
Lady Heath had said, that her ,laueh-
tsr.wasa girl Of strong mind J; she had
been brought up in ~ atmosphsrs u
dull and eventless g e Be absolute pet.
rideation, and had p!r probably ended il
creating I fictitious existence for her,
self, through her: books, in which, !.
ar . thought and feeling went, 81.
absolutely lived. From this imaeinar,
1 =