The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-05-27
CHAPTER xL.
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.

ance. Kate had prepared sumptuous
tea, and the little Snliyans had their
red-spP,o cheeks ; washed aad hair
combed to see Els honor, stthe bloody
spalpane" who bad pat Michael to the
necessity Of voting 70 ".irly and afsn"
10 the day.. j, !. gone By; Michael eb himself
was as ready to give. him Welcome to
his cabin as be would have been to 90
over the voting operation in order to
keep the "dimmecrats" in their natu-
raj places Of power, and was almost as
much troubled as his wife that the
Judges efforts to do honor to the Vi
ands were lot greater success. He
was to return to the city by a right
train, and it was understood at home
that Margaret was to accompany him,
but she postponed her return until the
next day. Stepping from the hack
which took her from the depot, she
sprained Ter ankle severely, and this
to her. appeared unfortunate, As it
spoiled her pian Of going to see Zelia
on that afternoon.
She was assisted to the nursery, now
the family sitting room, and there
made comfortable on the sofa. Judge
Kendon was getting acquainted with
the children, and looking grave. Mary
who bad been corresponding With him
for some fine, was giving an account Of
her school In which theie had recently
been a wonderful exhibition.
:"what do you think, p.pa,' she
said, "Jeannie and I vas both"-
"Were both !' he suggested.
"Oh, psbay, yes; what makes you
say swas,' But the girls 70 school an
say was, and tie teacher doesn't
say anything about it: 1lesrned it. At
school,"
"But JEANNE and d!' you at che e1hibi-
tion ~ he said.
ooh yes, JEANNE and I were dressed
just alike, had on white dresses and
blue sashes and wreaths in our hair.
We said our dialogue just as good as
ever we could. The people laughed
aud hallooed and made such noise
when We were done, that the teacher
made us 60 back and say our piece
again, and it wasn't a bit fair. We
said our piece just as good as any Of
them-only missed two little words, and
some of them missed ever and ever so
may words. I don't know how tho
people knew we missed, for none of
them had book"
"How do You think they knew :" he
inquired of JEANNE, laughing at this
idea of encore.
"Oh, indeed,1 do not Know said
JEANNE, with an air Of philosophical in
difference. "But, I guess they did not
make much out of that, for We did not
say it bit better the last dmo than We
did the first" = a. ','s<, =" :"'-
Re looked at Margaret and smiled,
and she replied:
1--WE were all surprised, but they re-
cited their dialogue very WE'LL: both
tines. We are glad to know they did
right under sense Of injustice, and
left the lesson to work out its legitimate
results"
Margaret had an understand
ing with her mother and began to listen
t, every sound. Soon the door opened,
admitting Zelia, then closed. Seeing
Margaret she spoke and came toward
her. Her voice arrested his attention.
lie turned and rose, and in the same
moment that she saw. him. He came
toward her to leave the room, but she
stopped before him, sank on her knees,
clasped his and turned up her thin,
white face. He disengaged himself;
and she fell to the floor as = jetot blood
spirited from her lips: The three chill
dren raised cry, but that Of Freddy
was the shrek Of, > young tiger, While
Mary threw herself upon hex mother,
and JEANNE set about untying her bon
net strings, he seized his father
around the knees, and bit aud tore and
struck him, shrieking in a very frenzy
of raye and excitement:
."You' ve killed my mamma You've
killed nv mamma! and III kill You
when i grow . big man !"
M.roaret covered her face and Sob
bed. Putting Freddy .siae' as gently
as he could, he turner ana AIteo* sns
fo]len woman to her old place in. his:
arms, and stood .hesitating.
"Take her to her roomw. said Mar
sarct, and sdded, "Mary, open the
doors for papa to 90 to msmmas 8 room" !"
She was soon alone, aud for some
time there was sound, Of hurrylng
feet and opening and shutting doors.
After what appeared a long time, a
| carriage stopped she heard Dr. Cat-
teIle's voice in the hail. and began to
fear she had killed ZeIia by her strata
Gem but she knew that any breaking
If the news to her would produce con-
st,aint. and that an unexpected meet
inc which should leave nature to speak
her own language would be more like
" than any other to affect tho reconc,l'
iation to which his manner told her he
was not inclined: 'Zela had :. hitherto
shown no sign Of disease, and Margaret
had not anticipated more THAI = ',ner-
YOU, shock. ..s Her anxiety was not soon
| relieved, and abe began to learn the les
son Of being forgotten, for tho street
lamps were lit before any oAe came to