The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-07-29
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'A"Don't%f, and doesen't everybody
And, Miss Madelsine:"' Ben loweafieS v.ai Z
bis voice respectfully, "docsn't cerr:
tain person think it The fairest in al
the world, even if lie does not think i
tho funniest-as 7 do? He loves ss'',t,u( 'vonu(
just~as we'll is / do" 4'iz '"' y s';'4''i
| smiled athttlo." "And Ben if hd
left off caring for-my face, you
would too, 4 suppose?' /.
III should love it more"
""Why?" = - 10 '.."
"Bccaure-I don't know-it would
have different look, think" .
"More funny ?' 7~'- - =
aMiess: funny, and L should be oblig-
cd to o'lovesit more. however impossible
it may seem, If it had SORROW upon it.
But, Miss May, look up! He told me
it L troubled you he should take you
away, for that he would not have care
upon: the faircst face in all the world ;
and I know. he has seen all the great
actresses and tho princesscs."
! hid my face laughing once more.
A laugh always does me good, so it
must have been that which sent me
down to dinner hungry and happy: I
wonder why Nat seemed so vexed that
Enrol had neglected some appointment
with him; he always used to make
ready excuses for him IN such a case. -,
I sat with Ben in the evening; and
when l went down 10 make the tea, I
put bright little rose in my hair, and
felt quite sure that somebody would
come,-as he did. And I dare sly We
were earlier than usual, or he would
have come at the beginning Of tea in
stead of nearly at the end. He was
merry and gentle as ever, it was only
my fancy that made him seem rather
absent. He did not mention che Marks
at first: when he did; be asked me how
I had enjoyed my visit ... ri
II haze enjoyed things more, once
OF twice.
".tWhy ?"
FsI am afraid I was not sufficiently
impressed with the companionship Of
High Society fully to, appreciate the
honor ; besides which, I did somewhat
to make HigE: Society blush" -
"Nlada ~ -
"And yet, no. I remember it did not
blush I remarked, on the contrary,
that High Society was SO perfectly
satisfied with its own height, and so
very much too lofty to SEQ small things
below it, that it was impossible for it
to feel the very vs sharp and painful
kicks it sometimes gave to said small
things."',: >t~t:.. :.....@.-
:."But May" said Nat, gently, "you
would never speak i'll Of those whom
One, who knows best Of all what places
we can fill, has set above you-simply
because they are above you ?'' 80
."Ah, no, indeed indeed no, Many
of them, most of them, are as much
above the petty faults and meannesses
of life as they are above its wants and
I hardly knew what I said, thinking
Of them and of one besides me higher
still and yet so different. But the sub.
ject did not drop there; Enrol began
praising Ida's beauty. ~ IL Il. -.
"She reminds me-" he said, present.
ly, glancing thought rather nervous
ly towards Nat, "ef tho Old Testament
women"
"Not Of Jael or Jezabel, surely" I
said, demurely pretending to be en-
crossed with the sugar for Mats fourth
cup. ;
"Madelainc p Lettic looked reprov-
ingly, but Enrol went on, only little
put out by my interruption. .:.
"She reminds me Of Rachael, I think,
and those other g~and Old Testament
women"
"I hope Miss Mark is not like tho
generality Of them," I said. "Would
she steal like Rachael, or tell talsehoods
like Sarah, or teach her son to do it,
like Rebccca, or banker after the evil
like Mrs. Lot, Or" ..':.rs,
Mats eyes stopped me-. o.:
"Maleleine, you are forgetting your
SELF"
I gave little forced laugh.
."No, am not, Nat, dear, only :. =
wherein lies tho likeness to Miss Mark,
Errol?" .>S, >'''S'" so :
81 meant 10 appearance only !; with
that thick, dark hair, and those long,
Eastern eyes. She is exactly like the
pictures We see Of Rcbccca or Ruth, or,
as I said before, the generality of the
Old Testament women" '''.
'"In all of whom, said Nat, quietly,
"there was good enough to redeem the
evil, which, in itself, generally an
sWered some great purpose of the Divine
will" ~ ........,..
remember little else that was said,
but Rrrops manner was very gentle
J aud quiet when he left US. All, me
my little rose is faded, and I am very
tired.
Sunday, August 12th:-Perhaps it
was because my thoughts have been