The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-12-23

! cought, ,soug oAaeaosaG bob &pa
one Of DO ps1,ses. Afslr ! IA no
nsa1 search he rad 1us fioo mem
erandam, partly written, patty print
I'd --<[ -. .G3T .vsbsrIL =
| "Lot 2o1e. 4 krgs dinner '1;l ssr,ies 4 4
the finest eatthea1sns. The ehul
pisces from original nsdsb. Tkszsil
the last seryles nade By ths. .hAsatsl
potter, William Egerton, ,ntshl ef'shl
enamelling being done BY hassn n
Ter the 6a f6as,t : sez.up,p u Mesdlk 4i.
psno srt. Sold to Sir Miles staadish,
Bark, 6sr G869 l7s. 1od.v;4yi sr,.., i!
-+nhiGi 'sale,' added ~ ,e,vua,
fs'ok place ID ono Of th. post,y VIM
fene eighteen yean ago." ".. - >:
! ee1s there no shanes that seas lupB.
bstss might bs found Of dis sssv;S, :
There j., 1 should ny :: and il would
be better to mske:a trial. ,:Ps,.osel Il
mu5t bs, fer thers. 10 no time for |sttsrs.
Could you not 60, Nr. drsyr
Though bu1, and BY doing - bs
might incur Sir, Miles, asgar, Tho ssex-
ard consented to take . journey into
the" Potteries on the nee1uv, snd,
therefore, early on tie following mora.
ing he set forth, With some sandwiches
ia his pocket and some gsssrous vine
IN dask. o." - 1,-s::s:,;' I -,
Ii had ecassd soovisg, but tie Wind
blew keenly from the aoitA, md the.
frost was intense. The ssowshy dep;
the drifts were numerous; md, .itsr
passing thnongh the Park gssss, -
billy nature of the county as1s thS
drifts more formidable to eDoos,t,,.
1t VA therefore, god hssssssaA
the ste1ard VA, .vsrRing en'nes.ys by
the time he came within I. ssspIe ef
| miles Of the railway b. which be v,,h
gain the Potteries. Here tie roed-as
for the most part Of il had been-ras
solitary . and Wild; vast tzee-el.d .esI1,
itie,, varied il, places by gra,ite roeks,
hemming tin: Beneath these. xound
+. bravling river, and h1rs, ..ad th.s.
we're scattered the freshn,de. hespe
from the le.d:mines o. the piaes.'
hats. A bend in the rod showed ono
of these great grapite masses enero.eh-
ing thereon, and hne} beeeath H. skel
ter-otit Was o1s1assAsd, Ia,a foeuued
= sort dtcave-c1touebed q I'D 1>usa
ef!ssspeetsbh sppsaIands. "A h1ta
as stood; patiently Z besidsz BIT, ~,
warming her'tlf by y pile # stisap,shs
had gathered aad!aighasd, shI ted her.
self: and then theas With bit. Of
bread which she took from . handle
chief: Surprised Il such . sight oa
such i a v'intrJ day, and more 70 II The
old woman's detected couotenanoe, and
yet tender care of the poor beast beside
her, the steward reined 10 his horse.
"God help you, Mistress;" be. aid,
pitifnlly. "This Is sad weather o, one
like you to be .btoad." s.. s,.! "a.
"Ay, Sir" Wa the cut reply, t:ths
things mony on Us Ii to do j. tlis
world, Gamma always h.' time, .ad
seasons picked for EN-
"Havc you come far" - j
"Some way.."| f:;s:l1s'1
"Ha1e you much further to sol"
"Pm but . slow traveller; but b God.
will, III see the end . my journey o.
morrow night. The road back il an
other thing"
The steward Vas baf1led BY her reti-
cence; but, guessing her deep lo,e,ty
and plying her evident weazinss and
old age, he took 4 shilling from hi,
pocket and held it towards her.
!"I'm not q .begg.r, Sir" she said
firmly yet respectfully. II thank thee
for thy kind feeling; but, though days
Of poverty and sorrow ha' fallen o. me
and mine, We never take ausht but
what them as give take back measure
in turn" :..;'
ac begged her pardon, and then o.
fered her food from his little store ; bst
she still refused. He then offered her
some wine. To this she said:
"Thou hast kind heart, and God
love thee. III not say nay again. I
will take 4 small drop ID. the bottle I
ha' here. I may be wearier 1 little
while hence than I am now" 'T' y
So saying she rose, lifted . httls .
very large fiat burden OF The psansis''s,
took from one small earthsn boe&3s,
aud then suffered the steward 70 psse
10 glass OF Two. More than thn shs
would not take!!i Whit she rsstorsd
tie bottle 10 it, iestinspa.osh he aotic-
ed the burden tie as bore. Hh ts1nii-
.osity Wa; excited; but d her tstissscs
was ST iin1lviincitle he merely varasd as.inst
.'rreneval !. IF bad weather, lid Assh.st-
en- On her Journey aud vahed' her
good-d.y. a T." 49, !
Evening vas spproachiibg shsa he
reached the Pottery ttevl where. i;ttsas-
eel ecu years before, 4thy' salss hid stk,a
place; aud he aos;t 10 hsis4e.ssssse-
Eing his Inquiries: But no ~ seald
furnish him with ihJj llaoaesatits,ss. At
Ter tr.vers.'ing s.'ing the masikssttsP market Pales .aarits
adj.eent street ig;ain aud ssais, ,AsSs.s
Into z more Ole ancient pa.s' sls se~.,
and Observing IN inu Of ola hlass-sor
III roof vi vi fhatohed ana i'm Vin6Jvs