The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-05-20

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ID =" She hastened from tho room, a
'r with such feeling .s a one writes 3,
70 foecessary notices and letters in prep p
10 iog'for Z funeral, she wrote that let,
- to Tie writing Of which she hid look
It forward With 10 many proud and pleasa
4 anticipations-the letter in which 81
81 should offer her mother, brothe. a,
81 sisters . home, ID which they sbou
. be reunited This done she took Il
children . for" their ride Of whie
I they had been deprived for some da,
, past, and was driven directly to "grau
J Epafs." tshs thought best that the f
fniliar :equipags should appear again
7 the door, d pothing could 50 tend ,
lift the outcast wife from under b.
!! load Of public shame, as tokens of co,
respondence , and confidence betwee
her husband and parents; She pu,
posely abstained from witnessing th
meeting between the mother and chill
dren sho had abandoned, and sat in tn
little parlor listening to 1 recital of th
wrongs Of Mrs. Smith, while MI, Smitl
took his grandchildren up to see thei
mother. The were quite as much at
tached to several other persons ss t,
the mother, who had had so little care o
them. Nor did she love them as d,
mothers who havo obeyed natures Law
in feeding and tending their little ones
but Margaret telt that demonstration.
Of love, or the want of thcm would b@
about equally hard for her to witness
Her nerves had been severely taxed,
and to reveal to the wretohed woman
/ tho ehanges ofthe household Of which
she was no longer recognized as mis-.
tress, would be as much as she could
do j: :: n - :r.:
Mrs. Kendon was still in bed and
received Margaret eagerly. Her ear
t6Essed Is the hunted hart for. water,
for yEEitem, Of news from, the. home
which she had SO recently. forsakeu.
She wept freely, and silently at Marga-
ret's account, and, said -.
III told you I > should never see
Mathew again, and mamma will never
forgive me-. Msybe God will let me
dien Il: =. ~,.;' ::'..:,. . ...... - I:
She was glad Mrs. Merlyn was to
come, and '1take the children, and that
she was to see them.
"Your mother will make them like
you, and then they will not desrise
mel" she sobbed. "PApa told me
that Mathew had settled an annuity or
me. Oh, is it not dreadful?" she Shrek
ed, sitting up and wringing her hands.
"Re goes away broken hearted. 1 broke
his heart. I did not: know he loved
me. Oh Coo, i did not know"
Margaret soothed her as best she
could, d,and when the paiafulinteryiew was
over,droye TO Mira. Granger's and readi-
ly obtained that '4ady's consent to let
her oldest daughter, Pheeny come that
evening and stay until @her: mother
came. She would have proposed tax
ing her home With them, but felt that
ho should not be subjected to any OBJ
servation he oonld avoid, in these his
,leavetaking hours, Of children and home
and country. Soon after their return
he came in with Mr.. Winston, Mrrgaret
went and inquired; about his prepara-
tons for his journey. y.:;.I .~.<
"Oh, / shall put some clothes in my
trunk, it is not large, and Robert will
dnve me to the depot"
She went and found bis trunk, Sc
lectcd such of his clothes as appeared
most suitable, arranged them In it, and
at the bottom carefully concealed, placed
a photograph Of the lost wife and her
two children beautiful group, and
one he had greatly priced. Had she
known then the extent to which the
beauty so veil represented in this pic
ture, had been stained by crime, and OF
his knowledge Of that crime, it Is
doubtful if she would thus. have in
trudcd its ,counterfeit presentment up:
on his attention 10 some probable hour
of home memories. But she did what
she thought right in sending this silent
pleader;; against; the separation Of the
mother and her children, into his vol
antary exile With him. =; =.
| aiAftsr returning from his room where
he went up to make his arrangements,
heTthanked her, and; she found courage
eo'say:i. $3.50 e. :, :t'. >;:::.
1:'v'fHave you any message, any word to
leave foe-foot any oonee?"
HNoue!' was the reply, and he. tool
both children on his knees, aud sat a,
though taking long and silent leave
Margaret took Nell opt, and an hou'
}.ftsr, when tho carriage drove to .th'
door, he came out; With the traces o
struggle on the settled calm Of his face
When Robert had brought down an,
strapped his trunk to its place, hakisse'
both, shook hands with Margaret an
the servants, Who had gathered in th
hall, and with Mr. Winston drove away
! To Margaret the old house at home
when they returned from seeing he
i fathers corpse laid in its last restinI