The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-03-18

mortgage lifted Then came the the house ,u.,
and before tho middle Of June, i'm
i Howard and Aunt Sally were gettin
settled in their new home. ~' '.''',.
The day after their visit to Kate
Margaret entered upon her Office du
ties, filing out blank deeds, mortgages
bonds, articles, &c., copying businca
letters and legal opinions. Sometime
her employer directed her to search i,
huge volumes for particular passages i. il
statutes aud decisions and read to him
while with closed eyes he sat wearil,
on evenings Of days spent 10 Court
and she could not help knowing thaI
she Was useful to bin.
Mrs. Kendon generally had compan,
in the drawing-room, or spent the even.
ing out. Sometimes he was with her,
but oftener in his library preparing an
opinion: Margaret became ambition.
to hunt. up authorities and arrange
tnsd' SO that be could more readily tee
tnem' ane thus save him time to 20
out with Mrs. Kendon, or spend his
evenings With her r. home. She tried
to get the: bright velaria creature to
aid him in his researches, an1 c,py hsi
letters. She knew it would please him,
and thought it would develop: her,
One: day she was artfully trying to ge,
her to:copy a letter, in his grabbed
oharacters, when she laughed gaily,
saying: ,
"0h, you little old grey hen !! I
knoww you are about. You want
to lead me in the way I should 60, and
get me to be a model wife; but I won't
you see. I don't believe Mathew
would like me half 50 we'll, if. I were .
little dummy thing, and understood
law, 'nd all the ologies. Don't you
know, grc't men always like silly wo-
men, and v'sa versa. Just you put
'way those tiresome old papers and
come to the drawing-roon. I want
you to play that new polka until I prac-
tice it. That is just what I camo after
you Tor"
This was in the back Office, and Mar
garet said, as the jeweled hands took
away her papers -,
"But, you see, there is no one in the
Office, and I must stay until Mr.. Win
ston or jenkins come" "
"Fiddle dee dee on Winston and
jenkins. I'll lock the door and let the
customers ring. If they want five dol
lars worth Of law, you and I will come
in and fill out the order to T. You
will measure out the law and I will
take the money"
The Office door was locked, and Mar
saret played the polka, va. happy all
the forenoon amusing the bright crea-
ture, and listening to ber childish SAL
lies, and sat in her own room far into
night to finish her days writing. She
often played for the parlor dances of
the evening company ; for, in spite of
the general religious opinion Of the evil
Of dancing, she had read the Bible for
herself, and concluded that this was an
innocent and healthful amusement, and
no more liable to abuse than eating or
drinking. She played for De Baum
and Mrs. Kendon to waltz. Mrs. De
Baum and Judge Kendon were both
present, the latter delighted with the
sylphlike motion Of bis charming Ze-
liza, the former constrained and unhap-
py. Margaret concluded she would
never again be a party to a simila,
scene, and always avoided playing when
they two were to waltz or polka. With
the exception of her dislike to Dc B.ur
and the continued trouble at Tbs Home
her first six months at Judge Kendop'.
| were among tho 'h.ppie.t Of her life.