The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-02-04

Out On the ocean broad
That - Of glass and IRE
where angels STRIKE the Tyre
when We lave joinsd that choir.
Wei! know Why we have met,
70 love aud to forget.
Before the little lady had reached
the end of the first stanza, she had
jumped to the conclusion that these
lines were addressed to her husband, and
the ehirogaphy lett no room for doubt
that they were written by Margaret.
She was therefore so thoroughly indig-
u,nt that Mr.. Twinzy had ample op.
portuuity to appease his own conscience
and to present himself to her in his
most amiable AMI christian character,
by mediating between her and the OBJ
ject Of her vengeance. He plead for
the sick girl, a stranger, and grew elo-
quent in pleading. He recalled her
service and watchings, during the lite
dangerous illness Of the children his
character Of course compelled him to
admit that her motive might have been
to supplant bis cousin in tho affections
of her husband, but the duty of forgiv-
ing our enemies and returning good for
evil SO impressed itself upon him that,
with tears and emotion not to be sup
pressed, he urged it upon the indignant
woman. Indeed he quite pursuaded
both her and himself that he was act
ing = most m.guauimous part and
winning the blessing pronounced upon
the peacemsker.
After expesdiug large amount Of
eloqusncs aud compassion, and working
himself up into most exalted state Of
elimination Of bis own generosity, be
succeeded in settling it that Mrs. WAL
ters should 60 At once to the guardian
Of the poor and have an order and an
ambulance sent to take the offender to
the hospital at the alms house. In
order to avoid exposure, the matter was
to be kept quiet as possible. To save
Mr.. Walters from further contamina-
ton, he was to be kept especially in the
dark. The cook should be permitted
to leave before she was removed, the
children to be kept in the front part Of
the house while she was taken out by
tho alley way, and, in all contingencies,
Mr.. Twinzy's knowledge Of the circuln-
stances was to be carefully concealed.
Having enlisted jealous and unscru-
pulous woman to execute his vengeance
he could stand in the background and
congratulate himself on having won from
fate the approval sigOi6ed by success.
The victory was his, aud does not VIC
tory sanetify treason itself! Who shall
question the night Of the victor or
doubt the justice Of the cause that
wins? Mr.. Twinzy informed his con-
fdential friends tHat evening that he
had felt in duty bound to let Mrs.
Walters know u her visits to the house
on-strcet, that he believed she had
uuccremouiously dismissed hor, as she
had previously had some suspicious
about her, and he sighed as one who
laments the wickednsss be has no pow
er to prevent. He touched modestly
on his benevolent mediation 10 behalf
of the fallen girl, and begged for silence
on tho part Of the others ; limited at the
possibility OF Walters being implicated
in case Of exposure, and thus raised
tie best barrier possible against his en-
ploJer learning the part he had taken
in her disgrace. he slept soundly that
night, soothed by the thought OF his
own magnanimity and the impression
it had made on the little cotcric he had
partially taken into his confidence. He
had said so many excellent things that
he was quite touched by his own clo-
quencc, and quite believed in himself
as pattern Of propriety. He had con-
ftr.ed positive obligation on Mrs. WAL
ters, and Meesrs Thompson, Wonder
stauu and Summer6sd such On obliga-
tion as an officer confers who obtains
for his friends tickets Of admissi IN to a
private execution such as i. conferred
by the Spanish sovereign when she gets
up bull fight for the amusement Of
her courtiers. That love of the horrible
which gloats on dying agon;es and
tales Of scandal.was highly grasifcd by
the mysterious visits to-strcet, tho
probable implication Of a successful
merchant and the positive implication
Of any woman. Int especially Of one
with superior claims to respect.
When . wolf is wounded the pack
eat him, and it is assemble to suppose
they enjoy the feast oil the more if he
is in good condition. When man or
woman falls by the way, the natural in