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

ill 4 LAT, i6e Snow beating "a 4 dense
cloud fgaipss h;> face, ha could 800
.n9thiRg kf<e him, but hid to trust to
tho guidance Of his horse.
In this way the afternoon passed !;
tho night came, but With it was the ris-
ing Of the moon, and fortunately it ceas.
q Knowing. By this time he had gain.
81 higher country, and, though the
snow reached his stirsups iq,qMI
places, he made better progress0 ah IA
tho valleys below. Eyer> since he lets,
the railway station he hid been 6la|
ahead for some one Of MON could
enquire Is to whether the woman
aud her donkey had been sees
vain. Nov, however, \ man
eight, but to the stsXaEAis iq9SA
made . nasetiYe r. 49, q. j
further % 7hs v4 llsgs, t6Ri163{Fj
travellers he met had teen The Old 10:
mlMYl4hnA ba Z 9istruf 1fTffT F1vfl
ilkh&f8fa fS1e Id ,tbia sAo l d
io1dsido hollow, and. but for their sssist
ance, must have persisted. Her feet
aud hands were severely flqstbitta4,
they said aud, thoroughly x5rna doat,
she had told them she should have
died but for ( little winSa good gsAtY
man had sivsa Ter thsA previous 6y!
Again tho steward urged on bis
horse b n Otter. At gre.t perl; ,yet,it w;A
full eleven p'Slbok bebte he 4ms (nI
sight Of the park :gat IS of Standish Han.
He rang loudly, aud . woman came
shiysri"S y jet hinalu. : q
.Anyo,e 1passea tonight ~ III ask
cd, eagerly.
"Seseral carriages, Sir; Tor a coed
deal Of company e 3ah& ~1ad and
Lady Dcnison, Sir Walter Blount, Mr..
Reginald Standish from Mopdoos
Lord
""No, poor elq wompp with a. l33ep
destsy n idtctrnptsa the st6R4d,li
patiently.
,"Ys, Sir iabpat an hour aud 4 half
ago. My husband VAS unwilling to let
her through, but she pleaded 50 hard
that she wis allowed to pass" Sfa
"Qaite right. Thank you!"
"On6 157d E5l1, 81: 1hslS Nh
been = tdr1iEIe c>u1botia a Tie hall.
Nothing tho ladies can say Or. do CAP
pac,fy Sir Miles~-So tar as no know,
poor Port is gone. Its terrible to seb
tho old mans distress r., -. = III, NJ
"Well, I think shall coa,fest .shh.
Goodnight" And the steward .pd
spurs to his weary horse. 1.E s:sas
When be gained. the atsae s'asSvSessa qss
be could at once perceive thd naek, Old
lib and the donkey had G6Ged, esioif,
though the tees were bassattheir Inter
laced branches had prevented tho lsno3
from falling so thickty ii; da :the ssiomort
Eopep ground thus faptstepsihsdes: wert
not 50 readily effaeed.,e,tAad what
track ! Here the poor tired heasts;, had
fallen on its knees ~ little: farther Of
the sunken panniers Fad made hollow
in the snow !, and hetsasd there, werl
frequent signs ,hat old, lib had losi
her footing aud ,beeo thsoXn heavily
forward. Still bsyonl, where the i'm
pressions OF her feet we're more distinct
" seen, they showed them 10, be shoe
less. Riding still on, he started. ani
reincd in his horse. Thess impression!
were stained with blood The wayfarcr
to accomplish her GRAND Of F. duty an,
love, had walked with bleeding feet!
With beating hear, with eyes suffus
ed. with pity in: lhis. soul, the, stewart
ueared the ball. Looking ahead&to sei
which way the donkeeyyhad gone, xhe,h
er to the front or to the rear, he saw
man fastening from the latter. i va;
the butler. .,'.,' .. ::i-.':. = 49,, -:
"Any news, Sir p he ..idyia voioi
hoarse from dread and PAIN
Eyes, yes F.; there is dish; but q
the cost, I fear, Of q huma, life. No
another word. Come on"
IL Di,moup,ils, tttsxiqg Al tans e
lis horse over an Intervening bal. {
trade, the steward hurried to the from
of the hall, where lay the chief apart
u,ent.. lights shone ia various: rooms
the great oricl IN the DRAWN groom wa!
ablaze, and some one playing the az
compartment Of superb slow n,elodS
voices joined in as though a choir q
: angels sang. Still following the tract
| lit led that way-the, steward ap
/ preached the oricl. For. a moment tbt
deep shadows from tho house covered
a heightened space. As. he emerged
from these his heart stood dead and
still. There, in that festive liz ht, with
in hearing Of that divine melody, ID
prcsenc, Of superauous luxury and
Pomp, the bleeding feet had stayed
the great journey was over. Poor oil
lib, face downwards in the snow, lay
stretched as though in death and, d
if sharing her rest, the burdcned ami
.ual had sunk upon its knees, Moth
ing more pitifal was ever seen-noti|
ing ; nothing ! In moment the stew.
ard was kneelipg, too, beside the form &
lifeless aud so still. V,
"Hclp! helpv' he cried Gin. Cod
rame, help" q
! Tho divine melody did not drowp
the diviner cry for aid 10 tribnlatioi
In a moment . bliod was raised 10 a4
other, window thrown, open Sin ID
other, manly voice had called;
"What has happened? Gray,,tis thu
youY = :,
|: "S,r Miles, Mr.. Rsginalif Nil,
tStandish. ish il brou,yht. bnf NJ !.