The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-03-11

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your services, it is important you
should compel the world to await you,
leisure, and no matter how welcome an
offer may be, always to feisn unwilling.
ness or Indifference before acceptance. y
"But in my case 1 happen to need
the worlds work much more than she
requires my services, and this that
same old world would be likely to dis.
cover in despite any feigniug"
CHAPTER XIII.
TIE EDEN HOME.
The nursery into which her new
friend and employer led Margaret, was
the front room adjoining the Library.
1t was plainly furnished parlor, with
the addition Of two cribs, a collection
OF toys, sewing stand and small case
OF books in tbs top of plain secretary.
A little girl Of about three years was
riding rocking horse, with the aid Of
a half grown girl, nurse. A boy o1
ten months lay in one of the cribs
making very determined efforts to &c,
his toe in his mouth. A lady sat in a
rocking chair reading and to her the
Judge said:
"Zelia, my dear, here is lady who,
it you wish, will take charge Of the
children until Mrs. Brown returns"
The person thus addressed la,d her
book in her lap, looked up, maze her
rosy mouth into an 0, stretched back
the lids Of a pair of great. wondering
blue eyes, and repeated:
"1f l wish Mr.. Bluebcard Well,
there, know all men by these presence
or rather by the coming absence, that
certainly do wish," and she aro:c at
once as if to make her escape.
"But you will wait, Madame Quick.
silver" he said laughing, ",o be intro.
duced and give directions.
She assumed demure look, closed
her lips, stretched her face to the ut.
most and said:
"Oh, Of course, We must be intro.
duced!' and turning to Margaret, with
most comical expression, she contin-
ued, 81 am Madame Quicksilver
This is Monster Quartzrock. There's
gold in him, but one has to beat hin
all to pices before one can get it out
and you, I suppose are the widow Lead
not that you will be dull OF heavy, you
know, but the color, and I'm Sure you'll
make capital ballast"
"Do not be wild, Zclia," he said
smiling at her sallics. "This is Miss
Merlyn, and you will tell her what you
wish her to 10. I must go out, but
will be in to dinner" With this lie
vent out and left them together. AS
be did SO, Zelia said:
"MJrrh-Myrrh What did you say
your name was p
"Merlyn Margaret A1er'yn."
"Myrrh and frankinsence I'm sure
you look just like it ; bat you must let
me call you Maggie, and you'll stay uu.
til Browny comes back. 1t is SO fo1tu.
nate, your coming. I Want to 90 for a
sleighride this afternoon, and could nc
more have gone if you had MT come,
as the Judge will not hear Of the child
rem being left with Nell. But come,
| will show you your ROOM"
As she preceded Margaret up stairs
she continued her stream of talk: eve
dine at two, and you will bring the
children to dinacr."
"The baby" Margaret inquired.
"Oh, yes, indeed, the baby. w
never have meal without him. Dr.
Catellc has put all sorts of absurd no
tions into the Judges head. He think:
that babies die with cold and hunger
that the children who arc left to thu
care Of servants are starved and fro
zen to death. The Judge aad he fancy
that child's education begins as soon
as it is born, and instead of keeping d
nurse, as others do, We must have :
govcrness to teach baby to be comforta
bic and good tempered. 1t would b.
dreadful if one of them we're to cry
Then We must be acquainted WITH ou
children, and the person who ha
charge OF them, and see that they hav
as many meals as we have, and So fortl
and 50 on, to the end Of the chapter
You'll find me an odd fish, but 20,
must not get frightened and leave or
shall run off too. 1 have been INJURED VI
here now for two full days, and an
bound to have q nice time this after
hoon."
"Is baby weaned?" Margaret inquir
ed.
Mrs. Kcndon laughed gaily.
"Oh, he never required any wcan
ing. The doctor and the Judge wante.
to have me nurse my children, but
was determined I would not. So go
nurse on my side and made them be
lieve it was impossible. Ma advised
me before l was married never to be
gin that, for one never can keep her
self fit to be seen or have an hour tt
call her Own with a baby depending o,