The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-11-25

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qta Pig three, %. b9Fopxs, ie eeroe.., some Ge.l
, roseeA1ds n s l|n = vase on the table, 4 sof
; aonq 'slsey'ebsin.. d There vas q, gre,
Por'1tfsShlloo PET sho Of # ePqgravlpss On sraek,3 40,
" ope pfasa SIDE ef II tie roem /. high, ,bool
e.se, Hss!! Hss!! 6AllsdL. 6Alls q aEsom thiopened au
athYer appartneut,, biz hvor,te, L sheal
jHgdA94e, jgA4 u yith a /. baissrsovsrsd table in th,
centre, spread nth ,ne~.pepers, bnor'
, sesy!tAdhss.iiEs, and or the mantle Ben,
edma4atiep,sthss weerschapms, bslf !,
DOZEN eG9oil oip different degree. of eoloEra 4
! tlass Aesan and !, violin we're. 10 one co.asr
"a apaqat4er aafhr = curiously carved c.ne, aud
!n snders u the The window: was . great lazy
!too'ftiq& te't Lounge. Then there was hi,
Nrit1lng i1gg deesk, es,sz!itlh zitht he loose m.nuserip,
t scattered eNa,ey9 oyer i, and = bronze Satan
t|g9rF p Pare Psrp9e,r;veight,] It. vas no Honde,
tbst A SAtra.tEh'more's, .E' income scarcely last.
81 ;the year ns out loqt~' I thought, t,s with, a
sgmngA!le, gng! b, how lall' bis .embarr.ssmepts
y9Yld u!dz vanish % shvh when came into hi. life.
rhlso hs could gl,lsave have q fair field for his
taste and talents and would awaken
!1lagp BIZ ambition, ta'p, for I Ibelieved him Iall
powerful, ss ,!'do and together we voudaehieye
g. brilliant ri aat il future De,1s Guy, his
s'a sm'ls tnd !1At tie 9isht in bis :loy.lo eyes
would , b s'9'yy ny very life V.,cy q; a,:y,1
v;!h ;Xhh''o1tiek q l'hefa thheae thoughts as I moved
el9!oat Ha TIE TIE room, I discovered suddenly
| 2! little curtain drawn across, >; portion
Ct Ct the 4 farthest y corner, q if, some treas
9r] 9ate yeEe 3eh behind. n I stepped ups to it
apd a lifted le TIE enrt.in there hung the
Plest:agrre Ps:gre Of s the .eho1qs-girl! elegantly
1!q tr.nqed, With Nib a little bracket beneath It
h' holding He SIMS small !yzase Of exquisite white
fo~eg: ,;chhee The ,s.rapg' lovely, haunting
ttsssss j . seemed fl:o 70 bliqd me for a mo
pss ppssDt; :;u !! felt ;Gi.asy; dGi.sy;; hut voice behind
,!pe a was: sl lke cold water thrown: in my
faee, az -, -; ...... .... .:..,., ~.
:: "Can you tell sme when Mr.. ,Strath-
more will Vi h be' in e. asked the clear, sad
voice. ,.,.:.:
/ - There = J' stood the chorus-gi,l herself:
! | believe that I have. self control when
i i i 4 necessary. .'' had it then, outward
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Il cannot tell you when he will come.
| vii give him any message you de-
sl1e."
g. t.Thaok han yy' yyo'u. I will DOT leave any,"
she said. :, '''' -. ',.,. 49, "
-, Then 1 grew insolent. >.
= g. "Y our coming here is a little pecu-
liar, to say The least, think"
., "'Yes',"! = 6 "!she said, simply. She did
et?''n not to!n r'Rof'o ',RI'f' =Aee ne' ~s..:. ..
- She stood thoughttuIly a moment
looking up A. her picture on the wall,
not ct al ls as # she were surprised to see
It tbere. Il looked At, her steadily,
studying the pure outlines of her face,
and Md then she turned her eyes towards |
'me' her wonderful eyes,. fall of inno-
eense and truth; I must own that.
And she said: quietly il: ..z...
81 think I will write little note, |
and leave it for Mr.: Stathmore.":
s'' lsdid:not answer, and she went d.
reotly to his desk, took up half sheet
OF paper,; wrote a few lines on it slowly,
folded and sealed it in an envelope, and
laid it. partly under the broze Satan. |
Then With slight, digni6edbow, she
passed out Of the room.. Certainly sho
was more ipolite than l.. 1. wonder if
she appreciated the situation, and felt
atthat moment,that We we're sworn foes. |
In spite Of my insolence, she must
have trustedsme! LIDO not think, my |
faee looks As II I could possibly. do a |
ihean action; however bitter and re. |
,vengeialI 4 might teet.3 oRut for once |
ny face belied me; I, was beside my
self with: Jealousy: :: I, could not resist !
eoingsto the! desk, and taking into my
own hand that note which might be
fFaoeh:*with 80 much unhappiness to
me. OIL longed to know its contents. II
turned it. over curiously, and taking it:
:torthe i~indowitrieda to gee 8 if in any
way L oos]d aee;phersa word by bend
,iog the envelope aud holding it up to
the light, 1t made me- wretched to
shink.of: doing it, but 4 vas 20 perfect
~ watched before that IN added touch
could not makeait, much worse! Il twas
Just making out the verd 'come;" j" when
ANell's ringing voice exclaimed, ;<o'1 |
''ltsSo. uei got2you here at last, proud
aaadJ!y:I What are You. doing ove ver
there u i..>s2t.t = oldi:oo,; Il :;:..,4.
:oi: In; my terror I hid the note in my
pocket, and faced her! with Ill the CON-
'posare I: could assume. She and = Ben
had come With the carri.ge At last but
now the rain was over, and the sun was
breaking out.
= = wonder where strathmore can
be- said Ben; "let's leave . few sighus
to q show y! him n'. how his room has been