The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-03-25

Av' Ia D1eaotoe; OUT ne ls fully On.
. listed for Miss 1ronton. We must kesp
it As quiet as wo can, get out ~ many
! votes as possible, and floor them At tho
Quarterly Meeting"
Margaret thought it all over and
said:
II. think I shall go aud 80 Dr.
: Dreaming"
"Oh, you can do nothing With him."
; was Mrs. Grangers reply. "Hs ber.-
ted Bullion soundly for voting against
Miss lronton, and it would not do 10
let him kno" about tho Quarterly meet
ing" ..:.:.
II need not speak Of that; but it he
is head Of this party he is the person to
see. think tho best mode Of warfare
Is to charge squarcly down the center,
and as We are the attacking party wo
require notion"
Mn. Granger proposed that they
should 60 together to see the Mild.
mays, and they were soon there. Mar.
garet found them fully informed Of the
state Of affairs at The Homo, and listen
ed, while with Mrs. Granger they con-
suited about tho Quarterly meeting.
She inquired what was to be done.
should they fail in getting j.. majority
Of votes at that meeting and what if
they did aud Miss lronton refused to
obey the majority" /
"Oh," said Mr.. Mildmay, ''she would
not dare do that; and We are almost
certain to have . majority. If We fail
in the Quarterly meeting We must try
in the annual meeting, which is in
taree months. Try, try. .g.inw
Sand in tho meantime while We try,
she is to 60 on numbering the chill
dren p inquired Margaret.
he was rubbing his hands vigorous
ly together At tho prospect Of tho good
hard work before him; but at this,
looked shocked, and his wife. put mp |:
her bands in deprecating way.
"You put it strong, Miss Merlyn,"
he replied ; II know, We all know, it
is very bad indeed i; but you have not
seeh the worst Of it. If you had seen
what Mrs. Nildmay aud I have, you
would think It bad to be sure but one
must be prudent you know. It doesn't
do to expose these difficulties in an In
stitution, acy more ttan our little fam
lily troubles. If you could know the
cases Of cruelty and abuse that We have
witnessed there for years; but We have
put the best face We could on it, for
sake Of the Institution = and both he
aud his wife assumed such an express
sion Of pious resignation as was truly
refreshing. Margaret was shocked and
said in astouishment
"ls it possible that you or any one,
has known. how those children are
treated, and have permitted it to 20
on ?' ...."-
"Why, my dear young. lady, what
could we do? Tho other side are IN =
majority but l tell you We know Of
cases much worse than those Of Peter
and Jimmy, and have been silent !; and
put good faco on matters when our
very hearts have bled. Just look
Here is property worth two hundred
thousand dollars thousand dollars
year; aud last year the contributions
all told, reached over six thousand.
Yes, Mrs. Mildmay and I have been
counting it up; and with the clothing
and salaries paid by the people Of Den
ton, it is full that figure. So you see
it is noble Institution, credit to the
city. There is not a city west of the
Alleghanies that has such another.
Now shall We 60 and break up this In
stitution, because we cannot get it maa-
|7aged just as We wish? We may not
get it right in this generation, but
think Of the future. Look at the i'm
mense good We may expect it to accom-
plish if We can hand it down to poster
ity, which We cannot do if We expose
these difficulties to the world" Mrs.
mildmay listened serenely; nodded and
smiled her approval, drew her shawl
more closely around her, rocked gently,
and looked her deep self congratulation
at that christian patience which had
enabled herself and husband to endure
the knowledge Of wrongs which excited
others to the use Of strong language.
Mrs. Granger appeared halt doubtful;
whether she had not committed griev-
GUS error in using her efforts to lay the
case before the Trustees; aud Mrs.
Mildnay was chippery as = sparrow in
spring, wbils guarding tho Institution
against threatened exposure.
Eyes, my dear Miss Merlyn," he
continued, "when you have seen Is
much Of the world as We have, you
will fad that there is something wrong
everywhere-a skeleton in every house.
We must try to keep our little differ
ences amongst ourselves, and settle
them a. we'll AZ We can. If it should
get out that there is trouble amongst
the managers of the Institution, there
would be no use asking the public for
contributions, and the fund' are low
this minute. Asst i, you SEQ, We enjoy
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