The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-20
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arrange all that 70 suit yoarself. It
DOESN'T concern me; for Tmm not not5 going

facs blank With surprise updi Yo1 don't
mSao it'' Mnjo1a; you'll .i.yf1g6ss9 !
tease me-" she exclaimed presently.
~ "eoer say things to tssse," I ~
Piled, pointedly: 4Th.ts yuurprrog. :
alive. As 70. the The zHolliea, / nsan
= exactly what ] ssidq I'm not goiss ~
sll."
care you really so texed 2" she ask-
ed, looking at me iei,fiousiy. .T."Upon
my word; Marjorie" Cher face flushed
up = li'tle.) II wouldn't have believed
1t If anybody had told me You could be
such little fool"
with that, she turned her back upon
me-. and went out Of the room. It VA,
the rudess thiog-the only rude thing,
inf act-I ever heard Pam say, and her
nsve er approach to being out Of temper.
lti~as quite satisfaction 70 have stirred
her up little. I felt better tor it in
spite of the dispafagiing epitbet:
it was terribly empty house
when she was gone: . She ordered the
carriage at four, and @rs~eawsy most
ina fpshAen.'t, neaAos asa&tesego.a-s
by e 81 she Passed ja re il e. e. b ha g put Ct
eeT 9nss.tk 9nss .astkieg s1 me- sss to les Teeopstraef
my lr!elf'oesslla !.l' T. Ndt That. / should bsse !,
den + i t shs ]! e h|ad:s Vas TO-, :niis,: niias1
ably, jjea1qus!y w1etch.d to be capable
ofsself forgettfalness, and II the Christ ::
mas jollity at The Hollies-the dinser-.
party aud the Chr;stmas:tree, the dan :.
ces and the tableau1-would only have
been an aggravation. Il was y wiser ti', to
stay away, yet how was l TO Kill. the
time and get IA Of myself. all this
areary afternoon? '''']
]. The servants watched me, me. curiously
as roamcd from room to room on in ny
unrest Bushrod, the familiar imp Of
the establishment, yentured upon an 40.
expression of his curiosity in the form
of eanaotenee s,':S re :e,saar>x. s,! ,s 81 81 ~- ,
III, ,"Misshty sorry YOU'RE 'siek, MIS-
Marcy WAS .feared you'd teteh cold
out 10 dem n damp WOODS; ToIei Pru-
do .o5j io '@.srs II. y. c'eUi3i L.s 1,:;- g
oe'ri ed you iIrons s9;5ic!, :sl1 II. ";
"Who said / MAS Z sick r., II asked
turning round pPon him lviith.. discon-:
certing euddenness.; :! - @.;-,.s..s..
S3'' Dun no; reckon it vas Miss PAN, ~
lie shuflsd. "MJidght ha' been :Mis'
Chi mJbbc: Ie4stwise, I lowed you
Want berry well, or you'd be gui1e,| to
de bal TONI & vii Ill de rest 8 de
folks" @:'!'.o'9E =, .o;y ",'i s;s a.:
5oaa cry good: o'Now1sd suppose pops,esu you III
|idw' that you don Aknawa sny .hins 1t
Ill about IT,, and sgopdt my side@s.daie
I'd Poly 'Fhnaers ?p 5'4o;Hoo :sr 2o:~
III was 'thsiosralssstionn of the moment
and i'fefzed' urou It: with iSease.s If ri
Sfiet Polly Flinders vas i favSrits marc
'of Chi's, "a reckless little, hardamoutbed:
Chingotesgue pony that neither Jo-
sephiue nor Pam would. ever mount.
Darlie boasted that she could manage
her, until che was pitched .head-fore-
most into turnip-pa,ch one day, and
carried; her arm in 4, sling tor three
weeks. After that she vas given up to I,
Chi and :ae. We understood Polly. sp-
preciated our mprehensiou :. of her.
Ne a long, delightful, ride We had
had together; Chi on his: stately. Selim,a
J. on little browa Polly, in the shadow
of pine-woo1s, on tho yellow sand, With
the ATLANTIC surge rolling mp to tho.
horses hcofs, through Laural Swamp,
with the great creamy .magnolias bur-
depieg ali the air with. heavy sweet
T ness, down Sweetb1ier Lane, and mp
The 81 Hill Difficulty, which paid ua, for
the climbing with the loyeliest view in
al the, country I remember A Al these
+ lid ESQ 70 vne1er:to be repeated NTH ~
Fiaef fable pare, as tho impulse TO- ride
|boT tick tex hold |, 't Of, of me-: Y.t Vt. I could
a5ot help laughing e. f. B1ushtofd' 1'sdsof lldi;
erqos d'sspaey y vhso gss1S9 gssYss hip !b the Ss
messy, M.s 'sMss9ssz zyes 7.
ain't euine T. 1ide Polly FlindersI % a. %
ball? What for didn't You 60 60 ivid Mis-,
Pam, like . lsdy ?'' 0' -. :.
"Becauss I'd rather 60 alone, like .
lady, Bush. Don't distress yourself
for the credit Of the family, but go sad
die the pony, and be quick about it. ~
"But it's gaiae to snow, Miss Marcy,
mighty soon too. Lord brese you, honey,
wouldn't ,iink Of such thing nd how
tall, if T was you" he demonstrated" b:
growing atfectionate in his 'zeaE:'
:"What'n al de folks say; zee you 5u'
up dete like tqa.y t'i.,; Jane, and
.ll de oder lsdies l9ii Yin b.e't in1 ds. qaae2
carriage Told, miss sSiattss, il Ms1
Chill 'be dfeful 'shamea, sure" sdls:: >:':' g
-, ''Don't BED fool II you ID can help II,
'Bu.h},'' I said,, little .ueliiilyjs lilyj; s'D,a r
'tell you + was going to Pie sHolhes'
ana how many more tines shanlI have
TO tell you to saddle Polly Flinds.5sa
'Bri6g her up here iu fi.s iniasts,, md
then go teach Prudy howtS behsvs'9I "
don't viii .bJaa yoaa axazied!r7A- .o,o
,oi Hs}' H}'Iisistle 'IVsi9stl III, aiss51dE.a; md has
tened Is 1pauIt SIC % ny h.bit, with riidis.|
ulous ssensss q aof f. eagernaes''si and excite.
staeDt, Is # there We're any earthly objee.
10 view 81 an'y going.'E Never = ride I'M.
dettaksp 'm9tg .fmlessly, 81 my spi,iitts
rose 1siit 1xsiith iatd iatvdsry sbdttfon f'6.tso6d'i