The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-09-01

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and brief hard battle for life ! ~
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No spray moved in the rugged black
branches outside; no robin perchedl /
amongst them to sing his goodnight
song, and bid her cheer up this dull
November night lit was growing
dusk A servant came in to draw the
curtains and light the candles in the
Big centre chandelier. Amy turned
from the window to the fire, aud sat
down. Astrange presentiment oppress.
edher of something unusual going on in
the house. There had been a sudden
confusion, a hasty opening and shutting
OF doors, and voices raised above their
wonted pitch but she had been ill,
and was a prisonerin the drawing-room,
whence she did not dare to issue that
she might see for herself what was
vrongg-if, indeed, anything % were
wrong. She looked at the servants
face; with the idea ,of asking some
question; but the face was dull and *.
pressiosless, only absorbed IN the light.
ing ofthoso candles, SO she gave it up.
81 When she was alone again, she look
ed into the fire and thought. She had
been thinking all day; not because her
thought,were pleasant to:;her, u but be
cause they would not let her ;aloue.. Was
she'getting we'll !? She = hardly knew.
She was not very, sure that she want
I'd to get we'll: Nobody cared whethe
she did or not. OF course it was very
wrong, and morbid; and foolish to think
such thoughts, but it is not always pos
sible to help. thinking them. When
Dr. Guise looked at her through his
spectacles, and pronounced that his
prescriptions had done her good, she.
laughed, but the kind old doctor did.
not know why. He would say, .sThat's3
|right':ilaugh as much as you like; it's
better than phys;c." ..Nt 5...s 4.
But the fact was, that when Joanna
as regularly as q certain hour came
round, poured out a glass Of nectar for
Amy, and brought it to her, :, Amy
would look; at it and through it, as a
oounoisseur does at wine,1 and then
she would wait until Joanna's back was
turned, and wickedly throw lit away.
No, DR.. Guise never did her any good
before, and shs would not take his
mcsses now: %Jf'sir Francis insisted
'on his comm gtosee her, Why Of course coun
sFhe must come. She could mot help
fthat!A Perhaps Dr. r.s79Guise was right
f'eneugh Ii when he..pronounced her malady
nothing but nervous depression, andre
Fcommended change and individual ex.
ertion.a Well, . she 6 had had change
enough Dykeham was change now,
and she preferred to remain there. .eAs
for exertion, there. was nothing, 80 far
as she could see, worth ,exerting her
self about. y:t:.sa -5-s. = -
While she sat by tho fire, wondering
what she could find to do besides read
and think, Joanna came in. Amy just
glanced at her, and thought there was
something unusual about her. face, and
then Mrs Lescar said, EDr.s Seeker is
here" .'+sts:3 j. ..~:.-. = s,.,;, .
She was sorry for. having SAID it
when shs saw Amy suddenly put her
hand to her left side, as she had a habit
of doing if anything startled her. But
Mrs. Lescar found it difficult to com
I 1prehend this extreme facility for being
startled. rssa.i.tas E s,g;;sr..sS s.E, = =
i ""Frank full into the Dyke, and Dr..
] Seeker saw him, and jumped in, after
him. Frank will be al right, the doc
tor says but they have put him into
bed, and Lady Crevillon fancies he j.
feverisb, 80 the, doctor has promised "a
L stay here the night. = I thought you
might like to: know" -
In all this quietness and matter.of
/ fact Of Joanna, % 1l Amy could not know
that for once in ber life the placid Iwo-
man stirred With uuwonted feeling q
emotion. ! If. there. was any one she
cared for very much in the. world II
was Frank, She, saw 10 him the future
Sir Francis, the head Of the house and
the maintainer Of its. good name and
standing ne =! was OF consequence ain
her eyes, over and above which, she
! had q personal liking fol. him. Dr.
}; Seeker had risked his own life to savt
Franks. As the baronet had said, i
vas ! very plucky thing to do; and a.
Joanna decided, it was more than could
have been expected. Some dim Iide.
Of justice q atonement, Or reward, she
haroi knew which, occurred to Joann,
$ as she stood by Franks bod, looking q
the lads white face, and At his small
fingers curling tight round the doctors
) hand. She thought Of the letter which
y she hid shown 70 Dr.. Seeker that sults,
8 August day. Il vas no harm to shoii
! Is; Joanna stuck . that; but still Is,
E thought she would tell Amy sbcutr;;ii
I and then II would bs Fiber l6ild. ~
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