The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-06
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hvrr himself from their prosecutions,
and he :hcn behaved shametolly, rs
j. called, for he was ~ srnnr raccsF'd,
In his ,ury,i-e "pd condemnation. than
~ wr.'v ycr: knmsl~y but explicit
no.r t, H. 'r'i:,'ss, 'r'iin= her that ID
tina: was imp'.sslbl". T'at she must
forgive him IL she could, bat he felt
that the 'ncrcenarY motives which had
induced him to come forward wero 80
unworthy Of hcr.xnd Of himself, that
the only course remaining to him waste
confess his mcann 3, and to throw him..
slf upon her & ,odnature. Poor Dick:
the storm which broke upon his curly |
head was ! terrible one. lie had fed
10 alarm.
His curly head had stood him in
stead Of many better quality his con-
idence AID good manners had helped
him out Of many well-deserved scr,pe,
but he vas cettaialy no sioewy hero, no
giant, no Titan, like those who have
lately revisited the carth-(and the cir
colA'ing libraries, to their ve,y great
advantage and improvement.) So far
he was atfem;uats that he had great
qaickness If perception, that he WIS
enthusiastic and selfindulgent, and
shrunk from pain for himself or for
others. He had been pe.ted and spoil
ed in his youth, and he might have
bee" a more puppet and walking gentle
man to this day, If it had not been fo1
that possession, that odd little craze 10
bis,miod which. seemed 70 bring him
tolife somehow, aud force him int
Independence aud self:deuial; .ud
Charles Butler, bis eldes. uncle, used t.
make jokes Il him, or occasionally burs
out in atame when Dick gnvely .ssur
ed him s. believed himself possessed
and uaaoooantsble for his action.
But, for all H. vez.tioa, thu old m.'
could not resist tho young fellow
handsome face, and his honest, un.ffect
ed ways, and hia clevernsss, and hi
d'oll oouceit, and humility, and crate
full insratilude,5so to speak. Hi
,erapes, after 81, were thoughtlcss, no
wicked ones, aud 70 old Butlor paid an
paid, and preached little, and jibed
great deal, and offered him regular en-
ploymeet, bpt Diek wonla not be rege
l.riy employed, would not DO helpei
would not be made angry; it seemed a
In vain to try to Influence him.
"lf your picture: were worth the cal
vas," tho old man would say, II shout
bs, only too thankful to see you 80 harm
leSy occupied !; But what is this -viol
female biting an orange, anil standiu
with her toes turned in and her elbow
turned out? =. r. B's. have q
patience with the nonsense. lra
were Sir Joshua, and Lawrence, an
Gainsborough, AMI Komney befo,
Raphael Or after ? and could they pail
apretty woman, or could they not ?"
"They could pint in thor way
Dick would answer, twi,ling his mu
tache, "snd l, probably, can apprecia
them better than You can, sir Y.
haven't read my article in the Art Z
oiew, I sec." Andthen the Two wou
talk away at one another for an hour
more IL all ended in Dick going
own way, wasting his time, thrown
away opportunities, picking up >hre'
chat he seemed to have thrown ava
making friends wherever he went vi
the children Of light or of dark ness,
the case might be.
GRO BE CONTINUITY
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