The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-13

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blank in the correspondence, and then,
ono morning, there rs=eame-a=I letter ad.=
dressed to Gertrude, instead Of to me.
| saw her turn very red and then
very pale, as She read it, and 1t once
| felt that there was bad news in
store for me. E.}E.I1
"1s John ill?" I asked, - calmly
as I could i r. yUCg II J
She shook her head.
"No; not i'll. Thet, she Fose up
and went out of the room, casting an
impioring look q Philip, Who follow
ed her, leaving me alone. !
sat for an hour looking out al the
waving t'eesapl the blooming, roses,
at the bright sunshine and tie blue
bloom Of summer heat that was over
every thing, And, as I looked, I
caught myself wondering whether
it coald be possible that the beldsme
Sorrow was 80 near TO me, that I might
never hope to look on snch things with
pleasure again. .:-:>. - =,
At last 1 could bear the suspense no
longer, and I went away in search of
ny brother and his wife.
She was sitting with her face buried
in her hands, crying bitterly, =. ! had
never seen Gertrude fcry before, And
Philip had the open letter before him.
81 am come 70 kppw7 VIA. it is,' !.
said going up te 1mgxE pr brother; ;, y e4n m
bear any thing bpt, being left in sus-,
pense. Is he dead5yy' dead5y low ,-., .r,r,
AHNo he is h quite yell, ,.,,...-
Iyu. IS he married vii d.: e ~ apd I could net
rep1ess th9s ss sshqidaf a deg that made the last a
VOID almost l inaFtiiculate. ri y:ro -sa;,;be g
"No; but he e4f..ls j. f.lse 6, to you r. Philip
thundered- ont aud Gertrude took her
bahas,ffo before her faee, and held
them out i'd p,teous deprecstion to her !
husbands wrath against herlbroth-::
er. .o-e ;
Then BY degrees, stFe lyhok truth
vas made known tonne. John wrote
with the keepestsse!fr rspro.ehh; with the
utmost :eontrition Of what he had done,
and Whist he vas going 9todo,;5: but hs:
wrote. with decision also; .;si5 na.;iI. e i
"You ooverLowersd myyIjsdgmntz
when you induced me to offer Ethel <
love:regard in n'rcturn for the great hon.
Or and boon Of her pure young s]ovs52'
he wrote g II hoped that in:stimeeI
should come to 1ove;her s;ssha deserv-a 4
ed;;butis hss;eeen brotherly all through
nothing warmer i lAnda now, !th.t' ny
eyes have been opened By the sight Of
a woman adore, Idare not do Ethel
the further wrong Of marrying hernI
AS T read these words, the letterfen
from my feeble hand and duttered
down to the floor, and gasped out:
"Who is this woman p .: 80 :.
'Hls publishers daughter Miss
Maynard" Philip said: "Come Ethel,
:
be my own darling brave sister; ban
ish him from, your mind--he wiz be
that other 'woman's husband ID . few
weeks" t. " - : 49, ~; II:
yaSo 500 soon p, ia ~ - II ::,9@c,G Il
"Yes, 50 q, soon it is as we'll, to, that
it should be soon; when you feel that
there is sin in it, you will .ease to
think Of him with Tenderness" Then
Philip Kissed me, and my low, dream !.
was over. pm - ~-~-:''-1- ls2-iG,
I am Ethel L5sle still, though It Is
just ten years ago that the roses Of life
faded f'r me on that fair June day, and
lam happy and contented IN tho ex-
erciss Of those duties which fall to my
share as maiden aunt to Philips child;
dronn2 81: -. 2. - oji ! l. I,
John u Barnet never came to Oaklands
after. tbst Liter Gertrude has paid a
visit to her brother once every season
during her stay in towa but Philip
and John have never met: Miss May
nard and j ohm were married about the
time fixed for my wedding, and from
that day uninterrupted prosperity seer-::
edstoiJbe the: portiou'iofs . the talented
author, ezderead religiously:oe every line
he writes, and 4 often detect sanhord Of
feeling in them which, .yihrates to my:
very heart. siThrough1 some chaaee ak
'lusion,a some simple expression; 5some
veilel meaning to which 1 hsysths keyy
1 read that he ~hw neverforgotten
tie roma rce Ia Of youth, Taid that
he thinks teadsrIyesnd pitybgiy ofms,
stigs+housghE. he could osos bvseemes
ens sot hi; girls is called Ethel5 and;
Gertrude, when she told me this Cfaot,}
hastenedzsojsp spare nayseptidei ibyrs.adipg
that' hisowife did aiBoe know the reason;
whyhe had selected that4swees old Sag
on name. 7s5t;;s ii sjuem'oibai aaibaa
Of that wife 1lh.ss iseeh n,6y, pos
traits, and heard much, 0 She is > beau
Gfal,y imperitl:looknR sveman, Who
might have beeaos pesz's 1iasteed Of =
publisher's, daughter. pAs the xite ofA
popular author, and the daughter of;s
firm that can press any young, iaspirsaat
for literary houors, iioto5 thar foFepog!t
place, she has been Feryii ,nashr befaEe
A. brilliant ,seci'es1 Of the, work. .ds AT
lists, whose, name cis Legion, hsge be,
sought her to be their model. Poets
innahd hdlerabls5 have sung her pulses.
She has been desnibedi az q duchess