The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-11-24


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that course 'ts probably: she would not,
meet With such general surpert, .'' =.
In Mr.. Tyravley she affected to dis
believe shs stated as, her opinion to
her intimate friends, chat she didn't be-
leve be ever had done, or eyer would
do anything worth doing but that he
plumed himself on cheap reputation,
which, as all were ignorant Of is :foun-:
dation, no one could possibly impqgn:
There is reason to believe that in this
instance Miss Constance was not as
conscientious as usual, but that she
really entertained higher opinion Of
the gentleman than she chose to CON
fess. He certainly was not afraid Of
her, and had even dared to con.
tradict her favorite theory OF the gen
eral worthlessness Of English gentle
men of the nineteenth century. It was
one wet morning when she had been
reading Scott to three or four Of her
particular friends-and it must be
remarked that she read remarkably
well-that she began to lament
the decline Of chivalry. Tyraw-
ley was sitting half IN and half out of
range Perhaps she talked a little at
him. At ary rate he chose to accept
the challenge. 70 Is*':i ~ - "'i
7 II cannot agree4 With you, Miss
Baynton,p1 ne said. E"1t Is true We 'o d 10
longer wear ladies' glove in our" OH" helm
cts, nor dove compel harmless indi!
'viduah; who possibly may have, l7, sweet!
hearts Of their own, to admit the siuap'e.
'riority.o our lady.lovo 1T the point oof
the lance; but Of all that was good il!
chivalry, Of courage, truth, honor enl
terprise, selfsacridce, you viii find a,
much in tho nineteenth century as ID
the twelfth" ss1f7e <&A1s'"oE ~7 F-a1
d He. .brightened up as he spoke, and
it was quite evident that he believed
what he said, a circumstance which
always gives an advantage to a dispu-
tant. ' 81; : = go ~ j.
More than one pair of bright eyes
smiled approval, and Miss Constance
saw probability of detection from
her ranks. She changed her tactics.
"You are too moderate in your claims
for your contemporaries, Mr.. Tyrawley.
If remember right, modesty has al.
ways been considered qualification Of
a true knight" :1.;
81 am not ashamed to speak the
TRUTH" he replied "your theory would
have been more tenable before the DAYS
! of the Crimean war and the Indian
mutiny but the men who lit their ci-
gars in the trenches Of the Redan, and
who carried the gate Of Delhi, may bea,
comparison with Bayard, or Coeur de
Lion" - .-t>.@ 60 - 60
"Oh :! I do not allude to our sol.
disrs," said she ;'tof course, 1 know they
arc brave; but,"-and here'sbe hesitat-
ed a moment, until possibly piqued be-
cause her usual success had not attend.
ed her in the passage Of arms, she con-
cluded -"but to our idle gentlemen,
who seem to have no heart for any:
thing" - :. :. >.....,::'
Tyrawley smiled. "Possibly you
may judge too mu,h by the outside"
he said "l am inclined to fancy that
some of those whom you are pleased to
cell idle gentlemen would be found to
have heart enough for anything that
honor, or duty, or even chivalry could
find for them to do" @
II hope you are right" said Miss
Constance, with slightly perceptlble
curl OF her upper lip, which implied
that she did not think SO. s... -
Tyrawley bowed, and the conver-
sation terminated a few minutes {: after
wards ); when he had left the room, The
conversation Of the young ladies Was
interrupted by Master George Bayn'
ton, aged fourteen, who sud denly at
tackled his sister.
81 think you are wrong, you know
fwhen you call TyrawIcy humbug:'s
:. my dear,', said Constance, with 4
start, Il never said anything so ra'';-- ~;
"Well, you implied it, you know, w. il
your girls words, and ! think you
makeEa mistake; for he 4 can, shoot
:. like one O'Clock, never misses; . thing
and I hear he can Il ride no e end iiHe
was rather out of practice in bis eriekel
llwhen. be came down; but be issimproy
] ing every day, -.Yousshould have, seer
j. the hit he; made. yesterd.y-zight uP,t
the cedars."t i tail: .v&. *:'~ - ;2u;b@
ii""Do you think there is nothing els
for man to do but ride, and shoot, ant
play crlcket?"' .; ~ u =:
! "Oh! that's all very vol but you
should hear what Merton, our secout
master, says and great brick he is
, too. 'Whatever you do, do it as vel
yeu can, whether its cricket or verse;.
); And I believe if Tyrawley had to fight,
he'd go in and win, and no mistake"
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