The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-06-09

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"Hush r! said Dick, spsAkiar n
sgely, almost for the 6s,t tine: il ]
life. "Rsine and I understand :ons. 1
} other very we'll and sss quite vilii
to put up With asy ioeonvcnissss,' ii
his voice softsped !; hs looked q Il
girl with . smile. Bot she did pol q
'wer; she was quite pale, and her III
we're on 6re she drew herself up /
her full length, and stood there 10 Ii
moonlight in her country dress, lookisl
like = wrath even her words sounde'
faint aud toneless.
"Heaven knows" shs said quistly
"that I am ready to die tor you, Rich
ard but I will never marry you-nsver
never. 1t is not for the first time tho
l hear these things, that I reflect up
on the sacrifee you make, upon til
danger Of marriage i'll asooeted sad q.
happy. Nothing will ever: ehasgs NJ
affection; you are pat Of ~ lie, \
my prayers, ever since I 6.st kasv
you :" The passionate eadsses Il
her voice broke into = rob. Reine spoao
With emotion, feeling that shs W.; ~
in Madame do Trays ,sit.tsd pr,s-
ence ; she imagined R;ehal vosA ~
nothing, do nothing, but somehow, she
was mistaken, and she found hssseh
folded in the young mans arms. ].
"My Reine," he said, II 1a.t no
words Il understand" But the gil
put herself quickly away ont Of his eu.
brace. What strange 'o,e-p.rting W
this in the sad house Of mournisg.
"You do not understand me-" erisd
R.iue; "and you, madame, need MT
be 20 affaid Of tho harm I shall do.
him." she ..id, p.ssioa.tely, tsrnios to
Madame Do Tracy. ~ shall not ding
him down; I shall not force him b
keep his word; I shall not di.graes
him ~
The girls anger and sorrow had
gradually reached . hy,ter;esl and A.
most uncomfortable point. Tie thines
Madame Dc Ttaey had elibly explained,
meaning no harm, poor i.dy! h.a
nearly maddened her. Her allulon 70
Catharine vas the list drop IN tie
brimming cup. In vain Dick t.isd to
calm and sooths her: She did moi Ii.
ten she would not look It him even
for q minute she stared through ths
glass door into tho moonlight without,
and then At Madame do Tracy; asitat::
cd and deckered BY the blaze Of ths
Ere.
"Catharine, Of whom you spoke jelt
now" cried tho girl, "voald have bssa
i thousand thousand time. more suited
than I should ever be. All! do 1T
interfere again, madame. You do moi
know what you are doipg!' and win !
scared sort Of look Rsise broke aw,y
from Dick, and pushed 1t tho kiass
1oor, and ran out into the night. she
had forgotten all about it, but she foand
Dominique, with the cart, waiting at !
The garden gate. Dick, following aa
instant after only, came 10 time to Gee
her drive away.
Think, if he had caught her then, |
# he had scolded, and then forgiven
her, all would have been right between
Them then; but the horse set off 1t a|
Erot down hill; the cart rolled away
With . dull jolt Of wheels over the sod.
den earth mists came between them,
and distance greater and greater. But.
Ter vas too angry and hurt to follow
her at the time-more angry, I think,
because she went off in tho cart than
for all she had said to vex him.
"Never-never." Did some one
whisper it in bis e.rY What . Strange
womaaly, tender, ssd
pathetic, and furious how hard to
satisfy. how difficult TO love, how impoi-
sible not to love.
Dick spent sulky evening .t the
smoking by himssm in IL
smoking-room, while Madame Do TsscJ
retired with f'utterine dignity - hcr
own apartment. Jean thought it \ bad
business; but it was bis maxim not to
interfere. 1t was no afair of his.
Dick w.s old enough to attend to his
own concerns; and thongh Mn. Beam
ish and Ernestine went dova spoa
their knees to him, they could not ,ado !
the past, o. prevent hun ftoa thinking
that there !as but one woman In tie
world, AID her mana vas Risos Chrp-
ten. 8.
Dick made up hb mind vesy quickly
without s,kise any. oss's lesvs. 3 L.
was = little touched, and very .asa
provoked, by the allustons to poor M,
dame Fonta'ne; but he: heped thets'
was some mistake, aal rs&Ase: syoid6d
dwelling upon that part 'ef tho subject.
Refine had bsss jealsss, - women ass
sometimes. He walked up: 70 the fasn
before brsskfist. The fee xssther
had come At last; Sslas and. f.sso.s
were t~isklius With early dew - thots-
and light<, and esyst@b, asd ssfs.stises
we're shining out Of The sartA ; = sh,es.
full sound Of Labor eehosd under ths
dazzling morning vault. Old Chsee;ea
Was sitting on the bsneh summing hin
.alf on&.;dn <ha on.ak asnh1av IN Ii