The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-02-10

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Bptlsr Qaeser, want abeaA hia. !. Asai>ess
and his pleaapte xith Esalisgs qpits 4aas
wounded b. apythip9 Gathaeiee eegl4
do or gay; Whea she- -sew him again he
hsd forgotten ait 'sbo1tI her feftaIl,
aod, a. :herdSightsad Z surprise; p hi
manner Wa quits unchanged and u
kind ~ ever. What tsiaasshs poadpr.
ID oyer and treasured snpla IL Nvas ihs
tho old Gsruaao ssssiss Of tviq nana
d1ied leaves carefully counted and put
away in the iplaSS Of ogoa pieces =
ehaHoeT . encounters - urdities- she
did. otknow Whit she w. about. .':%2
Madame do TtasJ,; Who never 1t Eo
III idea. 81 Who let It 60 Z. hundrSd
times to return to il agiin aud again q
stray intervals; shook her hea& lstr al
these chance psstisgs. ~ Her dspasts
qre .tvss1 spplsaeAino r.hsrg .v,gilaaas
xoah h semovsd-shs eesd, hot heat
70 ;thisk IT, what nightsnot ehappea il
srsabssncs, md Tie hid spokep q
mrs. Butler Of ! scheme for appealing
to Dicks own, bsttsr feeliag,.ss: wzI
my dear Matilda, H. entseat .ys.Eto
DO nothing Of The sort. DICK .eaa bssr
ne remopstranoe,"'' Mrs. Butler cried.
| II will see that ltisnght, and, II needs
be, Miss George must Co. 4 have. %
most tempting socouus ot thir German
governess. Charles, told me 10 J. bring
Miss George 70 hls picnic On Friday,
but l think il. will be a veil that she
should not be Of the party, ;rg:; :=g;3r~.
Poor unconscious little 4 Cstharine !
She would have died of horror; / think,
lif she bad sgsssssd how, quistly the ses
crets Of her heart were discussed BY un.
Sympathetic 5y-standers, as she vent on.
her way, singing her song without
words:. It VISA foolish song, perhaps,
about silly things, but the voice, that
sang it was olear, and sweet, and true.
Charles Butler, tho giser Of the pro-
found entertainment, was one Of those
Instances Of waste Of good material
which are 30 often to be met With in
the world-e tendsr-hexrted man, with
few people to love him, living alone,
with no nearer ties than other peoples
children = man Of ability, Who had
never done anything except attend to
the commonplaces Of life; and these
were always better arranged and con-
trolled at Lanbswold than anv where
else, for he knew what should be done
and how to make other people do it,
and perhsps gave an attention and ef:
fort 10, small things which should have
gone elsewhere. It was kindly spirit,
in vrinkled, ugly, cranky old body.
Charles Buffers hook nose, and pro-
tradiog teeth, and fierce eyebrows, his
eontradictoriness and harsh little laugh,
were Grimes Of nature, 90 to speak, for
they frightened, away women, and chil-
dren, and timid people. They had
frightened Charles Butler himself into
nistrusting his own powers, into be-
ieving that there was something about
him which must inevitably rspsl they
had destroyed bus life, bis best chance
for 'happiness' He WI 1 difident man !;
for years hte had doubted, and hesita-
ted, and aited-vaited fos thws sad,
lolely, aohing old ages which had come
upon him now His' little onsphsws
,and 5nieoes, however, had learned not
to be afraid of. him on certain day in
tho year when it was his custom to ak
them all down for the day to Lambs
void in honor, Of bis god- daughter Au-
gusta's birthdsy They often staid
there at other times, but this oae day
was the hsppiest Of oil, they thought.
It came in midsummer, With = thrill Of
sweetness in the air, With the song Of
the thrush, when the strawberry heads
we're hanging iull and crimson, when
all the roscs were flushing. Little
Sarah used to say she thought Lambs
void was pink place. -. = g.:
H.. xas an old-fashioned country
house, ndiug in tho hollow of two
hills, with a great slope in front, and ..
wide, pleDteous world Of wheat6slds,
farmstcads, and struggling nut-wooas to
gaze at from tho dinlng-room widow.
and the. terrace. There were rising
meads on either side, and At the back
Of it. kiohen- gardens, o4ftuit:wslls, and
green :houses, and hru-blildiDgs, all il
excellent order and admir,bly:kept -, -,
r. "Oh, Miss George, how sorry yo'
must be not to come 2 Algy would say
"Yes, I am very; sorry" <oatharin%
j ho:estly answered ia!her child d voice
' for she had not r <ousgroHn the gold
en- age when al tnisas sail and beokoa
and the apples, asdsths leaves, and u
cakes CRY, Come eat us,, como eat d
and the children, wandering ,ia fairy
land, reply, We come, We come. Sh
tloved cakes, and apples, and oil goo
things still, and had not reaehedt 10 th
time when it il no penalty 10 beidepri,
tedsSt them. But:shs. had to Pey5 th
price of her youth; and to those. VII
arestied and bound down BY" circus
stance, youth is often, indeed, only
blessing turned, into : curse. Il ce'
). sumes with .its owa 6re, md tear Hit
D it. own strength. AID 70 when Cal
arise, witt apsiakiaJ, hear, heard the
I oh talking ktvsr arsasgsoestsfersPe
4 ing q day iasP PaladissF With the lagsss-
h 20 it seemed to her-and not ono 70,
J. N. spoken to inelpdo .her =: Il
scheme; when she guessed that she Il
q only to 80 ID lest. il Ito fshool-reoi
y which represented IN her enjoyment
J. all her hopes, her beginning and On
i: ing-then great wave ef disappoit
. n1ns, aud wishing 3, and arsgEetti'
Is seemed to overflow aud to - choke 4
3; poor little instroctrsss Tof youth; Il
h superior mind whose business in lite
Is was to dlree. others and to lead I