The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-01-20

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'f~ as no use going Of 70 her sisters an
I'll after their dinner; luncheon w,.s no'
'fseaay yet,; and C.tharine threw herself
! dosn .s full length, upon, the; sofa,
fatta opened the paper she had brought
roy the draving,room table. In At tho
F"'ndov some sweet sultry summer air
came blowing through smutty lilac
|!tfee. There was clinking of pail,
faed heavy footsteps. She read tho
|rqvllesE; rev; Of, a novel, Of a new book Of
poetry, and then she turned to an .es-
',' " It wa, something about women
and marrying, about feebleness and in
aptitude, aand missing their .yocat ton !;
aPou1t, The b just dislike Of the world for
tie persons who could not oonduce to
ie Ar cemusement or comfort. Catharine
pushed d i away impatiently. She did
nbt want to read in black and white
Hhat "a! she knew 50 well alrcady-what
She 81. bad to, read always in the black and
white Of day a.d Of night what With
unconscious ! g philosophy she tried 80
lard to ignore:
T Apoor little thing, just beginning
y lfe with all the worlds aud dreams Of
early youth in her heart, :cha6ng, and
FFteously holding out her soft little
lands sg.ipt: the stern laws Of existence.
10 wonder she tprned from the hard
s%entenees., % !. Any body seeing the child
ith face, tho gentle little movements,
the pretty little hands which had )ust
flung the paper away, would have been
Z sorry< for her. Catharine did not, look
q ven her twenty years, for she was back
!! iard and scarcely fnll-srown. She
boxed too young aud too childish, one
might have thought, to be sent ont by
tste and respectable references into the |
world. One might have thought that |
she should have had older and wiser
heads to think for her, kind hands to
pull her out Of difficulties, kind hearts
to cherish her. She should have been |
alternately scolded aud taken for treats,
Ike tho children ; sent to bed early,
get lessons to learn-other than those |
herd sr ones which are taught With stripes,
and learned only with painful effort.
Thus, at least, it would have seemed to |
qf small moraliters looking on from our |
fancy repositories, .whero right
and wrong. and oushts, and should. |
have-beens, are taken down from the
shelf and measured out so literally to |
supply tie demand. -: - Halt yard |
Of f. fayor / .s tor tSis s three quar-.
ters Of trimming fox that ops-slashings |
Jet into one surtout of which We do not
happen to fancy the color instead
Of slashings, loopholes, perhaps, neatly
inserted into smother blue ribbons,
gold cords and taasels, and .rope-ends-
there is no end to our stock, and the
things we dispense as We will upon our
imaginary zen and women: We give ~,
them out complaoently and without
hesitation, and We would fain bestow
the same measure in like manner upon
the living people We see all about us.
But it is in vain We would measure
out, dispense, approve, revoke. The
fates roll on silent, immutable, carry
ing us and our various opinions along
with them, and the oughts and shoulds,
and praises aud blamings, and the pro
gress Of events. il f.. ..,.u.,., i:
There vas great deal of- talking
aud discussion about little Cathariso
at opa time 1-of eoursc the family
shoald, have provided for othe; three
girls !; her atcpepothsr's relations ought
to hazs.dopted .Gathar,ne, since tshss
had = no. aelations sofs,her own; AIRS.
|Baekingtoa xas, Rell,etf Lady Fare
brother had more money than she knew
what to do ~iths but il all ended in the,
little s'cp.sisteps being put; to school,
rudiip Csths'iseo oebtalniugsan excellent
iitqation ,throughcsn advertisement ini|
''1Aa Nme,.a She got sixty pounds, 'i.,
yat. andns she owned the .intereati of
a:thousaad pounds besides she yvaal
rich fdsis seyerneaas IL But then she
helped to pay ias hes, sisters schooise.s
She eoshs not sbesr xhedn To go tor the,
cheap and neiredssst.hl;shm AzL.dys
iFarcbrotherh had sugsested.s! The aaats |
did not insist Hhept cCathsriue offered
TO- P.y thea difference, People: said 1t
vas q shame, bpt only what might have,
been expected ofsuah ~orldly, pushing,
Idingrss.i1e woman a. Mrs: Blocking
ton aadlhsnsistsr, and, 90 4 theq matter
IenAeda Xad,E1o' little j Osthaiins 1T
nineteen set to work ,for herself, j She
|caseLal bldshing, eager little sthing-
teaEtertais House ID Eaton, Square to
earn her owmGsiag, To- help those who
tsze most dear to heny To- teach / Mrs.
RutlerS childfens a great :m.ay things
she ksa,osveRiharnedi he.self., it " hat
4 stsngs how world III was ! Of STIR: of