The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-04-21

..... NO. 40.
"Hsaven knoxs," hs was thinking 10
himself, II an uneeosoious Of ever
having said word or dose =. thing to
make that poor child fancy I cared for
[herp =. :Assr.s' haunted: BY the 70
membrauoe Of thst pale foe looking 10
through the window, and yet 1t might
have been mere chance after all. His
course was plain epough to Refine he
had spoken words Of love; to her he
was bound by every tie Of honor and
sincere affection, aud yet his head was
full of all sorts of regrets and remorses.
Reine's sudden outbreak had made
discomfort in his mind which he tried
IN vain to shake off-a discomfort
which concerned RENE herself rs we'll
as poor little Catharine. He began to
hate ooncealment, to tell himself that
the sooner he had done With mysteries
the better. Should he tell them all
now, directly; should he speak to his
cousin here Walking beside hin, and
tell him Of his plans, or wait . little
longer until he had spoken 10 bis uncle
Charles first before declaring himself to
the others On the whole, he dsosd-
ed this last plan to be the best. But
he vowed to himself thst Refine At
least should have 90 cause to reproaeh
him. "At all events, she is rich ; they
ought to approve of that" thought
Dick, bitterly. ~ shall have a terri
bic time Of it, but that can not be
helped" He would work hard and
make himself Independent, and brave
the coming storm. 1t was true that
she had enough for them both, even
now; but to accept her money was an
imposslbility, and she had acknowledg-
ed it herself when she had once told
him how rich she was.
Now that RENE knew him better,
that certain education in the way of
the world had come to her, she began
to understand better than ,hs had done
betors their relative positions. 1t was
NJ longer the poor and struggling ar
t!st aspiring to the hand Of tho rich
jerniere who had been so courted and
much made by the small dign,taries
aud needy propr;etaires of the place
Sho understood better tho differences
between them she began to see the
gulf which she must cross if she did
not wish to shock and rspulse him un-
consciously At almost every step. He
could not come to her IS she imagined
once she must go to him. Her heart
failed her sometimes. That sham, idle,
frittering, 6dgety, trammeled, uneasy
life had no attractions for her. Raine
imagined hsaself playing the piano and
noddiug her head in time, and occa-
sionally tanning herself with scented
poo ket-handkerchief, .ud burst out
laughing At the idea.. Her notions OF
society were rather vague, and Dick
hardly knew how to explain to her the
things he was 80 used to.
81 hope you will never fan yourself
with your pocket.hapdkerchief," he
said, when Refine described her visions
for the future. He owned to himself
sometimes that she was right in what
she said. he liked her best when he
thought II her as hers,lt, at home in
her farm, with her servants and her an
imals round her. There she was, SIM
pie, and gentle, thoughtful in all her
minlstrations, occupied always, unset
fish, and only bareful for others. After
that last outbreak she met him with q
humility aud womanliness which charm
ed him and touched HIM utterly. The
night he said good-by to her she came
out with him under the great arch,
and stood looking at him with her no.
bic tender face.
"Fate has done it's best to separate
us, has it t?'' said Refine, smiling :;
"putting US like this, on different sides
of the sea. But you will come back
Is it not so?'' she said, "and I have
no fear any more. I shall wait for you
here" :
The sunset VAS illuminating the old
farm and the crumbliug barns, and
Petitpere's blue smock and white locks
as he sat on his bench smoking hi.
evening Pipe; some COWS we're crossing
the road from one field to tho other
with tinkling bells sounding far int.
the distance !; the great dog came ~
and rubbed his head At hi, mistress
knee. "Re will know You again.
Refine said, holding out both her hand,
"when you come back to me-" and g
they parted.
The next day tho whole family o
Tracys started together for Paris. Mad
anne mere in huge bonnet, which al
most completely concealed her face
WAS assisted from her apartment by he
grandson to = close carriage. She Va
anxious to consult some Paris doctors o
| the state of her health.