The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-08-25

A "noo - Csue, uko D Dk0X upon ;
broken limb. There were in Amy'l
envelope two words only in answer Il
the letter which had cost him 30 much,
They were, "Very WE'LL" written
seemingly 10 careless haste !; the "V':
blotted aud repeated 10 invorse On til,
fold Of the paper. They could have
cost her scarcely moment, or mo
ment's thought, he said in : his bitter.
ness. No hesitation not . single back.
ward look Of remorss for what he musl
suffer. Wsll, whatever that might be-
he was glad that she should be uuhurt
And thus they parted. .....
CHAPTER -
AMONGST THR FALLEN aaA1x.
|. DR.. Seeker was right, in.smuch q.
her two words Of answer had cost ANY
no deliberation. How could she deliber.
ate1 He made no charge against her, 0,
himself Ho simply .bsolved her from
her word to him. Under the circum.
stances there was but one thing to be
dore, and she did it. :.
Lady Crevillon knew nothing Of the
matter from Amy ; knew nothing Of il
In fact until she heard from Joanna
consequently she did not understand
the sudden change Of manner which
was apparent 10 Amy just At this time
On the morning Of the arrival OF C.rl'l
letter Amy, having scaled her own re-
ply to it, turned to her ladyship and
said,-
81 should like to change my mind
aud 60 with you tonight, if I may"
Lady Crevillion made slight ges
ture Of astonishment before she answer
ed
"Come by all means. But I though
you said that one hearing Of Faust
was enough 2"
Amy could not explain, II refused
for Carls SAKE, and because I knew
Lord Frederic would be there aii ii
would join u.s." She said nothing
therefore, allowing Lady Crevillon t
think what she liked. It was quit.
true that she herself did not care about
hearing Faust again. It must be rec
olected that this was her first season i,
town and she had certain angles o
simplicity and prejudice which were ye
t. be smoothed. The dying scene fright
ened her. 1t seemed q terrible thinf
to see 60 many figures sink on thei
knees in the presence Of a death which
was only mimicry. The oontriv.nc.
for taking poor Gretchen's soul to heav
en- appeared to her so p:'pably elum.,
that it gave her feeling Of relief al
ter the awful reality Of tho former scene
but she did not care to 60 through j
all . second time. Altogether she ha,
not thought il would 'be giving d
much to spend one evening at hom
and alone. But now all that W
changed.
| Carl himself, if he had seen he,
would have been at aloss to find tn
source Of that wonderful brilliauc
which rossto her eyes, the earmiue IT,,
tinted her lips, and the atmosphere q
strong excitement that surrounded he,
He might have liked to cit in tho stall
and watch her furtively ). he migt
have looked on and dreamed hluse
back into the enchanted palace mt
the advent Of another figure, dsrk-robe
sinister,-the figure Of Lord Frederi
Psge, which placed itself beside Lad
Crevillou. Then he would have turne
away. He could not have remained
sec another man devote himself to th
goddess who had once trodden the foe
Of his own airy castle. .:,.
| When Amy went home that nigl
she did what WAS still more astoaisbtn
to Lady Crevillon, unless indeed, h
adyship reflected. Lord Frederic v.
in reality effacing all traces Of that n,
happy Redford ENLARGEMENT:
! "Lady Crevillon," said Amy, "yo
remember the proposal you and 8
Francis we're good enough to max
this morning, and to which I objected
"Preposal!1 What, about takin
you" s
eyes," interrupted Amy. ~ hsv
no longer any objection i; Indeed,
should like it very much" ''S =.
! Lady Crevillon did not this tin
make any remark, - she had don
about Faust. She vas very we'll cor
tented, though she could NOT lei
remembering together With the mon
|ing's proposal Amy's very decide
"No! 4 want 70 80 bssk
Dykeham," J" and vondsring ! little !,
tie change. But of course i ~ d
for the best. Her ladyship knew tha
joanna would take care Of Frank Oh
could trust her step daughter % fal
since # Joanna cared for any one il
| the world it was Frank. Yes, Of cours
it ms for. the best. The longer the
could keep Amy away from that Red
ford man the better.
And tho unharpy doctor vsnt abos
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