The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-13
TWAS ~ THE. TIME OF
o. .SiTa3 al&l e!st 1f@i ell; ~ :"
s1a1& aa5<< ROSESs @sos aa:, o*1i.

green iofour 4awn--0Yofi the tIellle-W0rk
thstanadesa f1nwery 3versnda: round ou'
house+-on my cheeks, ,tromJwhence tbt
roaadness; Of yonth had no! more de:
parted than had its bloom : and ;aint nay
heart, wheresthe Aovote ,of s,hops 8, ,ahd
joy, and love, WERE olblosaouiipgo freely
Inodther words, IL wat eighteen years
DID, bna thnta"..I::: = ,ts,'i9>[ . >"rry
f. Looking back at myself now, from
tho grave standpoint I have attained
throdghy .agood deal Of sorrow, snde sui
fsring, I hate toacknowledge that l was
to certain extent both frivolous and
iselffishoin those carly days Of which I
am writing, !. Twas under the guard:
Iishshipc cof+anaonly; brother, who . was
some eight years my senior, and who
had the, honor oflbeooming Irresponsible
for my well.beine, rather thrust upon
him thanaotherwise. Y a 5good, grave,
conscientious, clever young, man :ot six
and-t~entye who, had seen many phases
Of Iife, he suffered from J. painful sense
ofincapacity a. far as / was concerned:
And I, being zkeen-wittea and. sharp
sighted, detected his 'feelings9 on the
subject, and wrought it to my own will
in many ways o. --., =. q" .~.t
.a0m Home was in one of the eastern
counties, one Of the best cultivated aud
most prosperous portions of the land; be-
ing my brotheFs,by the "right divineY
othereditary spceesiion..|' 1t was not "a
very large estate, but, it. was large
enough. h.to,entitle its owner to iauk> rs
Of the county gentlemen-to give
him aseat on the. mag;sternl. bench,
and to have supported large families in
ease and2comfort, if not. IN luxury, for
many4o generations;toni Consequently,
though 1'was an orphan, and I had mo
property Of OVID, my lines were eastu 10
PLEASANT places, and the world seemeda
very sunshiny place5to me:r9h.r .error
For two years after my mothers
death, namely, 3from'the day l was tif:
teen, L held the lines Of government. as
mistresso Of Oaklands; -. And during
those two years I obtained almost un-
limited sway over my brother Philip.
Whatever t'Miss Lisle wished" became
.:law, and 1 used my privileges, to the
points ofabusing them: very often, in
my giddyreliance on7his love- for me
and my'owu powers of keeping that
love unchanged. 29:, .:;s '.~,. !. -,
my first grief was my brothers. mar
riage- 1t seel,ed - me go hard that
he should want another love than mine,
while Twas fully .contentld with Z his.
Nsppe,red such 4 horrible injustice ia
me- that. anothet-apd that otheroa girl
oolyFtwo years. older.ethan lmyself---
should step oyerEmy head and . 'assame
the seeptre Of command:rstea Oaklands'
When Philip broks,itftoome first s .tha,
he was going to marry Gertrude Bar.
net, laughed 1t the idea, 10 my Ut
ter ,npdelist of-such)a misallianee,a as
considered it. t,Gertrude Barnet, ah
whom Ihad condescended at the dane.
iug.elass in my SCHOOL days; indthe old
cathedral town where / had been edu.
Gated. Gertrude G'tq,d + lBarnet, whose father
I frequently referred I; to y with !cqntemp
tuoqs t',''g PITY ~ as '.poor country apothe
e.ry.sr That 4, ny AZ brother- brother
Philip Isle q Osklapds, st should b, go ..
IS 81! & !n,:f} 's:3 .pPss'ss& AK \
Bqt 4 last he u.ds' ns u 1uq'denrstarnl :
t6at 94,t;, i vas really going to BE- Co.; anS
then 64's' '5is, io'e aeed a. Of passionate
tears.
,.:Her mother is the =, most /; !; vulgar ole
woman a.: / sver net + y1 ~ lite," t., seb
bed ont Chow - can you endure her 2
"1 am not going to marry her mothel
Ethel DEAR" he raid; "besidess,, & ' Mrs
Rarnet is a good old soul"
''Yes, but good old souls "si, are y 'mrlucl
out Of palce at 0akl.nds, interrupt;
ID. "Our washerwomaanl is j good ,olt
ssoliu,l, soul and 80 is Barrett Tie butcher
wife, bp.t T hardly think Of RI putting i,
thin il il TIE place that those people q
pointed ss spoke ttcI.e Is several portrait
81 30 our ! female ancestor. that d-nt .dor-nntei !,
the v,ls) "ha.ve ocoeuugppiend.", I'D 20t > I'll
"Gertrude ,wonn't disgrace %, tic. thh,. posi- ,pi
tio1, hs is.id, trying t. t95g 5sgpeessk e lightly
but ! sM.w u that / had sts,Iuijg Iii Els '1triid 1ptrriid,
and u Wounded his feelings.,.n, @she i, i. 4
true tdy !. any of those 81; you u,:,E ,pE,o;;pt ;t I,