The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-02-10
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as.pqeble sr|sis sxihp9 hs,, lively. :ins..eiin.:
tiops, and desrse sithoatsthe power Of ex.
psstdf|iIolsn. |Ils M shs kid Iivad IVA with dull PEG:
pie aAAsr life, and had never learnt to
tak q ;, tothint:' Her step5motkefi u, ii
teRae ethaarted epd svestnatursa .sad
WOMAN who was accustomed! to only
qee, tlhas 4 odtside pf: :thinsssas Mn. George
haaitwo dossns little .sentenoes in. her
fepert6ffy,' thicll y Shee' 1mpst have: = said
over .mapytthonsand times in the: course
Ct hsr tifs; agpds which Ca.harine bad
been aeaustomed hitherto to repeat
atefper, eaIa aI { 3 ,. tiiiat of q % e enough fol
al the, exigeneiess and philosophy Of
life. But now every thing xss ID chang:
iipg and she q Vas 5bagisning, to ide.
thoughts for herself, and to want words
t. e. put then inte;::; and with tho
thoughts and the words, alas i! came the
1lohgiing lEr for soma. ono to listea to her
strange % new discoveries and to tell
her what thsey meant But i was not
old Charles Butler to whom she could
talk; She oked across tile room.
Yes !; sBeamish was there installed !;
they yiwere all welcoming him for the
sake Of their beloved pnucess "Ah! !!
what am I thlnking.?n thought Catha-
riLo again ; 'awoald there 'be any one in
the. world to care f.. She did, not
finish the sentence, but = vague impos-
sibility, in the shape Of . Gera;nt With
sleepy eyes and without a name, passed
through her .minds AS. chance would
have It, Dick Butler came sauntering mp
at this minute, and she, started and
blushed as usual, j, and her visions van
ished., Cstharines almost telt as if he
must see them aying;away. ~,
1T was not Dick, With bis short~sight-
ed eyes, who saw the little. 'fapcies Ay-
ing, away, but there were others present
who were moro, experienced and more
alive to what was passing.u Madame de-
Tracy was atwoman of lively! imagina-
ton, who, scarcely knew any Of; the
people present; and bad nobody 10 talk
to, and It SO happened th4t at, the end
of q quarter tQfa IN, hour, she began to
think that her nephew! had .been, oon-
veesipg quite, long enough with Miss
George. rui) .tna cri -. .:y.U ~c>.,;, !.
,Anthe, world might. have heard
what h. was saying to her. Dick was
only tellings Miss feorses sabout Nor
mandy, abest tho beautiful old ruins,
the churches kNnedy into barns, talking
Mprrsg and. little; else: For, reaeons
best,knovp to himself, he liked telling
sofs the plaoes he bad lately seen, A.
though 5he? had said but little Of tho
people be, had sknewe there. Il And Miss
Georgexvssz asgoods iistener she said
not much, but sjher bright little face
frightened % hegwent on with his sto-
'rie5.s, They were prosy. enough, some
people might have thought His uncle
had joined ins once, and exclaimed;
"Spare US the: des ,ription- of the next
church you visited, II Richard = but
Catharine George, liked every word,
Fand. listened in: delighted attention,
Catharine listened 8 she; had better IA,
have sat up,all alone in. her school-room
kpoors child, with n her eandle-euds and
ffancies Of what might have been. eaj, =
Laterin life, when people have out
lived the passionate impatienee Of. youth
when .:he mad Wild loogings are quiet
cd, audlthe things theirsown, perhaps
and no longer valued, ufor47which they
would have given their Ives once
long sgo.-.-vhen people ate. sober ano
4natter.of: fact, whom they have almoe
forgotten that strange ,impetuous /. eel
Of cformersdsys,sit1is easy TO- shlaue au'
to pheo-phoo ito crush, and ybrush ava,
] tho blight, beautiful bubbles which tn
fchildsens:Ars,; making. in their 4 play
Madau1as do sTracy did not feel one mic
meht's.remotse, ssptiment,l assshs ",
,l5whenahs eame taeross and clnserrupte
litale CAthsrisshsh happy bali hour, All
Dick ,nshis eloquent talk: s.;,. .....s =
discriminating Cstharine what sh
thoughtdf thea61e o'clock tea "W
y thad music, 1Unele. Charles, hadn't "
Miss. aeorgs2 Beamish played fir
}1fddle, Ah t. vogtio Den as.ai, Me-
politan al, Uncle Charles. Nobod
g.},evsr sung It Is you." And Dick, vi
was excited aud in high spirits, bega
! humm,ng ,and nodaing lii head
), time: He apdasnly. stopped @
Charles made q walnlng, slgn.. ,"Ml
George was present and knows oil abo
il; don't beafllid !, she isa discretion
= self, and Of course We all are thin
1ineaboutsths same thing. What is &
1 use Of, pretending,?" :.,,....uj i,
"If Miss George is discretion itec
thaE quite ., alters the .: case" said il \ J
Meapv5b5ilet,.: 55ilt, :: Dick, was going on
"Lpok 1t Uncle lHervey performing
pere aeble, and making Beamish 70
- foolish. Dear old Beamish, I should
~ lst him marry Cstharine, il. he was I
the best fellow ip the whole world"
r. :. itMy niece IS fortunate to. have
~ cured such paragon" " sid Char
showing Els sympathy b; : little o.
i, STheirf Fl, faces r re something, alike
= think;i! said Miss. George, timid
q "they seem very. veil suitsd.'' H.; -" .,
s |9f Iooprse e.. - s,id bill, ae5ooQ
year ii prospect-Wbat can bc, %
;epitakisy th|yey |y II h.d il,ls 81 better lea
~ for .xaatipg g get .s married Than Elia +,
+, 7 causs they were u love With. one ant
er, thep you should hs.rs 81 ne .hue-a m
erY ;hs@i, @ ,ffeetionst' sfs ''- relatives i ' }.
81 S'si''' ''s3sf; 3sf q" s,{'';s ';s's ST;
T. :? a;|1:,'iS, s slssass'sdn n from ere; *,: to:
iii iii '''Si; sxoaa "a adon .hint it fitt quite hight
,he yst, Miss Gsorgs!' said Dick, ;.
he then bis aunt came up and carried