The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-13
ri ST. MINNESOTA, OCTOBER $780,

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B.fRsat far iathef: :in:l.iV@ Il i|os9fs,ad:' j
Lord Manner. ',.sa1.zso' 1aaaaa" odt bf
z"Mr: Barnet tiis is % npsrigght / man al.f,. viii
stainless character Lord {. Mann erss III ID
proaigate Old sinner" s;0117s&9 20
"But he's a peer" I interrupted: s !, +
:" An honest man is a the inoblest
work Of God,' he quoted "Coi6e,
Ethel, I should have thought your own own
pride would have taught you that I
Lisle need not marry to: to :aggrran,dize hiis il
position" 3',''&3&7 '5'q''oa III '%2
at,Supposipg I take up with The
young apothecary, John Barnet. t"' " ]
ssid,S looking at Linn and smiling
through my tears. 2e<sssE s,c-.:: - :s'>t
II was speaking Of the men of ou1
family, ami not the woman M 9l4n, he said, more
ooolld1lly tn. than he e bad ,ever spoken to pc
before, ;,.,;..:.;15 81, ,o >.,t,,4 =,
81 t"1n fact, you'd make one lay fsr tbs
goose .nd another itiari ifori the BE- gander,T1s
said, pertly, Well dop't be: ,afarid,
Phil ! am ' N 1ot at tall ana inclined l qssd tq marry
John ohm fBarpet-7or any epp!e epe '.d else beqeath @
NE, tor that hat matter % y tW}h.t; That; il t. 5be !
cemms emss5o of mPe, then bsnn Z :" .d;uom jssst.I ID
as"Whss99 ?'Yfo,9 mod oyyt .:::.,..i::.o5, :.
"sW1ben l1'! you "a are esn smnsrried," ~ led, gqlped
ont, in sq!' suoh evident emotion @ that #
touched a al,ldi him ii to ten taeansdss1uess ,sgain
II ""My a flerii darling child, what zaareit yep
thinking b. off, b. stts said loeviinglyj ei 'shere m
is youSS VI home, g 49,, and here it ,villl be till
,ou 60 to brighter one Of your own, 2,
Gertrude will Vi loye youl as I'D dearly as 81
W 1.n tlt.rjnI III va yt!:tu oII 'c!
ST ssiT4hats At 4 6ddale7dee- le dee,vz 7 thopgh te
myself, Il " have, meyer done much to
win Miss Gertrude's love, and I shall
not try TO do much noH; )" nevertheless.
though I thought, this, I had q, ,suad!o,
cient sense Of the fitness Of things to
say 20 more that was openly antagon.s2,
tic, to the girl my brother y VAS going to
marry. III 4 j. ~. 5tUgJn u sauiIYll
He had made his communication to
me just before dinner, one night, and
We had speedily been obliged to, drop
the subject, for We always dined in
great state at Oakland; with a butler
and two footmen iu attendance upon :us,
whose presence forbade, the discussion
Of any private topics. ! ate my dinner
with q very full heart that night. 1
could not help wondering how soon, I
should. be called upon to surrender, ny:
seat at tho head o., the table. And the
vision I kept conjipriog Up Of Gertrude:
Barnet iu my priced place almost made
me sick, 72a .::..'y 20 ,..,..,..4 n !, 3ss,
After dinner, almost as soon as We
were alone again, be- reverted to the
subject ina matterrof,coar tone. T. !,
;;"By:the-way, Ethel, what time / will
you call at the Barneta' Il to-morrog T., :" -,
S"Call at the Barnets'c Y: I reported
after him IN tones of genuine surprise.
eyes; call on Gertrude, I meap.'''
& t"'Qh, WE'LL" I said, towering myself
and facing the inevitable, ''::any time
you like" and from that moment I out
eoardW resigned myself to the prospect,
hideous as. it was. ,
! The following day, after luncheon, l
dressed myself as. plainly as possible
and drove myself in my own pony
chaise down to Bodalaning, the little
town ip which the .Barnets lived. My
brother had tried to induce me to have
the i carriage and pair, 9at 1..vas Re.
solved to, do IS little honor as I could
to the :Barnets,.. And 50 I went down
in = plain ,morning.dress and 2 hat that
I wore about the grounds. p7r .15s;an,;t
~ bad. often stopped & the /. BEarpets''
door, to leave b baskets 81 Of fruit ft and bt fox e
err, and vegetables, y but T had psgyfr sgygg
called . t qn tbep p,s before 81 The suy ya!garity riy
efths house p bad q always lv y been 9 patent p tt to
me, but never 80, patent as it was , this Ii
day., I ,lloathed i Al, from m tbs shiny
brass kpooker, ,sltr and 1;thHe the ., bright, g, green
railipg that guarded t The spotless ;5 vhite IS
steps, e Ns tho odous 81 Wis ifsl6 blinds, viz !
aaripggpainte'd flowers uponl| then, that ~;
screened the Z windows: e ny fee lpsh: +
Cd painfully era !. ~ eyes 1e,c sVami aon VIZ II
teaFs, as / got out and kicked at tht
door, aud telt miserably certain. thai
eyery one m 1 j g this little gqasiping tqxa
| who saw ne would know Why + va!
thseare.,' sa e ::Ob, PHI + fPhil!'@ / though, hlt,
sayou, have oot only: done for yourself
but for me What mar. m Of position, suct
. i could NAVY, ai would IKE e ri IS
himself up With this conp|eqtioo a|'. j!' Z r
Il Then ny solil9quy J, 80 ept s!er short b
The door being opened by :. b bare'.elbbowgi : b
Cd maid d:servant t---aad;t The next momen
! va fairly launched il the bosom. . !, .
the Barnet family - 3 ''.'' @9''.'' %'.i ''.>,
-. B ,oas justified in ny IS, denunoiatino
Of Mrs. Barnet's ynlgarity. The momen
| caught sight Of that excellent house
wife, I told myself that she was eve,
more utterly unfit than I had previous
y imagined to be ths grandmother { ! Of
generation ot rLisles. ..,,~.. - ~o-<
She vas evidently expecting Of, az,
thoroughly prepared tfor + ny = Tyisit. r