The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-06-23

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OF "And it is just four o'clock. Good
he Nothing I should like better than L
Of have you drive me for = couple Of hour
70 through thess shady. old roads. L
j; would be perfect luxury after 4 fort
Y night at sea. Ii there any reason Why
q l should not be permitted that pleas.
70 ure?"
Fe was on the point Of answering curt.
# ly, "Only one, that I do not find il con.
q venient to play eoachmau any longer"
: but I met his look Awaiting my reply,
50 simple, and frank, and courteous, 50
d unconscious Of any socal differences, 80
/ bright and youthful! in its readiness
Q to give or receive pleasure, in short, 60
8 manly and natural, that could not re-
Z buff him al would have done any
= other man making such . request.
+ There was no real objection to my
0. doing rs he wished ;it would have been
all right for Miss Marples, then Why
. not for Miss Thorne? knew it would
$ make the people At home farlous, but I
l cared very little for that. They would
not venture to show it, for they would
simply b IN despair if I should take it
into my head to leavo them. I was the
only governess out Of halt.dozen whom
they had tried, who had been able to
bring into any kind Of subjection the
flock of undisoiplined children who had,
before my arrival, made mild purga-
tory Of their weak mothers existence.
My independence Of action was toler-
ated therefore as that Of any other iu-
dspeussble servant would BE-, and I !
asked no more. -.
For my own fesliug in the matter,
tho idea was not disagresable. Men
generally took no notice Of mo, which |
while I resented 1t, I did not deplors,
for they did not impress me as worthy |
Of mine. But this man I rather liked
1t least I liked his courteous manner
and his sunshiny looks; I might ss
we'll be civil tor once, aud so I made
no objection to his proposal, but simply
inquired which way he would like to
60.
"Oh, anywhere these roads seem
al lovely alike. What a beautiful
country it is! have seen nothing I
thought more beautiful abroad. But"
and he bent toward me with a scru-
tinizing look-':pray don't indulge my
whim if you don't like to, Or" hest.
tatingly, eff you think any one else
wouldn't like it."
There it was! Why should he ques-
tion my willingness to obligs him ? II
had not meant to be ungracious; Why
must my manner always impress people
80 uafavor'bly? And Why must every
body be continually reminding me that
I WAS bond and not free? The old Bit
terness, forgotten for a moment, came
back, and I said sullenl7:
II never do anything don't wish to
and whether other people like it or
not is matter Of small consequence to
me-"
I did not look at him as / spoke; I
only drew the reios aud turned Fan in-
to one Of the cool, shady by.roads
which opened everywhere from the
highway, and looked in their aowery
bloom, their exquisite mingling Of sun
shine and shadow, as though they all
lead to Paradise.
But though my eyes never sought
his direction, I felt he was looking at
me-looking 1t mo searchingly, medi.
tatively, as though pondering what
manner Of strange creature this was he
had got hold Of:
I bore it without finching, till I
thought il had lasted long enough, and
then I turned round sharply upon him.
"Well, sir!" I said, "you have ex-
amined NE at your leisure. You have
discovered that possess an ugly face,
and an uglier manner. If you add
disposition Of similar character, you
will find no one to dispute you, not even
myself: That being settled, suppose
you interest yourself in observations of
another sort. The landscape is worthy
your attention" s2r.s.
But he answered promptly, without
looking away:
"You will excuse mo. for you have
challenged personalities now yourself:
was thinking, when you spoke, that
.had never seen % dnely-eut . taee.
Il Is like one Of Clementini's canoes.
Az for the manner, it is odd, perhaps,
but I like origin ,l,ty."
A compliment for ne! The only
answer I felt equal to vas shrus Of
my shoulders: Ny companion laugh
ed, but eolored too. ="
"Why are you 50 cross TO me?'' he |
said, in that natural sort Of way::of his,
which I had rsvsr seen in any grown
up fine gentleman before. "Don't you
know that I am to be At Roseneath ali !
summer, probably! Are We going to
quarrel, or be friends ?"
"Ne;Mer, sir" I said very decided
~; and, determined to put an end at
once to personalities which I felt Bit
terly were wholly out Of place between |
NJ two, I added @.*:.@ -; s-ssz..l