The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-03-10

MARCH 10, 1870. !.
S>A
come out together for IN hour opsaot
a. and refreshment on the green ov,ergrow,
garden. at :tha:baok ofathe house. 1Jes
samiaes were On thee walls, and: Their
were spreadipg= trees, indszt one o
which the French goveraess Was .resd
Jog > limp, journal" qes Dessei.e1e.
smelling Of hairpins and pomatum from
the drawer in which il VA kept. IT,
Miss a Satramupf, the German governes!
| lshe was to leave, this quarter, i va
darby whispered,) was eating ; small
piece Of cheese which size had saved
from her dinner, and a rotten-lookins
medlar she had picked up of the grass
Some Of The girls were dancing ga Quad; d;
rille on the lawn !; others were singing
and aimlcssly rushing about the space
inclosed BY the four moss grown walls
against which jessamines, and japonica,
and Virginian creepers were growing
Rosy and Totty, aud a>fsw chosen
!: friends, rere1in'. group on: the: stcpol
the eistern. Totty, who was 4 quaint
and funny'littlo; girlgof:;tea, with: 4 red
curly wig, and great sdealsof imagi;
n nation, wasEtellipg astory: her stories
were very popular, among The b. literary
portion or the. community ); but her
heroine came to an untimely end when
the narrator heard who va. up st.ir..,s Il
catherlne q erp's' vas: B waiting Ke ie ths great
dr.H.iip9gg-rqo@ d Wig s9i with, the many, xindozs
and 4 ;;fh!'s, The Photograph books, apd sths
1s fancy; y;e9 n mpta presented 4. b. retiring
pupils, and the WAX yater3lly on the
piece Of looking-glass, a tribute, from
an accomplished dancing. .mistrcss.-=
She came to meet hear i sister sisters II LOOKING
Very pals, With dark rlngs ll,'':, found ber
eyes. "~ >', =. 100 o'.>' 10 ''''r'"
- "cathy, cathy, Wy do ., you ID look 50 ,
fanny?" said Totty,, clutching her
round the whist 9sss,>'t- a>:J921 - ~
IS '0h, Totty DEAR" said Cathy, hold
ing the. children tight to Fer; and try
ing not to cry, and tospeak oheerfally,, i,
"Ilook funny because I am going away
from Mrs. Buffers: L don't: know
what to do. II want you oui aid. Rosy to
tell me what. you Think And then
she told them her little history in her
plaintive voice, holding the hands
tight-tight in: hers She: had dread.
ed SO telling them, that, now that it
~ast over, she felt happier and almost
relieved ; it was not nearly so bad as
she had feared. 3.: !. :-,I.-
:: 1tlspo uso ssking our aunts," said
Rosy !; "they will write: great long le:
ters, and be no help>.t ALL" v::s o,r:::..:.., .,
ASS for I little Totty, i:she was 80
indignant with Mrs. Butler, 10 delight,
I'd At the promise of:a whole sixiweekR
holiday next year to be spent alone with.
Catharine lu and Rosy in a toottage ip. tho
mr.. that she forgot the dutapee and
he: separation, tion and bore tho news tar;
more bravely than Ca:barlne :he1self:
Rosy, who was as tall as :Catharipe !.
held her hand very tight, { and:
lid not say much. She was old. .for her
'ge- downright girl, with more cour-
'ge than poor little Catharine, and a
ort Of elder sister feeling for her,
hough she was only. thirteen. But
ome girls have the motherly element
strongly developed IN them from their
'eriest babybood, when they nurse their
Tolls to sleep upon their soft little arms,
ind carefully put away the little broken
oy because it must be in pain. And
Rosy, was one Of these. She was not
,lever, but she seemed to understand
With her heart what other people: tslt.
She took, Cathy's aching head in her
rms, and laid it on her shoulder and
Kissed her again and again, as a. : d mother:
night have done. =. =" -"-41 -'''' q - =
IVY poor old ,di'aarlins,',, said ROSY. Rosy
'don't be unba appy Ct: Ieaviiog Us I1l..
take care q. -, ,Totty, and some day T']l'
lake, ears, Of you t6o.n.. '"'-s' ,'s''''
!'!But where shall we 60 t. in The
holidays said Totty, cheering up.
':Let there be Sdonkeys, !lease:'' y o. / -
Fraalein' 'Strdmpf; who i.tI xas curious
by nature! happened to'peep ii atibe.
Dr. ax3ing. door, as she VA was ! 1passing :,
to- seq Who the little siirl,' visitor night
be. She was rather 81 ;ss,oy.lnadialized Is see
Rosy sitting ID. ID 'b Zig ID arm:e :ehair, with
her visitor fneeilhg 20 %: tie door before
Fer; and Totty leaning ii viii Struggling;
legs and dropping eurk over the arm.
It seemed like a liberty, in this gray
grim drawing-room, Ito . BE- kueeling
down on the floor instead Of sitting
upright and stiff II! q interval. upon the
high backed chair. Even tho sunshine 11!l !!
came iu through the tall windows iin ian
subdqed :st.eaks, playing on 2. the the, an. /:
cient ceiling aud the worn-out carpet.
The three heads we're very close ..::! 70
pather. and thov. had settled that II. Tae