The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-05-19

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sr'oe eil must e. down e see Sa her i3t1h ia b
bedroom. Madame Do Tracy h,s
| bought new bonnet; C.th.iine mu,
give her opinion: Madame do Tr.e
could not disagree with any member q
her household that Madam. Fontain
vas not sent for to listen to tho story
And, in truth, Catharine vas so di.
Greet, SO silent and sympathetic, til.
she seemed created to play the role Q
con6dante. The countess really love-
the little woman. Poor Catharine
she sometimes thought that she woult
be glad to 60 10 more to a place wher'
she was 30 much made Of and SO kind
" treated. It seemed hard TO com,
home and to compare tn, two. On,
place full Of welcoming words Of kind
ness and libera)ity tho other, narrow
chill, confined. And yet here she had
met with trucst kindness, thought th.
little creature, remembering al Fon'
taine's devotion and patient Kindness
She was thinking Of this now as sh.
met the onslaught Of the old lady, ',w.he
went on with her attack, bombs flying,
shells exploding, cannon going Of
while the horrible steam Of the sauce.
pan seemed to choke and sieken the
poor little enemy: '''">' <"' Sh'
eyes, soriod Ii. futiou. old. lid l.d,.
''1f you loved your husband, Il could
forgive you all but you do not love
him, and he knows i, and his life is
destroyed. You have come into this
peaceful circle with : heart elsewhere.
You look upon US with contempt. You
seorn our simple ways. Your fine
friends come and insult mo, and you
secretly compare Us with them aud
their powdered lackeys. All! do you
imagine that We do not know it, though
you are 50 silent !! Do you Imagine
that Charles is not aware Of all that
passes in your mind?. He knows it..
for / have told him. But 10 is LOYAL.
and good, and tender, and he does not.
ieproach you for having brought sor-
row and disturbance into the chalet,
so peaceful" And old Me-
rard banged the lid Of the saucepan,
and took great flourish Of snuff,
Poor Catharine turned as pale as she
had done once before, and gave little
.
,ry and ran to the door. Fontaine was
not standing there to make things
>.
1t was horrible, and, what VA most
hard y. 70 bear was, there was some, truth
ln tho angry old woman's reproach--.
how much truth M.d,ms Msrard her.
'elf did not know. .-C.th.rine could
not bear the house ; il seemed to stiAe
her; the. fumes Of that ehoking stew
'eemed parsuing her: She pulled !;
'loak over her shoulders, and took up
her hood, and went out; Another time
'he might have been less moved. But
'o-day, when she had met Dick again,
when all her heart had been softened
md stirred by memories Of past emo
lions; these reproaches seemed 10 her
10 have = meaning they might not have
had At another time. Old Merard nod.
led, and called to her through the Office
but Cathsrine shook her head
With gentle little movement and hur.
ried out. This was what the sight Of
her old love had done for her.. She
had been glad At the time to see him
once more, but now, when she thought
Of Fontaine, her heart seemed to die
within her. Was he uohsppy, And BY
her fault? What s1'weary naxs' the
last few; years had been! Iu aud out,
and roand and about she had ~.ader-
ed, hoping to 60 right, aud coming out
again andsagain At The same blank pas
sage. Aad<yet she had tried. Heav-
% knows she hsdstsisd; aud prayed to
be helped, and hoped for psaoe in time,
and this wassthe end !~a good Amau's
life embittersd sad dsstreyed-had not
his mother said s-Aer o~a ktS ssd-
d.nedoaud tvastea' ia;aops's. ssdur.
anoe, ~Ael slsswhits; pstAsps, worth.
ier fats might shavs;bssa Atts.' Whist
had she done, shs thought to b ~
torttredl Sic hsd got up q. The elf
BY this time. She vas plsetisg tie
long stems Of The poppise ~ she avsa'
along: She felt u IT, she, too, had
been torn up BY some sstfssg hasd On
" to be flung sway. - She hid been
mad, or che never would have taken
this fatal step: = Aud yet she had hop
cd for . peaceful home, and sbs had
thought that her poor little sisters Il
least might have found = safe refuge
and now, by her owa aet, they wsr'
Parted from her forever perhaps. :
With small strength of her own to bsal
With wrongs OF to assert her rights, sh'
was apt 70 cling 70 these about her, 4
rely on them, to leave her fate ia thei'
hands. She wished no harm to ANY
mortal being she could not say . hsrt
word, but she could fear,a and, shrinl
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