The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-10-13

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*'.a>a H.! snsassA NO.713. q il -
,srot-.t;d 32jG III lw.I 'l..: se.
hetAad gsaid tome when he's offer
ingome bis arm after the marriage was
oyeeE;; shall Tetmake tho best Of 50 hard
, faterY3 5aa y;:g .ssi1 ~ .~s~aIl..7 ::
4 looked upat him, half astonishcd.
at his presumption in calling the iats,
that had linked him to me o. hard one.
And he met my eyes With such a,trank,
winning smile, that l was subjugated.
At once.oz All thoughts of my assun,ea
social superiority to hiscmemberr Of the
Barnet family, c vanished from that
hour, and 1T soon 1hecame: evident, to
myself at least, that lIhad given m5
heort away without sufficient cause.
Without sufficient cause? ,Ala,!in-
fatuated % ~ T rapidly became, could
not delude myself With the idea that
the 4 man who had 50 completely, won my;
loge had d sought i at all. al He vas very
kind nd to me, and be did not try7to make
me, ,lX leXe III him. ms.,y,tgbni III. IT, s.s,sj ri
sBut, in spite Of ny full knowledge Of
this IL fact T. I ;AA DID lqye BIN ,despertately,
Hes gsYYgaf,qa Yas qqite q ne new tyre Of man to pc,
whbo had only been nivas accustomed to tbs Is,
rather! vaI! sombre 4arl exceliences and rather,
stolid eE jsi jisteelleets tel of the country gentle
men en- rqpn4t taab about O.klands. 9. He v.x
man ses xhe she tsspa haa made bis mark in litera
tu1q1Ft3e stamp Of ssu4H success y q him zig
and ! success 'e i j. always appreciated a BY
yo9Wns o9W woman. I s s1ead ua, hls ,imuasinatise u
'efo;tss: in q, three y pyolpmes-L read his
graceful. rendering loftI Of facts in the
'leaders" s| Qtb wyeltkDovp, daily paper,
one ,t Of whose whose "yopng lions1' 1|',l he K.ss
openly avowed to be: =. I read para:
graphs e. concerning. his forthcoming
works, and columns of. criticism on
those that were already, born, until, l.
beAsYed that be combined in his Owl, !,
person 81 the best mental gifts Of Iie Dick
ems, Macaulay, and Carlyle, 80 =,
Moreover, this hero whom s.:[= + wor-
shipped vas q very handsome p man, and
there was about him all tho brightness
of the L4ondon |ifs which he, led,
What. wonder that ] was, dazzled ),
what q wonder that I k,Odled into fresh
life when he was, present, and faded
away into inactivity and ,dulness, and
dispair. almost, when he was absent;
what wonder that at last my brothers
wife detected my secret, since I guared-
ed it no better than the majority Of
girls do guard such things.
I suppose she told him. I believe
that she pressed upon him the advant-
ages Of such a connection; that she
painted in glowing terms: the good that
would daccrue to him frou, such a further
linking together Of the fortunes Of the
two families. L. believe. that she
tempted him, and that she fed the vani-
tv: from which 20 man is free, By
pointing out, my love for him, and, as
he was heart-free then, such argu.
mepts naturally had there weight. At
any rate, one day all the world seemed
full of sunshine, for John Barnet ask
ed to. be-; his wife. BIZ I.,y
My brother gave, what I though: a
cold and hesi itattag consent to: my en-
gagement, and Gertrude expressed her.
self much hurt that Philip sho.ld not.
more readily have, recognized Johns
claims: But, in. spite Of Philips de-
votiou4to his ;wife's ][ightest4 wishes
on ordinary OCCASIONS, he would not
now be brought to say more than he;
"hoped things would, turn out better
than be expected Il -:'"lt's :'lt one-sded At ll;
present. I heard him say to, Gertrude
one morning, and I shrank from eYenl,
trying to fathom his, meaning, , "a ,y.u
YMy brief engagement vas sverye
bright one, John b! was ( staying agtt at. Oak
lands for 'se three months, writing g. novel a
in the mQgaipg, and maxi making love toy to me !.
AL TIE rest Of the day. used to ofs, feel
sometimes, ONE when hewas, gently earesstr st
ing me, that I:wisbed rbc would would testt est my my
affection e ~ dleemannding de- some sacrifice Of
ne. 3tyw # he would el only have: expressed
a desire that ] should not waltz With vyll.
another man, I should have been mere try?
satisfied. But By hc I'll would yula not do this this
""]Ple.se yourself always il, such la mat At
ter, dear,,' be said e me on no; :the ee77 eeea7
caa ion Of . country ball 70 TO- which wtie Ee e
were a all a9ipg, when T. consulted 911 1lhinn him
% this poiintt.. , & = ,7s--~,a;c, al, dr..
nj "Yon 1Iol don't ni mind nd seeing e &, another M
mans q9a s' arm g. round ny N.Y. waist, TSa then r
said, petplantly putting i ei,s in IS , ~; 81;
pleasant: |: = = light as 1 eto'plda, ecopllda:, vso ed,
eQh vsl| +? t tsl n the t1qntab + na n ney:1 N'
toqPk Pk that G GvssiH siis Qf your gyrat'ng .eoqt' E'
he said, d, Ae laughing and 1s then had n.as ny ny
rsS pang, in h feeling that a he s' dig iaG' PCT =
love me we'll enough ' IT to b be jealous has.a q
}|Hee;sas:.7,. ;, saoaIJ .2oyyttib sH'
This was iu May, apd IT, it was "a Sc settled led
that we were Of be married ,!' 10 July:
The whole of June he had arranged K
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