The St. Cloud journal., 1871-11-23
rank so insuperable that they could not

NS' WI n""0A A>uloey euut ucE eyes,
and kept on repeating to herself, *EThey
are only children" long after Addy, at
the least: had learned enough of bis
own mind to know the contrary. So
things had been in the past. What
they would be in future, with Aunt
Maria's old fashioned Scottish ideas
about caste aud maidenly dignity; with
William Magnus' high notions of duty,
aud the care he ought to take of his
dead friends daughter; with Grace
Aliens loyalty on the one side, and the
want of fight on the other; and with
young Addy's personal pride to keep
him to his point, and conventional sem
sitiveness to make him forbear to press
that poiut-what they would be with
all these warning elements to perplex
aud distract, remained now to be seen
Meanwhile poor little Grace cried, and
Aunt Maria and her maid Jane gen.
erously resolved to make the best of a
bargain not wholly to their mind.
"My dear, who's your correspon.
dent 2" asked Aunt Maris, for her q
trihe ste1nly, as, two or three weeks at'
ter her arrival at High Elm, Grace
Aliens fair face flushed and dimpled
with delight, when the servant handed
her letter, addressed in large, bold,
we'll written hand.
"Addy," replied Grace laconically
"Addy ? but who is Addy?"
"Addy Cayley," repeated Grace.
"Two daft words dent make one
wise answer" said Aunt Maria, smiling
and knitting her brows at the same
moment. "'Aday,' first, and then
'Addy Cayley,' don't tell me much,
lassio. Come now, open out! Who
and what is this Addy Cayley who
writes-eh, my heart! but he writes
long letters!"
ri have not much to tell you, Aunt
Maria" said Grace, demurely. "Addy
Cayley is boy I know; poor papa
knew him, and Nursey, and he is with
Mr.. Tine, the engineer, and he's going
to make railroads out in India some
day, and I've known him all my life
and I cau't tell you any MORE"
"What's his father 7" asked Aunt
Maria, coming to the point.
"Color-sergeant in poor papa's regi.
ment," said Grace; aud for the first
time in her life she wished that Addy's
father had epaulettcs like a majors.
"Color-sergeant! and in your poor
papa's own regiment ? Lassie, he's nc
fit companion for you," said Aunt
Maria, warmly, speaking broad Scotch
as she always did when excited.
"papa thought he was, and SO did
Nursey," said Grace, with certain
suggestive drawing in of her lips; 9
look that Aunt Maria was quick enough
to read, and wise enough to not quite
like; therefore, not to wish to provoke
tco much.
"Ah j.! but you see, my dear, it's you
guardian, and in his case I, whu have
you now between hands," she answered
soothiugly. "Besides, what might bf
when you were wac thing, is no jus
blato for young lady in her teens
and think, lassie, if you will reflect, {
moments consideration will show you
that the son of a color-sergeant 10 you
fathers regiment is not just 6t friend
for your fathers daughter. But hov
came he to get such good education p
and she turned over the envelope Gu
riously. Chow was it he didn't tax,
to the ranks, like bis father ?"
"Poor papa helped him, and Nurse,
had some money, and another person
a Miss Mead, where his mother hac
been housekeeper, helped him too
said Grace. $50 among them all b
was sent to good school, and now b
is with Mr.. Tine ; for he Is such a dea
clever boy" she added, innocently
"every one loves him, and every on
wanted to help him. But papa an
Nursey did the most and papa like
me to be friends with him." she added
with the same drawing in Of her lips,
little viciously this time.
"WelI, my dear, we'll say no NOR
about it now," said Aunt Maria, shut
ting her work.box with resolute air
as if she shut up Grace, and Addy
and all relating to them, inside il
"Your guardian is coming home mex
week, and vel! hear what he says.
he likes such an intimacy for his ward
we'll and good ; he can suit himself.
don't approve Of it, and so I tell yo'
frankly; but then, l am old-fa,hioned
and behind my day, I dare say. How
ever, Will is master, and when he's a
home I'm only mistress. Maybe you'll
know the difference some day, littl
lassie," she added, pattiug the gir'
flushed cheek kindly, as she left th
room.
"They sha'n't take me away iron
Addy, whatever they do," said Grac
to herself; and then she sat down ant
answered the boys letter, and girl-like
told him all that had happened, will
uniutentional ampli6cations.
81 shall have to work hard,'' wa
Addy's uuspoken commentary when h
read her more than kind, and slight
less than exact out-pour land I'll d