The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-07-13
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she burst into laugh. She remem
bered that first interview. too. s.:
e "Wcll," exclaimed Mr.. Hadley
j'iuirg in her laugh. ESQ I recollec,
also you laushediu my face at tia,
first interview. Now, l insist on know.
ing what it oil means"
ut doesu't mean that my mother
has any thing against you individually,
Mr. Hadley, I assure you"
"Oh, it's collectively then; that's
more eucouragiug." ..
Frank did not mean to tell the story
Other mo.her's peculiar prejudice, but
little banter,ng, few adroit ques-
tions, and the whole matter was very
clear to Mr.. uadley's mental vision ;
clearer perhaps than to Fr,uk herself
'Ftauk," he began, after this, shave
you any thing against NE, collectively
OF individually!'
She laughed, then answered, hall
shyly,
"No-.hothiny.'
''You do not object to my years
then? You do not disapprove of me
for M inmate Of your house because l
am too young man ? Frank, how
is it: am I too old man for you to BE-
como an inmate Of my house? There's
an old place down by Breton Beach
that bears my name. l went and put it
in order the other day, aud my house,
keeper asked me when I was going to
bring my wife there. I couldn't tell
her then, and I can not tell her now,
or ever, Frank, unless you will be my
wife, for 1 will have no other"
His voice had deepencd into the
most tender gravity as he uttered
these last words. There was anxiety
there too; for, beyond Il blush, this
proud little Frank, true daughter OF
her mother, had given no sign of
her heart. But now all this was
changed; and as she turnedand let
her eyes meet bis, and As che put
those slim little hands into his hands,
he knew that he hid no futher cause
for anxiety, for he knew that even as
10 loved her she had loved him. He
took her in bis arms then and kissed
her; but Z little later, bending her
Assd back, be looked into those elo-
queot eyes, and said half reprovingly,
half smiling:
"You proud little thing, to never
give mo any sign before"
She laughed. and quoted:
"'He either fsars his fate too much
Or his deserts too small,
Who dares not put it to the TOUCH
And win or lose it ALL"
And later yet, when he had his talk
with Mrs. StaDhope, he said to that Ia
dy:
VI think you must all have been
blind, Mrs. Stanhopc, not to have seen
from the first that my interest was of
tho deepest nature. But You were
bound, you know, by your prejudice"
he added, mischievously, Ito believe
that I Was the wolf in sleeps clothing"
"Mrs. Stanbope replied 10 this by |
speaking more at length on the why's
and the wherefores Of her ''prejudice"
than she had ever spoken before, OK.
cept to her sister Alroyd.
he respected and understood her |
motives better than she had hoped.
1T see, l see," he answered, serious
ly Tend I think you are nearer right |
than wrong after all, Mrs. Stanhope.-|
If oil mothers were SO delicate and care
full Of their daughters it would give al
much aner tone to society" Then he
returned to his nisohievous gaioty again !
"But you are right only collectively, |
Mn. stanhops. Individually you have |
proved yourself wrong-and a httlo |
morbid, too, or you would have seen |
what must have been so p.tient. Why,
bless my soul, I believe l was even .
little Jealous Of that boy Robert at one
time"
"Mrs. Stanhope smiled as she re-
called her different Interpretation Of
his feeling about "that boy Robert
And, smiling, she said to herself: II
believe We were all blind in this matter"
All blind perhaps but one Cool and
quiet and apparently unobserving Ellen
only evenoed no surprise when it was
tod her that NJ. Hadley was to be her
brother-in-law.
~ knew it was coming to that" she
said, smiliugIy" II saw it from the
Arst.;'
Mt. Alroyd, who always had to have
hs say, declared cody that he had
seen it from the first, too: but Frank,
making one Of her drollest grim.nces,
asked him Why then he had been 50
sxieus for her to smile upon that re-
na,kabls young book-keeper of his
And Uncle Alroyed, who never liked
= b put in tho wrong in any WAY.
sOald only shrug his shoulders At this
and lsslsss that Frank was entirely too
Aasoy il her conclusions.
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