The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-07-20
NOTHING BY: HALVES,

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They had >beeu,:epgagedssa W hole
month: before? anybody knew it, any
body that lis; ,ex:cept.s Besns:qulet
muse ota 7stepmother, who: possessed
thefaculty, almost; lost oamoog human
beings; of keeping SILENCE whes she
promised. There was'no special reason
for a temporary aeorecy; :oblyoit pleased
them both. 7 q not lhPiPPk iP 1t was az app
unnatural feeling to wish little priy4e
<njosmentsof' their dream Before it be-
came the property of the world at large,
u be discussed and !; something OF its
freshness and sanctity impaired there
by. a. whole mon'hM|the . # 9; qy uq9nth. of
January, too, that holds thirty-one COM
'ple,e days io'n1,gs Zine for two NOR: 4 +:
t,'s to L, possess " otsrrnptza happib'e:sss::
Older and sadder people than this pair
might have. said it was as much, or
more than humanity has a right to- ex-
peet;; and / fear that a good many of fus
do have to spread our bliss very thin to
make it reach 80 far. z
But: Helen Brevoort accepted her
royal gift with the unreasoning coufl-
deuce Of :ninetcen,s and Richard Fal:
more claimed it as right; a. man Of
thirty is rather apt to do se,,. land fur
ther to- otfeod Fate by eonsidcrins him
self injhred.beoause the boun, was enot
offered sooner. But they. had their
m9nth-'hey lived their dream vno.
9pe % d Of yeu 80 80 hardened aud worldly that
you caouot LOCK, baoA and pic!p 1t
from your memory Never again would
there be such winter seen as: 1tfaat
which glorided those days-neveer such
music as greeted their ears at opera Or
baH-never such heaveDly moments Of
solitary reflection, or hours Ike those
they spent il tie 'shadowy library talk.
ing Of the future, and marveling such
happiness had never before been vouch:;
sailed mortality. II sourd&very foolish
put into printed words; and'yous and I
laugh at them as tho exaggcratipg Of
romance !; unfortunately, We usually
laugh with a pain Under: 9 u
= The months passed, then; itcwas i'm
possible to keep sharp'eved relatives out
Of the secret Of: course as they learned
it, society in general shared the con-
fidenoe.1 The matter was settled ;.ac-
cording, to regulation rules, aud the two
had Ito bear .coneratulation. and com.
meDt, and, worse. still: feel that the
bloom Of mystery wosc brushed from
their treasure, 80, ,7.g o,~.
{, Then followed: two weeks of ..p|easur
able excitement. for Helen, and then the
first cloud gathered, in her. sky-and it
is eesier. to take up my chronicle here; !;
happiness Is hard to, describe ee or "im-
aagine, =. IL ,-.... Ok. -, - u
Mrs. Vincent cane back from Ha-
vana she had been gone three months,
I'D q society, in spite Of its occupations,
had found time to miss her. But so~
!cie'y sppreyed Of ber .errand, Mrs:
Vincent bad . dasp Of Cuban blood in
her veins, and some Old relative in the.
troubled island, with a colossal fortu e
toleave, had been ill and demanded a.
visit. .iOf COURSE; tie ancient cat recov.
cred; and would probably live .loae
enough TO- change her *ill six times
Set,'bat 7'Mrs:' Vincent |had' done, .her
duty. The truth was, she Had gone
f'om impulse sht ~ssithe: last woman
in+he world 70; utake* aay hraias to get
money fond 'ssssbe ~as Of spending, 1T.
The anolent'relativethad ~wtA,en pite.
ously Of her lonsiness and Mi. VIM
cent could not resist the plea. d To. DO
sure, she had been rewarded by any
quantity Of adulation and pleasure in,
the gay city !; but her motive tor going
was a good one, eyeo If lit did spring
from impulse instead 1ot pride and a dc:
sire to her duty. e1 .;.s~ 81 -. -:
She returned just lin time for Ms
F"rsyth's grand ball, aod -astonished
the. whole world, by 1appea,iag in, .hs
rooms go, late that any i.arri1at wouli
have been an n$event; aud ia "a dress so
marvellous that every woman felt her
self look faded and :dpady at once. =
] Twenty minut<s'had' not elapsed be-
FIRE she was told Of Richard Falmore's
engagement, :and'smiled On incredulityr
which she was careful to:Ehide. But the
aevs .esmes presently from. "A Il quarter
.hioh admitted no. doubt, and Mrs.
Videeot,s beautiful: q es. gained new
lastre. and hsr high Spirits, ,:waxed high
or: All the while her blood grew hot
ter, till-its got up TO- boiling heat, and
she telt, the keen anger, 4: married aist
Is i,kely;to do when, sb "a leertss that one.
:ef. her victims has slipped through her
baudszand beep:lsrtfuls.nd bold enough
to keep her in ignorance to. the, last.
- The summer" before, Helen had made
ber debit .t Newport, met Mrs. Win
iseht for afsw diys, d and 1ds' da' u Regarded
BY that lady as pretty piece Of still