The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-10-05

4 :. hsd nos besa = kidd, HI havs
eassd = .nseh; but i ~ paiaftl l.
evs him her hbsrty hsr yssy III, -
then laow that hs dsspissd hsel Al
Masdalen the cox, calm, dreamy M.
dalen- p.sed through The g.sdsa,
wildly, The statue had started in.a
life. Love had touched its lips; Is in
the days Of old it vivid that statue on
. the vide Egyptian plains.
cannot bear this" said horace,
aloud. s Prudent I must be, and hon.
o at''ld to Paul but at least I am man
and owe hel something's we'll" 80,
dis .own heart had OWNED. her secret
ana ne ran down stairs, out into the
garden, through the flbert walk te
where 'l''s''9' It ended in ths large horscehest.
nut-tree looking down the glade, and
where lMagdalen was sitting 10 thi.
bitter l':erIl wind, trying to reason down he,
passion. Horace paused. She VA
thinking BIZ ting almost aloud ;;-''I will mar,
YES yes 80! soon !, aud. then, when h.bi,
the and knowledge that what /. have
done is inevitable, ,haye reconciled MI
to my fate, i shall be- more patient
viii. Paul. and perhaps even love him,
and q, be kind 70 him. 10 i very good,
but &. 4 q do not love him, { know that
What can ! dol? Patience! patience |
Resdigaation, and that quiet strength
shieh can support sorrow silently, and
oeithes eouphin Of timex aysage il !,
thas Life has for mo r. &. f::.s .ssst j.
She turned to 60 into the hoase
when Horace met her. She started
and looked % if sbe, would; have e.
capped him if she could ssad: .sss:s. /
q came to beseeoh you to come intt
the house, he said. 4sg..y s,s:sss
81 am going now,"< she answered, hsl
eyes on the ground. asnWhy did you
come J" yys. I'd 49, E:lsess'Hss ;Is5s:j@.s:s,
II was afraid You would take cold sit.
ting out here without shawl or bonnet 2
Horace was not speaking in his usual
voice. ,...7? &: Ez.....s.sjz4 gts.2-.:aes.
"You arc very kind, butt did MOI
know you knew where I: was = and
Magdalen's oare-vorn face was u begin
ming to.smile. ii ass:,s ~ !sa5
II saw you from the window" p.
"Ah !! and then came to me ?" Sh'
looked up, blushing. aaos>*'f- e. !: 4
"Yes," said Horace. ss+f s&za =
| Nothing more was said, and the,
returned to The house; Magdalea it'll
dreaming of how she had been,watshs'
from that window, littls thinking Of III
angaish thatshad hold company viii
hers, nor seeing, 10 the zisdiasrsa
manners Of her friend, any evidsass .
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the feeling which : few minutes. g
had made him open: hs arms and eal
her % come to thsn-call hse BY 10
name Of Msgdalsa aad beloved /. Al
this was buried III i5:5,& IFS 1852 Il
i Visiting for the return IF the deed
(Which had 20 be re,engtossed in con
sequence Of the alterations suggested
by M. slade) Horace added yet anoth
er disagreeablo quality to the man.
that Magdalen wanted to persuade her
silt he possessed, During this visit t
Oak6eld, he began to extol Paul. Il
praised and even exaggerated his virtues
until Magdalsn was tired OF the very
name Of Pauls projections. Once
when Horace was finding out more gooi
points i'd Paul, Mag lalen looked at hin
with suoh wonder, sorrow, and disda;n
that the words died away Oh his lips
l IL. -. s---
and he suddenly stopped: in the mid
die Of . a sentence: -, ~ -
81 an, glad made yon stop| sal
Magdalen haugbtily. "You seem as j
you could spend your life in praisin
Paul" And she walked away to be
usual refuge above. stairs. s
Another time. Paul-vho had hai x
an attack Of voc, and had bssn ,play,p
| 1t dignity. keeping away from the hons,
but, wsaryine At last. which hurt onl
hiuself. coming .oitouer !. than. !. ,yer-
came il the evening. and als : Md n
lon !, g pl.v, !. 4 :. obe.. vith hin. 81
said yes, for she v.s clad IT ths' o 1
tunity Of sitting silent, aud Of keerio 10
him silent TO-. T The. ..t dov n, a
4 Horace stood ne.r them. M,gdals
was Z much better player in gener,
than a Paul : Her game y, was more dia