The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-03-30

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5:'.4 q*7..u ass@1>,--4 zads s.z.5s 81
'iehesGsoon took to themselves wings
md few sway, and shs bsds already be.
zun to Svoadsr 70 whose d charge she !
'ould intsuss her littie ones, were she |
'blie ed to leave them 70 work fof their
living aud her own >a.: osv@@ |
OF course she had written to herA
husband, had explained to him the
paint nj position ID which she was placed
and warned him Of the report Of Mr..
Gardens prese'.ce 10 England, which, if
true, she feared boded no good to his
cause. But: she had received no answer
to her episties, nor seen any thing of
Henry Archer himself, and she va,
fearful that he hsd ceased to make in
quiries for his letters at the Charing
Gross Post Office, or wished perhaps to
break of sll communication with her.
She might have gone to see him at his |
old address, but, after his last recep.
ton Of her and the promise she had
hen made, she did not dare to venture
ID his presence; added to which here
was growing up iu her heart, alongside
With her far Of him, 4 loathing and re-
'pugnancs which alarmed even Herself.
And so she tried 70 battle 1o,ai single
handed, spending is little aud saving as
much Is she possibly could, aud hoping
against Bope that her husband might
yst b touched By the accounts she sent,
him, and come 70 their rescue: 81
,But; all this i'd, time sbee tblllldnea 10 one
'% % %6Eeuch Is herself fa's for' stbs trouble
which bad to'v'eitateu her she knew.
that her husband was 1 despicable char
.cter, and that il vas b,;yl reason II his
lack Of hohcr aud aGection ADD T. fight
feeling that. die was Con compelled 70, 60
throssh thes world dsceivipg1 q she
went. she fnew thait; If :AStefnett.
LennoxIt vs. is . shade better, II lw~is be-
cause The c;iroddmstiaiaioses iiis of hsrt lifs,a had
been more favorable to i Ii I; TSbe stelt
that; these tvo,; though ID: different
ways, had cruelty injured herself ind
that if the on, Had bot,, toarF Els own
s,lfsh purposes, placed her ia e. wrong 1S
position, the malice of the other would
have had no power Is sting Yet,
though she acknowledged the evil done
her, she would not allow her mind to
dwell blamefuiy upon these enemies Of
her peace; but, when the children were
At rest, and she had leisure to indulge
herself in 4 few bitter tears, would
|rather mourn thatsbe had been 10 weak
so co~aldly, 50 lit,le to be trusted
as by her foolish awkw.rduess to permit
suspicion to be directed toward herself
and bring so much discomfort, and per:
haps hardship. on the innocent clea-
lures Who called her ':n,sther''
r. - e, ",%7:.Hstl e~..Gr.; y r.,i"
It is not 10 be supposed that, mixed
With her self:aoousetion, there did not
come regretfal thoughts Of Marion, and
the affection She had lost 10 her. They
came ii ii hosts, and were t'' none tie less
hard to bear because she imagined that
that loss might have been avoided.
And SO the weary days went on, each
one dawuiDg and dying without
bringing any news Of her husband
or her home, and Eugenia had almost
decided that her troubles must be at
their climax, when little Claude fell
sick of the measles, and she found that
to every phase Of misfortune there is a
worse. He was delicate child, always
had been, and, from some accidental
circumstance Of cold OF mismansgemens
at the commencement of the disease,
was soon 90 i'll that medical advice was
absolutely necessary
Eugenia never. once thought, OF her
straitened means; naturally nervous
and excit.ble, she was wild with. fear
and .n1iet, about her child. and called
in the most able assistance of which she
knew, ,, Aud tho professional dictum
w,s 1not; favorable. : B,bJy Claude was
very Weak, and bis tender franc va,
battling with ttxc daiise..es Il! the sam,
time and i did not require tho :, moth.
.rs instinct, 5sharpened By al,rm, 70 see
that tho doctor thought his chances oi
recovery were small. ! ''*
| And on Christmas Eve he x.s Il
his worst. On that occasion, Eueepi.
Who, for several d.ys and nights, bad
been sitting BY his bedside, :'vatch,oe
his abored breathing and stacks q
pain, .od IN her heart calling God
hard names for being about to take bel
darling from herr-ssuddenly seemed to
realize that IN few hours it would be
all over, th.t the father h.d fright ia
see bis child before he died. -" :
She hid written to toll him Of thei,
boys illness AID danger, bpt had re.
ceived no answer; and believed that
her letter must be lying at the post
Office, in company with the others which
she had dispatched. Surely, had it
reached his hand, he never could have
resisted such an appeal! Ard nov
Chude was goiug-eaoh hour he seem
ed weaker than the one before-would
her husband ever forgive her if she de-
nied him bis natural right to Gee the