The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-12-28

second time out Of the wide css0neEt~
"'onoral onors her mother il calling.
shssits at the latties aul Assxs IL dew All.aG.
= Drop After drop from the syeanorss, laden
With dew - with bleaosn. and calls hsus the
msidso.
Night eonsth, onora' ~
says Le Mesuner, spoudng.
"Onors, alias Miss Leuore, weut
down the place toward the fosse I've
minutes ago.
r.. "Alone 2"
"Alone."
In that des;-toi1etse gown 7"Cvith
a horrided aeoeo,).
"Was it demt.toiesee gown p sks
Paul, with tie Grass ignorance of nan"
kind. .....,
II mean without any shawl, or wrap,
or cloak Of any kind Z" -.,
"She was just as she was when ~
was sitting on the doorstep"
"Let me run and bring her bssk n
cries West, eagerly, Jumping up and
snatchinz his hat, prepared to rusa
forth on his quest with devouter hasts
than ever Sir Galanad showed in tho
pursuit Of the Holy Grail.
"Oh, 20" know she never pays ths
slightest attention to you," answers
Jemima, a little impatiently, forgetting
her pollteness in agitation, "nor to No
either, tor the mates Of that-Mr. Ls
Mesrrier, I think she minds you moiS
than most peopls-l don't know, Why
-wonld you mind trying to persuade
her to come IN out of the dew p
"Delighted" says lie Mesurier, With
ready lie, waking toward the door;
"and, If fair means fail, am l to en-.
ploy foul7',
Lenore is not in the fosse. The
gray towers Of Duchesse Anne's cas-
tie rise beside it like faint, dark
dream, black as Erebus, quiet al
death i; the tree-boughs spread above
him ; beneath them, on = black-and-
silver path, he walks along-walku
along slowly, enjoying his cigarette,
and 10 10 particular hurry to overtake
his Holy Grail. On aud on to tho
Place Du Gnesselin, aad there, = less
way from him, be saes the white glin-
mer: he has found bis holy Grail.
"Your sister sent me to ask you b
come in out of the dew" he says, rsth-
er stif1y, aud delivering his message
with :he exac.itude of an Homeris
messenger. He has come up rather
behind her she did not perceive his
approach.
"Tell my sister to mind her own
business " she cries, startled and IN.
gr.
81 suppose she thinks thst you arc
her own business" he answers, coldly.
"At Ill events, I am not yours,"
she says, rudely, yet laughing.
Without another word, he turns -
60.
"Let her catch Der death of cold !
No great loss if she doesv be says to
himself, beginuiog to light a second
cigarette. He kss not goue tbres
yards, when he h~ars . step behind
him. A eharmiag faes, With little
waves Of moonlight ripping over it,
smiles up at him.
"Why are you going?" she asks, IN
a low voice, as if saying Something she
was half ashamed of.
81 am not spaniel, or a Frederick
Vest"
II was rude, I suppose" Changing
her head).
NJ answer.
Il often am fancy"
"Kery often iemphatlcally.
1T is my way"
"It is a very bad way"
Il do not think it is quite all ny
fault either" she says, almost humbly i;
it is partl: dteirs-I mean Mima's
and Frederick's. and my other sisters.
When was child, if I said any thing
rude, they only laughed, and thought
it clever. I wish they had not, now"
$50 do l."
"It makes people hate one a good
DEAL" says the girl, naively, "This
year We went to ball that the Fifth
Dragon Guards gave, and several Of
them did not ask NE to dance once,
because had said things about them.
I told one that he was like . pig set
up on bis hind.iegs. So he was; but
he never came near me at tho evening
10 consequence"
"Poor fellow" says LIE Mesuliss,
laughing "You could hardly blsns
him"
you are not angry now-you ar4
lauvhing!' cries0 Lvnore, joyou1ly.
"Tell me"--comiog con6dentially
clvse to him-''is the bold Marco still
saying soho 2"'
ale was when left."
"Do not let as go home, then j.; let
| US sit on this bench aud talk
So they sit on = bench with a back
| to it, in the deep shade cast BY q
double row Of yousg lime-trees. The
| heavy, sweet lime-dowsrs sway abo.i
their heaes-away % low - almost 70
tnnch their linz and Nhaeka Tha