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

MARCH 80. 1877 -. +.
chosen to go off 10 that Aighty manner,
I shall be able to ask dear Antoinette
t. bring down some Of the children to
spend their Christmas with u" I'd
But at this proposal Marion started |
to her feet. : >''' -'@''S''' 81" 1~-' ii
"Never, mother p she exclaimed,
energeticsl'y; "never, unless. you wish
to see me and Amy quit your house, .s
Eugt mia has just done. Eugeni. may
be deceitful-she may be faulty, she
may be crimtnaNbut would rather
see my daughter follow her, wherever
she may be, than sit down in fellowship
with the woman, who, under the guise
OF friendship, has SO injured her char.
aoter. Antoinette L:unox's stories
may be true-God and time Gao only
prove whether they are so or not but
granted 1t is the case, hers .js not the
hand that should be liftei to cast, the
first stone. We were living happily
and uosuspiciously together; Eugeuia
had done her no wrong; what devil
can have tempted her to set . watch
upon her actions, that she might soil
her fair name in our eysslI say that,
in the main, Mrs. Lennox may be
right; but, though I have seen Eugenia
quite the shelter Of this root to-day,
and felt I had NJ right to cay ~ ! word
that should detain her, I refuse utterly
to join hands Of fellowship with the
woman who has been the cause Of her
departure: 1despise your daughter;
mother !, I despise her conduct toward
her husband, her children, and her
friends; and in this unfortunate affair
I read bat another example Of her mean
treachery. Ask her to Ash Grove; il
you think fit to; do so-the house is
yours but:the day she enters'I leave it,
and that forever. + Henoefor1asd- there
can be no home tor me or mine where
Antoinette Lennox is admittsd."!', : :, =.
This was just the sort Of TRADE on
the part of Mrs. Elliot which, being un-
snswerable, had the effect: Of making
Mrs. Beale wiring her hands and fesbly
weep, aud wonder what she had brought
daughters into the world for, to repay
her by ingratitude iu her old sge: But
with Marion it was a call to exertion
While she thought only Of sEugsnis
and the bitterness Of her own disap-
polntment, she had seemed incapable Of
.rousiDg hersel If from the state Of grief
into which she had fallen !; but with: the
idea of Mrs. Lennox summoned to Ash
Grove, to take possession Of the desert.
ed spare room, and to exult, perhaps,
over the success of her scheme to prove
she was no worse than her sister, all
her usual energy returned, and she
quilted her mothers bedroom to go il
soarcL Of Amy, who was anx,ously wait.
Jog some explanation Of Mrs. Archer'a
sudden flight. d..
| Her eirlish curiosity was quickly .p.
peased with some story that vas not too
much uulike the truth aad then the
household settled down into its old
ways, and as little mention as possible
was made Of the absent Eugeuia. But,
at the same time, Mrs. Lennox received
no encouragement to spend her Christ
mas at Ash Grove, although she seu,
forth more than ono powerful hint that
such an invitation would not be unac-
ccptable. Meanwhile Eugeuia, more
broken spirited, if that were possible,
than she had been before, reached Lon.
don with her little children. She had
refused to take Su.an Williams with
her, althou, h the girl had been mos,
anxious to go, and had preferred, ill a.
she could afford it, to pay her months
wages to having spy set upon her &c
tions in the great city. And besides, q
. nurse was a luxury which she felt she
must nov dispense with, for she v.t
very poor indeed-2oorer than she had
even calculated herself:to be, until, thu
excitement Of the day over, she sal
down by the side Of her sleeping child.
rem, in shabbily. furnished apa'tmept
somewhere iu the precincts Of Totten
ham Court Road, and counted. up he1
slender means. She had arrived from
India with = tolerably xell.tilled purse
hut various disbursements had 30 re.
duced it, that she found, to her con
cousternation, she had barely twent,
pounds remaining. And for how Ion.
would twenty pounds maintain them
she aud these poor helpless little erea
i lures, who had no ono but: shersef {,
depend upon 2: Batisg had NO expert
ence Of housekeeping in Eogland, th.
; prospect appeared even more fermid
able to Eugen'. than it might have
done to another woman, and on tba,
first night, in her faintheartedness, sbt
was almost ready to pray that the1
might all he taken from world IF mis-
cry before her scauty store came to al
end. She knew that there was money
lying in the hands Of McAlbert l. Wig
sou-more than sufficient to maiutait
!, them in comfort for year-money
which it required but her signature (
make her own but she never dreamed