The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-01-04
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"Le Mesurier, I-1-have' q favor to
ak of YOU" % E>= f'.S's sn..s,s
q. 4doar fellow, do not say that it is
to- q you ave pounds" }" cries LeNlos-.
Iurier, il affected alarm. ri have had
1several. losses myself lately;I have )
heavy engagement to meet t tomorrow ). z !
"Ob, pooh ! it is not that, Of course;
but-but-1 have something to say to.
! You. s.'2 >'' s5,@' - 2...'S.' <...ss....
"s,y ou." ,S.@' ~. ..~' .>s5s
"Not here" (glauc;og round uneasily,
Eve might be overheard" - .~f.s
| "By whom ? The noble army Of shop
boys dispersed itself half an hou- ago,
and the landlord informed me ye,ter-
day that the only English word he
knew was Snap, snap, snorum, cock
alorum =" .z.s
"Wou'd you mind coming outside
ira momsut 7"asays Frederick, perth
nsci~ usly. 49, .s4s4
80 1: '.'All right. Give us light"
l. sRe leisurelg folds: aud directs bis
letter, and then takes out and lights a.
cigar, while West stands beside him,
shifting feverjshly from leg to leg, and
rolling up his. dumpliog hat into a
hundred veired shapes. They emerge
from the hotel door; the voi:ure is
juststarting for Caules, drawn by a
pony and huge white ho,se, both in
the, worst possible spirits. "A man, all
Lin white flannel, is stepping into
the interior So fat priest, with bis
limp oasaook scliuging about his legs,
climbing mp into the dusty 6anquete
the blue bloused driver mendiug reft
10 the rotten sEope-haruess > and, over
all, the broad sun laughing down, and
the lime flowers from tho Place du
Guesclin shaking out their lovely scent
on the morning air. The two men cross
the street, enter the place, and sit down
on bsnoh-ths very one on which
Paul and Leuore sat in tho dark . week
ago. :':.a :. @.-:.>>;.: -.
SWELL" says LeMesurier, expectant.
antly, after they have sat three min
utes without speaking.
| II am going home-to England"
says Frederick, abruptly.
"Have you brought me out here to
tell that~. asks Paul, bau:eriugly.
Silence!= 2@j ~ :-::
$50 you are going nov, are you, eh 7"
pursoes Paul, carelessly. $50 will l.:
1 thiok Let US toss who shall pay
heads or tails" throwing up napoleon
into the air and catching it.
But Frederick's thoughts are far
enough away from. heads or tails. The
diligence is just moving of.
"Al!ez alex p: clies: the driver,
aickiag with bis long whip the old
white horses sharp back. The bells
give a cracked jingle ), off they CO.! -
Il am naturally particularly loath to
leave. this place just now" says West,
bis spectacles mournfally fixed on the
lessoning vehicle. a.
care you ?" says LIE Mesurier, star
ling at him obtusely. "Why and why
NATURALLY ?" a~:~ ..-:..
Frederick pulls supple lime.leaf
that is autteriug just above his nose,
aud tears in into green strips. !
II thought" he says, blushing and
stammering, "that you must have seen
that there were-was something be-
tween NE. and-and-snd Miss LIE,
n"re." u
Paul shakes bis head. .....
.lndeed | cannot say that I ever no.
ticed any thing Of the kind he an
swers, bluutly, feeling rather angry, be
cannot imagine Why ~'-''
>*"Did not yod ?'1pushing hi, spec
tacles dowh4on the bridge Of his nose,
aud gazing; over them With: meek sur
prise at bis friend). II fancied that my
a,tachment-my-my deuotion-must
have been patent ID; the most suporic-
/ ial observer" 2;'*-|2't So - :s'
a"My dear fellow, Of course they were,1:
Fsays Paul, lauphing, not iIIsnaturedly, d
'sBue you said something betpesnn; You,
and Miss Lenore: Nov, the word 5l,e-:
ts0ee~ implies that there are two to the
Eb.rgain:" xsot:soA i.;:S ai5::ss:<t T.:
T. "And you think that there is only
one tothis bargaiazi"s says Frederick,
Edespondsntly, looking down, while the
blush fades. out or his face, and the gay.
notes run up aud down about his hair:
| isj STOOD Lordl West"(a little impa-
tiensly), "howsca Ltell Does the girl
coafde in me, do you supposss9"
s.s"eNo doubt you think, !" says Freder-
iek, turning toward; his companion
5|:sgain, while his sensitive mouth witch
es painfully, "that l am not the sort Of
man to take handsome, spirited girls
fancy ?',a,z.. r s..s....s,, .y..4 - s.2a Il
i Glow: can I tell r. repeats LIE Mesur-
ier, embarrassed BY the exaotitude with
which, !, Il his friend has hit his thought:
! ss..Diksssat u,n are Of dssrsnt opinions,a "A
- Some Like apples, some IKE onions-' % .x,l
aud / dare say women i are the same."',
How drowsily the bees are 5humning
high up among the faint, thick blooms
| II is enough to send one to Sleep +,
se 5"After all" says Frederick, bright.
5enipg little under the influence Of bis
eompanion's homely saw, .sI am not
altoge,her sure that the mere fact Of
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