The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-02-08

geuae, but with the matter-of.faci
caImness Of woman whose early con.
tact with the world has tsugh. tb.
value Of tho one great gift she has beeu
given. r. - -.
!, ~ they do cot ask, Il must volun.
teer the information
"Yoo might also," pursues Leuore
beginning coollv to check of her ao
ccmplishments on her fingers, "hint te
them that I dance extremely we'll
that"
'My father does no. approve o.
dancing," interrupts Paul, tilting the
hlnd-legs Of his chair till he nearly top
pies over.
Her hands drop to her sides, aud bel
great eyes, open wide like large blue
tlo"ers in the sun. "Not approve OF
dancing What dreadful old man
What can he be off,"
'ltyou ask my eldest brother, he
would answer, 'Cast.iron,' judging from
his ddfation," replies be, with a lazy
chuckle Of amusement.
cane does he not allow your aiste,
to dance - ask Lorore looking thor
oughly dashed by tho insight just aE
forded her of future fatber-in-lsw 8 char.
acter.
"They may walk through quadrille
or romp through the 'Lancers,' if they
choose replies lie Mesurier, still
laughing at the expression of his be
trothed's face. 81 would not be they il
they were to be caught ind dalging in any
wilder mode Of prcgression."
| "Poor dears ~ calculates Leuore
with sigh Of heartfelt compassion
"no doubt, howev er, they dance like
dervishes as soon as his back is turu-
ed."
"1s that the course you mean tc
pursue when l forbid you to do auy
thing |" asks Paul, in jest, but also
most heartily in earnest.
''Undoubtedly," replies she, coolly,
looking back at him With defiant gravi-
ty. "From the time l could walk
alone | can safely say that I have nev-
er yet been forbidden to do any thing
that l did not instantly strain every
nerve to do it,"
| If Miss Her,ick expects her lover to
show either pleasure or amusement at
this proof Of her spirit, she is disap.
pointed. He only says "Ohw and
coughs rather dryly.
''Parents aud guardians, tutors and
governors, forbid" continues Lenore,
incisivcly lone does not hear such sn
ugly, heetoring word mentioned BE-.
tween man and wife,"
81 have an idea, however," retorts
Paul, quietly, "that one can find such
ugly, hectoriug words as 'honor' and
'ebey' in the Prayer book. I will
show you the place, if you like"
"One can not always take the
Prayer-book au pied de Ia lcltre,"
says Lenore lightly. CATER all
dare say l shall bo quite as likely to
'honor and obey you as you to 'wor.
ship me v'
IL do not tnow that" (r,sine),
"when you have that blue gown on,
and blue ribbon in your hair, and
look meek, l am not far off it now"
AS he speaks he takes her two hands
in his, aud tie look that for moment
makes the wise man half brother to the
idiot-that no doubt made even Sole
mon himself seem but foolish fellow
among his seven hundred charmers-
invades his usually shrewd eyes.
IL had that identical blue gown On,
the day ttat you so good-naturedly
acted as Frederick's prox:," replies
Lenore, demurely.
| "Lenore ~ says Paul, neither heed
ing nor hearing her allusion, loosing
her hands, and claspiDg his own round
her waist, ~ have told you what 1 shall
be doing when I am gono; tell me now
what you will I do not want you ia
promise to look at the moon, or say
your prayers, or drink your tea at the
very same moment I do, or any such
folly, but (with IN impatient sish) l.
l suppose 10 these sort of cases we are
all pretty much alike. and-do no,
laugh at me, l hate being laughed at
1 SHOULD like to be able to say to my.
iself at such-and such 40 hour, Lenore
is doing SUCH and-such a harmless
thug; if not, l shall be sure to imag-
inc that you are up to some mischief" i"
"Tbank you"
"Come Lenore, what will you be do.
ing the FIRST day 2"
cite first day." says the girl, feel
ing vile inclination to be sentiment
al and fearful, and resolving net to be
conquered by it; "thc FIRST day 1 shall
be in bed all day with the wiodow-cur-
tains drawn I shall refuse all food,
however hungry I may be-; hitherto I
have not found that love takes axay the
appetite, and I shall cry noisily, obtru-
sively, and without intermission."
"And the second day."
"Half Of the second day 1 shall
spend it gazing at your photograph,
that one Of Disderi's, in which you are
sitting With your back to Mont Blanc,
looking like murderer and the other