The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-02-15

o''ope Is 8 grown man, and a disgust
ingIy good looking one. Swear to a,c
to De us little alone with him as possible
swear to ne not to fllrt with him :"
"Make me swear not to give him
popguo, or play I'll cat with him It
would be much more RATIONAL" answers
Lenore, derisively. paul turns away
"Do not be vexed," she cries, very
gravely, laying her hand On his arm.
'1f it will give you tho least gr.in of
pleasure, I will promise to cut him out
and out, heuceforth and forever. I
will not even say 'Good-morning' and
'Good-eveniDg' to him. Do you thiuk
it would be any privation to me j.? Set
me some harder task-somethiny 5;f-
6cult and disagrccable to do-aeaipst
you come b ok, for your sake! Perhaps
1t will make the enormous da;s 90 a
little quicker" Her eyes fill With
tears as she Speaks; the sea guls
scream, and Paul siyhs heavily. IL
hope 1t is lot bad ouen," she says,
5lnklns away the drops ircm her curl. d
'ashes; "but you are the first person or
thing that ever succeeded 10 making
me cry. never could cry over books,
or a. plays, or when people died l did
not know that l had any tears about
me, till 1 met you"
'11enore 2" (half Indignantly. half
hur'), "what a more than doubtful
compliment
II will never pay it you again." she
says, With confident hopefulnes..
"Henceforth, my life will all plain.sail-
ing: l see it as clearly as that shining
water of yellow light behind the steam:
or out there. You must tell your fa-
ther' (speaking between joke and ear
nest) "tbat DO one has ever thwarted or
contradicted me all my life, and that be
must please to follow suit"
Paul smiles rather sadly, and shakes
bis head: ri am afraid he would answer
that neither has any ono ever thwarted
or contra 1ic,ed him all his lite, and that
you must please to follow suit"
A pause.
"What is there so obnoxious about
CO" cries Leoore, suddenly turning
away from the grave, and facing her
lover with u flushed, proud face
"Why should he object to me so strong
ly, as see you think he will ?"
"God knows Perhaps he will not I!
Who can answer for the freaks of a
man possessed by the twin devils of
gout and Calvin 2"
{" have 90 money, certainly; but
neither have nine-tenths of the women
that men marry, and no one thinks of
getting up to forbid the bans"
"Quitc true"
III come Of 4 good and healthy
stock We never run away with our
ueighbor's wives, or have D. T., or 90
mad
"That is more than can say for US!
AT least, We do not go cracked but
We occasionally indulge in the other
two pastimes you mentioned"
II am not tlirt."
"No 7" (morc in;errogatiyely than
asscntingIy).
"Nor fast"
"No-o" (rather slowly and doubt
| 'ully.)
Il am not fast" she repeats, stout)y;
chow can | he do not hunt Go
not drink hook and seltzer for break fast;
do not smoke
"Good Heavens I sh )uld hore not !"
"Makc me out as nice as you can to
your people, even at tho expense OF
strict vcraclty," says Lenore, coAxingly
"Indeed" Cwlth a little air of conpla-
cency), 10Y sofiening shadow here
and striking out light there, I really
describe very we'll"
Given without that process" says
Paul, with proud smile:
"Fcr instance" continues she, with
. deefened color, aud, a sbamed,
though defiant langh, ''you need not
enter into detail with regard to the
peculiar circumstances that attended
our first meeting"
~ should Mink not !" (very much &C.
centuatcd).
! IL do not see what necessity there
is for so much emphasis" rejoins Le-
more, rather offended "it was a bad
joke, because, thanks to Frederick's 8
imbecility and your straightfacedness,
it failed. If you had been differ
ent kind of man, and it had succeeded, |,
it would have been good one"
"Good or bad" Gays Paul, with a
promising forestalling of marital author
ity in his voice. II shall he very
much obliged i: you will not repeat it
while am away, Lcuore."
For a moment she looks mutinous
then, at the sight of the green sea, the
steamers, and the thoughts that both
suggest, melts utterly, "I will not
III will notv' she cries, eagerly.
"Do you think 1 shall have time for
jokes? I shall spend all my days and
all m7 nights in trying to be really