The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-06-27

"You seem to believe think OF moth.
log. but myself. But if you only knew
| have thought great deal, and
struggled great deal. meant to Dc
right, but-hov could help liking
him r, "';s: la..:
II am not blaming you for that
said he, touched into sudden tender
ness by her tone. "It,s SO, then -
you; like, that is, you love him ?"
No answer. .. csme-no answer wa.
needed, beyond the reply Of tho eye.
that met his own, and of the face upor
which the soft moonlight streamed.-
Semple understood it with the same in
tuition which had made him take ir
the whole meaning of that scene in thu
conservatory /; and, after minute, ht
went on
"Then there is nothing more to b.
! said. With all bis faults, Barry alone
possesses the power to make you hap
py. No other .man-not even the bes,
in the world-could do so now. Tht
doubt in my mind has been, whether
he is not more likely to make you
wretched but the decision has gone
out Of my hands. If you love him,
need hardly tell you that you are free
But Mona-as your lifelong friend
say this-think well before you Civ,
yourself to a man so tickle in the pur
suit Of good, so ever ready to b.
swayed to evil, as Barry has been i,
the past, and will be in the future"
+ She looked at him with iudignau,
eyes.
"You call him your friend, and ye
speak Of him like this 2"
II shall tell him every word 1 have
uttered" Semple answered; "and il
will be nothiugnew to him. / have sale
as much often before. But unfortun
ately, he listens and never heeds. H.
is good fellow-none better, as tht
world in general reckcns such things
but he is not man who will ever max:
q woman happy-aud, least Of all
such woman as yourself:'
"It is too late to think of that now,
said Mona, half under her BREATH
They had reached the gate by this time
and, as she spoke, tall, dark fgur'
seemed to rise out of the moonlight
and start back at sight of them.-"Bar
~! is it you ?' Semple said.
Aud Barry-tor it was he--took OF
his hat in evident confusion
eyes, it is l." he answered. II au
rather large for fairy, and rather sub
stantial for 2 ghost. Coed evening
Miss Mona. I had no idea of com
ing in. Z only walked out, thinking
might meet this gentleman here on th'
road--though it is rather early, be
lieve.'
"Yos, it is early" said seuple; "bu
I am obliged to 60 back to town. Yo,
can come in, if you like. Miss Mon.
is 10 need of an escort to the house."
~ believe I will go back viii
you" sa'd Barry, with singular inolvility
And Mona, too, spoke quickly: 81
can find my way to the house alone
quite we'll" she said. ~ won't troubl
Mr.. Barry. Goodnight"
Almost before they could echo he
salutation, she was gone-vanishin,
suddenly, and very soon lost to sight il
the silvery mist. Then Semple turned
and put out his hand to his friend. g.
am sure you never meant any harm
Don't bo sorry when l tell you that
is all over. 1t was best so, you know
When a man and woman make grca
mistake, they can't set it right too soon
We bave set ours right. When yo'
go up there to-morrow'-he pointed t.
the house-'you'll 6nd Mona free t
listen to you, aud to answer you as sh
likes"
If the simple-hcarted speaker though
that, when he released his ,famcee, an
resigned the field to bis friend, he ha
cut the knot of his perplexities, b
must have been previously disappoint
ed; for, in truth, he found himse]
merely at the initial chapter of vexa
ton. In the FIRST place, Colonel Ran
dolph was indignant beyond the o,
binary measure Of indignation, and, fe
a long time, held out manfully in d.
termined opposition to the new arrange
ment.
| The task Of bringing him round d.
voIved entirely upon Semple; and
proved one of greater difficulty than b
could have imagined it would be. L
fact, he could say very little for Barr,
besides that equivocal praise containe'
in the assertion of his being a goo
fellow. The young man was one O
those unfortunate people who earl
throw away all their chances IN life
and come at last to fad that chance
are by no means so abundant as the,
seemed at first. He had spont two for
tunes, tried half dozen professions
and at thirty was still aimless and pur
pcseles', adrift upon the world-n'
doubt, good fellow enough at bottom
a pleasant, genial, honorable man bu
as Scmple had told Mona, tickle i,
good, and easily swayed toward evil. L
be cared ursel6sbly and sincerely fo'
ons person in the world, it was for tn