The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1872-08-22

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then, hs really pitied this poor Miss
Lake, wondering that girls did not die,
9 @ Ego cracked" who led snch weary
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Fl, He came to ees her next day send
ing i, io his card By !. stolid maid, to
whom ! he he'd dr.t to explain this piece
,of courteous propnety. He found her
Alone, p 4 : dingy, slovenly. room, With
: faded "Kidderminster" on the aoo..
asay steea rep curtains. and stunted
farnitsrs Of . mysterious red wood,
whish sstg1s hsvs~ bsss MAHOGANY, Or
deal rcd *oohre, and varnish. There
we're some g.udy cheap china vases,
containing bouquets .cf paper flowers,
ostas asntelpieee, rsAeetsd in Z Ittls
greenish shimney.glss,; two portraits Of
Jinny's parents e pale ugly clergyman,
snda pale, pretty governess,) aanked
with some smudgy prints, decorated
tho walls; while tho signs Of occupa.
tion, which sometimes redeem an 9th
erxise dreary apartment, were here on.
y added ugliness-some; ;: checked dus-.
'ters ID process Of hemming -; the Slap
Bang Polka dog's.eared, open on a
ri'kety, od,fashioned piano; and the
ball.dress oflast night thrown forlornly
on the sofa, to be eobbled up for next
time; all this made Fitzpatrick shud-
Ger as hs came 10.
:, jimmy jumped down from the win
dow seat, where she had been undis-
guisedly watching for him, and ran to
meet him very gladly, unconscious Of
the bad policy of her esgerness, which
made her visitor cooler IN his greetins &
than he might otherwise have been.
4 Whsaahe1was seated, he looked at
her critically, and eame to the ooaolu-
siea that shs 4was better looking in the
d.y than 1t hight, and her awkward
sess rather less' apparent in the high
swos.sa dress that vei]od her thin, slop.
ing sshoslds.,, ssd fell in straight,
Iheavy f.lds-plsss.stsr to hook at than
:that stif erumpls Of tarlst.ne-to her
feet. Besides, her hair arranged with.
out sstsmpt At effect, and rouehened by
the window curtain against which it
had impatieotly rubbed, suited her
better and the creased pink ribbon,
twisted inartistically through it, did
not "go' badly with her flushed cheeks
and soft colorless eyes. But for all
that-for all her happy look and fond
smile-Fitspatrick WAS not going to let
her of that offence against propriety-
the making. this visit 1ook like Z reu-
dezvous, BY her eager cry: "Here you
are at l.st,'' and her non-montion of
her aunt. It was his duty to teach her
such things, SO he began In. society
tone, tinetured with a celtain rebuking
courtesy: 81 hope 1 shall have the
pleasure of f'sseing Mrs. Lake 7"
"Itold you she wss an invalid, and
never came down., returned the NAL
a:preps. jimmy. S.'.' q.
"Did you 7, Al! I'd forgotten" ;" said
the captain, fbbipg, with : view to
svsnga h;nssF for her ,psrsistent want
Of tset.. But she vas not hurt by his
foegetfalness ; she had never thought
his gracious ears could remember her
silly words for silly even the every.
day folks around her said she was and
what must he think J! So she only an
swered "I'm glad-no, I don't mean
that, only, now, you have no one to
talk to but me, have you?" and Fitz-
patrick could not but be disarmed by
her persistent humility.
7 hs flo paid her long visit, aud prom
ised to come again.s He ascertained
where she took her walks, and said in.
wardly he would sometimes look he1
up in them; although, when his mi.
mute inquiries had led her to cry de.
lightedly, care you going there too ?''
he had replied coldly that he more of.
ten rode than walked. He went away
much raised in his own estimation, and
consequently pleased with jimmy,
leaving her in self -deprec,atory state,
possibly quito as happy in its way:
She saw him ,gain very often, al
though he WAS quartered At the next
town, aud had to ride or drive each
time. He vs. always kind to her, and
more complimentary than any ono else
and he would sometimes hint At Sc.
erst trouble in biz life, in : way which
| ssvs him additional interest in her eyes
Jinsy had never known any young men,
had scarcely seen any 80 handsome, .,
st Ill events, % refined. and in . man
lsr 1aseisssisg, ~ Francis Fitzpatrick
40 one took any interest in her, cared
WHISTLER she vas pleased or sorry, looked
w.ll q i'll, laughed or cried, except him
He used to give her hints about eti'
quette, gravely consider and advise he,
toilet, lend her novels aud poetry, and
sometimes send her usic,-not songs
for she excruoiated him by her fault,
pronunciation and "veiled" voice, bu
easy pieces, or perhaps the last valse.
Then At times be would praise her
aud make love to her little carelessly
l-half laughing at his own sentimenta
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