The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-08-14
FIVE YEARS.

j. BY simple magic OF dlvldeQ Tlme."
T -Lo,oslps "Caahedral."
FIVE YEARS.
There were four Of US, al girls
Kate, Liz, Mariau, aud Lucy. I was
Kate, and the oldest, and At this time
eighteen. - Then camo the others, ss I
have placed them, with. two years be.
tween each. ! liz ~ ;;'uaIE
Our parents dying when ve were
very young, Grandmother Peyton, my
fathers mother, had given US . home.
Her own means we're slepder, apd my
father left but !. triae for u.s.. But she,
va ~ energetic Z woman, wise and
shrevd ia her. calculations, and: under
her management .ve we're ~alr vail 81 educ.t-:
"a, md comfortably if not luxu,rious1y
cared Tor in other directions. ? : =, !. u.
II x,s large old house thai "a lived
10, The oldest 10 Exham, Known q
sthe old Gaylord House. G.ylo.d be-
ing the family nsne Of my gr,,ndmoth:
Of. It vas . quaint, rambling s'eiru,q,.:
ture built of brick, which 10 ali these
many yesSaars-.od the house had been
standing .bove . century-h.d never
received = coat; Of paint, and certainly
for the last Milf of the centnary II had
sustained few repairs. The windows
were high and narrow, the rooms vain.
scoted with oak Or walnut, and part IF
the floors. were laid 10 Flemish tiles,
while the mantle. pieces we're SO tall
that l could scarcely reach the shelves
even after I was fully grown. These,
too, we're done il .tiles-s dull gray
aud white pottery, whose designs wers
impossible saints, Or nngr.cefal, Hol:
land figures, With fat, sto!id faces aud
ample skirts. The furniture harmon.
ised with this ancient workmanship,
Straight, high-baeked' chairs, covered
With dark worn leather, and : studded
With clumsy br,ss.n,ils. :. Tables:: biloxi
with age, and faded red dam.sk hing
ings Il tie sparlor windows aud de:
pending from the four high posts oi
the great bed in the chamber.
1t was quite as much matter Of
taste as of economy that caused my
grandmother to keep 81 in this ancient
way without change. She had such
respect for the past, and disdained the
fashions Of the present day 50 strongly,
that I have often marveled that she
allowed Us to become instructed in
many Of the branches which we're un.
known in her time. However she was
i shrewd woman, and possibly had re.
eognized the truth that it is not wise
to put yourself at odds with the age in
which you, live. At all events she did
] not permit us to be ignorant Of what.
ever was suited to US that the time had
to teach. She even allowed me to have
a piano in place of the old -hsrpsiehord,
because I early evinoed 4 fondness and
aptitude. for music But it vas placed
in = fafsaway room which ve,girls used
for sort Of study and library, and she
never asked me to play for 3hsr, though
she knev, that I, was;s.id2t 70 b.. s.sapatk.
sblyproieieat. Sometimes of: nights;
though, I>wpuh hear =. faint qusveriss
elnater Of: chords, which, 70 my ear had
cracked striasy sound, and s.ith, il! q
quaverieg5voise would ascend and, var.
derethzopsh the house like = weil from
the past. It,gas my tgEandmpther j. ~
box, ers,harpsichord. Ihusa zheb made a
pntest, as1it;vers, to hersslf fsgeiasts al
innovation :bs ssaupehet fidelity 10 hes
d@e.ss v9oTi III .yaarr> M Il
Fs.When lloek back dppon this ed
house, with its great spsss,s il assswest
neglected. garden, sxhezes 4 etragsd and
etudlsd--the life - free from eare, q
peaceful ;zif.c moaoteneua 1.-THE vision
seems Areadianiapd full Of rserspe bean.
ty.dsYass lthoss were tnot happy dayssto
mo, and !, recognize t. TIN, ,tall ,4 4Eths
causes Of my discomfort IS veil At this
moment ~ Ibid when they we're fresh
and poignant. aqes11s> I'D ri rsri E,zs1ffs
With all the care, the, ;sstrict and
watchfal sorntiuy which ~.s given to
cur needs and ioomfort,1I sooi1 felt that
twas more tho 2rssult efsleosseisatous
m1tves Of duty than Of love snd inter.
est t5tMy, gEsndniosherva. sjastI 20.
ma1, not IN s8setionats ones Prsxd ssl-
o,IwithIs priasthatns nsvsrmads beass,
shs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES borsss4hd
name Of Peytonsini emannsE la66atii1na
their races SSAe-wsssn net hard, ,-bat cold
ind ambitious jiwieh thssksea sskSning
brain If aman, mot the heart q Swou1i
ID: Ifsone ofuslssd been sa&a boy 'sheu
ambition might h.vs hadrooneaossxl
pond itsslf,f and doebtlsss her. 1staYl
would have been more genial: ii III 10
action. but,s spent up, With no 9 outlet
hssfsd upon herself, 10 itawers, ID q
lonely, revere, and silent way, -swbici
ssaSibly Affected tie 7,tnosphsrs IT. ii,
house, and 'hindersds u then ssiron TO
cognisins how rsllly self.ssori6eins stsh,
aWas ID 10. For ~ taking the eharge D
four children she had been obliged i