The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-11-20

NOVEMBER 90. 1879
however, " q crossed The ll room, ,',nd and ,tood
; by her, liasteniog. !ig. When ,he, stopped
playing, be said: =. ~ NV o."
'"Th,tt j. lar'ende, honoi' a1ls for
yea, ,'aa ''afa'.l T. Fly for .pss'. ae @ti's 1it
q. ""Yisq',"''. r.. .hbe answered, simply "l
meant PEI J y th.t l.!l fol, you" ,:; ~,,,
:, An exult.nt M look leaped e big eyes ;
she vas ,isiDg from the piano end' did
not seem to see it. She looked superb
.ly, some way, 1T that moment: there
was the faintest red 10 her cheeks, q
sleam in ber blue, jevel.like eyes.
kind of eplendor over her whole face.
"Your garden flowers have not
'shri'eled' up" said Jack, softly, bend
ing toward her, and seeming to yield
delightedly to the admiration Of her
ra,is.ant 6gare and face. "Have you
charmed them 7" '' .':
Her whole expression changed her
cold reserve came back At once. There
was even = faint look Of fright, as
though sue had caught herself back
suddenly from the brink of some
chasm.
II had forgotten them," she said,
with slight shrug.
Jack bowed. A few minutes after I
saw Jenny Brewster on his arm, and
M. Holt talking to Miss Mason, -
The Summer slipped along monoton.
oaslly after jacks departure. Jenny
used to hear from him a., intervals.
She never showed me tho letters, which
I knew ~ only her .rtfal little way
Of insinuating thst there was something
inIthen :. third party might not sec:
But, I 'didn't Believe it! ''' ii.
Mis- M..onn. =, - still xhit., cold d Il
usual. Bhe, too; received some ~ music
,,nnd note, iron Jtek' soon d.ft.r :hl he i.tt
Thorpe. shs leyei played the music.
d no. t1idk ,he va W ,ing; answered dd the
aote:: Sb!e' ss,e.lned a. out ii 'h,,,llh ., tbs
summer advanced, but she, seiv.d.d all
explanation on the subject, and would
seem irritatoa by any NJ reference to her
III looks. She grew colder aud stiller
than ever j.; her manner became oppres-
| sive to me. I wondered what was
weighing on her spirits, and annoying
suspicious would creep in concerning
her. Meanwhile Mr.. Holt continued
bis visits quite regularly. [ was con-
vinoed that Miss Mason was the object
Of them even Jenny, who was usually
too much absorbed in herself to be
curious about the sffairs ofot hers, per.
eeived where his attentions were point.
ed, and thought che would be quite a
catch for . music teacher r Such
thrusts seemed to do Jenny world Of
good. She and Miss Mason did not
get on my better together as time ad-
v.nced; her small peokibgs seemed to
goad Miss Mason nov; whereas former.
u shs had been quite; Indifferent 70
tbsm.7 Tvo Or three: tiines I caught
| her lookilg 1t JenInt'y: VIII {. passionate
sort Of envy, Or hatred, or m.lice--1
could not tell which, or Why she look
ed 50.
Poor Jenny WAS destined to 60
through with quite an ordeal Of suffer
ing that Summer. She was ailing for
two OF three weeks, and finally came down
with typhoid fever. The fever ran
high and long, and, Of course, We all
took our share in caring for her. Miss
Mason offered several times tosit up with
her at night, but We did not find it ne.
.c.ssary to accept her services for some
weeks. I would rather not have done
so At all, she was so miserable herself ;
but one night, when Jenny was at the
worst, she seemed SO anxious to do her
part that it was arranged for her to
watch. When bed time came, however,
she was looking so wan and hageard
that / urged her to let me remain in
her place., It struck me that there
vas something like a feveEish. excite.
ment iu the. wy: she insisted upon
Watching with, the sick girl.
| I went to bed with uneasiuess and
weight upon nynmind. That l should
do 20 was natural ehorgh,, with such
lextreme sickness under my: roof; but,
in addition, I seemed to perceive: the
shadow Of coming tase. 1t was sui.
try August night; I l.y': on my bed,
tossed and turned, aid eould not rest,
and = / ..i.t.d ny..l; oyer "A 1va,,
the, e.e..iea of ~. q :e5 ::ee51trene nervous.
~, ny neot.l rsply 54h'ped it'sl'
OYER and again, md always the same
II distracted Mi. Mason: I would
have given .oy.hing not to have done
90; I could assign no sufficient reason
for so doing, but I could not force the
fact Of my suspicion from my mind
distrusted her j.; and in a. vain effort to
quiet my distrust 1 finally fell .sleep,
I was wskened BY the clock striking
three, aud I started up with the con-
sciousness that something was happen
ing. listened. There was not q
sound through the house. 1t was I
who had received the doctors, direo'
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