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

FROM MAY TILL MAR
TINMAS.
(oosr1surD FROM LAST WEEK.
The fortnight allotted for Jacks viz.
it slipped hastily away. The two girls
and >he vept,s great deal together, and
bis attention to Jenny began to be
generally remarked. Since that morn.
ing in the summer-house I had mover
heard him sexpreesiing'; admiration :.for
Mira Mason, and yet ! sometimes sus.
pected he .felt moro ,han be WAS him
self avare Of. He was quite . musician.
aud loved music with passion ; 10 Miss
M.lson'. playing ~ naturally ve.y Il.
traetive 10 hin, and: he =vest every:
evening to:theparlor: and listened . shs
practioed for 4 aouple Of hours. To-
tha. much saeroaohn.nt upon her mon.
opoly Mis- jenny had . submit. !.
Regarding M-, Ml,.en'.; :inpse,.ioo
about Jaek, I h,d no eidea until the
evening before ii. reta1n' 70 M.art t.na
That evening D.e D vsre invited 70, . p.t-
ty At The Ortpns, eousios. to the prtons
Of Boston, who had endorsed. Miss Ma-
son. They wore .mong: our .leiding
people, and entertained With consider.
able style, and Jenny was, seriously en-.
crossed with her preparations for. some
days beforehand. When the day ar-
rived she came home from school at
noon and bsgau her toilet; which
occupied her for the rest of the day.
She little knew what she risked by be-.
ing thus off duty, for Jack and, MISS
Mason had two hours chat that af.
ternoen, sitting in the bay window Of
tho breakfast room, through which the
sunshine had ,drifted 50 brightly into
my memory: On the morning after his
arrival home, while I: sat By, trimming
= head.dreasaad thinking what Z rarit,
= sensible, spirited conversation, ;sueh
~ I was listening to, WAS. n They
talked Of books and. .pusio,> > art and
character, those wide topics. th1o ough
which, - through OPEN Windows, E.vs
go into souh :: and / 'voadsrsd aeain,
- I bad on the evening Of MI. Hollis
visit, hsw Jack could content hi mself
with Jenny, when he might; be talking
with Camilla Mason. Ipresume they
learned more Of one another during that
two hours chat than during all tho
previous two weeks. Jenny came down
to tea with her hair in erimp and other.
wise in ohrysalis-like condition; and
even Miss Mason was not wholly party
proof, for she seemed to be preparing to
omit her usual after-tea practice and to
60 directly to her room. Jack inter.
fered, however. "This ia my last even.
ing, Miss Mason," he said ;, "sre you
not going to play tor me?" Fhere was
40 unwonted familiarity as we'll as a
kind Of entreaty in his tone, which
must have been evident to Miss Mason
as it was to me. She dropped her eyes
an instant, then ransd them gravely, az
much as to ask: "Do / ever play fol
you, Mr.. Claes 7" and answered, quiet.
ly, "Not now" 49,
| AT nine o'clock + went to the parloi
and met :M,ss .Bf,sou It tho door. Jsn.
~, TOO, was punetusl, and Joined rs II:
tor . few minutes. bhs Looked sspsci.
ally pretty ia her now dress- Ivory much
as = white kitten looks especially pret.
Ety with ,,sw ribbons in its esrl. She
had 4. white tarletan, puffed 70 III,
waist,, her plump neck ind round srmll
were bare, ind she. wortetj ltt the 'pink ictr.l
11eoklaoS aud brhv,lStJ hof f1fhar kh,l
Presently given Hi. Min M,saoIp ~
Is uu.1; ii b'aet- heavy, lust l.a'ss,
six whiSh she had brought With hs,
from over tho water. Il; w,,as ntde '1ith
long train, and had no trimmings,
but it suited her tall, elegant figure
Presently Jack Joined III, bringing with
him two very pretty wreaths of spire,
which he had been making. He offer
ed one to each Of the girls, and asked
them to wear them. Jenny looked te
see if one was any better or any worse
than the other, and finding them pre-.
cisely alike, took hers rather indifsr.
emily, and went to the glass to put il
on.
! "Garden flowers are ridiculous for = ,
party, any w" she said, jerking and
twisting tho wreath, which ILL., became
her erimped and ribbon.d head,
1 H.
"They'd be oil shriveled up in q
hour r. .ed, :. little red md |, :, good
deal xexed, she proceeded 70 diseltanglt
tho wreath, and, throwing II On tht
floor, she, tried to repair the dam m.g.i 81
done to her hsad:dsesg. 2sao!a 'zfs
eJaek's:atssosieos~srs' quit. sssaenl
dar,ng the evening. " Jenny ;sehoed
herself with the bookstore elsrk.
After supper, Mss Mason played
She had run through some fantasia.
and = brilliant mssourks, and theu
suddenly her. fingers slid into thu,
limpid prelude Of Doehler's "Reveiie,' p
md itsl shrill shivsr Of despair went
through the crowd. People began Il
I kalk iastantlv.a Most of thoaa' 'aronnd