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

youths, Who was talking boy,sh admir-.
! alton to me, when I heard some one
say .'-''' ''' '''.''~' IL: >'>' II Z. ~
"Mrs. Deerham, 1 want you to pre-.
sent me ne to that little water.nymph I
saw few moments since" ~,
.Wh, 2" VI : -.
. "a a little thing in .ea.green, with
white foam for lace, and real ocean
pearls ~
"Oh," and laugh : '''it is K.te Pey.
-tonp'
johnny C.rev, who overheard as well
as |, gave contemptuous "Bah!" and
then said
ITS that old ctin.man, Ayre, Is yel.
low as a guinea, Kate"
y ! made him explain, and found he
meant gentleman who had been do.
ing business IN Canton "for the last
hundred years, Kate;'' that accounting
for the "yellow as a guinea"
JOB hnny's story was not A.tteriup.
and we hid ourselves away behind the
tall cs11s, and laughed in great Rlee At
the idea Of cludine the old vellov
Chinaman when I was suddenly seized
upon with the words:
"WeIl, Kate, I have found you At
last. All, Johnny Carew, you are .
very selfish boys" shaking a splendid
fan at him. Then:
"Mr. Ayre, Kate; Miss Pey-
ton, Mr.. >Ayre;" and 1 stra,ehtway
found myself standing with the .China.
man. e 49,.
A little disturbed and confused, /
didn't raise my eyes at first, but stood
listening to the gentleman's voice, a.
he talked in = smooth, quiet way, easy
oommonpiaces that put me at ease, 50
that presently I looked up. I saw a
thin dsrk face, darkly bearded, which
seemed old to me, accustomed to beard
less boys like young Csrew and tho
Deerhams. ....-
At first was Impatient, and wanted
to get away to the gay. chattering set
across the room but by.and.by I grew
Interested and At last amused by my
companions conversation, and l Piled
him With questions about China and
! the Chinese, which he answered greatly
to my satisfaction, giving picturesque
descriptions OF the strange, Oriental
life, which pleased my vivid imsgins.
ton with warm tropio tints.
I had been listening in a raft, ca.
ger way, whom once, as he paused,
said, "
"Ah, how l should like to 70 there y
| "Should your" And he locked a,
me, bis eyes meeting mine with . Gu
rious iutentness, which thought odd
then, and did not at all understand
! When he ,bade me goodnight h,
said too, "Wlll you give my oonpli
ments to your grandmother, and say t,
her that l shall do myself the homo
Of paying them in person tomorrow p
! $50 he knows grandmother" va
my thought.
| Liz sat up in bed, with wide, bright
eyes, as l entered our chamber a littl,
While after, and asked, laughing,
SWELL, did You find him, Kate p
l had forgotten.
! "Find who, Liz 7" asked.
"Why the prince who is to carr,
! you away"
/ l laugh ed merrier than she as an
swered,
"He's turned out yellow old China
man, Liz" Whereat I told her al
about Johnny Carew and the shield O
the Gala, which ended in being over
come by the Chinaman.
"He's the prince in disguise see i
| he isn't," she commented rs I ended
And she persisted In it, in a hal
hooking half serious manner, as b,
followed up his first call by others O.
greater leDgth-oalls that I never fat
tered myself by appropriating, for the,
seemed more . renewal Of some pas
acquaintance with my 'grsndmothe1
I than any thing else. But I enjoyed
them, for he had fine conversations
powers, and treated US to bits Of travel
racy incident, or humorous and causti'
comment, which often made me feel 1
I wild sparkle Of gsyety and wit, thai
| sometimes flowed out even in Madame
4 Peyton's dignifed presence. But il
4 was the easy enjoyment which 4 oh,ld
{ feels in the presence Of an indulgen'
senior. What, he my prince! / laugh
| ed merrier than: ever At Liz after had
seen him BY daylight. Dark and thir
ia7 the gay blaze, Of .lMn. Deerh.m',
1Irezlors, By daylight he was hollow.eyed
and sallow. Johnny Carew's veritabl,
Chinaman. a.... :..
I "But you'll marry him, you'll MARI,
him !" pronounced whimsical Liz in hel
droll way; and I laughed at the joke
and was utterly amazed one day wher
T was summoned into Madame Pey ton's
ch.mber to receive the following com
/ munication: "' q. j..
"Kate, MI. Ayrs he's been speaking
to me about you; he wishes. to make
you his wife, S5'~ nd II s%'5&5.<~ ..'.s :.
''Mev I calculated in astonnhmeut
I"hov absurd!" Asa= 8' sF' "a "@oo=
Madame PaYton locked. up tranquil.
/ II from her dasning said size 7didn''