The St. Cloud journal., 1873-07-17

set face Of tho dead woman-the face
which I had bent over, and which I
shuddered to remember that I lad
even touehed-- seemed Is 60 with me i,
Is I hurried down the sloping path, I
could not Danish il, nor the flushed
face Of 4 sleeping child With =. corn
oolored mop Of curls, At whom Sylvy:
had, pointed sonoxfully,a saying, @It's.
for him she oome.n1::! :,o3v,2s3 !.5=:7s~ !
sissFor himlu That Kendall might be.
givensto him, and Ross sent back to
China Ii That WAS the thought chat
same to- osmslike,a flash--ths fist, in.
st,netive! !eomment oftmy jealous hear. i.
It had been myI thonsht, indeed.
though only vaguely grssped-when T
first heard who the dying woman was.
Does any one think this, ,strange2 If
60, let me say, once for all, that, though
I do not intend (God forbid that I
should intend y to extenuate any of the
thoughts and acts which It is. part of
my story to record, yet it Is impossible
for him to judge dispasaionately Of this
story, who does not remember that a
young savage 9f tho South Sea would
have bad q decided advantage, over me
at that time in point Of moral, social,
religious, q o. any other Kind Of training,
and that ! had grown up in such utter
j isolation from even The fainteet atfee-
ii tion II that there Was seant ,eaqse for WON
g14q; gdeE in the fact that ! sxas re,dyz TO- Dc.
;fend, Ct alll coats and al t4 hazards, the
iatesEssh tss r. ?f A.s tie sele creature had ever
found to love. ;' p<.gx:.:: ss,;..< :.
For il had come to that, AsI walk:
"a down tie hillside p.thl,, 81 j. I ,v.s y con,
.soioa. ! of VIA, 6eiee desire Is kesp
these intruder :. !! b.y, ND e de5.nd
Ross against them--;:Roes, whom +thsY
h.d como to ROB ana to send back 70
Chin. I" / paused =. 4, ,the stils, When I
reached i, .nd, leaning lA ny. arms on
.be TOP, with Z, : ,soh, sopghipg music in
the pines behind, the cheerful lights st
the manor:KindoTA~ IL front, and the
great, starry ::sky overhead, 4pondsred
thsproblew-What oosld I,dol, Natu.
tally lsa9l enoughn no fansHeEEa cams. In
stead, even / had aenlRe enough to zee
that 1 could DO, pothiust ii There Twas
Sylyy, thsre was thu dead mother, and
there s.ae the tliyine sehild !; .vhiiss4 Un-
Ieae Kendall yho bad aakeslyoexosedsd
the time appointed for IhisI absence,
might reach home atp any hour. In
tho face of these overwhelming: odds,
What hope va there that 1.-the most
insigni6cant Of sreatszes-7oould find
any means to oEoutvit them all, and .se.:
cure. to- Rsss his rights-I seriously
eonsidesed them his ,rights-xhiohs
we're soigrayely; threatened { What,dif.:
ference did ii make atoz zneisthat Ishe:
woman, and sths 3ehild ipa qpsasiongxars:
Uncle aKaad.ls. direct adssospdants;
while Roas VA onlgiasdistant t,nsuan I.
/ thought only of him. fear that l.
|should bavs. thought only of him # the
|GhSs - Rsl;|ssss :|ss - RssR ''',ys4 se
vss sssihilsf iii :soed: da,a ,assd.r Ia, t.. s
starlie sfy, md stiil thought as Il n.sl . 1 !,
MID .1 1nlppsssssstiesble pssst sehene l'!tt, t.
enter the House, because I bad, T. prom: s. o.
i.sd sylyy 4 b.lns Rlossl !, Y hlsr-th,t !
Nss startled y ths fipg If familiar ni 4.
tread q. sdgsnsing ,qqqio'kly 8 toward o thee
stils : Res e!s. was q coming toE me-. e',l..i My
the joy xhio6 his coming slvayis
brought, but partly ,.lso from r.lisf, for
I hid been nerVously dre.ding his sar--
riijv,sl L III the wills / x.s IL sylvy,s
cabin bh, : Thst | had 10 high %. ss.ntimepts i'm 81 !
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