The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-26
beat Of, the luscious 1midsummsr. time
h1d sat itself to tuua.t So: ~ @t,f i

~y~AS AAA0 Soc OOUS gus u tS0eUno I0OcV
dvslh' . truth, and pure, strobg5 heath
within them, An azar.rstnrning youth,
promising ua: "A glorious i leafags: [, ID;
son ne, strsnge spring. time, and 4 ;sym.s
netsy andssweatasea that poessasi "a IN.
til our thoughts groxskyRard like them,
sod Naze and ,sing; ~ some SUMNER,
strata Of soaksir.s Iotbe. xoodlIt xas, .:
gill again, and forgot thu, aoxz Of :tbe.
houras in their pleaaant oompanionship1.
I must hsye, grown 4iirsd and sat. DOM;
by athleket ofpidss tp,reat, thoueh4 I:
hsvs'fo1eottap, and ipa.hapsl j. had fall:
en- selssps fosssuddsply. / became, con-;
'oloas of = sbAsp sepost, and !, .zsbsrpep
paioQ ioQ ;in ny shopldsr, :epd, tearing of
ny aaps, i ateqnd sthssb sbloodsyss aaHlps
from 4, wound juat below the Joint. II
remember l'sEs little more, .tor,a sudden
.faiatpees came oyer me: bpt !. haye ap
:indiatinct remembrance lof people, CON-
ing tupn Of voices, Of beips carried home,
and Of the oousterastion ,ahere,s and
long zdella.y in, obtsinipg s. the 5surgeea:j
'Ths speiq ofsea operation brought me
sfnl lly 70 ny senses; and whom that tv,s
over, I Was left alone to sleep, or to
think oyes my situation. At lleisafs.i
I'm valai4l aftaid had bas littte of Chris.
'tian spilit then. All ny plans Of. labor
and pleasure spoiled by this one piee.
Of carelessness to call il bJ tho mild
est M term r1ns.t. All those Lice little ;f.nciss
tn at should have grown into real flesh.
and;blood articles for ny & pub lish. y.
hung up to dry and shrivsl without
shape; OF comelisess2 The garden; tho
DAIRY the new bit, of. earrisgeHay:
shroqgh th, beeohes,;- s,;-my pet. scheme.
the new music, the sewing, al laid
upon the shelf for 40 indefinite time,
and I with no better employment. than
to watch the wallpaper, and to wonder
if it Hasn't almost dinner or supper.
time, OF nearly daylight! To be suse,
4 knew and Thought of al, the improv-
ing reflections: etiioe Of a siok,zoom =; but it
vas much like 9 mild.spoken person
making peace among twenty quarrel
ssme eanlee enlee :, Yoq can see him making
mouths, q'tthbe, but yo9n don't hear :; word: he
says. -. ;
A sick :miud breeds fevsr fs.t: in. a
sick body, and bY night I w.a in, . high
fever, and for 4 dsy Or two knew bpt
little Of, what went on about me. Ons
/ Of the first things ! heard, , when; !
grew easier, ~es, that my neighbor. The
sportsman. II ~. vas, waiting below to hear
ho v I vas.z It Vas the younger r one
whose gun had wounded me and 10
bad shown great solicitude,s they said,
/ coming; several times each day 70 in
quire for me. He brought some blrds
to be cooked for me, oo,--and . came
again to bring some lilies he had. gone
a mile TO- fetch, he told the girl. Every
oag he came to ipquire,!:: or to bring
some oe'soa9,, ~ a few :: :fova1u. or q
new magazine tor me, nntll 49, -4nort
Of hts visit came to be an expected *.
oitement, and varied the dull days
wonderfully. Sickness and seolusion
ARE 1 new birth to our senses, often.
times: Not only do we get real
glimpse Of ourselves, unlocked and un.
clothed, but Tho conmonest habits oi
Life, and the things that have helped to
shape them day by day, put on . -sor.
Of strangeness, and come to shake hands
with Us again, and make us wonder
that they should be just! exactly what
they are. ::We.ge At. the, primitive
meaning q them, Is if We rubbed, .oa
the nap Of life, and looked to zee how
|Eshe threads were woven ; and they come
and 60 before iu,s with = ! sort Of old
nek k6lis'ass li'a that sffeets Ii lis mueE d il We
sh9 9da mest k'a3ai Our oxD ghost some tim9;
end wonder if We are really our own
OF some other Rers.onq,s ,hoqssks,sepe. : 'as' %T
1went through; oil, this; - and: 70 oanse
out with a stsok Of, small ! fsctsa beside,
-as, )thst the p.per-hanger:had patehs
ed the baueiOeiip a. .eh.mb5ssso o: . :vesy q
bad dlp in certain dark spets, Il had go.
ss7 7eral headaches, making il out,l l.:
tha it the chimney WAS =. little too much
on one s,de e,--th.t certain. boards in
the entry-aoor ereaked of their own 40
cor d: in the night, ,-thstl ~Neighboi
Brown had tucked = few new shingles
into the roof Of his> barn, 80. tbst. il
see med to have broken out with them,
and any : number lot other thing,
equslly important. AT length , I: goi
dovn-stairs, and Was allowed TO 500 q
tsw triends. OF course there was: On
! inpn ndation Of them 3. and each: one: ex-
Ppeeted to hear mystory, and to ( tell : d
companion one, something like mine,
onl y a.i istle more so. Il vas astonish.
ing, the imuen,e number Of people shat
had been kurtvitb guns. mo wonde,
| I was sick ifospa day or two afterwlrd.
| i was more prudent next time, how.
eve ;, and as:thesgossips had: got<s al
they wanted, Z sa~ only my gpart,ouls,
friends. { Among these = mg al uiighbsr,
the aportsmau, Insisted son being fsok'
| ned, and after sss little hesitation t ~
ewer = obliged to Admit him. II. say ~s
for, on hearing Of ny injury, my
| good cousin, Mary Mead, had come, =
tnurse, and amuse me. She, vas one: :.oi
those sssfs,, ,'eryieeebls.t ami.ble people
made Of jast the ssaffo for y sstsllise
and abe proved invaluable tome. :: sh'
Vas immensely taken With MI Amss