The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-07-09

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and 1 will road your Rosetta Stone. I
only wish l could hope Is easily to
decjpher my own" -|,'
The next forenoon 4 gentleman car
rying huge portfolio bepeath . his
arm, and dressed in the careless style
affected by artists, stopped At the door
Of the old FARMHOUSE known; a. the
"Widder stone's," and paused . mo.
ment-his valking.staff raised to knock
TO glance at the scene within: At the
white,haired dame seated in tho WOOD
On rockiag-ohair gravely knitting; At
tho child who sat at her feet. -: j.
Child? No; petite and asi!e, blue.
eyed, -, fair.haired,; and ,Irosy, tinted
though she was, = second look 10 hewed
that she was past childhood, While vet
the idea. Of womanhood seemed absurd
ly popderous and formal q. applied to
her airy motions and careless mirth.
s:"Rosetta, can it. be2 Not much
Stone Of any. Sort aeshed, through
the mind Of the artist az the :uPlifted
cane fell npon the; ,halfope4 door !.
The: old woman raised her, dim eyes.
The girl bounded to her; feet so .sud.
denly that the. spectator winked, but
removing, his hat stepped inside the
door in answer to the DANES invita-.
tion, and seated himself in, tho chair
shyly proffered By the girl. :; v9,..s
"Won't you have something 70 take,
Sir 2" inquired the old xomap, With
hospitable :earnestuess., !"':'Sette, tyou
get plate Of them erullsrs and ! mug
of cider fol- the;geptleman." -
.:,"Nothipg.;i nothing, Il. thank, you,
madam; unless; indeed, ::thises young
lady, Miss .: - -. ,.., -. ,
"Rosetta's her. name, Sir; 'sett. ve
call her for short most generany."
eff Miss Rosetta will fill me glass
Of water, then. I shall be much obliged
to her," -. /"
"Certain, if you won't have nothing
better, Sir. Have you walked . long
way: Sir ?"
"Some distance. ma'am. Lam an
artist. and am making sketches Of tbs
magnificent scenery about; here.
have seen SO many different ones to
,, day which I had no! time TO- sketch
that I have resolved TO-, spend SOM
days in looking them up, :ifI can fu,
eouyenient lodging: sRerhape, madam
, you may be induced to: take, ms 10:
J assure you it would b. quite =. a.cfavor.
swell, never i, Lor' Sir, 70,
couldn' put up with our heuel1 doio 6
not day, Sir. We hint cnothin
but farmers, and, .mueh:as.evel' I'll.
: we're that. My: oldsi man, E he's de-.
q this couple o year, and, oPsters :sehen
), carries on my farm at the,halves."' ;: "a
i "Never fear, ma'am, but that I sha
cousin of Mr.. Mark Vane."
r "Our landlord, Sri: Have you bee
D staying with him p -:
b "Not yet. I wish before every thin
= else to complete the series Of sketch'
It that 1 have commenced, and do not i,
:, tend to allow myself to thiuk Of an
:; thing else, not even of visiting n
e cousin, until they are done."
e "And don't Mr.. Mark know you'l
3 here 2"
o "I don't intend to tell him of it, an
I must beg you will observe a like 6
d lence, Mrs. Stone. He doesn't con
y here very ofteo, does he :"
= "Well, Sir, be do come pretty !oftt
when he's to home, but I expect he'll I
going down to the olty this week. T
,e mostly spends:some days there tho I'll
II of every. month"
!"Oh, we'll, I don't believe We sh'
TO-
,a meet. I intend to live; out Of doc
d. principally" -.
in The next day Mark Vansanstepp'
r, his horse at the farm. house door 70 a
D. without dismsunting, that he was off;
the city, and probably should not :,
tura under two or three. weeks. Ths
it. affecting great haste, he added: ~ Il
IN hurried words ofgenersl farevalb ia1i
II ing guiltily, as he did sopl Res ett'
70 great eyes Of woude lex and :idissnayj q
was gone. .;~..-.: ...,.
tn .,'"Never mind, 'setta, he'll be ba'
ne before long," whispered tho Knaap6t
er p.tting the pretty flushed flushhee .ehesk (.
be- ,"Idon't,so much care: whether IRa
d. or not,"' retorted 'Sett., hastily rad 1ni
f out of the room lest the teats in !
e. blue eyes should run over and beti
a her. -'---. --~- s
- A week afterwards Mark -Vane :.
-. .ceived among a zeu'invitationsto to {
4 festivity and another the following q
patch from his brother: >. =,
81 can not deny, my dear Mark q
your own rendering of the obvious
ke, Greek inscription is perfectly ooIre
t." It describes q creature full :of: kehu
grace, and winning ways ;: but :reAe
Der, youthful student of this great /
ay that to translate, the Greek fuently
ne. only to open the door for a. huud
ioh confusing and contradictory, 1eadi!
"a of the more absolute legend, and It
- after ill the Dsmotio msy ''co1trit
ION the Greek, and the hiesoelyphie I'll
nd We shall come to it) entirely d.
The BOTH" + sA ".:''S'5'3I -, /
tta @."Ha,e 1beea fool; >ioal;'i 81 Is II III
ad. Becoming one wtas the tasntal' iqh
Jon which accompanied the 7nots into
'm- traveling,desk Of Nj: Mark V.ne.
irst AnethersvaekSnn md another notas