The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-01-15
CHAPTER II.

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CHAPTER II.
This seclusion and isolation of East
Cottsge did not, however, last very
Ing. Before the sumner was over
Sic Thomas, who though he stood on
bis dignity sometimes, vas very kind
at bottom, began to feel compunctioss
about his SOLITARY neighbor DOW and
then he would say .onetaipg which be.
trsyed this. "lt worries me to think
there is some one there Who has been
taken no notice Of by anybody" he
would say. "Of course it is ha own
f'Alt-entirely his ovu fault" The
next time one met him he would returs
t" the subject. what . lovely day
Evergbod, seems to be out.of.doors-
except at East Cottage, where they
have the blinds drawn down." This
would be said " th a pucker of v.xa
tion and annoyance about his mouth
He: was angry with The stranger, suo
e,rry, and did GOT know what to do
Aud l for enc knew what would follow
But We were ali very curious wheo VI
heard that Sir Thomas had actually
| called. The Stokes came 1unoiog !,
to tell me one afterooon. oh, fauc,
Ms. Musgrave, SIR Thomas has call
"a ]" cried Lucy. "ADd he has bee.
admitted, which is still greater fun,
said Robert Lloyd, Who was With tbem
l may say in passing that this was be
fore Robert had passed his examina
t'ou, when he was an idle young ma,
at home, trying hard to persuade Lucy
Stokes that he and she were iu lov,
with each other. Their parents, O.
course, would never hs We permitted suct
a thing for moment, and fortunately
there turned out to be nothing 10 it
but at present this was the chief occu
patton of Roberts life.
II am very elad," said I. II kue,
Sir Thomas never would be happy til
he had done it."
"And oh, you don't know what tuon,
stories there are about" said Lucy
They say be killed bis wife, and ths
he is always thinking he sees her gbos,
1 wonder il it is true? They say b.
can never be lett alone or 10 the dark
he is SO frightened. / met him yes,
terdsy, and 1t made me jump
never saw a man who killed his Wit,
before. -
"But who says he killed his wife 2
COB, everybody: We heard it from
Matthew the gardener, and l think b,
heard it at the 'BarIeynow,' and it il
all over the place. Fancy Sir Thom.
calling on such. person; ; for I sup
pose," said Lucy, "though you are {,
very superior, you men, and may bes
Us, aud all that, it is not made law ye
that you may kill your wives"
! ''1t might just as we'll be tho law
tor l am sure there are many othe
things quite Is bad," said Lottie, whiI
Robert, who bad been appealed to
! whispered some answer which mad
Lucy laugh. "Poor man, wonder il
she was very bad woman, and if sh'
naunts him. How disar pointed b
must have been to find be could no
get rid OF her eveb that ~sy!"
"Lottie, my dear, here Is SIR Thorn
as coming; doo't talk 50 much pop.
re"se' ss'o l, n0rrledly.
l am afraid, hv~ever, that Sir Thom
as "a, her liked the nonsvpse. He hs,
not the feeling Of responsibility iu 60
oouraging girls to ,uu on, that mos
womeo bsve. He though, it was anus
ing, as men geoerslly do, and neve
paused to think how bad it was 70
the n,rls. But to-day he was too fol
OF his own. stcly to care much fo
theirs. He came in With dusty boots
which was quite against his pr.ocipies
aud stretched his long spare limbs on
on IT,: besutiful rug which the Stoke'
tsd worked for me 10 a way that wen
TO my heart. 4 That showed how yer,
mach rre.eccapied be vas; for Si
ThvAss was never inconsiderate abou
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