The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-04-09

If her acquaintance, who, beginning
With nothing, had risen, by means not
% be too closely serutisized, to splen-
lid house, on Tho Avenue and
up ths river. Poor Mr..
Ma36la l-As fels, ~in seus=dsgsse, what
we're his wife, ssbfimentszsin this 70.
,peet, aud triaa, ",sl = ! .na ,t aeo- e ra,ae.
~ affairs BY sundry bits of specula.
lion, But his = NJ not tho ,sift,ot
Midas, md tbees lit1 ,ettsPpta gener7
lily ended ria losssa,d sdisappoi intpspt, i,
Mrs. MayReld ,sighed to find that the
regular income et bis business, and ;her
svn taet il expenditure, were ali she
could rely upoo. Often when keenly
conscious Of deficiencies which she H,s
70 supply, che thought, ,,'1tl
w,ere only I man I am sure I could do
something, just n those around me
do" It seemed 50 very hard that
when she was not in the least trying to
vie with rich people-~hich' would be,
OF COURSE the height of follg-bat only
desiring to,h.ve things jus. respectable,
she should *fnd it'impossibls to compass
her end.
Rosalie had been from babJhood ex.
tremely pretty, and no pains were
spared to render her accomplishments
equal to her personal ehsrms:. Mrs:
May8eld hoped and believed that her
child WAS not destined to drudge
through life on insufficient means, as
shehsds done.>@: That Rosalie should
make% wealthy match that her grace
ful.forn should be 'srr.yed:; in silken
robssana draped in yel1ets and Cash.
msres; that her lovely face should look
forth from Paris L bonnets that she
should sat'ffem silver and se1res;; and
ridsoat in . splendid : carriage, with
servants io lvery-this4 was3 thee ~eli-
MAJ: of her mothsrs aubition.i Per;
hipu shs was netsso much to blame; Il
shshadsknovn any Of "the2 gseats evik
Of ms--if sbe had had = aadissipatsd 20,
upkind iusbana; o. rsbsllious, migrate.
tul ohildren-if shs5hsd' ssifsred 9 from
the loss Of health or friendss Or >the;dis.
grace: Of those desr to her-sha mich,
have estimated, more lightly the in.
oonvenienoes that she endured. AS it
was, it5seemed to- her that /: to = have
plenty Of money, never to be obliged
to save, and calculate; and oontrize, and
do without, must be the sum Of humas
felicity: But she 1erimpartsd hs,
designs to Rosalie. There were sever.
al reasons for this: She had respect
to the fresh, unworldlg nature. of tho
younggirl, and shrank. from instiliug
therein mercsnsry;or prudential max,
5ims.: She knew, moreover, from good
use of her eyes during . series tof years,
that hssb.nd.huutiug girls :, are. soon
found out, and that Rosalie's. chances
Of tho desired match wel. not, at all
lessened by her perfect unconscious.
ness and naivete. Her extreme beau.
ty won admiration wherever she -ap.
peared, and the mother trusted, to. her
own, good management to turn this I'D.
miratlonf to account in time Mean,
while there :vas no haste; 8 for Roeshe
was only nineteen. s and. in: the >, first
bloen! Of her he.usty: I: She had been
kept trse, thus3 4 3far, from, any; ,undesis,
eble gentaoglement, md her, desting
would no doubt declare itself in the
oonree Of 4 year or tvo.-
Retoinese lhatsssbesn " ofe,n deeefib7
I'd that ! hardly d !dsara: 4 ipaie.. :Ros,aie'. y .
portrait cn;pye rsade.a r. vet she "a,
lovely. snopgh to clam attention, even
amidst = crowd ofz beeptiea., R.tbs,
..'l and slight, yet ,aedeemed efe-, ,tu.
least snspicion of thinnsss or ens.gre,
uess ;oy she full spd ,Feaade& outlinea
Of her form, with ., mall, GsxqunitelY.
shaped head, aod, features delicate: aud
regular. Large brown, eyes, psnsive
and affeetion.te, were shaded :, by the
longest and bl.stest .l.ehes, G aud i,ne,
cheek had = de'p, bright, bloom. .lik'
the heart Of a,ose. Then she moyet
60 we'll; !; she stood, Of. aat,, or leaned as
no one else did. Her dresses alwsy'
fitted her: so perfectly, her garment. fol
in such full add graceful folds, that sh,
appeared better .ttired in the cheap
est material than othsrs in, rich OF; cost
ly apparel. sbe WAS gentle and; good
&. little romantic perhaps. and, en.irel,
unaware Of her mothers views for her
Of the evils Of limited, means ,she knew
but little for Mrs, -Mayfisld was- .th1
.lqu.ep of managers, and made !' her 70,
bundled. Do foil 'etvieA dom ovrY I'd to e,!lb th
very l.st cont; .nd RQ,ls)iss, y sh.pp'ly
VI. not one % Of thosrs eovetoqps! w. spirit IiI
Who eau pey.r / .ee any thing 7h.pds9my te
or9desirable y the ,po4saesaiea \ ~. lIif 'of othe
people v,th!op' i; 'tr.ightxssyi; lR ssy,;, tselljIn
themselves very ill'pessd PCS beqauels| q ,:'. :th'e
can .' no. o. have ave one like il, But .ll thi
time We are forgetting, Mrs, Taylor
partty.;z
T. When Ros.lie dotfed her wrapping
and shone forth in the. glory Of he
pretty pink, silk, her mother glance
around tho .dressing::lroom, full Of .Iadis
in almost every stage 9 Of d the toilet, toll an n
decided in her own mind that thong
there were; several ato,e expensile1
dressed, thsrs x,s not one, Who siooke
! hall a v;.lI. With vhich c,n,vyrr&ortahl
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