The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-12-10


until tnews the middle of. July.
Hafdly:had I reached my destina-
tion, before = letter; came saying that
Mr.. Marshall had accepted a church
IN smother cdiocese,y and would leave
Chatterwild in. August. It. turned
out, an sorry TO say. that, Mr., Mar.
shall; hearing that I was going East,
purpesely, deferred; the public an
noancemept Of his call elsewhere, un-
tit had dePated out of his coasts,
aud the Sanier Warden issaia, to have
Ichack|4ed s 4 g! oyerthe coup d etat to agreat
/ At the White? Mountains I became
acquainted: with = young lady; about
eighteen years Of age, and; very fine
pianist. Great. pains had been. taken
with her musical education: At one
time of her life, she had. determined
to devote herself to the study Of music
az . profession and had, in fact, found
herself one winter in her native CITY
teaching il some eleven young girls,
daughters of her friends and neigh
bors. The: next winter found. her
with>twenty. She. had almost, as I
subsequently learned, made up her
mind, to 60 toG Germany: and and prose-
cute her musical studies at Leipsic ;
but. just as she was on the eve Of this
step, her health gave way, under her
duties, and she had been reluctantly
compelled to reIinquish her favorite
plans:
It was on. one of. her recuperating
trips to the White Mountains those
great reservoirs Of good appetites, ex-
hilerating spirits and. blooming cheeks
that I met hers -.
= never tnonght to hear any more
of,the young lady,, We were simply
tourist aoquaintances, and made our
selves; as far as we had been able,
mutually agreeable, and had parted,
never either Of US expecting to see
the other again.
During my stay at the hotel, how
ever, | had frequently spoken of my
little Sunday School, in the far-off
West, and had endeavored to interest
several of my personal friends in its
welfare. On one occasion, I had giy-
en- this young lady brief account of
it. and she seemed. very much inter-
ested, but that was all that had ever
passed between us on the subject.
The season over, I reached: my
Western home in. due time; resumed
my labors among nay boys and girls
as if no MI. Marshall had. ever been,
and was happy with them and they
with me. On or about the first Of
December, I received : note from the
young lady, saying: that she had not
forgotten what I had told her of my
school, and that, if I would accept
she would send me, in a couple Of
weeks, a box Of Christmas things fo1
lit: This was an entire, but a very
! welcome surprise to me, and I, Of
course, wrote Immediately returning
Ithanks and accepting the unexpected
present. 1t came, and its contents
Igladdened the hearts of many one
|of both the boys and girls of the
}5school.
This led to 3 brief correspondence
between the lady and myself. but. ;ir
less than six months it had entirely
dropped off, as I supposed at the be
ginning it naturally would.
Earlyin December of the next year
however, I was more greatly surprised
than before to receive a. second lette1
containing the same kind offer.
This led to q. renewal Of our former
correspondence, and in thespring of tn
next year, I wrote inviting the younf
lady to spend the summer with me, q
Hazzle Hill House. She answered
that she should arrive, Providence
and the cars permitting, on or abou
the first of June. A subsequent let
ter informed me that she had started
and q telegram four days after, tina
she would be in Chatterwild on :
certain day and at a, given hour.
| It now, for the first time, occurred
to me that I was placing myself in .
very awkward situation ; I was t
meet the young lady at the depot
and not at all sure that, after tn,
lapse of two years, and a very shor
acquaintance, I should even recognize
I her among others. Mentioning thi
] to my husband, he said
z":Yioussurely have some. recollectio,
of her,
! Said 1, "Not a particle"
:"At any rate he said" you cal
go around and ask every body you Sc
if this is Miss Waddington. Or, bet
ter still, you can get q placard made
I'm Mrs. Anglesea,' and swing i
round your neck, as blind beggars d
on I; tbs stneett,,'':: street.: Come" resumes
: Ware, aftera brief interval, "couldn'
yoa tell N .gonized creature. wheth
aklhsA d sgblonde or q lbrunsttea I
Ihlue becoming Is her; dear 7 Becaua