The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-26

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.hepdspme,-xell.bred;I vsll.edue.sed.
with plenty Of .oomueo Information
'pleksd up 10 promiscuoss ineeroourset
~lth town aud sonntsy Sp.oplsi; rather
apes tsstss. sana.s - great, sstrans mag:
Tn1alpone. hysioal nstars, modest, butt
'perfeQtH self! conscious. Thas vas bis
Ien y charm for me-; .Isdespisea mere
E.a'p'l; but, other things. being equal
81 admire a :manovho is big and strooe,
% d awase; iofzhis advantage ), and +
think most women, aud very, sefioed.
;o1 1ess, too love physiosl& ;be.uty and
5stfeugth much more than they are will.
iag gito;s acknowledge. - Soil had tho
'sam me admizstionifor MI. Ames that 4.
should hs1a had for any other finely
'pro oportioned thing, and enjoyed him
very snpohs sitting quietly 10 my COR
.neF while he iehatt4d with Mary, or
told me stsriea Of travail or hunting, or
*se>d aloqda whiah he saona fell into th,
Wy pfaQiae- >..,..< o. J
4: 'We,dia try a much ss hospitality
permitted, to ooutne his visits to . lev
eeteponioaa calls > but .he per,i,ted. 10:
coming Almsa. every day, and valksdin
pas st the gil With that quiet sort II. au.
horitJ which iit il sod,66callto resist
In the samesvay he took possession Of
Mary and me. Hs was sure it must
be very dull :for both Of us; therefore
he was jgeiog, if we would pazdono the
hbeHy,tto efes his services :ss: readsr,s
while ny pprss went ont for b ride Or
. walk: Couldp't.IAit out under the
shadow Of the bseoh-tsees;. u we'll ass in
that hot. r'om7 He could lift the ehsir
and me perfectly we'll, and arrange alI 80
that I should bsoeomfortsble. He would
like to spperipssnd the cooking ofsome
birds he brouebt.o ono d.y. he noticed
that the gill .didn't do them quite q
nicely as,he had learned to do them 10
tho woods.,z And So In . thousand3
things be- :qaietls made, us do as he
chose, vithout1sesmiug to- outrage any
rule? ofpEoprlsty. WhensI was able to:
sit 10 = esrrisge, he persuaded mo to
drive With him; and I had to: lean on.
his arm, !vhep:l first went round tho
place to see :hownatters ~est on.
F. Opce protested against bis making
himself 40 nseses.rs to us, and told him
that I didn't cars 10 turni.b the gossips
70! much foed - xs were doing:
When i turned hinoat of doors, he
would; certainly stay away; he snd bu.
he thsasht, ts thss, ,asi long .ssl Vas an
invalid L needed seme I: one: to- thiok
and act for ma spd ave ma the trouble,
snd IL svuoeoae elss seemsd 1dispossd to
Fnkee The often, ha'thaashtatsz.s rshk.-
or bis idats and prlvilese;;-4esPsuiahy hyj !
be added, With = slight 1smib, b.s he
"a quite sure thatit VAS noez1eiy: dis.
agreeable to, u.s.: As for the 'sesrips,
he didn't:think thsg7 seuldsu.kk much
l:out di il, with snoh, AN excellent ,duen-
I'ss Cousin Marys-aod, indeed, he heard
the otherd.y that he was paying atteo-
ton: to her,.
I thought it al over BY myself, when
he had gone, aud came to the conclu.
sion that it, was not necessary for me
70 resign 90 gss-t rlaasure as his 80.
oiefy had become, merely. tor the re..
Of What a few curious people might
say Even Mary, cautious ss she was,
protested against banishing him for
snch a reason and, after a little talking
over the matter among, ourselves. We
decided to let MI. Ames come g. often
~ he chose, for theF remainingi month
IF his s,sstt.'y.t: ,sstt.'y.t: E.:
ii. That month went rapidly enough,
l;for' Lwas7 we'll enough to ride and walk
.eut, and half the time had Mr.: Amss
to Accompany me- ! got;tozyalue him
yer much, ssIl knew, him better, ;sod
Is he grew acquaiatsdz with my peoa-
iaaf fities and We: were the best:oi
friends in the world, without = Though,
i1of being more. mo one would have
laughed at that more Z! than, i've, there
VA such, An evident uusuitab|euss in
tue idea. AT length, the time. came
for him IL TO veEHpatsville;. Z his2heuse
xa' closed, except: one: soomo mowherei, he
'tin preferred y te 4 Esen,ia ssed his s friend
W. t'te.dy gens' ul He q. cane e. e h take l
ea xith et'a n fot the l''t ad atdime apd msae q
himself ea q .grefeseble Peg 's a A. ever although
it required some 9r9e effort to DO 60, Soft
hearted l'' ! Cousin Mary broke down and
went of crying when he b.de her
tgood;bye, sfter; t'' ! tee bpt +; w.. not q
| suoh .!a stuff, .qd J lhuehinely, rallied him
on the Impression be had made.
"Get your bonnet, and walk oyer to
tho stile with me, Miss Rachel be
s.id., !. "lt isn't sunset ! quito; yet, .Dd
th'i afternoon i. N H.rp: 81 Ii n:cv :ovmsl il
the last walk we shall take together -
I followed him /, ,oadt, Il aud va we vent ii.
[moet silently across the fields to the
Hill thu. overlooked III, strip qf f. mead: n,
ox betwesd our houses: There ~ ~.s ,s
thej stils OVER which had looked ia
see him spriug; many time, '-;'' :
~::"sit down . moment, until lie suo
iiqui.s down." he .s,d, su,tioee room room
'for me beside him Oh ths topmosat Sop. 81,