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

49,. So. NJ. 33. .
."No, Mr. Ames-not all" I said.
i"Not write ? Why not z" he sald,
To- astonishment. - Il
"Becsuse 1 don't believe in gsIvsn.
l'islue dead friendships" I answered
+ dead friendships. Miss Rachel? l
hope eurs has much life 10 it yet," be
-ssid.v::"
"lt's in the last agony, sir. It will
be comfortably dead and buried before
long, With neat little epitsph over it,
- which is much the best way to dis.
pose Of them 6oally, l think"
"Your're harder than I thought yeu
wore" he said. SIS that the way you
feel towards all your friends ?"
L. II love my friends as we'll Is any
one" answered. "But I never hold
them when they wish to be gone. My
life yarn spins against some other
yarn catches the 6bres, and twists iu.o
tho very besst''- IL.
$50 tart" he asked, turning his eyes
down to mine. =:
'fYss," I said, coolly,-''6or the
time being. You don't play at your
frlendsh'ps, do you? If so, I pity you.
Al 1 Vas saying, they're like one
thread By.aod.by one spindle i.
moved, the strauds spin away from each
other, and become strange yarn.
Whas'sthe use Of sending little locks
Of wool across to keep them acqa.int.
ed?: They're two ysros from hence.
forth. Reach out for some other thread,
f-there's plenty near,-and spin into
that Were made all up of little
locks from oth.r people, Mr.. Ames.
Won't it be strange, in tha. great Here.
after, to hunt mp our own 6bres, aud
return other peoples? It would take
shout forty.6ve degrees of az eternity
TO do that
81 shall never return mine," he said
II couldn't take myself to pieces ia
such a style. But won't you write al
all ?"
''To what purpose? You'll be glad
Of one letter,-possibly Of two TIER
It will be, 'Coofound it ! here's mia.
slvs from that old maid What bore
Now 1 suppose [ must air my w,ts IL
her behalf but, it you ever catch me
again, -Ezit."
"Aud you2' he asked, laughing.
81 ah,A te %: weary as you. .nd 6nt
It as difficult to keep warmth 10 TIT
poor dying body. No, Mr.. Ames. lie
the poor thiog die = natural death, spe
we'll Wear . bit Of Grape . little while
4 and get5> new friend tor the DID,"
f.; "Sp you mean to forget me altoge,h b
|~9 :"
~ "No, indeed ! 4shsll ~rec,'llect 20,
! ~ . very pleasant tale that is t,Id,-
! not q friend to banker alter. Lot tha
| good common sense p
81 ''It's all he.d-work mere co'd cal
culation,"' hso said "while - Il,
stopped and oolored.
| "Your gods, there, are downrigh b
turu-co.ts," I said, coming dowo iron
| the stile. "Their red mantles are uoth
Jog but pearl.celored now, and present
ly they'll be russet.gray. That whip
poorwill always brings the dew viii
him. too; so I must 60 home. Good
night, and goodbye, Mr.. Ames.''
81 scarcely know how to part wit
you," he said, taking my hand. cit
not so easy a thing to do"
"Peeple say, Goodbye or Go
bless you,' or some such civil phrase
usually I said, with just the least Gu,
Of my lip,-tor I knew I had got th
better of him.
,i2 He colored again, and then smiled
little sadly.
4 "Ah I'm afraid I leave bigge
lock than l take" be exclaimed
"Well, then, good friend good.by.
and God bless you, too! Don't
quite so hard as you promise to be-"
Il / missed him very much, indeed
but if any think I cried after bin, {
wrote verses, or soliloquized for his
they are much mistaken. I had los
friends before, and made it a point
j thiuk1just a, little OF them as possible
! until the sore spot grew strong enoug
to handle without wlucing. BesideI
my: cousin stayed With me, aud all N
good friends iu the village had to con'
out tor a call or visit to see how th
land lay ; 50 I had occupation enough
Once in a while l used to look owe
/ to the old house, and wish for on
good breezy conversation with its ma,
ter; ana when the Snow came aud IL
10 one mass upon the old roof, oles
down to the eave., like a night. ca
pulled down to the eyes Of a low.brswe
old ~,o9n'o. ,9'1'! ! moved my bed .g.in.
the window that looked that wa,
These torsaken nests are gloomy thing
snough!
! (oosr1suED. NEXT WEEK.
;1s-Ch.ng, .od Eox are shown by th
.usopsy vhiob wss concluded last wee
l in PiIiladHlnhiI II hav. haen Al v;,.li