The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-03-26
THE MOURNING VEIL.

LIE ~MUUnNlNU VEIL.
- Then in lifss goblet freely prssa.
Theleaves that give 1t bitterness,
Nor prize the colored waters les,
For in thy darkness and distress
- Nor light and strsssth they give.
And he who has not learned to know
How false its sparkling bubbles dow,
How bitter an ths drops OF wos
With which it, bsim may ovsrhsw,
He has not learned to live.
,LoaaInlow.
It ~.s sunset. The day hid bsep.
one of. the suItriest- Of August 1t:1opld
seem:as if tho fsfses .lemtiiss II the lit
twenty .four hours had rslte.d[ il l. Ike
the pe.rl il the golden cup Of Clsop..
tr., and: thy in the West asfassd
mass Of transparent brightne.s. The.
reflection from the edges: of { hundred
clouds wandered bither and thither,
over rock and tree aud flower, giving =
strange, unearthly .brillianey to the
most familiar things.
+. A group OF children had gathered
about their mother In the summer.
house Of . garden which faced the sun.
set sky. The house was one Of those
square, stately, wooden structures,
white, With green blinds, in which Of
old times the better classes Of New
England delighted, and which remain
to us as memorable Of = respectable past.
1t stood under the arches Of two glga.s
otio slms, and was a.nked : on sithe.
side with gardens and grounds which
seemed designed on purpose for hos.
pitality and family free dom.
The evening light oolored huge bou
zqustsze petnni.s, which stood With
their white Of crimson faces looking
1estwafd, as if they we're ehinfing
creatures. 1t 'illudined hams::oolorsd
verbenas, aud tall columns of pink and
tns"y 'phlozes, aud hedges Of August
roses, making them radiant' u tbs5 aow.
ers Of 8 dream.
= =. Tie group in the summer. .house re.
quires more particular attention. Ths
father and mother, whom 1e shall call
Albert and Olivia, we're Of tho wealth.
est class Of the neighboriog city, and
had been induced. BY. the facility of
railroad travelling, and = sensible way Of
viewing thiogs, to fx their pernansat
residence 10. the quiet little village Of
O.. Albert had nothing il hin
different from multltudss Of hssrty,
joyous, hsalthily oonstituted men, who
subsist opon daily newspapers, aud ind
the world most comfortable place to
live in. As to Olivia, she was in the
warm noon Of life, and picture Of Vi.
talit, aud enioynent. A plump, firm
cheek, dark eye, a motherly fulness
Of form, spoke the being made to re.
csive and enjoy the things Of earth,
the warm hearted wife, the indulgeut
mother, the hospitabls mistress of the
mansion. 1t is true that the smile cn
the lip had something Of earthly pride
blended with wom.nly sweetness,-the
pride Of one Who has as lst known on.
" prosperity and success, to whom No
mischance has yet shown the ftail basis
on which human hopes are built. nel
foot had as yet trod only the high pla:
ces of lite, but she walked there with 4
natural grace and noblsnsss that made
every one feel that she was made 70,
them and they for her. ~.
Around the parents were gathered Z,
this moment . eharming group Of chill.
dren, who with much merrimsut were
proceeding to undo bundle the fa.
ther had just brought from The city.
! "Hsre, Rose," a.id :: little An,
b'ue.eyed, ds1en,hai1ed pet, Who: seam.
ed to be privileged character, ''let m.
come ; don't 5. IL hight vi.hs your or.
dsr', ~; y: let - .. IN. n 4 s'tlrIilos:''
A sharp fash Of the scissors, . quick
report Of the bursting strinje 3, = aud iii
package lay opened to the httls mafau
der. Rose drew bach, smiled, and
lev. = 'ndalesat look At ii ;;h.xs y ~ .,
youngsr sistsrand the two little one
Who immediatsly gathered asosad