The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-12

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p "0h, ua'.n, the poor l.dy's took
'bsd -the poor asars ay's took very
bad" This was Mary's CRY IS she
hurried me.iu: TheHinde-sFere oil
vide open to give her aif. she wa
lying on the sofa g,spiug for breath, ,
her mouth md her eyss wide open, two
circles Of red upon her checks, aud that
wildly anxious look upon her tsoe
which al".ss accompanies = as.sgels for
breath. Ibid not feel It oil sure thst
she was not dying. I called opt 70 my
cook to run =inatantlE= fog she aaeto{.
.BaththsY~p.ssn hadfhssn in the room
! snaeiss absats.s % shs gaye them wild
orders, opening tho widows one atsel
another, fetching her fans, eau.de- Col
agne, 1ater, -xine-as ops. thing -afle
Iianot her occurred to her. >=sSS Ss&s&h-
49, -SS SA- N-&. d
ed cut her hands to me as I came ID,
and ,er.sped and pulled ma to her she
SAID something which could not make
ont IN her gasking, broken voice, and l
nodded my head and pretended 70 m
aesstsnd, ) s'yha, 'sYss, ysss to5salm
her. :7'ttYee, yes Il did BOT seem to
matter. what one said or promised as
such \ moment. Ear sepe time, SHy
gssp looked to me - If it must be her
last. ! bathed, her forehead With eau
de-Cologne: ;. I wetted her lips viii
wine; I had bard ado not 10 Qs,Y. qpt,
teo,r rand rgreap oyer herTdistFals-z, I
y. sau, lil! aoya !. y aersoo. d i Windmill n@e dar
other. testing the cold for her, and
then opened them .g.iu, in obedience
to eher geaturesyto g,1e hes.it. II seem
TO see eqd f., feel now, as i - recall j
ithe room Is aulits ITSELF I %iisl III @6istz I'D .zevld
kiehs.Air'bb1isg g.ibrough h and through
it, and the great squares Of blasknest
aud -aiRht,;iaiith s BIT Of. sEy in one,
which broke 'oobfasedlya ri ths o'iaailiat
wslle, and made il doubtful to my hs,
viideIed spd excited mid axhstfa t
'vs,sI sc q doors or ip-vhe.her th,
chairs and .ats .pd ,thss .pp H., a ri
tshls had seI<tae,,srted into iii
garden, ser tho garden h1d aapnasa aothS
hpas<:l The wind made mo shiver, ths
aame Of the lamp "a7ered egea7 sxit4hia
=,ts=protentine= =elaaa,=Aazkssae.aaa=.ye
steFg bfeathsa nr;apd,r m the ei419,
.eisorbibe snthode ehssyz1,s tks1 1i.Jsx.
gts between, .ssI thought, death .nd
aonot toll tsN 49, tlsed, q
Ne were 10 this suspeo,e bds
s.. il' ne Y th.sr 4! helf tAs, :p.sh.
! la (||ll over before the dooto,
g]4l@u<jn svsasg dress, With hugo vhite
5. EEs''iafand', y if he were going - :p.t.
form sesep .sion' :,sNotut1nflading :
the anxiety 1 ~as 10, the fantastic idea
moved my mind. But is ~. :. reliel
beyond description whsn4 hs- came sh )
responsibility, q least, see, seemed to Is b.
taken of my shoulders. I had so.roelj
permitted myself to- hope before, -th.,
the 1sioxysm ~.s already beeiiooiine 70
q suhslds ; but nows II became zsyident Il
me and D.. Heuzhtaon 1aag g.yss q beg 30 soue.
thing, / n't~knoxa-.hat, eMhish-s b
bad called At bis house to- get when be
was told what WA the mater. I %,
down beside Tia sofa feeling halt, stups.
fed With 10 ssat.tio, md
+watalhsa d hsr r4=b.ea hinaE ~,
grow satnsr md the struggle %
think mye1a==h,ain had gwen ~
shgbtly und<stas tsusioa. hHsssned
to me That ~ i lloqn behind, i, !, NJ full
Of people whispering 'aed fitting about,
md IA; 1a,la;ll ~ kind.et i i sehoet ,ad ndd,.
muss) Of Voices were: coming ia,; as,rAhs
open viedevs. .alp.psos'ls Il :.i.a. .:o'hl,
NY o~s. maids, snd Susan from L ths
Admiral's next door, 3whe had seme Ia
see what :; was the .nattey;;sa buta;:. ths
strange sensation Of beiog slmess athe
open III, and the wora,out. stats, Il iio
which I was, produced this effect. i
could not move, however, 70 put > sto(t
to it,; I could DO nothing but git It'll
and watch. And thus the scene Of I'll.