The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-05

No doubt II vas tor thst you mar.
risi hss, I, sid i With IN inpuln I
eoald not restrain.
He tarusd avsy from mo again hs
made > few hasty steps and then hs
"a ne back. II d. no, eboo*e 20 dis.
outs nv o~a history With stranger"
he s.id sod then softening into polite.
ness: "You said l could do something
I" you. Wo t can l doT'
This question suddsoiy brought me
{" . stsodstili. for even in my perplex-
l'y sud confusion, aud the state of semi.
''"pair had been thrown into by nv
visitor, vestige Of reason still remaioed
70 my mind. After al he must know
her sod bis own conoerns better than l
c.uld. His question seemed to etop
ny breath: "she is in my house," I
sid. - ~ Il -
"Yoa .re too charitable, Mn. Mus
kr"ve," be said, bsrsbly. His voice
"''u"ded loOd .ud sharp TO me after
the rubdurd tones 10 which xe bad
'eeo speaking, but ve we're the i only
t"o living crestores visible on the
Green. Everything ~.s quiet and
gray around Us, and the night begin.
uing to fall.
II did not mean to be charitable" I
said, feeling that there vas, without
my Consciousness Of mine, Z tone of
apology in nv voice. II did not ex-
pect-"hat has happened. I meant
her to leave me-cext day."
'shs will never leave you as long IS
.yau will keep her and give her al she
wants." he said, 10 tho same sharp,
harsh voice.
"Then heaven help me-" cried, in
my confusion, whist am to dol"
He seized my arm, 20 that he hurt
me, 10 What seemed = sudden access of
passion "ls will teach you to thrust
>out'el' into other peoples coneerns-
70 meddle sifh what does not concern
you" be - d. Be had oome quite
close to me, snd hi. ivory face ~.
flushed With passion. I think it Us
the only time l Vas ever % spoken to
10 my lite. The sffec, v,s be~ilderine,
but ] "as more surprised than afraid.
lo short, the curious shock Of this un-
expected rage, the rude sudden touch,
the hogrJ voice, brought me to ny.
sen.
IL think you forget yourself, Mr..
Reiohards," s.,d.
Then he dropped my arm as if the
t"uch burned him, and u,ned .v.y.
ssd shook, - l could see, with the ef.
fort to control himself. HIS passion
es'ned me, but it s~ept oyer him like
. storm: He mutsered so.ethiug 1t
length, burriedly, In which there v.s
the word "psrdou,' - q if he were forced
most unwiliiugly to say it ag.ia; 81
may have forgotten myself, as yin say
but you force Ue to face . subject I
would give the world to forget, and in
the uuiy WY that hnakes il unavoidable.
u I'd h.a avens your suitability aud
your Christianity, aod ali that, force
| "e to take up again what l had put
| from me for ever. And yuu look for
p"l,teaess, tool"
| | did not make any answer: wat
was the use! At b"tom, ] did blame
| m,selt ; should not have interfered {;
| should have been firm enough and
strong enough to take her to her home,
wherever it vas, next day, and to have
lett my neighbours concerns alone.
Therefore I did not stand spon my de-
feoce. let hin say what he would !;
and cs"ort tell how long this went
"n. l suy'p"se the interval was not
oearly 50 long as it seemed to me. He
stood before NE, and he smiled and
fr"wned, aud ground bis teeth, and dis
charged, as 1t vera. bitter sentences at
me. Englishmen Gao be brutal eoouxh.
but 90 Eng'ishman, think, would
have don" it IN that way. He seemed
10 take = pleasure ln saying everything
thst was most dis.greeable. When he
-co~led st me could bear it, but when
he >miled and affected politeness I grew
~ angry that could have struck him.
Poor ~r~'ch! perhaps there Vas some
justification t"r h,m after all
"B.csase y"u are . woman p he
cried. "A woman !-whst it is to be 4
woman It gives sou . right to set
every power OF hell in motion, and a.
ways to BE- spared the c,nseqinces 10
upset every .rrang=meos Of the world,
and disturb the quiet, and put your
6ogers in'o every mess, aod always to be
held bIamelsss. That is your right.
Oh, like th"se vomen's riahtsls 7
should have ku'eked DOVE tho man
Who had iute1fered u you have done !;
but, because you are . woman, I must
eoue ont OF my quiet, must dsrasee
ny life, to save yua from your folly.
God in hesvenl ess that what those
creatures, those slaves, those toys we're
made Tor ! to lutertere-for ever to in.
terfere-and to be spared the conse-
quences, at any cost to us!"
l don't know how bore it ill. I
got tired after while Of the mere
physical effort Of standing to listen to
him. did not Try to soswer at frat,
sod after the torrent began teould not,
10 spoke 20 fast aud 30 vehsmently.
But At length turned from .h.m and