The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-01-21
,~< ST. IGIOUp MINNESOTA THURSDAY; JANUARY"

onmy replying shat J. was,; he
said; etMiss tPomfet had.sent hersown
pony for me, and sweuldlI like to
drive ?" ..1
-"Ne5 thank you," / answered, !; and
then l got in, and the groom took the
reias and'ths! driving4seat, and: We
made our way out of the yard.
Out of the quiet station yard, and
INTO the midst Of q brilliantly animat-
ed scene. In the middle ofthsi broad
country, road we'll kept and amber
hued ue as that ofa park, stanhope,
between the shafts Of which was q
4naagnifcently a y made dark-brownh horse;
was pulled up. The driver-ny r dis
tipgguished:loo 4 looking fellow-traveller-7-
Yas in the. act. oftaking.o8: his hat to
: young lady who was just checking kiilg1 )
pair Of ponies abreast Of him. ' = .
"A lovely young. lady,. with. a -, wild
bkish.ross' complexion, and masses: Of
fair hair billoWing out from beneath
her talta small ;cayelier hat: As she sat a
little its b{aek {eae|5dd draNwineup aNp her fine mouth
ed little IT! IF tsFt4eedls, 4.l. thought that I had
meyer eyer seen y anything 50 glittering and
pretty il mlyyrllife. Her flashing blue
eyes, hen 5he1 face see dimpling with smiles,
The perfect Fiet' ease 4ue with which she held
the rei9Ra s9yh. and y ls restrained the fiery ht-
tle: CREATURES 1s9. that were drawing her
Pbell-ike bel! is phaeton, the sheen, Of, the
black velvet yl!elE and + the soft gray tone
about bout the grebe in which she was
elgthed, R made up = piietpre pi that
It t,1 Is impossible, to forget, as twas fair
to look upon. '''' So '.' ''}>
Broad as tik5ssaq tie Fsaq vas, there was
Pc3aroelY 3'r' YEF! Fg0m feFF The The xageepette t.
Pass the two 18th other carriages, and The
lady ! have described did not turn
her eyes il, our direction. So We drew
up and waited.
r. "What y IT do !! you think Of grandpa
pas last present ?" the lady was saw
ing ;Ps as we e! came out. ~ wanted him
to wait for you to choose the ponies,
but be would not"
! "They are handsome enough" the
gentleman replied. "You all look
very well together. Behold the
chariot Of the Fairy Queen was the
quotation i that rose to my lips when I
first caught sight of you.''
~ Glow absurd you are, Guy" she
replied. (*<Gqy! What thorough
y! (! country 9 y It name Guy must be-" I
Thought 'Hov: =, absurd you are,
Guy; nov give me room to pass, and.
let !tinf me get on, or I shall have such a =
little tea: 'd]rixe te-day, in consequence Of +
ny 1Hj il:lqek Ii 4: II :in!'' nesting you"
She looked through her long LASH
ies with a, alfchildish, halfdemure
smile. NJ M man could have imagined
for. one instant that she meant Sc
riously that she considered that meet
ing a piece Of il-luck. But he look
Jed; grave at once, and made more
room for her to pass, as if there had
not been plenty Of room already.
She gave her ponies sharp flick,
and as. as. they: sprang forward she call
ed out,-
"Good by-till dinner" and the
picture was broken up.
L felt so sorry for il, so very sor-
Try that those two handsome young
people had vanished before I knew
anything about them, As we drove
|lslowly' along Miss Pomfret's
|Ipony was very fat, and by no means
fast-1mad up little stories, Of which
1.-THE Fairy Queen and the one who
had bestowed the title upon her were
1.-THE hero and heroine. "We shall
Inject at dinner" she had said. I saw
lit ALL. She was the "lady of the
Hand" and had an entertainment that
Emight, to which he with the long yel-
low moustache and blue eyes: had
come expressly from town: I think
Hat this juncture + looked down: dis
tastenlly at :. my plain gray dres,
trimmed with black; braid: "The
beauty Of black velvet and lustro,utts
Igfebe was very much before me- Ere
the feeling Became dissatisfaction we n;
r,easched the Towers and drove up be:
tween tall iirengatess through a paved
court yard; bborddeered with grand old
oaks: and cedars; to the entrance do6rr
of the Pomfrets family mansion. - ::
/ I saw at once that it was not g bit
like the Manor Farm in "Pick-
wick. u" What it was like 1 shall at;
tempt to tell you.
| It was very wide house of red
brick, with that time-honored tint on
it that only houses that have centur-
les full Of traditions hanging over
them can hope to have. There was a
deep fosse in front of the house, and
this was filled in with luxuriantly
grown laurels and other evergreens,
whose brightly polished leaves broke
the straight line Of the bottoms of all
the lower windows. To the right
other large iron gates gave access ia
a broad lawn, encircled with higher
shrubs. To the left wide flight Of
steps led away to the gardens: o. The
stables and other offices We're in " the
rear Of the house, betVean it and. 8
hill that xas crowned With : couple
of ruined: towers, the fragments q
what hadbsen Il the ab1de Of the fam