The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-22

nance; Katy; for as story, it is just
nothing. 1t has no interest except
as marking the beginning of my edu-
cation,-the education, I mean, Of
real life.,'
."But Jet. me hear; there's some
spice Of poetry in it, I know.
"Well, then, it's like many another
story Of early fancy. In my child
hood I had a playmate. Our fathers
houses stoed but a few rods apart,
and the families lived in habits of the
closest . intimacy. From my earliest
remembrance, the brave little boy,
four e years older than l, was my sworn
friend and protector; :; and rs we. id.
creased in years, an affection i. warm
and frank: as that of brother and sis
ter grew up between. us. A love of
nature and Of poetry. and a certain
earnestness and enthusiasm of charac-
ter, which separated US. both from
other children, drew us closely togeth-
e.: At At fifteen be, left us to fit for col
lege ct distant i ant school, and thence
forward he was st t4t,t home, E, only for brief
visits Nit,1ttli till ! he e, was m graduated with dis
tinguished honor at the age of twenty
one: During , ring those g six years of sepa-
ration our relation to each other had
suffered no change. We had CORE:
sponded with tolerable regularity
and I had felt q sisters pride in his
talents and literary honors. When,
therefore, he returned home to recruit
his health, which had been seriously
impaired BY study and confinement,
I welcomed him with great JOY, and
with all the frannkness Of former
times.
"Again we We read, ce:hatted, and ram. ram
bled together, found him unchang.
ed in character, b. improved, cult.
waited, to a degree which delighted
almost awed me. When he read ou,
favorite authors with his rich, musical
voice, and deaeanited on 81 Their beauties ,i
with discriminating taste and feryent
poetic feeling, new ' light 1sli 1fsH on IA tbe
page. Through his eyes :y ieaarned iaa ned tc
behold in hatdrseo "a riiehnssss, itahas "a 1;na 9race
harmony, 'f2 meaning g'o1 Only lyny.4el Vaguely
felt before. It was as if I had just Il re-
ceived the key to : mysterious nltl1:iil cipher,
unlocking, deep and beautiful truths in
earth and seq and sky, BY which they
were invested VIII a life and splen.
dor till now u unseen. ,,,s,e< But it was bis
noble sentiments, his generous human
sympathies, his ardent aspirations af
ter honorable distinction to be won by
toll and selfdenial, which woke my
heart as BY an electric touch. My
own 'unshaped, half.ccoonscious aims
and aspirations, ST stirred With life, took
wing and scared with his bis into The
fpufe wiper u i'ai air. AZ! It y vas a bright
beautiful dream, H. Kate, the life q
those few months, I never on once
thought Of love, nor Of the be- possibility
of separation, Al flowed So natural,
from our lifelong Intimacy, that
had: not the slightest suspicion of the
change which, had come over me
But the hour Ioff Waking; was ,i5., , at hand
We had looked forward to: the settled
summer weather for marked i'm
provement in his health. But Jun,
had come and he still seemed very
delicate; His. physician ]p,reescribet
travelling and change Of climate ane
though his high spirits had deceivee
me as to his: real danger, I urged hin
to go. He left us to- visit an eide
'Cbrother residing in one Of the Middl'
States. Ten years this very month +
added Aunt Linny, with an absen
| air. !,
] "Ten years ago this very month";
II exclaimed, "did my distinguishes
self arrive at this venerable mansion
What singular conjunction Q
events !! No doubt our horoscope
! would reveal some strange entangle
) mentof destinies at this point. Per
chance I, even I, was '*the star malign
whose rising disturbed the harmoniou
: movement Of the spheres |"
4 "No doubt Of it; the birth Of
;; mouse once caused an earthquake
! you know"
"But could I have seen him, Di
arrive before he had left?"
"0h, yes, very likely; but of cours
you can have no recollection of hin
:, such chit as you were then"
4 "What was his name :" cried; e.
|'fogerly. A*1onglsilsnt chord Of men
r ory began to give forth vague, VI
| certain murmur.s l-.i'
! *:,0h, 41itc; 41itc; matter, Kate. I would
= little father :youd shouldn't know.
! doesn't affect the 'mato,1'al mato,1',a'l Of the stodr!
: which was all T had in view in rela
r ing it,: :. ::s..:,.s:& -3i- :,s - -.>..>
8 IA plague take the moral, Aunty
i The romance is what I want an
y, what's that: without the magic Of
r name'7" .,:.,-
e] "Excdse me- sss.l:y:' =,-,r >,>ss.a, ,.,,
n] "Tell me his Christian name, the
s Just for ~peg 10 hang my ideas Q,
!. that:is, fits meat for romance.
aa II is Isaac or Jonathan, you needr
u mention it" = .-a.=z - .&.7.* ~'-',. :.