The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-03-18

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atmosphere an displaced the dusty chill
Of, yesterdays; every article of furni-
I!ture had returned, to It's. graceful: ar
raaoegspgsat ranger .ta and 3D. exquisite; m neatness a
yase Of white ,tea,noses stood on a. Il 4
title sbonys tableia the: winaew ; q tiay
! wood wood fire sparkled andsnapfped en- tie
hearth !; and leaning against the man.
tle"piece, in an, attitude more .pensi7e
and oppressed than ever any. Carya-
tide wore, stood, :Gratia! the, long
folds Of her. white? wrapper (: outlining
/ her little figure, and her fair: face re-
stored to the full oval Of health, yet
pale and sad-for me! How / hated
her! how cringed and quivered with
dread Of meeting those eyes! how
gladly would 1 have crept away from
that room unseen, and disappeared
forever and ever, rather than encount.
er the silent. contempt or the digni-
fled remonstrances of my wife! 1 shut
my eyeseagains and feigned: sleep; but
she had felt my look-she knew my
Thought: l scarce heard the light step
that crossed the: room, before both
her arms were round me, her face
laid on. my hot cheek; and her sweet;
cheerful steady as q Aute-note
said in my ear:
i. "Arentyeu glad to see me badk
again, John p
y. That was all the reproaeh or sco1n
she ever measured out to mel!
And L Ispared my confessions then
I was all broken down with past cafe
and rechessness.@ l was too ill to rise
| for more than one week but Gratis
was there, Z TO nurse; to amusse,; to reign
I;over me ma mine through i'll neevt,
III hfestiing: tiin by look o.; sign; that b
had fallen from her esteem or forfeit:
ed an atom Of her affection:
! One day / asked her if : she. s>had
Lever met any Of our old. friends Il
the Beach, and she answered,
"Yes;I Ellen Bond-Mr !.
tVefnon..p %
? And how do they get On togeth.
FER b.
"1'm aff1aid not very we'll, John:
! Mr.: Vernon has been scared by some
scandal, or other, tried: in an Ecc1esi-
astical Court, and silenced. His prop.
erty is sufficient for his support, 50
they do not suffer but / don't think
Ellen is very forbearing with him. It
is: annoying7to be-; where they both
are {; for she seems to despise him,
and makes no secret of IT.; while he
still elings to her enough to make her
taunts and innuendoes especially en-
raging. Poor manp'
Gratia sighed as she said this, and
I echoed, the sigh, remembering the
I night at HILL Beach when We talked
about $1oSvaa,., $1tSa,"~.
|; .When,Is was able to sit, up and. a.
tend to business, I found that my. "a
ther had come on, while l. wasil ana
settled ny faain - faras my thing
could be settled where every thug
seemed reeling. and topping to fall. il
| had not;beea allowed to see him, lest
Iashould suspect his errand, and over:
exert myself to aid or: explain. Gra-
tia's property was inalienably secured
to her by her fathers will s and after
much consultation we reso lived to 60
Eou;t to CALIFORNIA. and, taking a farm
as near the coast as practicable. be.
p;n Ite aea;aa after orr. brief exneri.
ment.
f'WTh;a n,ann was mt IN onerat;on and
lis 1 i, ne,, snr;ng SOW !. far on onr Wv
W1,ost =. i ! r. ~, ~ s,;ra.t ~ !. =
ftemner never shooE Il NJ, nv w;fs,s br;skt l.
| and sweet n1;ai,ir,e; 1;1L :: sbe took ~ ;nco1:
ven;encea viz moat ai3b 3cb;1d1;ra amnsa
1a,,Y ,nont ~ oa;;o;v,al.a1 IL no1a1t;o. ~; i
ii, Ii, , same ID fresh: spirit,; Nor was she
daun1t;ed By the Ion ll,o,nlvelly log:hut that
was all the shelter we found at our
I ;ournev,a r,,, and end. L INDY her Quick
hands '',.e & assumed n ~ a home.];ke 40:
pect Il IN the a .;briefsat bril- time: and no,
iono 70, .fter 're-echoedd = -. :the most home.
IL ao,ndaHthe crx;no and crov;rIo
II =. ch;ld and .weet broEen nonsen.e ,1 :
I of ,',oo = mother. h,bv.tono,,o
Our farm aonr;shed ~ onlv. .thoh{
tpac;;ff;Ic land. can oor GOLD Io. oreu On tbf
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