The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-04

l'shment Of servants at hid own cost';;
Fas to have an apartment IT, 'of so,mtdg ,td
dozen or 50 o'of rooma;; the ;dnresttict.,
cd use 81 the library: with It'll son,,ee 9th:
or public privilege; Willingly coni:: ii r.
ceded by the magistracyy of TIE town w !, =
in return for all which" he was to pay
me a thousand guineas; and already
beforehand, by way Of acknowledge!
ment for the public civiiities of the
town, he sent, through my hands, a.
contribution Of three hundred guin.
eas to the various local institutions
for education Of the poor, or for char
ity.
The Russian secretary had latterly
correspondent with me ne from , little
German town, not more than ! ninety net; >
miles distant j; and, as he had special ,l,l
couriers at his service, the neigl,otiia;-: ::
ton advanced 50 rapidly that all was !
closed before the end IF September. !
And; when once that q consummaatiioonii jill i al ID /
was attained; I, that PREY previously iiu II had
breathed no syllable Of what was d s4itii4 stir
ring now gave loose to TIE interestinE :'ss ID
tidings, and suffered them %.to: :'ij spread ffsad
through the whole; compass s,inpa;i .off ff the T.
town. It will be easily imaag aagih;ed that
such q story, already romantic enough
iin-is first outline; : would. 1ose nothing
in the telling. An Engli5hmlaEnti to s:
begin with, which name Of itself, and
aatall times, is a passport. into Getc
man favor, but muchomore' since the
late memorable ;;yars@'that but; for
Fnglishmen would have dropped 1irto:
disconnected eforts;-next, an En-!
gkeAaaan of rank and of the JAo,.te;ao:
Rksse,-then a. soldier covered y with
brilliant; distinctions, and in the, most
brilliant arm: Of the services, young;
moreover, and yet sa.veteran by his
experience, fresh from the most awful
battle ofhis planet since ithe day Of
Pharsalia,, radiant with the favor of
courts.and Of imperial. ladies; finally
(Which. alone would have given him
an interest in all. female hearts,) an
Antinoueof faultless beauty, Gre
clan statue. as it. were, into which the.
breath Of life had been breathed by
some modern Pygmalion; such q
pomp Of gifts and endowment settling
upon one mans head should not have
required for its effect heIFulgar con.
summation {and yet to many;4it Seas
the eonsummation and crest Of the.
whole) that he was reputed to be rich
beyond thedreams Of romance or the
necessities of a fairy tale. Unparal-
leled was the impression made upon
our stagnant society every tongue
'Eas: busy in discussing Il the mar eAous
young. Englishman from morning to.
night; svery>female fancy 1ipas: busy
in depicting the personal appearance.
Of this gay apparition. ..
On-his arrival at my house, I be-;
came sensible of a truth which I had,
observed some years before. The
commonplace. maxim is, that it is
dangerous to raise expectations too
high. This, which is thus generally
expressed, and without limitation, is
true only conditionally; it is true
then and there only where: there is
but little merit to sustain and Justify
the expectation. But in any case
where the merit is transcendent Of its its
kind, it is always useful to rack the
expectation up to the highest point:
In anything which partakes Of # the.
infinite, the most unlimited 'expecta-
tions will find ample room for grati6-
cation; whilst it is certain that: erdi.
nary observers, possessing little ;seniais
bility, unless where they.have been
warned to- expect, will often fail to
see> what exists in the. most, conspio-
uous splendor. In this, instance. it
certainly did no harm to the subject
Of expectation, that I had been
warned: to e: look k for ! 50 80 much The
warning, at any rate; put me on the
lookout for whatever eminence there
might be Of grandeur in his personal pc son
appearance whilst ! on the other
hand, this existed III such excess; 'so
i far transcending anything I Had ever ~ tft
||met with in my experience; =; that I'D Id
depreciation which: it is in words to
|raise could have been Disappointed :.
These thoughts travelled with the
l|rapidity Of light through my brain;
Jas at one glAace. my eye took in the
supremacy of beauty. and power
(which, seemed to have ,aliehted from
1.-THE clouds before me. Power, and
the contemplation Of. power, i'm any
||absolute incarnation Of erandear.or
|excess, necessarily: have the instan-
|taneous effect Of quelling all pertqr.
baton. Ny composure was restored
in moment: l looked steadily at
him. We both bowed. I caught
1.-THE glance of his eye; an eye such as
might have been looked for in a face
of such noble lineaments.- ,.
L '*Blending the nature Of the star :
\ 49,. Ia With that Of Summer skies": E.. {
land, therefore, meant by nature for
the residence and organ of serene
/ and gentle emotions; but it surprised,
land at the same time filled me more
Halmost with CONSERVATION than with
Epity, to observe that in those eyes =
flight Of sadness had settled more pro
found thee:seemed4 possible for; yaath;
OF. almost Commensurate, with . h,,:
man sorrow; 9 sadness that, might