The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-03-11
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lips as Miss Bond's!" languished in
TIE deep&t drawl from Ledyard. -.
>. GraakH Hsaaingsen's attitude chang
yed, asiifsha atiTed because a thought
stirred 7hsf3 The slxays moved so, her
soul swayed her perpetually, like, a
bee in IA flower. c5Jntf1 123a /;
-"Mr. steelew said,she, in her deep,
uncertain contralto voice, why are
you turning your back to the moon 7"
Because I had rather look al The
group before me, Miss Gratis" pr
saul among q the prophetsl""5 Mrs.
Ford sePflyePnelly Ply = shifted. P, s '"Mr. Steel e
complimentary ?'' L i = >.'' 5@'''' = .
Not atialJ Madame, to some of
you over there don't you know that
moonlight IS = traitor !? Come here,
flaming !; the rest Of you sit still p I
.oobeyed.H r;
"Now look at them," said he, in q
voice inaudible to < them, moonlight
brings out the spiritual expression Of
. face Ike e ne other light you are q
@face-reader;; take your book up and
interpret" r., ..
"Not aloud" said I. 81
y 1coh no vqlaughed Mr.. Steele, "un- !
\ :less 10y aFs rs il . hurry to lose all your
friends" a. !
I looked at Ellen Bond the deli
cate outline was sharp the HeyelidS
cold and critical wanting. color, the
cheek was unimpressible as that of a
statue; and III the lines Of her usually
reserved and defiant lips now 'lurked
a very spider-line Of cunning, un-
serupulons yet weak, and her round
chin betray i'm its anahadowed curve
traits Of pureEeerthineait aIedid not
bkk'll Aks her u E.1sb EFfpk 4eaayasq 4ay looked like
h low B style IF ri pirate; 1.t. such as miss Of
hsing peasef4l S te' ttai]ors BY n reason m Of .
weak ferocity that ,thNet units tit them r fer any
thing very good or intensely II : bad.
Miss Halls dark face deepened in
to the Eken,eess Of Bloody Mary's mo-
rr,qe rqse aid IS scanned yiisag;eeI; Gaius Clark,
With his peaked beard, only wanted
the proper ,adjuncts to have stood for
John Rodgers in the primer, smirk-
ing with Puritanism and paternity,
over his GenevS. band and the fa;gots,
Marian Hall became doll, washed
ofits charming pinkness. Mr., Gr11f-
fling needed nothing but reducing and
condensing to have made Just such"
Noah as lives, blandly wooden and
grim, in the Ark Of toy-shops. ,*'.*..':: :: !.
Mrs. Ford's retro,tsse nose: and full
lips lost their widowed meekness and
developed the sauciness Of a a g,risette,,
sparkling sinther ,nquisitive eyes, and
coquetting in the play -ef the pretty
folds ofAer.aeriat black dress. Mr..
Vernon should have Jain back on the
rocks and, folded: bis hands on his
breast, g milo, chalk saint ready for
worsh}iiIpers; wors}iiIp get, up regardless. Of @sthe-
tic expense; conscientious, cautious,
but chalk-altogether hopeless Of
achieving or inspiring any Prone
theus., i -
Gratia changed most of all; her
face grew quite different from its day
light mask, pale, variable, and irreg-
.ular; every shadow brought out a
depth of expression singularly. unus-
ual in a woman's face; the defined
lips were full of tender power the
eyes brilliant with clear darkness, as
amethysts sometimes are; the broad
brow, outlined with heavy bands Of
hair, carried a legend Of strength and
energy and the fine moulding Of the
lower face told of swift intellect and
purity, the look of a moth that eyes
the burning lamp through window
pane, with eager diamond eyes and
'beating wings ardent but uInscathsd
worshiper of Isis dnapproachab1e
1Ishe was something more than beauti
full. ,~. '.> 80: ~7 =
?" "What is it that the moon play
traitor in; Mr. r. steele?'' said Mrs
Ford '"'-.- =" ri
.s"1n all your faces, Madame" h
answered. "I've been entertaining
flaming with the e'aspect Of your char
acters instead Of your faces p" - =
my grraacjjous!'' giigglsd' Miss Mari
an, "what 4 areadfdlidesa.'s' ;17fE
Il "Never mind, my DEAR" curtly re
marked the widow, "we:rel not t
4 be elooked:atih that way, OH the bes
authority don't: you know men Thrill
jthat r,'......> .''T :i:i.,F, s.;e:'t>" *i,|
\ women have no characters at ALL" =
"You misquote, Madame" inter
posed Mr.. Steele; lit is, Most WON
en- and most women are nothere to
night-only a few. ':'F + :; -
;, The little equivoque puzzled Mr.
Ford into a moments silence, and 1be
fore she recovered Mr.: Vernon II
marked, clerically, "Women hav
done too much for the Church to hav
fPope's slander accepted" ., ~ -
"Women have done too much fo
their children for a woman's son
have written5itT indignantly secont
ed! d!Gxatia. Steele took off his hat: !;
knew why, for 1 knew his mother, an
what she had done for him: ~
-"Pope was a poor, crooked devil!
:: oondeseending1y remarked Mr.? Lex
lIcyard..b HWomen didn't like him;
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