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

Ereshtss stern nand,ta:sent me lsorth,:
Far DER the SEQ.
Still scoti..4As; ana nn,l ssoti.'t tppiaatns- ppiiaattns;-
Her poets, andther poeta' strains,
: >~. To nd M ds.r;-,
desert spring within my heart
May claim tear
MY-WfFE.
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#a...asa ~z.s,,s-sss' g..zz.,5..,>. .s:,.ss-sss
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK.
= 1t isnot5he nodern custom tor senh.
menttedevsaopitelfin senimentalsu
roundiings. If I had been Strephon I
might have perched myself on 4 damp
rock, EitA kApipe71net~ ef -teb&s69.
.ad.t*eedled mysf TIT dtit' II hds b
10; but sc14wsaonly John Hamilton
Tanning; 4 Massachusetts citizen" Of
the pineteenth: eentury,I prefsffrsdl =
good cigar and IN easy seat when L
was going to think of my lady-love.
For I suppose I was in love with
GFatia EHe6ningsen then. L thought
Twas. + had known her we'll for
three years after she first canas to my
fathers house to live, an orphan With
some 'small7property a tall, shy,' len:
sitive girl of fourteen, neither pretty
nor plain, gentle, intelligent, kind
hearted, but always odd, eccentric;
and singularly Independent of aid Or
counsel, especially from me, ! student
at Harvard, coming home to Boston
whenever I pleased, and never once
the oftener for any attraction Of Ora
tia's for she did not attract me.
Boys either worship poised and de-
:veloped talent in a woman their
senior and superior, or extreme phys:
i;cal beauty, and that Was not Gratials
gift: When I graduated, at;: t twenty
one, she was seventeen. I left home
for foreign rsii - university, extended my
leave of absence 20 travel, and Alter
five years Re returned to find my fathers
ward ! woman, cultivated, attractive,
magnetic; not beautiful, but Of the
Hermione order:
= "Ifit be, as they said, she is not fair
Beauty's not beautifulto me!":
In short, I fell in love with her 'af.
ter the fashion of young men,: not
enough to risk all for all, but enough
to make me balance the chances Of a
refusal before l dared ask: Gratia's
manner was peculiar to me-. To; al
most every one else she was cordial
on-a sudden meeting after: absence
real delight dancedin her large eyes
and thrilled her voice. When: / came
home she was shy grave, 5speechless,,
apparently impassive.' She Grarely
asked me to do any thing: for. hef, but
was always seeking out .anda doing
some little thing for me; nothing Oh
trusive, either, from the manner of it,
doing Or its Importance, but a quiet
supplying Of small wants, . sort so1
gracious dew Of ministration, such ,ae
a mother sheds on a child's daily Life
She knew and remembered all. my
stxsttes;;s and allttogettihier unconsSiio
guided herself by them, If l. ex
pressed q + a wishS; s. rather q liking
that shes I shodldaing Of i read any thing
itvaemre:to be done but 1T told
'thsssti 'tthssti tos d. = thing with the slightest d,
sumption Of authority; such u sppoisee
children BONE III tine + viii use, she re
belled 1t once, fired with pride and
wrath, rresisted every wish I suggested
- comproomiiisee, and treatedime literal
lily del.ata ersba.;tillI aitogether sub
mitted md ) 'tbeggged 6 her ! pardon, when
sheq generally broke down s'into TIL
most I '1fervsent humility, and asked M
to>forgive her for being 50 cross and
contumacious. .g>.
e: Did she love; me?. The question
might have bamed wiser heads thar
nine I resolved to watch: her care
fully while we =staid at Hill Beach
for my mother had come to spend 81,
weeks there, and Gratia; of course
with her. So, with that sole result Q
my midnight meditation, l went t
bed, and rose in the morning to pu
my intention into action. And ! di,
watch carefully. feeling more zant
more every day. ho'w,, much 'dePen!dle'
on the result, and more and more hol
little T could depend On my thing
,sa,Fw tor; ;einllclouziag zagament!!>::. !. ......
s:GrstiA' - manner never changed
She n WEaa !. $calmlJa civil to, MN ssnen
lpraei6us andsgeniaf TO Mry6teele VIII
f should Have ssid before, x; ze.pet - Z
the Beach withshisszsick ewife.'"rA
for the otKeF gentlemen, they fare
according IL theif dues' tor p: sbe "
as candid in action as in speecl
Frank Ledyard was one Of the ! fe
4 people to whom she. .was@ habitsall
1eool and d1Ear proud: SIZE could not; ;ehydat, ii
a.ctatiioD, alton Al and his was + peculiarly. .
:ffehsive.@ A5eharmless,i kindheaiittk
flittle creature, with the poetic faceasil1 sil e1
sfseefangs developed .s his only r
! mari kRbte POINT, he thought it fine