The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-04-29
ST. CLOUD MINNESOTA
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"k!kate thEfis tEfs4i1e i tbs Us strepeest affair!
4 ssbpf ", ! !oept ten yoq now;:1 must
- rsead i first alone"
She left, the room, and l heard the
keya kya turn ins the lock as, abe, entesed
epether aAF FF''} ahamber: tan u about an hour
ss she came out very: lGaomposedly, q and
said f1,1s nothing more on tbs, subject.
After our little guest was asleep at
night, I could restrain myself no
longer. You are treating me shah
billy, aunty," said I. "'see if I am
ever good girl again to please you! !"
"You shall know it all, Katy; 1
only wished to think it over first by
myself: There, take the letter; but
make make no note Or comment till l men
ton il again"
The letter Of Cousin Harry seemed
to me rather matter-offact, I must
confess, till near the end,- where he
spoke Of = Little poeegay which he en-
closed, and which would speak to her
dear old times.
"But where is the nosepav. aunty ?"
With = beautiful flush, as, is the
| sunset syn Of that vanished day were red
, dening ing the sky ST memory, m she drew
small packet 81 sfiQ from ber: bosom, and in
it I found:@ vithered: rosebud tied
up p!i}! With 2 shrivelled sprig m.iggnonet- ,.ig
te.
|. am afraid that my Aunt Linny's
answer nt'E N.s : great ,df dfal more proper
than than I should !9 have wished ; and: yet,
with all ,t its emphatic expressions Of
duty towards her father and the i'm
possibility ii, " Of lee ;llssaYipg. him, there must
have been been. something, sonnet between the
lines 1!a which I & ecesuld, pot read. l have
1 since discovered that all such epistles
have tbeir real meaning concealed in
some kind Of more rare6ed sympa.
thetic ink, which betrays inaelf only
under, the burning hands of a lover.
$50, then" said Aunt Linny, as
she was sealing this letter, "you see,
.> Katy, that your romance. has come
to an untimely end"
]. turned round her .averted face
with both my hands, and looked in her
eyes till she blushed and laughed in
spite of herself:
my knowledge Of symptoms is not
large said I, "but ! have convic-
ton that bis health will now endure a
northern climate"
Lets talk no more Of this ?" said
she, putting me aside with. a gentle
gravity, which checked nay nonsense.
But as / was unable to detect in her,
on this or the following. day, the
slightest depression of spirits. I
shrewdfy guessed that .,ouE anticipa-
tions Of the result e'll we're not very dis
similar.
The next return POST brought not
the expected litter, but our hero him
!seh I wss, really :ama1ed at the
change in his appearance. Erect,
elastic, his face radiant with express
sion, he looked years younger than
at his first arrival. I caught Aunt
Linny's= eloquent glance of surprise
and pleasure as they met. For mo-
ment the bridal pair of my dream
stood living before me; then vanish
ed even more suddenly than that
fancy show of the old magician.
When we again met, two. or three
hours after, my aunt's serene smile
and dewy eyes told me that all was
right.
In month the wedding TODD place,
and the. "happy pair started off on
few week excursion. As I was help
ing my aunt r exchange her bridal for
her travelling attire, I whispered,
t"What say you to my doctrine Of first
love, aunty?" >
THAT it finds. its. best :refatatation
in my experience. No.. believe me,
dearest Katy, the: truejewel Of life is
q spirit that can rule itself; that can
subject even the strongest. dearest i'm
pulses to reason and duty. Without
it, indeed, she added, with. :. a soft
earaestness, y ea&eqt;on, towards the
vorthieat: object becomes ar, unworthy
sentiment. And; besides, Kate
here her, eye. glanced, With ,girlish
mirth-"'you see,if bud made love
my ALL I should haze, missed it all.
Not even Cousin. Harry's oconatancy
would have been proof against a, with
cred, whining sentimental old. maid" "
"Well, you will allow that it's a
great paradox, aunty! . If you be-
lieve in my doctrine, it. turns. out a
mere ,delusion; if. you don't believe
in it, tits sure to. come true"
"Take care, then, and .disbelieve in
it with all your might" said she,
Laughing, and. kissing me, rs we left
her .room,-my roem alone henceforth.
| A shadow seemed to fill it, as she
passed the threshold.
The one thing needed to give us
a generation of modest, chaste gentle