The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-01-13

with fear. Il He called3the hour, ,Iaadl
tben shouted, ,at the topofhs hngssj 81
+ "1he hu.,n.ss Of our lovely st.t.l9.., Il Il
Is stricken by the hand Of fate,c
r.: Even our maids, both light and brown.
" They deck themsetve ves with Ill tbsif arte,,
= But no ont buys their orn:ooit hea1ti -
"Shame e!ishame r. cried several! 4sl fl
male. voioesfnom the, window, ), 'at 1.-THE
eqd. of; this .eomplmedtar!y .e8hsiony
which; however, r,tvase,owned,m with [G
loud laugh from the >,msn.,Y FBss1o;'
'watteehmran,p' ateh r cried s19 some ;;eaaqEet en-
oore!!'' shouted A others :}s'Howo dare
yog4, :fetllev, insult ladies in the epeu'
street?'", reet?', groNHled . 7oong lieutenant;
'~ho ''}t.e hada I: yery yey, pretty eirl Gon n his
arm. 49,. ~ =: i
,"Mr. Lieutenant, . answered u, ,d . mil: nil:
;ler, "unfortup@tely et1el :f :xetfchmen9 = aflyaysa
te1 the truth, "a tie: 1adyj on; you55
arm !. a Pro9ff q IF i: ! H.! young
jade, do you know me! do. you know
who ! am ii Il it right for : betsooth.
ed bride to be gading Il night about
the streets With Other PIG lien To-mor. :
row! ,!i1au1! your motber tb shall hes5 haa of thiss:
mi kavap, noth;n,id th,iS;;n mora naft n ld Dltb FIX
~ o2ISf,saF4 vi :lHHa ~. il lo' 2:i1 q
Tie gil hid her face, fac II and nlausddspeds
the yodngl; dl; officer to lead her hta'ia ax.y: i:
but the lieutenant, like 4 b5ilaavsee Isol-
der, scorned to retreat from the mil
sler, and determined to keep the field.
He therefore made use Of = full round
Of oaths, which were returned with
interest, and a sabre was: finally re-
sorted to, with some Aourishes but
two Spanish cudgels were threaten
ingly held over the, head Of the lieu
tenant by = couple Of stout town.meq,
while one Of them, who was q broad
sshouldered beer-brewer,, =. cried -
"Don't make any more fuss about
the piece of goods beside you,-she =,
ainp worth it. The millers q good
fellow, and what he says is true, and
the watchman's right, too. A plain
tradesman can hardly venture to mar.
ry now; All the women wish to mar; mar
ry above their station. Instead Of
darning stockings, they read roman. 5 nl,t:
ces; instead Of working ID tie kitch-
en-, they run after comedies and oon.
ce1ts.: Their houses ,a1e dirty, ind
they are walking cut, dressed like
princeesses =; all they bring : ihusbaai4sd
as i aidowry; are handsome dresses; g
lace ribbons, intrixues, romances, and
idleneasl Sir, I speak from expert
ence j should have married long
since, if girls were not spoilt." Il ':;'i;'
:; The spectators laughed heartily.
and, the lieutenant slowly put hack
bis. sword. saying, peesishly,, '"nsda'
little too much to be obliged to hear
4 sermon from the canaillec',; IN :..Y..
"What, Cana;le r cried . smith,
who held the second cudgel. .:"De.
you call those canaille who feed you
noble idlers by duties and taxes?
Your liceniousneas is the cause Of
our domestic discords, and noble ID
dies would not have 80 much cause to
mourn if you had learned both to
pray and work" "
Several young officers had gathered
together already, and 80 had some me-
'chanics; and the boys, in the mean
time, threw snowbalb. among both
parties, that their SHARP in il the fun
might not be lost. The first ball hit
the noble Ii eutenant on the nose, and
thinking it an attack from the can
allie. he raised bis sabre The fight
began. :: i =" - '*':>s: '>..~''. ".
||SI 81; The Prince, who had laughed
Jamazingly at the first commencement
tof the uproar, had betaken himself to
smother region, and felt quite uinicon-
eerned as to The result. n1 In iths;
course Of his wander1net, hsj came "a
the palace of Count iBodenlois5 ois5,' tthe tt
Minister Of Finance, With whom, d
Philip had discovered At the mas.
tquerade, the Prince was not on the
best terms. The Countess had q
large party. Julian saw the lighted
windows, and still feeling POLITICALLY
disposed, he planted himself opposite
| the balcony, and blew q peal on hi,
horn Several. ladies and gentlemen
opened the, shutters, because they
hadznothing better to do. and listened
to what he should say. ri