The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-24

INNESOTA, THURS]
were 4balla Of, fire, with. their tails Of,
istre4mins flames; held that the starr,
aud ,peon and sun were thipga. set ih!
,theakH fer, thelseeead and .delectetion
;ofsmep1alopa and maipttsined that
1.-THE AaHAh Nas tba seentrs Of; tho. uni
t1sse ao1 Mere eShskespeaea and Mil
ten5te. he Raamas w;tA9qt maasleipg&f
them, beeepse Ieias I.eeneeetsen4b did not
know one from the ether;;;o confeessipg
to have tried cePslediae Lost: once al
boarding. school and to haveepaedin
WEAKNESS and tears 7. Mere they oil
to forego theiFiieherited, breeding be-
cause she said MRS, HAYNES" at the
end Of every Phrase and ate fluids
as if they, were s6fids,?
Had Bernard demonstrated with
bis mother on her subtle cruelty, she
would have opened her fine eyes yes On
him with tie loof 4or which iii she h "a, :was fa
NOUS, =, and would hazet, 1assked With ev+
eryy apptsairancce eff surprise Is, and inter
estt; st; u wheire; she Nd ts,ilsd, .,ppd how
i,t. :.
could sha act tYsplesse him if What
she did now Pleased him !? wa.
it her fault, stes would have said, it
he had insisted On bringing into Their 'i
circle one, e. entirely unified for her
possiittii iion {. Aad did he. expect them
-hip mother ind sisters-to its lover
themselves e Miss Lancaster's .,very ,,r
meager a. 4; M standard Of aa6 refinement io,l and
education Whatev,;er,: discomfort; ;ie, *
iisted ii the i arrangements would have
been shown Ii, q his own VI creation I; 80
Bernard, oo1.s;ousof s.; &, all this.j, for! 70
bore . i1emee.6hate, having besides
that 4dithealty 1bieh bis: .imothtsesri. htssi.i, in!
tended he shoatd have, in :,lffoaramulaear,
ling Whit ~ - a!miss, b.y !. :, which he
~ curriele With poor Lois, also tor
:ni'es'a'tts!d ;s'nd sasataally gagged, u
i; There bed bed. seldom. been 80 gay. .
time. at Wildwood as now, during the
stay Of Lois Lancaster. Every day
Mrs. Haynes got up something fresh
and fair for the young people Of the
neighborhood ). SO that by the out
side look Of things, she was doing
the daughter Of the Wythburn guide
rare honor and paying her supreme
attention. But somehow everything
caused Lois increased modification
and showed her at a disadvantage ;
| aud when others were at the zenith
Of enjoyment che was at the nadir Of
distress. Amongst other pleasures
an impromptu ball was given al
Wildwood. none the less delightful be
cause less informal than such things
generally are. And.to this Of course
came al the neiebborhood, still
greatly wondering, and some greatly
scandaliSed, at the continued presence
id Z ;ana { eqaaI| saeah i : pp}@ee Mid
wood Of this beautiful. nondescript
WHOM no one knew. where to plac<
nor how 70 catalogue as a
toxer, gentle ~ dove, ignorant a.
4 'sa.eatt4v SERVANT, and with a manner in &c
cord with: her ignorance.
Now Lois had learnt dancing "a,
boarding,school," much in the same
way as she had learnt music, anl
was about as proficient in one art Al
in the other. Style and execution
were no more perfect in her feet thar
in her hands. If she played fiat
for sharps, struck wrong chords
slurred her shakes, and left out al
the difficult bars, without an idea o.
tgrammar or construction in music
in dancing she swan when she should
have walked and hopped when she
Eshould have waltzee; but, in return
she did her steps on every possible
occasion with conscientious fidelity
and she held her gown at each side
with her elbows turned out, as in thu
old days of Dutch skirts and san
dalled shoes. She went through tn
whole performance with painstakine
exactness, her sweet face at first &c
renely unconscious Of any cause .
ridicule in her proceedings-but a
time went on, and she caught tn
amused glances Of unfriendly critic
and heard the ebalf.whi.pered remark
with which the well bred were no
ASHAMED: To- overlwhelm her; gettinnl
gradually: pefplexed, and from pei
plexitr passing te pain, as security
became doubt, and doubt developed
into certainty that something amis,
and that she was not quite as other
were. j.
Among the rest she danced witt
tSir James Aitken; but only once
Amused as he was with this new
specimen of humanity, he had no de
sire to make himself sport for tn
; Philistines and afford cause of ur
godly ridicule to q room full .
scorners and pretty Lois Lancaster
ducking and pirouetting, hopping
courtesying, and doing her steps witt
; zeal, was sight 80 unusual to pei
; pie who had been educated in the al
by the first professors, that it wa
: scarcely to be wondered at if a prou
man, and a sensitive, had not mag
nanimity enough to brave the smile