The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-10

Of advantaee9uslY, ike the rest? To
do hin jusi(b9 q Iap& ber|shict Ind
s;:s: s:s ,; :ss :ssta's|3l i e a3!t!
Of overlosklng was not heavy, for
she was no gad-about nor Airt.
sba pp.de11s.apoAat 9 & ID 3 oasg 81 she) Ees,
that heE= name -had to y kept - care.
fallysss her comp hhteacea was
more chary Of herself than her neigh;
b bo1s liked! Thsy called her proud
a I'D ID sta,cFup.;; Bat: :she let them talk
When she had won: then she would
b ave The right u laugh: Meanwhile
their ill-hatufe did her 10 harm, broke:
up no s.cbemes; but if anything
worked to her goa in that it proved.
her caution: 10 She sometime.' regret:
ted a little that bad thing, were said
Of her to John Mussggi16ave, the young
farmer who lived On the fell over
there by Duninail Raise; but she
could not help it; If John thought
ill Of herr, she used 10 isaY to herself,
because sic kept herself to herself;
and was not insot ~: night: Ike ahe, the
rest Of the girls, it was a pity; but
she could not*help Iii foolishpees, and
he must think as he had a mind. If
he chose he could fiSd out for him
self that .lhez zas iiiather proud nor
81 stuck.up; only, being " without i moth:
er and with TO- house mostly full IF
young gentlemen IN the suuimimer, she
:, was tied tosbe careful; ;;else The Would
give folks leave to talk ia = ;si9 worse
way han: they did now: All of
which showed ;. certain wisdom as
we'll as 1ectitdde in Lois that VA was hot
without value in the formation Of
character! ~. .3' ,: ;: :.
r. This year: it seemed cs if old Tim
Lanccasterr's wishes we're near fulfill
M ent.: Bernard Haynes had taken
lodgings in his. house; had spent q
| great deal Of money in specimens for
which he had neither use nor liking !;
had 90 n Lois and, being in one Of his
idylic moods, had dreamt Of the pos:
sibility Of transp'anting 80 . sweet a
;cottage.Aower Into The tri1na' parterres
and costly .'*houses' = or Of Wildwood.
eHe Was = youth of moods He had
begun his thinking life as ID ID ., ,a,assccetic
worshipper If f*sii1r sir Ga]ahad and the
Arthurian legends; then he developed
| into benev violent ?despotism, The King
The best man, the Gaming i man 4 as he
used to 's,'a;y 's,a;y, ruling his subjects with
strength Eand wisdom combined ); ana
from tbishe had branched off into
his present leraze- "A belief in The uni
yersal brotherhood Of the future, to
be. brought aboat mainly byE Lam
caster as the mistress Of Wildwood. =
|on Fascinated by her beauty, he be-
ieved heronore, really, 7pe6neds' than
,shelxaia Dewn.in that: remote dis;
| triot, without sthanoompaniouship of
ladies Of his cownsclass,t her manners,
which truly we're excellent for 'ohso Of
bel, degree, seemed to i him better
than they we're, or than they would
have seemed had dshe; been able to
compare her; sly, with his sisters OF
Edith Grattan. Even when he caught
this little failing, that small lapse, he
despised it as affecting the main point
| of his admiration. To him Lois was
like some classic nymph, far superior
to the conventionalised ladies' Of bis
own time and land. She merely
needed a little, very little, polish to
make her absolutely perfect; when
1t would be seen that she was of in
fnitely. better material than were
those who should polish her. In
short, he was in love, and as foolish
as men in love for the most part; are
but he played old Timothy Lancas
ter's game to perfection, and the sofi
moment in the'tn;!i::sls' .'':tne: l.:
f.. Being young, he h,,:$:;ie IN offer o
his hand as'well as Of his love !; for Ii
y wss ID honorable fellow and intended e
too ,doo veil 'to;;<e to every one: i He 'woul,
in.ugurats' his system d Of universe
brotherhood and equality at Midwoot
and the world would take the leeso'
to heart and repeat up sat staott thso advanct
ment Of society % aa GENERALLY. hs1f # onl:
ILoiss@ would be his lwiff wife, The huma
4 race would be benefited to'the ehd I
time, and the reign, 'of falsehood an
humbulg,; and pfetence, and i tho ouban ouu,aain
other lad 1things,, would bs shorten shortsne
and ';coptracted s:by So 50 much: much IA
tthis VII natural ttfr enough enough To- 3 yout
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