The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-04-27
did, DID, not, Of the two, better deserve the
name of fast.

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name Of fast. ~..,.
go H"These periodical fast-days, my
son, = cried the priest to me, "are
wholesome for the soul."' 4
* perhaps more 90 then they would
be for the body, holy, father, if it At
tackled but half Of the fast before
u.s. .'. u;
-: :"Highly good,". repeated the priest,
"these days Of modification" And
I am sure he meant what he said,
though he did laugh as he said it.
what do you think Of Captain
Fitzhenry, father" -
"a docile young man; q worthy
gentleman, my son. I have held
frequent converse with him, and his
Difference to good opinions is remark:
able. Reared though he has been in
the tenets Of an opposite creed, he is
perfectly y willing to listen to reason.
Had we found him otherwise, I might
have held bel it my duty 70 warn my
good daughter here against entrust-
ing the welfare of that lamb to his
keeping"
The priest bowed to Mrs. Dashing7;
ly, andwaved his finger at Caroline
lest the company present should not
fully understand that they were the
daughter and the lamb spoken Of. It
was only his way. ,
"a charming young man-a gener~:
GUS spirit!" apostrophized the priest.
burying his face in whole boatful
Of rich melted butter. !
"Our rext care must be Lima
said Mrs. DashinglY, looking daegers.
at my sister, who was turning crim-II
son: captain Fitzhenry often re.
monstrates with her on her obstina-'
cy."
"Ah,"' sighed the priest, as he hesi-
tated between potted lampreys and
roast, salmon, "that estimable young
man is three parts Of a saint already. {.
He has promised his sweet lamb that
| when she ia his wife. she shall endow
a chapel" i
"A generous fellsw, this bridegroom
telect Of yours, Carry Whispered.
A flashing, beamiog, triumphant
| glance shot from her eyes toward me ;
as she looked up from her plate. She
| was quite sensible Of the advantages
to berlved from rich and s,lbmi ssive
husband.
1 was anything but-anxious to see
him. He was already sketched,
drawn, colored, and hung up in my
minds eye IA harmless milksop Of a
baby of twenty, who dared not say
his soul was his own, and whose head
had been constructed to carry a. few
brains as possible: Who else could
be taken Cin) by = posse Hirt Ike
ECaroline? Somehow since aunt had
90 kindly helped to cure my own in.
fatuation, I had grown wonderfully
alive to the real worth and attractions
of my fair cousin.
Father Peter took leave after din.
ner, and I went with the ladies to the
drawipg-room. There, leaning over
the back Of Carry's chair, I made
violent love to her, by way Of passing
the time. She was relapsing into
her old coquettish way ere l had been
there ten minutes-on my honor she
was-and we were on the point of as
hot Irritation as ever, when the
room door opened suddenly, and the
butler put in his head.
"Captain Fitzhenry."
I started back with astonishment,
and trod upon aunt's pet cat. After
splitting and snarling, it made at last
a spring at the startled servant. For
instead Of the monkey had pictur.
ed, in walked a splendid man Of six
orseven 'and-twenty; handsome enough
to have had his portrait propped up
at the National" or his bust in a
group Of far:famed sculpture; with a
frank, beaming eye, and a tongue
that might have turned half the girls
heads in Christendom. How on
earth had Caroline beguiled him!
Knight have waited for the sun to
form . junction with itself. OF a brief
to come to me, before alighting on 4
more agreeable man, keen and sensi'
bic. We became cordial friends, at
once, and I lost myself in a puzzled
reverie. That he should have chosen
Caroline for a wife did not surprise
me =; for if men and women were
shaken up in a bag, and drawn out
Of it in couples, more incongruous
matches. would not be met with than
are met with now but-his docility
to aunt and the new religion!
My aunt was in high good humor,
and proposed that we four should
have quadrille, Offering to try her
hand at some by-gone tune; so down
she sat to the piano. But how were
we to stand up7 Captain Fitzhenry,
of course, advanced to his bride-elect ;
but it would never do for. brother
aud sister to dance together. So the
captain took Lima, and I crossed over
to Caroline.
He danced very we'll as did Lima.
They looked = handsome couple, and
so we'll suited to each other that I
caught myself wondering, perhaps re-
Rretting. that she 'iwas not his
chosen one 1hoped I was mistaken
Indeed, I knew I was - but it did
strike me that if ever bright blue
eyes beamed love, Lina's did when