Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1876-01-01


sI shall learn to speak English have
begun already-and in q year / shall be in
America. NH YOU write your address
for me on this caId = ~ -
did So
elf YOU ever come to Spain, remember
that my house and all that is in it are
yours. -
Is II shah never go to Spain" -
! sPefllaps you will one day to see Miss
ST. Clair, looking up in my face with a
bright smile of inextinguishable hope.
''Good- bye for year.
A few more days in Florence, a week in
Venice, day or two in Milan, and we babe
adieu to Italy. Land Of beauty and mys-
terry. when / recall thy many forms of
loneliness, the glorious shapes of gods and
heroes serene and passionless in their white
majesty of marble, the blessed sweetness
of saints and MadOhnas shining down into
my soul, ! seem to have been once in heav-
en- and afterwards shut out.
We were once more at home. Almost
the first News that came to us from abroad
! was the terrible war between France and
/, Germany. During the protracted siege of
4 Paris we were fuil OF anxieties, but at its
I close we received long letters from Madame
1
ings and priyatiOns OF the seige, sorrOwfu
! enough for the most part. but enlivened
here and there with touches of the CAV
! French humor that nothing can subdue.
There was lively sketch of Christmas
dinner ingeniously got up of several courses
of donkcy-meat. At New Years the
choicest gift that gentleman could make
ia lady was a piece Of wheaten bread AZ.
! terward there was nothing in the house
but rice and chocolate bonbons, which they
chewed sparingly a little at q time. But
| they kept up their courage they were even
gay. Hardships were nothing, but that
! Paris should be surrendered ct last-that
| was humiliation which nothing could
compensate Many of the gay dancers
whom we had known had fallen in bat
tie, among them, Rene Yergniaud. He
was shot in the heart In an engagement
with the PruSSians in the envirOns of
Paris.
/ spent my next summer vacation with
Miss St. Clair In Detroit.
''When is MIR. Denham coming homer"
asked one evening when we wers alone
together. -
AZ do not know: he does not speak of
coming home. / am a little puzzled about
Fred. He has written me great deal lately
about certain Fraulein Teresa, the daugh-
ter of one of his professors, who takes such
excellent care of her younger brothers and
sisters, andwho is such wonderfully eco
nomical, housewifely little body-just q
new edition of Werther's Charlotte. do
not think that he really likes her" she
continued after musing little: ''he just
holds her Up as model for me to copy.
/ shouldn't wonder if she was only imagi-
yorxr III roo<o mn fool how for Gonna abort
of Lis ideal Fred says that he worshiRs
the very ground tread on-slightly hyper
bolical and very original, you perceive"
with satirical curve of her pretty lips
''but he never seems half satisfied with me.
He ought to know by this time that must
be just my own little self, and not q
secondhand imitation of somebody else"
The next day came letter with Ger
man postmark, which was so eloquent on
the subject of Fraulein Teresa that it clio
tied the following reply:
'DETRoIT, August s, ISL.
"DEAR FRED: I despair of emulating
Fraulein Teresa's many exceilencies. You
know what useless little thing / am.
Happily, it is not too late to make another.
choice. Thinking it may please you, I
hereby release you from all your prom
ises to me. We may never be anything
more to each other perhaps, but / hope
that we shall always be dear friends.
shall never forget that we grew up together,
and wish you all possible happiness.
Your little friend. HELEN"
In due time this answer came:
HEIDELBERG, August 81, 1871.
| MISS ST.. CLAIR: Your somewhat singular
letter of August 9Th was duly received. If
] believed that you had written it, or ever
elaboration, should accept your decision
at once. But as Ihave good reason to know
your habit of acting from sudden impulses
which you afterward regret, I give you
I three months to reconsider this hasty
step.
Il have the honor to be your obedient
servant, +. A. DENHAM.
Helen held to me the open sheet,
with kindling eyes and glowing cheeks:
sFhree months don't need three min
utes: / wouldn't change in three centu-
ries l am SO glad to be free!" she cried,
! sObbing and laughing at the same moment.
she has worried me 30 q poor little thing
like me!'
The next morning started on my return
to Boston. M -
Early in October servant handed me q
card bearing the name Francisco Alyala.
had ceased to think of the boy, not hav-
ing heard word from him but here he
was, looking very manly, Drowned with
the sun and sea, and beautiful as EndymiOn
! when Diana stopped to kiss him and all the
green leaves in the white moon shine were
tremulous with sympathy.
After the flrst greeting he asked, show
is Miss st. Clair? and when did you see her
last? 58r 80 J . l1s
/ told him of my recent visit
"She is not married then p ,,
ION the contrary, she is free. Tho
engagement with Mr.. Denham has been
broken"
what did l tell your Did not say it
would be I?' in burst of triumph.
- AS good Boston woman am cha
grlned to record that Bunker Hill and all
the local lions, which l was at some pains
to impress on his memory, did not prove
SO attractive as the earliest Western train.
Why make long story of what every
one foresees9 In the course of the autumn
and winter the count made flying visits to
Washington, Philadelphia, New Orleans,
and even San Francisco, but it was noticea-
Bile that the way to all these places Law
through Detroit. He spoke English mar
! velously well now, and so won upon the
hearts of Mr. and Mrs st. Clair that on the
23d of April, being his twenty first BIRTH
day, the marriage Of the condo de Alvala
and Helen st. Clair was duly celebrated. T
could not leave my school to be present at
the wedding, but the young couple came
to Boston to take leave of me before sail.
ing for Europe. They were radiant with
happiness, and / could hardly tell which I
loved best, my boy or my girl; but if the
Italian had been there to ask If ever saw
a more beautiful couple, 1 should have an