The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-23
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1t ma, seem, ABSURD to peeppexibo=
live in Londpp-7I an speaking Of
the upper middle ic}ases-that airy
one should trouble, himself about his1
neighbours You may live in 1Iondon
for many years and never ex{bapseJ
q single word with your ne3t.door
neighbor: j You note Tie cha4eesi in
$hs household. 'Fou see sdoctor's
carriage, which presages, it may be;
a new hope for the FUTURE or {.
lifetime of tender:regret. His daugh.
ter, let Us! say, goes forth one bright
morning, radiant as the sunshine, in j.
bridal veil; or you come home .: one
afternoon, and,. seeing the blinds
drawn down in ominous fashion, you
look in the paper next day, with just
.atouch ofidle curiosity, to,see which
Of the family is dead. You have
your own friends, pleasures. and pur-
suits, and your neighbor has his;
and, in the great majority of cases,
no: acquaintanceship springs up be-:
tween you. 1t is like two streams
which, flowing throu gh diff erent
soils before they meet, will run !: }on
for a long distance, it may be, side by
side, each preserving its distin ctive
color: But the streams mingle at
last; and never, except in rare cases,
do the lives of men who 'are nsigh.
~bors in the great world Of Lo1den-.
Very different. however, is Il; ii
tho country. T here Il sm .speakiinng,
of course, Of a comparatively small
place) people call upon new-cou hers,
if theycan produce proper credentials;
or, even if that il Id thd5loasee,, Iii they }
will still visit and judge for Il hen1::
selves. III you are not visited, you
might as we'll 60 and i've the Ii fe Of
a recluse; and your personal com.
fort depends great deal upon those
with whom you asso ciate. Not be.
ing in the right set means that you
will miss the companionship of gen.
tlefolk, surely a pleasant thing at all
times; and your children, if you
have any, will, lead but wearyfdl
lives. There is no snobbishness, l
contend, in desiring good society in
the country, and it must come to
you. In London you can seek it for
yourself; and there are also literary
and artistic circles, with a pleasant
flavor of Bohemianism about them,
which would perhaps rather, horrify
Little Peddlington; but in the coun5;
try you can be by no means so inde-
pendent. AZ. .->,:.
1t will bs understood; then, ," bat
Adeline Marsden's lite At Seaburn
was not made any pleasanter by the
refusal Of some of tho incest people
to visit her. Nor WAS she ig16of>nt
IF the fact that it was mainly
owing to the strong feeling Of Sir
Philip G.veston that she was regard.
sapa,iah by many of her + neigh:
borA who should also have been her
friends. She knew it was to the her:
editary hatred he took no pains to
conceal that she owed her exclusion
from houses where, on her own 'mer-
its, she would have been IN honored
guest. She was immeasurably supe-
rior, socially and intellectually. to
many Of the people who snubbed her,
thinking to claim a higher position
IN the place by following Sir Philips
lead and she felt very keenly the
gross injustice of his animosity
towards her. Whatright hadhe in this
persistent and vindictive way, to try
to visit the sin Of . remote ancestor
| upon one who had done him no
wrong? This was the question she
asked herself bitterly enough when
ever any fresh evidence of his evil
influence manifested itself: She had
as I have said, high and romantic
notions; and I almost believe she
would have despoiled herself of the
property to repair the wrong; but
that Of course would never be accept
ed +; and she chafed against the iqjus
tice Of Sir Philips feeling until sh<
felt her position unbear.ble.
Hero, then, were the leaders Of Il,
opposing cliques. both ~ angry a. j
was possible to be with each other: ant
y yet, strange to say, there was an un
der-current Of feeling, carefully stiff
fed, be it noted, on both sides, whicl
might have produced very diasren
state Of things. It was 2 feeling com
mon 70 them both. .ndzyet it Svarie|i
very nue., id iuteh.ityzon each sid,
Both the man And the woman had
certain secret regard Ifcr each othei
J But whereas Philip Gaveston tel