The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-02-03
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CHAPTER 1.'. (
GIVING sR0Pt. J !

snOuI0 De suDOfdlnated 10 human en-
otion. But the thing worksawkward d,
ly in real life. When King Cephe-
tua's choice drops her his and mar.
ries plural nouns to: singular verb bs
her grammatical slips countasso many
flaws in the crystal of her purity, and
every uncouth phrase chips 50 much
off the texture. Of her moral worth ;
a malicious world looks askance, hid
ing its laughter in its sleeve. and
prim old dowagers, whose main oc-
cupation in life is to preach down =
daughters heart that her hand may
close on money. point to the. defect
i've syntax: Of the lowly born Is to
the kind of thing which romantic
fancy idealises, and to the peccant
prodigal himself as one whose exam:
pie is a warning to both sexes, show
ing emphatically tie ! way 70 be avoid.
ed, not followed. '.' @ - ':..c-> ~ :,
We have n no Z sympathy nowadays i,l,.di
for virtue in the rough, Or What
good a woman's sincerity, devotion,
'unselfshness,, when she eats With lei
knife, drinks with her mouth full;
says "We was a-going to-" and twas
you a-laying on the grass", sinceri:
ty, devotion and unselfshness' are hot
confined to her or her class, we say,
pleading the cause of humanity at
large when it suits US and many a
lady might have been found who
would have been as noble in her con-
duct as she, and have understood
syntax and manners better Bad
grammar has not the fee simple Of ill
the virtues; and education scores
hono1s by itself: >. 80 j:
This was the philosophy which va.
to be brought home to Bernard
Haynes, when his mother, appafently
yielding to his passionate prayer,
agreed to receive at Wildwood, as one
of themselves and his prospective
wife, pretty Lois Lancaster, the
daughter Of q Wythburn guide liv-
at the foot Of .Helvellyn, and neoesia
rily not we'll up in the accidenee *ol
refined. living. i Bernard had fallen
madly in love with Lois this lastsum;
mer down in the lake country, with,
er he had gone to read for the Long
-or to imagine that he; was reading
fallen in love all 81 in honor and
youthful zeal Of purpose be it under.
stood, designing to be q modern King
Cophetua in a minor degree, and to
make the peasant-born girl his wife
when he had entered actively on the
administration Of his estate. It was
his ideal Of life just then; for the
mission to which he this year special
ly' believed himself consecrated wa&
the fusion Of classes and the estab
lishment of universal fraternity. Mrs
Haynes, clever in her generation, .ot1
all women understood to perfection
the art Of giving rope. She knew
the generic impracticabihty Of youth
and the headstrong nature Of he'
son Bernard in particular, given a<
he was to these temporary theories by
which the world was to be regenera'
ted and all the wrongs Of society sci
to rights; but che trusted to early in
Auences, to the sensitive perception
Of education, to the glazing dicrep.
ancies of caste, to the contrast which
would be presented to his lover b,
his sisters, and above all the grac'
and beauty Of Edith Grattan-th'
only daughter Of I Lady: .Julia and
Mr., Grattan, Of High Heath; ani
she believed that, With al there asilk'
6bres laid among, the strands, be
rope would Be found ', I'd easctua.ll !t' ;. ans =
that by concession A she J. would oa q. conquer
Wherefore, after the due Am! amount 9 9
reluctance and remonstrance, sh
took her resolution as one who yield
ed, invited Lois Lancaster to com
and stay at Wildwood, and kept he
own counsel for the remainder.
ou always were the best mothe
4 ia the world r cried, Bernard enthu
4 siasticaily, when she Had Dropped he
guard and lowered her foift. q 81