The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-03-02
pleased with 1aaalf and her method,
and d;eueoese 1epaia her for: :maaYabit-

said sid With: meaning, 1"Can: I read
you; my; Maud2ni a..::
!: The girl! hid her face on her moth
er's|shoulder,,
,s1 : AT .last !" she i.bre@tbed with =
happy Sigh, -: ":Oh, mamma. ! am 10
happy"
81 'l7knew:it would come, my DEAR"
said Mrk HayneA 81 am. charmed, ),
far,you xillno1s be atrest, my Mauh;
all the same, ,,Isnsvet ;doubted:it",
Il did, mammss once, when: that
;Rirl'wa lhere,n said Maud.4.:. -.
.::"Y e., 'Ue, ~esa in dangen; certainly
lthen,2 = retained her mothsr J; seand we.
shonld have. beea, lost for, ever had
Bernard; carried out his mad *design.
But We were saved, you res ;>saved
without loss'-q'tiae pour IA: Pearl' "
:. eAnd you. managed 20 we'll, man,
'ms!-and / wasso stupid. and imper..
tinent r. Maud said with loving PEN
.iteuce. s'she was 30 happyy 3she, was
glad to be .repentant; it seemed ito
add; indeed to her present delight to
Say how far She, had failed Il in the
past x ... -
Her mother smoothed hes glossy
hair
/ This is the reward for. which we
mothers long; she answered; that
our plans should succeed, and our
children acknowledge We have done
we'll. Now We must think of settle
menta and your trousseau. my dar-
ling ;and. next year perhaps We may
have to repeat it all oyer again for
Cora
"And Charley, mammal
"And Charley"
Il thought 49," cried Maud. "Dear
little Cora, what . sweet little wife
she will make! How much I wish
that Bernard would marry Edith"
$50 he will some day.. said Mrs.
Haynes. ."He is brokenhearted now,
poor boy, or thinks that he is: and
that this young woman from .Wyth-
burn is the only creature worth = Sec
ond thought in the world. He
swears that ! have ruined his happi-
ness for life. and that he. viii never
marry tny yone. # he cannot have Miss
LANCASTER ;,bat, l: Know him better
| than he kno~s himselfAsnd he will
marry Edith Grattan:'''. 49,
"That will be .delightfal-what a
happy family partyp': cried Maud,
kissing her mother: enthusiastically
just as Sir James Aitken rode up to
the door, and the first chapter Of her
book Of betrothal opened.
1t was a curious coincidence, but
then life is made up Of curious coin
cldences, that on the evening of the
very day in April when Bernard dis
appointed his mothers hopes and
formally refused to propose to Edith
Grattan, Lois, who had been but pal,
land all through the winter, was,stand
7 ing out for moment by the. garden
gate at Brigend watching. the, last
rays Of the sun slowly; passing from
the fell tops when Jshn Musgrav'
came riding BY. John had been ,
good deal on and off at the hous
this winter: and the folks did say-
but then folks say vast they hav,
no call to, as John always answered
when attacked on the subject-tha
he had helped old Lancaster out Of 1
; pinch which else had threatened hin
severely-that pinch for the need o
which he had clustered to Lois lou,
and long, and sworn that he woul,
take the law Of young Bernard Hay
mes and make him smart for his vii
lainy. 1t did not 10 wer his voice Il
be told that he had not a hairs
breadth Of etanding-ground., H
J was angry and disappointed: an'
, when men are in a rage they do nc
care much for reason. johns bel
however, tided him over the. wors
: part; and he, for his part, was by n
means sorry to be of use to Lois Lar
3 casters father. 1t made the futul
f bright and the present very swee
: and it seemed somehow to. redeel
: the mistakes and disasters of the. past
8 and it made Lois tender and. patiep
E with her rustic friend-gratitude gill
ing over the rough places whic
8 might be accepted but could not
! denied, and rendering all that v,
3 homely beautiful and comely.
r "Eh1" he said a. he. came n
= "You ont in. the damp like tbi.
Q Are You doing wise-]ike, MISS La
i caster? Aren't you best. indoors
Q He spoke with an indescribable a
= cent of tenderness. his fine blue ey
d bent on her with grave and sesio
It affection: ~:
ar 1T is very mild. Mr. John.' L<
e answered; blushing vividly.
j. But you are very frai]," John -,
Il turned, hitt hing his horse to the II
=. and: passing through the gate
# place himself by her. side. ."V
=. must take care Of. YOU. you. kno
1; Good gears. bad to. .spare~'
y f"You are very good to think
E much Of me, Mr.. John," she "a
Is playing with her ribbons, looking
I premely pretty if = little awkwa'
y =" "Do You like me to mind YOU
81 much as1do p returned Johnin ! Ia
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