The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-04-13

serve her friend. Sic was " alone to
the world, vhile Aggiet had = family
to whom half lei: wages went; but
it was not 80 much feeling Of duty
q the blind fatal;;am Of affection that
led to this .,a'el,ri6ee: e, -
On Saturday the announcement
Of the reduction was was made, and Ma
Try carried out her plan: Then came
weary .days-:,;xaeary 70 heart and to
fmind. For Joes light fancy .for the
strange. impulsive girl gave signs; Of
fading. What was il The mana m ie.se
an effect Of the la1 morals Of ? fac;
tory village, was y. her a true .tfa.i. III
|'of an unframed heaTt With: him
y was 2 vagasy; IL, viii: Il her i va.ss
life. The Sunday conference: brought
no 8 satisfaction, !, ana sleep found her
poor pilloH always vet but ike the
May Wilson Of colonial ,.d.ys, she
clung e the man xho had done :her
heart a1: the greatest s +. !: XrYong !!
Night pow fell earlier, 1t was
dark when she took her place to in
tercept Joe on his way to the mill
90 dark that her, tall figure was not
discernable from the gateway: upon
which she leaned waiting. Four
days she had not met her lover, and
the thought had forced itself more
strongly upon her that she was
Stunned.
/ As she stood straining her eyes
into the darkness that hid every
thing; footsteps approached. T. The
new corners were two: and they stop.
ped as if for farewell 80 near to Ma
~ that she held her breath to avoid
discovery.
"Good:byer" spoke Joe's voice
fr om out the deep; shadow that con-
e4aled all surrounding objecn
Meet me at the same place to-mor'
row."
Mary clnns to the; railway, listen:
i1gg ggfo'!r for the ,l4aa.r: answer: It came in tones
only TOO familiar
"Good-bye. Joe! Don't forget
anything that you. have promised me-
You're a 4orgetful fellow, and ]
don't think you care half rs much
for me as you: pretend" Here there
was?a sound Of physical protest on
Joe's part, with suppressed laughter
from the girl. ''Do go along. That's
enough for tonight"
Mary sank to the ground with 8
moan, as her lover walkedthrough tht
gate and Aggie tnpped off toward
the town. She lay there, dazed by
the sudden revelation, until the cold
! wind that blew away the clouds from
the face Of the stars had chilled he,
poorly clad form. Her heart wa,
frozen, too, and she arose hating: and
yearning for revenge against, the lov:'
er who had cast her of and the
| friend who had robbed her Of he,
lover while she accepted her sacrifice
of comfort. She would no moro o1
it.
d The Indian spirit that had slum'
bered for generations, now asserted
its Immortality and claimed full pos
session. Her ancestral brave plann:
ed the massacre of the Ashton colon
lists with no more bitter cruelty. than
! this metamorpbosed factory girl plotted
herself against the two persons for
! whom, an hour before, she would
have given up life itself: She ARISE
from. the frozen ground, transformed
as if by the evil influence latent in
the blood: Of her race. If it had
wa tied long and quietly for this op'
portunity, 1t now boldly asserted it,
dominion. 1t might have been an i'm:
placable Indian that strobe of under
Mary Wilson's faded shawl to her
lodgings. Her thoughts were too
wild for a civilized brain, for the
days of looms and railways.
She pondered through the long
night. AT the same place." he had
said. That place was the other side
Of the deep and slow moving canal
which supplied power to the mill
[They must have crossed the foot
bridge togetber-thus her thoughts
should they ever cross it again
It was clear and simple. To move
one end Of the plank 80 that the Vi
bration of 4 body crossing should
dislodge it from the bank ; 4 to watch
the faithfess lover and the false friend
step upon it, and see them reel ani
plunge together into the chill black
ness below!:
Suddenly as the purpose had form
ed itself in her mind, the detail. cam.
with terrible slowness. 1t was a.
the blew that had awakened he
worse nature had stunned instead Q
quickening: her intelligence. Th
idea Of vegeanee had presented itse]
naturally and promptly is she aros
| from the ground. on which che :hs,
sunk with no feeling but that Of no
and self:pity: in heF heat; at; ! and !, il
plaee Of the lspid' Il saeee.tions re- 'itb; tbs;
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