The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-09-19
Gclcrte0 Cnlc.
From the Home Magazine for September
OLD MAID.
- Muic . Marie ~
BY VIRGINIA f. TOWOSEND.

and see II u1l . SAID d 'ttl" slil. clc-
waiting first one. and then the other of her
snowy shoulders, while Deborah. her old
muse secured the loops of her white dress
. Ii we've got to have cross, hateful screw
faced old maid in the house. il torment her
I'LL can. Il stick pins in the back of her
c!lair--I II tip over her plate at dinncr-lll
put things in the path 10 make her stumble
when she walks in the garden ] II be Just as
bad as | know how" This threatening
speech was delivered with various emphatic
lantomincS which made it dou'y eff cliye.
Mallory Ellis was falhrrlcsS AMI mother
less. She lived with her doting old grand
father in the brown gay cottage. that stands
tie very last on the road leading from Stanton
to Grecndac She was in the broadcast Sense
If the term. spoiled child. | doubt much
whether She had ever been refused any thing
daring all the six years she had lived with
her grand father, and Mariory was now
twelve. There was no other children at the
cottage 50 tie little girl carried it with n
high hand. She was bright, inQni>itive.
impeunuS child. great may gont Impulses
and warn feelings, but her heart was like
garden that required much wedding.
1t was with anything but feelings of salts
faction that Mallory had heard her grand
fathers announcement, two days before, that
lie had received a letter from Jessie Mann, an
90 ricna aux, Sti'oo' MAE ~ '.t i,"yn', >
a'''S '''a' say wa, ',"'e'''T Wye? s
upper paw VI .''t I,"'', ",',' . ,,
Ftnlehl ana aef.ea"'e' "',"c '"e'N Ht'o''
visit. Her grandfather had at once written
the lady an urgent invitation to come to the
cottage, and he should expect her the latter
part of the week.
N"" h,,J',l n'u I"'0'.', ~ Il" ..''.'.e Ave." ',
sion 10 al o'u ,''",uS' a. 'ne WV W .n's,
WIN "h"''' shy ''"" "''.' o'o"S". :" o''",
contact $1,000 III c "T' ''eM T; as ,o pe W
,na' most H''',''''u',E n':s' VA, I"S' w. ~
oivr'naiS' 80 '''c a''''c'Pa'pn VI !i'a' NAM
visit scene! 10 arouse all .', III, ".s's,'.na pro-
lch>'''S Oh 'le' NATURE, ".u r',I WYE ''''',u
10 '''e"'',''". cNs's 'no'. VI '"", ':u, "
e"''''i,''u "I ', !"'r'''ne u's' 'i'' tn"S ~ ~
already Se,ue' III nef own '''':u." t'' s"'. -,
lr'S't' SAG mus W u'" '"''' '''' Ii'.
WIN IL 'o"u' H''"'l' ,o'''' Slu".e' pn't' arn,
ana s'"',"' -! 'n''"' " ..;,'i y,
N''''t ''"'''"" o"e VI /" "0' vi ''''' "'"" ~
N4rc'' ,r,,.
Twas 1''"'u'3 n''v'i'oh w., ''v'' M'na '"''',
"''Net. ,p'n ''"'a , Wv h ,t, ,,f' r
i'''."''le'y nu'','n 1 p't, y. '',s ".IN "';
iH'" 'he o'c"'u' ''e' n'''e' 't,' ,''o", W. ~ J."
d" 'Nl" t1''''' VI ''','', 'I ~
hoiah met her at the door. Come right into
the ra.lor, Marjc!" she said. The ladys
been ino;n"ing ur you half u dozen times
how could YOU run of so!'
BccauS, wanted TO- was the satisfac-
tory reply and the saucy, willul child brushed
ra,, Betty. and in no very concilatory mood,
entered the parlor.
The lady. who was standing at the table,
examining sane neat runTavinos there.
on. turned round hastily, and there was a
Tremendous taccrn,ss ir her voice as she
asked: Are YOU really Annie's little girl!
Come to inc, my child"
She was ralc. and on the whole plain, this
crrcss of Maiorv's fancy, with soft, dark
h,,r folded heavily about her oh. ,ks, with
larsc serene gray ewes, and mouth, that
most significant feature in a woman's face,
70, snail. bul fail, tender and one that drop
ned naturally into smiles. And Mallory,
Win her won,rrinr hluc eyes fastened on the
lady went mn ia h9r.
GLOW much, how very much she is like
her mo,hcr!" This was said half to her
s,lf, half to Maicrie's grandfather. who lust
then came mic the pa,lor and Miss Mann
pushed away the short curly hair from Mar
inrv's brow and razcd on her with long
caccr tenderness. that went at once to the
ltIlc girls heart, and she quite forgot Miss
Mann was an old maid.
Yes" sa,d Grandfather Ellis, "our Marie