New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-11-30

Ihad observed harp in the boudolr ao
iacent, and begged her to sweep Its
strings for me. ~..,.. ~.
Il cannot she said; but Miss Mar
euerite can! will call her. And mo-
wing to the window she exclaimed I'M
periously:
Come, Marguerite, wo wish you to
5,av some airs on the harp
The soverness htsitated a moment
came in and took a seat at the harp
AS she sat there / isoticed for the first
time, the superb proportions Ct her I'M
gers, the graceful poisc of her hea! OIL
the stately neck; but I forgot t'.ose
when she smote the chords Of the harp
and began to sing. Was she an impro-
visatrice? Thought she must be, so
full of soul was the music she poured
forth, and when she concluded / asked
Mrs. Cuthbert whose composition it was
'Her own,' she replied, and she nev-
er knows what she is going to sing
when she commences.'
UTTERED no fulsome words of COM
mendation to Marguerite, but nay eyes
must have spoken volumes of approval.
That night when I retired to rest,
nv dreams were not haunted by the
heiress, but by the pale face lhad seen
at the window-the face of Marguerite
the goyerness,
The next morning I was awake at an
early hour and glancing out, saw Mar
guerite gliding across the lawn. 1
hastened to join her-her cheek wore
a rich glow, her dark, 1ustrous eyes
we're full Of light. her lips tremulous
with smiles; her white apron was full
of snowy blossoms, and she had
wreathed spray of jassamine amid
the blackness of her hair. How we
began to talk I scarcely know, but I
was never entertained by any woman
as by her. Icould touch upon no sub
iect on literature or art, with which
she was not familiar, and Madam de
Stael might have coveted her CONVEX
sational powers. On the lawn we sep
arated. but when we met at Breakfast
in the presence of the Cuthberts and
the supercilious hciress, l saw that the
old governess look had come back to
her face, and she was more reticent
than ever. My friend proposed a
excursion to boiling spring
in the neighborhood, and when our par
ty assembled on the verandah, I no.
ticed with the keenest disappointment,
that the governess had been excluded.
I rodo at the bride rein of the
fair Blanche, who looked very
pretty in the blue habit, and with her
velvet cap sat coquettishly above her
golden tresses, but I found it an effort
to interest myself in her conmon chit
chat. I felt a sense of relief when we
at the Hall, and as soon as I
led my partner in, bounded up the
staircase. On the way to my chamber
7 passed an open door, and through it
caught glimpse Of Marguerite. The
two children were busy at their tasks,
and she sat patiently correcting a sketch
which one of them had made. A port
folio lay beside h,r which l doubted
not was filled with her own drawings =
She heard my step, and looking up, saw
me on he threshold.
'Whatp she exclaimed, 'have you re-
turned so soon? l did not expect you
for an hour or two. I hope you have
enjoyed YOURSELF
A faint smile passed over her face.
IL she muttered, N'you can't un-
derstand etiquette, if you suppose a
governess is to be made an equal
1 felt the blood rush to nay brow, as
1 replied
There arc many false notions in So
cietv: / am sure Mrs. Cuthbert's gov
erness is the equal Of any one here,
and as such 1 regard her.
Her face crimsoned, and for time
there was silence, which l broke by
saying
is this the school room!'