The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-21
HOW THE OLD LOVE JARED
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ns P..sS On .n6 ,;rci in body and miad, fell
..ssar And voke ia London. The sharp
n, orning air, the murky atmospaese, sne noss
arnd shsvered with that uneasy, unweshed sen.
sation which . nights travelling generally
Iosyss There was not more time than SUI.
f,cea to swallow a cup Of hot coffee, and reach
the southeastern terminus for the down.
train TO Folkstone.
A merry little French peasant woman was
waiting there, with her three children, to re.
kerchief, gay ear-rings, and the foreign APP
pearance Of the party, had OF course secured
her the usual amount Of staring with which
Britons always favor strangers. Stephen
handed her into the carriage he intended 70
occupy. and then her small, dark, black.eyed
children. At each station they put .neiI
heads ont of the window, and exclaimeu. ia
high pitched voices and most curious accen.,
sHow far 10 1t from London, portair ~ Either
their thirst for this knowledge was insAtiaoie,
or they only understood the ques uon anu no.
the answer, Tor they repeated the ,nhs ~
At every opportunity, to the intense delight OF
the guards The little vivactous woman cnat-
ted away to Stephen; she told him all her his
tory why she had been 10 England, now she
had found the people kind, but sad and not
only ignorant but absolutely unteachable. in
matters Of the cuisine. A sallow, lauk gentle
man, who sat opposite, just at this point OF
the conversation suddenly directed small
stream of tobacco. juice out Of the window,
managing with exquisite dexterity to avoid
Sellon's nose by hairs breadth. Sellon look
ed up with an ireful expression.
81 guess did that cleverly." remarked his
Wis SAWS.
"I'll thank you not to do it again." returned
Stephen CURLY.
"bo you practise splitting, sir"
Stephen, still In wrath: "Not so near peo-
pies faces."
swell, now," rejoined the passenger. who
was an Americana calculate can paste
fly four yards on"
Three days from that time Stephen was at
Marseilies, ana was engaged there at seaman's
wages 10 work under the engineer in the Pc.
ninsular and Oriental steamship Ava. 1t sail
heavy, his spirit was good his belief in Mar
garet's taithtulness was very considerable;
his belief IN his own-was amazingly firm.
CHATTER ".
1t was perhaps dozen years after this that
n lady, warmly clad in silks and furs, walked
down the principal street of Vendor one
winters day. She carried n small roll of
music under her cloak, and stopped at one of
the large clois tered houses that danked the
cathedral in their we'll bred gloom and still
ness. She rang the bell, and was quickly ad.
mtted ia TO the drawing. room. She opened
vealed the face OF Margaret Merton. Full,
gay, handsome. and careless, with a bewitch-
ing droilery about the mouth, and rather
masterful eye. Presently, the door was
opened, and tail and wilful- looking girl,
with pair of flashing blue eyes, almost ran
in. Size would have embraced Margaret
the spot, DuL the latter drowned Inc cEOrt IN
her own significant way she laid her hand
oh the young iady's shoulder, saying, "Well,
Ceclie. how is the voice and how have you
progressed with the song ~
40, MSS Merton, papa says / am hoarse,
and that have a cold but let me try
For myself, l think IL an undou bted fact
that schoolgirls pay greater attention to les
sons received from masters than from their
own sex aud l make no question that. when
the enlightened and piatOnic nature of the age
admits OF youths being instructed by female
professors, the converse of the proposition
will hold good. At the same time there is
another fact to be placed against this, as has
always been the case with every fact since the
world began and that is, that a woman of a
certain age, who has self-control, and has
cultivated her powers OF fascination, can, il
she chooses TO do ii, acQ uire ar influence over
young girls which almost amounts to idolatry
The side and against which even a
lover can hardly hold his own. So, Margaret
Merton. who liked TO be charming, ahd was
necessi tated in her charac ter as music teacher
IL eschew flirting, made herself particularly
charming to her pupils, who all adored her
after the fashion of young girls. We may al
suppose, ii We like, that she thought Il little
OF poor Stephen, and for his sake did not wish
to lose her skill in the art of being delightful
for want of practice. So the two sat down,
and proceeded very amicably for some time
AT last the fantasy seized Margaret that Miss
VereKer should repeat certain passage a
given number Of times, as penalty for fall
ing short in the mode OF performingit. The
young girls spirit did not bear this burden
very meekly first her pride rose, then morti-
fcation did battle with pride, and lastly, the
spirit of sullenhess descended, and utterly
paralyzed Miss Vereker's vocal powers. A de-
cided pause ensued. Margaret, smiling to her
salfas the altered intonatlon fell on her ear
turned round, and met such blaze of indig.
nation ON the pretty face as 1--WE are sorry to
record il y made her smile great deal more
Then she commenced the song herself. The re-
frain was,
Better trust all, and be deceived
And weep that trust and that deceving,
Than doubt one word which, II believed,
Had blessed tiny life with true believing
She sang it delciously, and in SO doing for
got, or seemed to forget, her pupil, her home,
and her fathers people. The memorable spirit
of music spoke to her of other things; and as
her fingers wandered over the keys, her face
grew very Wistful, almost sad, and she no
longer remem bered even to tense Miss Vereker,
who was affected like Saul. in SO far that the
mut; nous demon was In some sort charmed
out of her and she was pondering how she
might best descend from her pedestal of pride,
and make submission to Margaret, without
losing her dignity. The song was finished,
and both came back to realities. Margaret did
not care about cOnQuering herself, but was
wondrousiy fond OF cOnquering other people
SO she devoted an instan to Miss Vereker, and
having ascertained by an almost impercept-
ihie glance that young ladys state Of mind,
she proceeded to apply the actual cautery.-
She took the song, and gave it to her, saying
very sadly, "Until to-day, always sang that
song with pleasure, Cecile, but You have join
al IL
will like 1t better from this time than shall %
and she bent over it, and with her pencil
wrote ON the margin, Revolte. Ceciie Vere-
ker gave a c0nyulsive golp; but, before she
could utter the words Of contrition which
hung on her lips youth Of seventeen years,
the fac smile of his sister, entered hastily
MAY see you home, Miss Merton! have
stayed In ON purpose" he added, In q boyish.
pleading manner.
Margaret was arranging her shawl round
her shoulders, and she did this very deliberate
~, benoing down her head, while an amused
smile played about her lips. Meanwhile the
boy eyed her, as if he lOnged to assist her.
hut refrained, lest he should meet with y
repulse. Possibly some memory OF for
ration. Then she looked up and gave him her
hand. mo I thank you, young George; a
poor music-mistress hardly needs an escort
Good night, Cecile."
The lad follow her to the door with a pro-
voked look on his handsome young face. /
dare say that young George grated ON his
ears. he returned 70 his sister, and regarded
the fire. "3he IL too handsome 70 walk alone.
i WISH were y man, CHS, and then i would
marry her."
rhis nav view made Cts deliberate a little.
The resni. was favorable. "That would be
very nice. George, and then need not take
any more singing lessons Of her-at least unless
liked the songs particularly she added as
her eye fell GU the word Revolte.
Margaret gave TWO more lessons ON her road
and then walked quickly home. and safely. too.
in spite Of young q eorgs's fears.
Her father, p DR. gentleman In the FIRST in.
ssau6e, became p'orer still an amateur musi.
can. he was red sed to make his pleasure
minister To his necessity. His health AZ Wa
know, failed him more than his fortune: for
IS Margaret had said, SO she had done ana 4,
the matter Of n daughter he was decldediv as
much u be envied. When she returned. he xas
sitting in his chair by the are thin kIn~ ,o,,v
hxr ho aav in her.