The Lansing state Republican., 1863-10-07
BY CLARA AUGUSTA


WASrED-By the committee Of the Rose
lawn District. young lady To take charge OF the
summer term OF the ROse4Wn school Good
! wages will be- paid 10 one who Can bring the re
quisi'e atfanmenfs 10 the work. Roseiawn is
situated in a most delightful romantic part OF
the State; near lake Of some extent. aud af
fords every facility Tor enjoyment usually found
in country place. The society IS excellent.
The church is scarcely d moments walk from the
school u.s..
Address, for the next two weeks.
CoM@ITrEE Roselawn, VI
: Mis- Maude Ara' ella Whiting read the notice
through with a beamiug cOuutenance. Then
she read II aloud To her mother. in her best style
Of elocuton. Mrs. Whiting scarcely apprecia-
red il, though buried as she Was in an easy
chair aud a novel
I-u't it chamingy' asked Arabella.
Mo- am greatly disappon,ed - returned
Mrs " hitting Grrally Why, after Id stud
led he plot all out aud was positive thai Paul
De La Roche would we'd the beautiful Alice
Deane here he i just OF the point OF clipping
With that schemiug Lady Duvensl'
Psh4w mother. | had NJ reference to YOUR
novel I vas speaking of this school at Rose
lawn IL must be 20 poetcal, and 80 romantic
TO teach school in the country. amid the sing-
ing Of birds, and the ripping Of crystal brooks .
used 70 G. ach some here IN the country, and
she ,old me all apout II She said the children
all had turned up noses aud dirty faces ana
the hens cackled all the time aud every body
had tried pork for diuner, aud pork fried for
supper
'Oh; well, that was in some vulgar place.
But ,sela~u. surely everything must be pure
and sweet in a region With such beautiful nauel
% mamma, only give me Your blessing. and
will r., NY fortune there. IL will be some
thing charming TO tell Matilda when she comes
houe from the Springs
Don't bother me. child am dying to fnd
out about Paul aud Lady Duvenal You've put
me ont 40 that I've read this same page over
q twice
Arabella subsided into . lence, but she kept
up a wonderful thinking. Iuheriting a romantic
disposition from her mother, she had sighed all
hes HE long for adventure, but nothing ever
happened to her more rema kaDe than tearing
T her aouuces on the scrapers-aud humping her
head against the banIsters, once, when she fell
down stairs.
Her lie had been = strangely uneventful one,
and at nineteen she weary OF existence, If
one could Judge by the die awsv sonnets com
posed in the privacy Of her chamber and ex-
hibired only to her dear friend, Matilda Grubo.
Matilda was her cOn6date, and would act as her
lish her sounefs pOsthumOusy, aud give th-
proceeds to the respectable poor.
Arabell4 was atsf, ID that she should die ear
". but that fact did not cause her to lose her
sleep, or her appetite She was fair, plump, and
ROSY aud an Indifferent observer never would
, nave mstrusted the fact tuat she so often spoke
of 20 Matilda, that the e was : a canker eating
awav at her heart strings
The advertisement OF the ROselawn school in
terested her deeply. Her mind set on offer
ing herself the teacher
- She was wealthy-but that would make Il al
the more romantic. There would be something
40 much like novel, in a rich heiress blrying
herself, and her beauty, in little country village
for the good of the chidren-the blue-eyed, ro
sy-cheeked darling who would come, bringing
her flowers every morning.
Then she would meet with 40 many adven
lures She could go fishing. and boating or
the lake, and there would be pic-nies, aud quilt
ings, and berryng excursions. Aud she wOulC
- see the cows and the oxen, and the sheep, anC
: the goats, and all those sort Of things, and liv,
/, on fresh eggs. cream, and strawberries.
Mrs Whiting was 10th 20 consent to be
: daughters projrcr-but Arahella was pertina
cious: and after few days she yielded Ara
b, bella wrote TO Tie Committee, and receive,
note forthwith, telling her to be at RoseIswr
. depot the ensuing Saturday afternoon, and Mr.
Sawyer, the Committee, would meet her will
bis carriage.
SATURDAY. morning, she babe her mother al
: affecting farewell and with Pet. her lap dog
: and three immense trunks, soon on her wa
: to ROselswn. She reached there Just beior
: sundown Amid the usual hurry, noise, AD'
: basile, she Was put off, and there she stOO
= amongst her trunks and boxes, her lap dog i
/. her arms, her parasol under her arm, her reti
cule in her hands, and her high topped bonue
half ~sy of. and down her back.
TIE depot WAS blscksh building, about te
ieet square, filed with boxes, rags, and roug
looking men, smoking, splitting and talking pol
M tics
- Arabella wanted to scream at sight of then
!, but her dog screamed for her-so loudly as t
\, draw all the ailelt on Of the company to his pro
Prietoress
at Is Nr Sawyer here's she vensured to ask
HI. a trembling voice.
7. I'm the clap said tall, shock-heade
man in blue roundabout, rising; and nov
p who be yous
- Il am Miss Naude Arabela Whiting-'
The new school marm, WHY, and say
ut shat have YOU osung your dog for. You don
re cskera'- 10 keep school With nm yer zap, Z
ed yeg
Pet il my confidential companion, sir;
,ot would have broken his heart tn have been sep
sr rated from me
wal 'tSouldu't a been no CRATE Of los
nd Did yos know that dogsis taxed dollar hes
* That's 10 help on the war. aud a. I'm a pea
10 maa. knocked NV dog over
oh, Mr. Sawyer, ho~ could you, Didn't
nd hurt hin =
ine / sp-ci It did. but that Wsrn't nv look on
&C., He was dead herring when picked him u
ese You'd better sarve your'u just so. I'll 6li
Its him, and relcnme, fer We
ade Arab,na o!s-ped Pet still closer, and regard
our Mr. SAWYER with a look Of horror
nal oh wall. j.st ss YOU saw OF course.
IA don't kser, '>pose you've kept school s'ore
No sir; This u my trst attempt
Hum You don't lock much ~ if you'd
to vsliop Jeukins' boys; but then you've
I reddish hair. which is q pretty sure sign Of q