The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-11-16

i -hSoutu HoI HidAS out WHere snsr wen
to- gGErrsD 9HT .TaIsGu 9d5 nj .,
Io2Still the girls in the hall kept up
/ chattering. % ai9Li egegRfa 81 hove.
I la9tfFalse teeth o myl' shrieket
No. 10: p no l,-e1iss7 = !1ilstE ao1
; fLa yes exclaimed our ,parlo,
boarder, Miss Larkspur. ,e7iqrnI q
ahs Different sets, eh 9''sTa yGarfJsHi1
tia yes, to be easufes!' one Of then
was snags.q siil IT,. 10 rI s:-'ei,1I'' :, 5,ia.' ,
sia'snagsS re,eehoed. No. 49, Q.,, b, bs
| sd'fYes snagsI Like an old ,weman'
mouth, yotR Rnomfs Here aone,i Their
! another, yellow as the gold of ophir.'
Really, now g'''sszs-.'77ss
Z La yes lbQHOpeIto drop deada ans
bone r'' pursued Miss Larkspur, By
way of solemn asseveration. h uefy
Miss Larkspur, by the way, was
our school gossip. She had a ataleni
for rapid and superficial observation
! and was far, more apt at fetreting out
and reporting facts than at making
original deductions fromsthem-B 59uii
b sfThere' was alot of old wigs there,
too,' continued the Larkspur, ~ = !
$50 the wicked WICKED creatureI
[shrieked pretty witty little Miss Mix
Ier. tToE sf51oarf,!o tHa'4ea eii zad
a.
=. Here conversation foated into ar
eddy Of general hubbpb,. .-,9' Tai Tai kinee ing
and laughing went on ad 1i6itu9a-
..What sort 2'' asked some logical
body, by and-by again. believe II
was Garry Poser '.;f :; I'M ~ ,-.f =,
|.'g,'.I don't half know, I'm sure, re
turned Larkspur. "How should I,
being in such a hurry'9 Stay though!
One was a gray false front, for an old
woman .s- ..-.t.--, -. f,..5
.'Dear, me! Yes, of course J TIL a
went with the teeth, I suppose.
g ssThere was mans wig there, too,'
resumed Miss Larkspur, warming g
with her subject. cit had whiskers,
and eyebrows, and all And a dark
ey's wig, with the wool projecting to
the cardinal and ordinal points of the
compass" ra..ttsL sevfofT u
A question finally arose as to how
the contents of Mariannie's box had
been Iascertained, and was pursued
with vehemence by Garry Poser. d
On this point Miss Larkspur was
not disposed to be communicative.
ssLa now, Poser, none OF your bus
iness," was her ultimatum. hrH 81
70 s'What is it 2" .piped a shrill voice
Just then from the door of No 5
The, speaker was young girl who
had contracted the name of Dim Ddri
Distance, from an unfortunate fiight
of fancy in one of he school essays
cts b. B. G.'s box" answered
somebody. .5sIss ID ro,izt.-sf..-r9 n; ere
,"B.I b. G. has been and repertee
! me to the Battons," exclaimed Din
DARK, "and so there !! It's all beeaus'
H. eff Humphrey serenades me no noV
and then of an evening" 10 1oiiav1.
81 aIcried Larkspur,z.tif that d
! not What Dim Dark has been in sack
cloth and ashes about this ever &
long Don't you mind, though
chlld.n;7 lg371e9ai uoe1 .Bos moi
s.But L do mind I'' persisted th
] other. stHere I've been and studie
my Algebra thirteen times over, an N
don't know thing 10 s,;fi7oie,T
oi oiT'Don't know a thipga echoed Mis-
Mixer s'Goodness graciousl That
!. nothing new. -" na2wi9d o9'ess5 'Y!i
1nri In my opinion the creature is 9 9
i actress" continued the Larkspul
pursuing the thread of her theught'
I through the above ltangle, of 'isma
talk. -, :" - ,.o:,.-t;iss-I - 3,s =
a 'In my opinion she's a nurderes
8 and a horrid oldhag and no less" sal
1.-THE aegrieved Dim Dark oisia %
'sOr a witch,"' suggested No. 10.
( .sThe witch of End(do)or,p" erie
4 Miss Mixer. 5a.5ro9 mood ia Esd =
4 The Mixer was en- Enthusiastically Ell
cored. The girls had aofasbion thu
term ofpelting genius with improml
ltu imitation bouquets done in twiste
paper. 1a.5aa3 saH, l.,7edtsi.
T. 1 heard shower of these missl,
flying abeut the hall for some tim,
Then voice called out:
1 ha "Where is B. B. G.. Pr? ~ ~; - n, n
T. That was what nobody seemed Il
know. Marianne had not been see
that morning, it appeared. She ws
j not in the e-study room, her usual plac
at that hour; and indeed, at all ,houi
not. devoted to prescribed duties. St
, was not in her own room. - =.
The girls began peeping about f
6 her in one spot and another. The
J could not find her.o They searche
the building from garreta to celia
thoroughly Finally communicatin
|. their anxiety to the family and joine
|. by the whole household, servant
teachers and proprietors, they exten.
|, ed their Investigations to the adjoil
i ing grounds, .but quite without su
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