The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-11-16
..AsHLAND, Ios MEnNEspAY = MORNING NOVEMBER 1s

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With the e4greatesto pleasure in life
1 Decidedly however, Mary Ann wal
ayerse 70 Being sounded; as at ono.
appeared; red; aGsperal1ys 7 can give a,
good guess alta girl aas. .banother.--
Not, however, when like this ione, she
deliberately puts herself upin brown brown
paper parcel, 8gnratiyely " speaking Ing
On the whqle,1I could. make nothing
of herubut afep,aleraifer futureseIim
ination. .2uibIiud yIDsEsT
lo4 assignedsaiaEy place, not
IIWithstanding, and selectsa7heF school
books. The doctor paid for them
settled her bill for half the term { in
advance, according to our regulations
and chose her room. /, It was on the
second floor frontj and opened, moi
into the hall like the other dormito
ries of that range,A but into an outer
passage which led down to the front
door Of, our wing, The apartment
was small, and it was fixed that the
zgHl was to have no roommate The
doctor WAS very particular ON this
and kindred pointsAyefyIbnitoI2 9nioa
sSsi' So In Consideration Of her health, You
know said he. .-,s.,o5s - ~ 20,
ga. .Mariannie-foriso in true school
girl style adirectly commented to
give out her mamie Mafiannie soon
settled into the. us uaf routine OF
school life.4 Personally, II abhorred
the creature. Il The pupils. for the
most part disllked her cordially. -
They talked Of her in their crude way
as too awful perfect, and called her
B. b: Ge(Button's Body Guard).
This behind heraback always, for real
1y they stood in. wholesome awe of
her strong practical common sense. , >
My suspicious concerning the girl
efrly assumed definite form, but as
little Mrs. Professor was at once an
inveterate tattler, and the very quint-
essence OF stupidity itself. I resolved
to keep my own counsel and await
future developments. ,sssed aIi s.
"a Mariannie seemed, at first, in fair
way to battle me. She never did
anything wrong /; or, at least, if she
did, she managed not to ,beieaught at
it. At table, by example, she never
called for a second cup of tea or cof-
fee or whatever it might be; you
couldn't always tell by the taste.
She never took too much butter to her
buckwheats. ID She never took too
much sauce to her pudding. : She
never applied for a second edition Of
the standard tea-tabfe luxeries. She
never stayed, away from the weekly
prayernmeetings,o reGgiously going,
and what was more to the purpose,
returning Under the protecting wing
of Professor Button; - -, !, :, ~
! On every, Friday. . afternoon e hel
Standing was regularly read off E to the
school in, tens-ten. being our ne ptse
iataai iisBI Mortal man could aslAno more
or course swe ,@eFe4 charmed with her
''That Miss Smith 6f onrs is such !,
treasurel and O., so useful was Mrs
Professors upvarying compliment. T.
TO do Marianne Justice, she -hadts
way of slipping intoithe Green Parlo
of an evening, and making Thersel
generally available: She. was re
,niarkablyN neat; handed. . Whateve.
Eshe touched fell immediately by SOM
hecus pocus ior another, into desfrabl
Eshape.o For instance, ,'sshe trinmet
hats and collars beautifully, and crea
tied perfect loves Of bows ont Of odd
Rand ends of econdemned 4ribbap. Al
fof which did notEreconcile7 me, todhel
in the least. 7slHot szeisiiTo~ 3 iant o
IA was vas waiting for breakfast on
morning, jaded. with oyerwork. an' NJ
| stupid proportionally. Ehereli was
good deal of chattering going ON il
my hall, which I did not particular.
care to 7 notice. The morning wa
chilly, and the girls were hu7dlsd to
tgether in groups, about the hail., som
studying, and others immersed, hear
and Soul, in a morning gossip: no.. :,
AsII was idly at; the window
/ watching thegweather,. which was par
/ ticr,larly gray and gloomy, and fide
4 eting for the breakfast bell to brisg
caught sight Of som mething Ike a hr
Iman, figure gliding stealthhily along Q
| the other side. of the paling by whic
| the -school.grounds were set off fror
/ the public street: tua5a -37# 'szroa
1said to myself, ''it is JEFF Hum
phrey," Jeff Humphrey being sixteen
and distracted lover of one of th
girls inimy hall. % A moment after
| wards. I caught sight Of the same fl
lure : passing q spot where two or thre
boards happened to be missing: 5fror
the fence. ylro s'btisi2 err h5rrg6l iat
/ twas not jeff at all but only
little old woman, hobbling along on
cane, With . pitcher Of l something 3r j
ther hand ), and with the skirt Of he
I gown drawn cover her head and hel