Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-12-11

her before received her must watch her
sharply
Miss Drummond had cleared her throat, and
almost uttered her usual form of address,
"Y oung ladies'" when, hastily recollectng- that
it might be better To ignore the subject alto
gether, she skillfully turned her Intended speech
INTO something else.
The pretty ones, who Immediately appropriate
ed the lawless giances that so Il lbled III spin
ster, INDUCED IN stitled laughter at the failure
of their threatened lecture; whils the plain ones
were quite disappointed that their tritiing COM
panious had escaped so easily.
AT their afternoon siesta, there were such
| snatches of conversation as:
ELEGANT think"
(which one, the shorter?H
| mo; the one that smiled so saucily.'
"Splendid eyes"
| $50 arstocrdtic."
| (Which is 1t to be Pansy?"
| do hush there is one OF the teachersl"
THAT horrd chidv'
| "Oid drum, etc, etc.
| All this went on in one eff tue looms where |
three or iour lose buds, doiiing their dresses |
| had tuinhei upon the beds To "lave good |
| time |
| Miss DrlmIuond may lave suspected slma-
thing OF this, but You cannot hang person on |
suspicion, and she preferred taking her own
nap u wandering about the corridor Oh an III |
v igating tour.
| She hat, moreover, the comfortable cOnv ir- |
ton, bas, upon her experience in the article Of
gnls, that, they were doing something equally
| as Objectionable
The next morning, Miss Dlummond rccriy
ed fresh shock.
Two cards were brought TO her in the school
room, with the announcement that two gentle
men awalted'her appearance in the parOl. The
shock, however, did not come until she stood
face to face With the two visitors for expect
ing to see respectable fathers Of ia niles who
}, ~ .,.,, IL.
tiers IN her care, he hAd arranged her mouth
i'll '.prInps and prisin" shape and ,r,,.,l 4, ,,h
IA dignltrd inclination uf her hta /, 10 rn,ntin
let the two w.tthlrs wha had 80 Il, | II, iesl.d-
ed heI flock the ia, b, one
The cuds tore lha paups ut nIlrIc,i,l
W iilm" e. and" httrri Wilmorr Jr, broth
srs sill" presumed, tAliss Dcumn,onl was ford
OF "presunng,'D and sic wondered for which
of her Lambs they had come IN make ove,tnrns
such unmitigated brass was equal to am
thing.
| IL was plainly written in the ladv's flcc that
she recognized her visitors, and that her voice
was s'lll Tor war; the elder of The two gentle
MEL Mi FledGIrk Nlmore, therefore took
II upon himself to smooth her Inied pInmrs a.
soon as possible.
81 hope, lie slid, with great suavity of man
ner, an a bee, IN NJ diflidrnre i'm ma nra.a,'o,
OF so superior person, that Miss Dnlmmond
will not consider our vsi. premature nor in
uusive When have explained its Object. !
think nave not beeJ lnisinformed, madam
tI.at YOU aIe u'Noleu "prShiper at The Shrine
oil science =
MISS DIuhmonu looked very hard at lie
speaNefi Ills phrtseo!ogy was agreeable to hor
ear, for science was her specially, a holly
That she rode TO the verge of madness, and She.
iiai even Detn compllmehted with the SQUIRT
4tr' ut "the Drummond light" but she had
mol expected any alusion of this sort from such
4 laiteF ana, therefore, size looked very hard
Indeed at the gentleman, who seenr, 10 re-
gard her with mixture OF ad.niratiol respect
anu dlillehcc.
He was moi at all dlsagreeable to look al; and
although only tweuty-three, a slightly bald
spot on the top of his head, and an exprcs,lnn
OF quiet gravity, added at least ten wears To ms
T. age, and quite destroyed all suspicion of iigni-
ness His companion was evidently Younger
= WIN "A bright laughing face, aud "A very manly
figure.
Mr. Frederick Wimora Informed the lady
that they were uncle and nephew that their
h OBJECT was science, which took the form of
Ii Chemical lectures aud eXperiments-tLe uepl,-
N sw wasa most useful assistant, and had made
~ s)tne remarkable experiments Of his own and
H. IL rested entirely with Miss Drummond wheth-
e. eI, ior a consideration, uncle and nephew
IA should give h"r flock the benefit of scientific,
IL lecture
w Miss Drummond listened and considered
n Chemicals, with horrd pae-blue lights, that
d, make every one look liyiG aud dreadful snap
plug explosions, and all sorts of sudden and
d. unexpected sputterngs and noises. were very
ID, dear 70 her helrt--a chance like this had not
st offered before, and might not oll.r again the
ed men were perfectly civil on a near approach
IL ana DeiOIr the interview was concluded, lee
he ture had been arranged for that very ev eing
rs There was no difficulty about terms the unE.
lg tlemah mentioned reasonable sum- and Miss
a llrummohl, who believed that the imparine
X OF khowlrdee, as general thing, was very bad
IS, ~ pald, made 40 attempt at a reduction.
to The Visitors took respectful leave, with a
CHI promise Of punctualityi and grateful thanks Ion
MISS DI''inlnond's patronage.
Gu As soon as II was convenient To say it iht
nd younger gentleman remarked, You didn't
II thihk II necessary, uncle Fred, to oiltr the old
iauy sample OF my cologne OF to inform hsi
IN Oh me DotrlDly-bnrned finger | got with the
OF fosih' ! nave made some remarkable sxpeI
as merits, haven't ~
az I hce anu nephew laughed together at var l.
Is Gus Iec9h''tl"is OF this sort but the former
&c suddenly grew grave, as he SAID.
u ohiF nope NAT may not blow the whole
ee concert up IT, night i shouldn't like that, es
ng peI,"iy WIN Heart 3 case IN the case"
he Masl'i IhnoIu Looked uhlltterable things at
ISL Tue oaie suggestion but when they returned
ny 10 tselr quarters, and rumnaged their stores Of
oouss ah" powders the evening arrangements
Us alVldeu surh amusement that the landlord