The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-23

"Where have / seen him before p
she thought again and again, as the day
wore on with its lively alterations of
luncheon, laughter and Irritation. But
no answer occurred, and the new arrival
followed her movements with devotion
which caused some teasing from the
other girls, and not few jealous pangs
among the young men. cts case of
see and conquer" whispered her friends
among themselves, but neither with sur
prise nor envy for Molly was belle i'll
her little seat, and none disputed her
pretty supremacy.
Mr.. Conrad had come to Woodbury.
on business, it seemed He did not
specify its nature, and no one could
guess it it evidently absorbed little OF
his time, but week after week he linger-
ed in the village, and, as business
was by no means the speciality OF the
place, his errand was a subject of great
speculation among the gossips. Young,
good looking, and much of n gentleman,
he was universally accepted and liked.
Molly met him here, there, and every
where, and their intimacy grew with
great strides. Before month was over
she felt that she had known him always
"a fact which puzzled her not a little
whenever she took time to think aboutit.
Still the resemblance which had struck
her at first pursued and haunted her.
1t was not his face only-voice and form
were alike familiar all suggested some
body, for her life she could not tell
whom. Twenty times she was on the
point of speaking of it, and twenty times
refrained. cit was so ridiculous, she
said to herself At last explanation
came.
1t Glanced on a picnic. Woodbury.
was famous for its picnics. This was
held i'll the same be iutiful grove where
she and Mr.. Conrad had first met in
early June. The day was hot and bril-
liant. Golden-rod and purple aster
fringed the paths; an August sky blazed.
through the tree-tops ; summer, gath
ering her last blossoms i'll her lap SEEM
Ell Fastening TO be gone. Dinner was
over people were lying under trees, or
wandering about in groups; Molly and
Mr.. Conrad found themselves alone In a
secluded nook.
EDO you know" she said, breaking n
l.
this time to find out who it is You re-
mind me of p? / saw it the moment you
were introduced to me and, if it hadn't
been impossible, L should certainly have
declared that we had met before. Isn't
it funny ?"
"Well," replied Mr.. Conrad, slowly,
"not - so-funny perhaps as you
think. / should like-may /? Molly,
will you listen while 1 tell you a long
story? l have longed to utter it for
days past, but till now l never dared"
Certainly" said Molly, coloring. He
never called her Molly before.
ct was about young man., con-
tinued Mr.. Conrad wild young fell
low, full of fun and frolic, who never
stopped at anything that promised n
good joke.
"There was a young lady too, as it
happened-a sort of cousin of his-as
wild as himself. She was sent, for her
sins, to boarding school-a very strict
school. 1t was at P, not far from
here"
"The convent ?" asked ATollie, Won
dering.
" Exactly. Well, my young lady wrote
home all sorts of droll accounts of her
prison house. She told all her trials
and adventures and made pen and ink
caricatures of the Lady Superior, whom
she dubbed THE Dragon; in short, so
comical that her brothers and cousins
and two or three young men who were
inmates of the house, and so privileged,
used to roar over the letters, and look
for their coming as the best Jokes. At
last n ridiculous plan was started be-
tween them. Adele Chat was the young
LADY, had detied them to insert even SO
much as one of their noses into the
strictly guarded domain. 1t was de-
cided that one of them should go in dis
guise and attempt the experiment. They
laid wager about it, and drew lots.
The lot fell TO the cousin.
"The disguise be pitched upon was
that of scissors grinder. No, please
don't speak" Molly had given little
Jump; "let me finish my own way"
$50, carrying his wheel, this young
fellow started off up country. Part of
the bet was that he should go on foot,
and return the same way. He had all
sorts of odd experiences, and about
noon the second day reached the con-
vent.
His wheel and his Irish brogue
gained him admission at the gate Adele
had been in a measure prepared for his
coming. She recognized him at once,
and considered it the greatest fun in the
world. So the little witch ran around
and collected all the knives and scissors
in the house, and gave her intimate
friends the cue, and pretty soon the
grinder was surrounded by bevy of
girls, some in the secret, some not, but
all catching the excitement with n sort
of freemasonry peculiar TO school.
Leave had been asked of the principal,
of course, and obtained without diff
Guilty. Nobody minds scissors grinder,
You know ~
Molly's eyes laughed, but she did not
speak.
a. hope" went on Mr. Conrad, "that
those scissors were all sharpened, but /
can't feel us sure as l should like to-
But l know there never was droller
hour than that which this NEEDY knife
grinder had with those girls. The
secret got out and the whole school col
lected. The firts peeped out of the
and made eyes; the demme
pretended not to understand the little
ones danced and pipOled When all tbe