Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-08-15

| packages troubled her, and she was OBJ
liged to pause a moment to rearIlpg
, them. Before she passed ont Of he
seat Young lady about her own az,
rushed in to meet her. After theaccus
toned salutations between young ladies'
the newcomer dropped down upon tn,
seat aud exclaimed:
"'Oh Clara my breath is nearly
gone | did not get your letter unit
fifteen minutes ago, and hurried every
step Of the way here, for fear that ]
should be too late to meet you. an
delighted thai you decided to enter the
seminary here. Where in the world
did you fall in with our Principal, and
where is he now? Has lie gone to get 0
carriage for you?'
GO am sure / don't know what you
mean, Grace she replied. Il haven't
seen the Principal
" Haven't seen him T said Miss
Grace, with an amazed look. 'Of course
you have seen him. When / first caught
a glimpse OF you from the door you
and he were standing together in this
seat aud he was speaking to You.
"'Oh no, Grace. Your eyes could
not have served you right, said the
selfish young lady who had carried her
self so disagreeabiy and haughtily, with
a good deal of agitation and a very red
face. 1T cannot be possible that the
man whom yon saw talking to me was
Mr.. Gaylord. You surely must be try
ing to play joke on me. beg Of you
to tell me that it was not he.
"'I cannot, my dear; for it certainly
was he, replied Miss Grace. Why,
what is the matter, Clara? Didn't you
like him If you did not, / am sure you
will when you become acquainted with
him. He is one of the most refined and
Agreeable men in the world, and his
wife is Just as agreeable as be is. l
thought that you were one Of the most
fortunate of girls when your father told
me that they had consented to take you
to board. wish that | were in your
place.
"'You'd wish you were anywhere but
in my place If you knew what
Miss Grace interrupted her in her
sentence by exclaiming:
Why, here is Mr. Gaylord now.
"'Mr. Gaylord, she said as he was
passing, without looking toward them,
this young lady, whom you were
speaking to a few minutes ago, is my
friend, Miss Clara Evans, whom We were
expecting to-day
"He turned, and, stepping into the
seat in front of them, gave bis hand to
the young lady with whom he had rode
thirtymiles that morning, and smilingly
said :
"HJw do you do, Miss Evans? It
gives me pleasure to make your ac-
quaintance. When first saw you, with
your books and package s, | felt pretty
sure thatyou were the young lady whom
we expected down at Snmmervillo this
morning, and as soon as | heard your
fathers voice | was confirmed in my
opinion. Now that you know me, Miss
Evans, and know that | am not a car
penter, you will permit me to take your
things for you and see You into carri-
age, will you not 2
CAS- he stoopei and took her pack
ages from her, he asked in a low tone
I" Have you ever thought, Miss
Evans that it would be well for the
revisers of the New Testament to omit
70 state sHaJ CIriat wa o us.tlo,4ts-
You know some people might feel so
much greater reverence for him If they
did not know that humili0tiDg fact.'
"She stood like one transfixed aud
neither answered his questions nor oh
iected to his taking all of her bundles.
Then she meekly followed him ont of
the cars. Her face was so crimson and
she looked 50 utterly crestfallen that
your tendcr-hearted aunt said that she
could not help plying her, richly as
she merited the lesson. But | cOnld
not pity her, Alice, she had shown such
thoroughly selfish and disagreeable
spirit. Aud wishe that the white
headed old man had remained in the
car long enough to witness her discom-
future. think thai he would have said
again: That is just what she deserved. >
And 1 told your aunt so, and she said
that she hoped that the poor girl would
so profit 10y that days experience that
she would never deserve to be so hui
inflated again.
"And l hope, Uncle john said
Alice in Il softened and subdued tone rs
Mike came up to the door with the
carriage "that | never again shall merit
the rebuke conveyed in your story. -
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