Stevens County tribune., 1877-06-21

'sMiss Dunlop" she said, 1--WE shall
have few friends this evening, and |
know one or two of them like an i'm
promptu dance; will you be ready to
come into the drawing-room and play, ii
we should want you?"
Il fear cannot play dance music very
well; I never keep time" said Maggie.
"Yes, / feared so, and thought would
come and tell you, so that you might
practice for an hour or two till after din
ner;" and she sailed out of the room, evi-
IDENTIFY considering the matter settled; and
Maggie meekly proceeded to practice the
Mabel Waltz and the Flick and Flock
Galop. Then she put on her shabby
black evening gown, and stuck spray OF
white flowers in her golden hair, and
waited patiently for summons, hoping
she would wait in vain. 1t very soon
came, and with roll of music under her
arm, flush on her innocent frightened
face, and a scared, almost hunted, express
sion in her eyes, she descended, and tim
idly opened the drawing-room door, and
there stood still for moment staring in
astonishment at the scene before her.
There sat the heiress with an eager,
pleased expression on her face, and lean
ing over her, talking and laughing, and
more handsome than ever, and sunburnt
and soldierly looking, was Alic Granger.
There was no mistaking him. The color
rushed to Maggie's face, as if to say a
hurried goodbye, and then left it alto
gether. She recovered her self-pOsses-
sion, however, and walked with what she
fiattered herself was great dignity toward
the piano. She felt rather than saw him
raise his head and look at her, and the
next moment he was by her side.
Maggie-my dear Maggie! Why,
fancy you being here; where did you
come from? have been trying to find
you out for months.
81 thought you"- And then she did
not know how to go on, so added, almost
piteously: 81 am the governess here"
"Are you9 Oh, I see, then, that is the
reason I've not seen you before, l sup
pose"
" Do you really know Miss Dunlop?"
the heiress asked, coming up, and speak
ing in her coldest manner.
Maggie wished sincerely she could sink
into her shoes and bury herself.
"Why, of course do: we have been
play-fellows ever since we were born
haven't we, Maggie?'
And Maggie, feeling she was being
backed up, answered bravely:
yes"
'sOh, indeed how interesting!" Then,
turning to Maggie: "Will you be so
good as to begin the waltz, Miss Dunlop?
This was to be our dance, l think" to
Alic, and she sailed off with him trium-
phantly.
He came up to her directly after the
dance was over.
"I went down to Porlock to try and find
out where you had gone to-" he said, but
nobody knew"
at didn't matter" she said, huskily,
letting her fingers wander vaguely over
the keys to make believe she wasn't very
interested in what he said.
eyes it did-it mattered great deal.
Why, I've got box full of curiosities for
you-clubs to fight with, and a little
heather god or two, and statue of
Buddha, and all sorts of things. l told
you should bring you them home. Do
you live here-I mean in this house?"
He said these last words under his
breath, for the heiress came up, and the
next minute he was carried off to dance
with Mrs Somebody at the other end of the
room, but not before Maggie had nodded
a reply to him. Soon after this Miss
Patterson came up to the piano, and, say
ing she wished to play herself, and that
Maggie looked tired, dismissed her with
out her being able to get even another
look at Alic.