The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-08-29
A PLEASANT LOVE.

II have got some news for you, Mag
gle" he said one day, about eighteen
months after he had gained his commits
sion. "Guess what 1t Is.
They were walking along the green
lanes of Porlock, listenening TO the muir
muir of the sea, as at intervals they had
walked and listened ever since they
could remember, at any rate, for she
was six years younger than her former
dYou are going to be promoted, )" she
said.
promoted, you little goose No one
ever gets promoted IN the British army.
Guess again. .
you are going to marry an helress.
There was lump in her throat as she
said it.
Wrong again. No inestimable young
person with green eyes, turn-up nose'
susceptible heart, fifty thousand year,
has turned up yet. But it is something
nearly as good. I'm ordered to China !"
.Oh, Alicy she gasped, and burst
into tears. 1t was very foolish OF her,
but then she was only sixteen, and had
not vet acquired the praiseworthy art OF
concealing her feelings O,
"Why, whatever are you crying for!
he asked, and kissed away her tears.
He'd kissed her ever since she was live,
and thought no more Of it than II she
! had been his sister, or the cat, excepting
perhaps that it was nicer-whlch 1t was,
no doubt. 81 shall only be away five
wears. at most and when | come back Ill
bring you pig tail and an ivory tooth
pick, and a whole lot OF things, and
"Yes?" she said, listening attentively.
"But then you'll be young woman
I forgot-and 'out' and all that sort Of
thing, and went condescend to speak to
a poor Lieutenant; you will have all the
souires and fox hunters about the place
at your feet"
3Oh no, indeed 1 shan't Alic," sh'
said eagerly.
YOU are born little firt, and shall
come back and find you"
But she burst into tears again, an(
put up her pretty little hand as If to stoI
his teasing, which she could not bea
inst then. 1t seemed so cruel of him t
laugh and Joke when he was going ava.
! for five wears. He did not seem to car
| a bit, and she could have broken he
heart on the spot, and would have glad
| lv done so, and thrown the pieces ava
a. as never to be bothered with 1t again
Then seeing her mournfuI blue eyes, h
was merclful.
81 believe | shall come back and lin
! you Just as great little darling as yo
are now, and if we have got any none
we'll get married and live happy eve
after. and if we haven't we'll get marie
: and starve ever after-unless, of course
z the heiress turns up"
; ooh. | hope she WON'T said Maggie
= like truthful little idiot. " Shall 20
It ever write to me, Alic, dear"
0 eyes. of course | SHALL and | shall e.
!, meet YOU to write back six pages crossed
! and all that sort of thing, you know"
e So Allie Granger went to China, an
= Maggie waited hopefully enough for
# letter, but six months passed and MOI
n came. perhaps it takes longer tor
l. letter to get here from China, 81
; thought, knowing as little about tt
;! means of transit and the time it took
:. if the Celestial city had been in the moo
! But year passed and no letter came.
4 Perhaps he's i'll, or it's miscarrled, 81
"a said tearfully, half wondering if it cou
) he possible that Chinese heiress h;
pc turned up, and that was the real reas'
e of AIic's silence. Two years passe
=, &c and never word. Its too bad" s.
lg said bitterly, and wondered ruetuiiy
he had married wife with a plg-ta
! 'e And the days and the months went .
he and Maggie journeyed on into woma
- hood, but no word or sign came frc
IL Alic Granger, and at last she gave h
up altogether.
=. Maggie was twenty years old when
father died, and the creditors did poun
"a down. and she and her mother were Sc
out Mrs. Dunlop was offered hol
in London by sister who was we'll
and bad tempered, and it was thankful
accepted. Maggie was informed that 5
W. must get her own living, which being p
lv ciselv Maggie's own opinion as we'll
- intention, She advertised for a situati
81 as governess. Now, Maggie had We
o modest idea of her own merits, and the
ke fore only asked for f25 year and
Do comfortable home, so no less than +
mr. answers came to her announcement II
az. she could teach English, French, mu'
he aud the rudiments of drawing.
of One of these answers came from VIC
m. wich. and stated that Mrs. Marshall
nv ouired a governess for her three III
re- GIRLS: Mrs. Marshall was a stiff mech
I'm. sort of a woman, and stared at poor
In. lie Maggie (who looked almost as CHI
20 like and twice as pretty as ever throu
IN. double gold glasses. Colonel Marsha
mt her husband, was a nice old man, "
OIIlGfaRf
ear and there was grown up daughter
Miss Patterson, Mrs. Marshalfs dau
Ii. ter by her first husband, who was res
IRIS the mistress of the establishment,
Ell Maria Patterson had a strong will,
Ter. she was an heiress- A very nasty q
md ess, too" poor Maggie thought, and
uld was right, for Maria was skinny,
/, / thought herself sarcastic, and alW
said nasty things to people who did
ate. dare to say them back again.
cen One evening, when Maggie had :
i about a year at Woolwich, and she
she always sitting alone in her school room
usual, for her pupils had just said g
,s;c night and been delivered up TO the
rks der mercies of their nurse, Miss Pat
yer son walked in, very much dressed
in rather flushed and excited.
bod IS Miss Dunlop" she said, swe {
~ have few friends this evening, an
NOR know one or Two of them Ike an
W nromtu dance; will you be ready to c
into the drawing room and play, II
soon should want YOU.
e is % fear 1 can not play oance = :
dies, very we'll; never keep ame' s'Alu
o a gle
ring Yes, feared So ana anougns v
sort come and tell you, 80 snAs ~ :
and practice for an hour or two tlli after
- y aud sha sailed out of the q