The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-08-24

thought / should just get quiet chat
with You. My dears," he said, turning
to Maggie's wide-eyed, open. mouthed
pupils, I'm quite sure you'd like to be
let off your lessons. SO I'll let you off for
half an hour; run along, my little dears,"
and he opened the door for them, and
shut it after them.
"Oh, Alic p she said, in fear and
trembling.
"Oh, Maggie!" he answered, mimick-
ing. "What did you mean by going
away from Porlock, and not leaving any
address 2"
81 couldn't help it, and you never
wrote" she answered helplessly.
"No, 1 never write letters don't
know how to spell well enough. But 1
have been hunting for you all over the
place, and never dreamed of finding you
here. Now well unpack the box; had
it opened before / came, so it's only
as tened by lock-" p
But, Alic, they'll never forgive me"
"Never mind; 1T doesn't matter, be-
cause If you are good I'll take you away
next week. Besides, they'll forgive me
anything. / saved the Colonels life
when he was in Hong Kong-at least 80
he says. There now, what do you think
of these for fighting with ? Got them at
Java on purpose for you !" and he held
up pair of heathenish- looking clubs
and brandished them over her head, and
then proceeded to pull out the rest of
the contents of the box and to decorate
the school-room with them. "There's
Mr.. Buddha, and there's-why, what's
the matter, Maggie ?"
"Nothing; only you will get me into
dreadful trouble you will, indeed.
Miss Patterson came in this morning
and scolded me for talking to you last
night"
"Never mind, she was only jealous, y
he laughed "Now tell me how soon
you can leave here"
"Wht for ?" she asked, innocently.
"Why, you haven't forgotten that we
agreed to get married when / came back,
have you, you little coquette ?" and he
put his arm arounl her waist, just as OF
old, and was not reproved 1t was sc
very comfortable, she thought.
"No, but you are engaged, are you
not?"
eyes, of course I am, to you"
"Oh but, Alic-"
"Oh but, Maggie"--and then he
stopped and kissed her, and nothing
more could be said, for the door opened,
and there stood the Colonel, and there
stood MIS-. Marshall, and there stood
Maria Patterson.
"Miss Dunlop !" screamed Maria,
horror-struck.
MIR. Granger p said Mrs. Marshall
in astonishment.
Hoity- toity |" exclaimed the Colonel
"What does all this mean ?"
"She must leave the house at once,
said the heiress.
"Of course she must" Mrs. Marshall
said. 81 never heard of such thing il
my life"
"My dear Mrs. Marshall" said Alic
looking as if he were beginning a speech
cit is all my fault. You told me, and sc
did the Colonel. to consider your house
my home, and L have done so. Miss
Dunlop here was a playfellow of mine
once, and when / went away we were en-
gagged; but somehow we lost sight OF
each other when there were few thou
sand miles between us, and it was the
happiest moment of my life to meet hel
again last night, and SO took the liber
ty of calling on her this morning, and
we were just arranging to get married
next week when you interrupted us. !"
"Quite right, quite right, my deal
Granger" said the old Colonel, heartily,
"you shall be married from here"
ooh please let me go to mamma-do
do let me go a. once, " pleaded Maggie,
finding her little tongue at last.
g 1 think it would be much more salts.
factory if Miss Dunlop went back to hel
relations" said the heiress, sourly.
So they all finally agreed, and that very
afternoon Maggie picked up her modest
belongings and all the curiosities, and
went to the well-off and bad-tempered
aunt
The bad-tempered aunt received hel
niece very graciously when she found
she was going to marry well the follow
ing week. 1t is amazing how fond peo-
pie are OF rich relations, even though
the riches concern them little personally.
AS for poor Mrs. Dunlop she could have
jumped for JOY, only she was too old for
such violent exercise.
Pray, miss, what are you laughing
to yourself about ?" asked Alic the even
ing before their wedding day.
Nothing, Alic; only when you were
away used to think sometimes that per-
haps you'd marry Chinese heiress with
apigtail."
"The sort of thing you would think, u
he said, grandly; "as it is, you see,
am going to marry little girl without a
pigtail; and am very happy, my dar-
ing-are you2"
Every, very" she said; and she was.