The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-06-21

yvW lGNo kure a mean lu this house 4"
he SAID these last words under h,s breath
svy Tie helsysS cawe mp aDa the mex minute
hn ass carried "a O. danev with Mrs Souirbyd,
az The other end ct the 'oaH, but uot hviur,
NaENlv had nodded reply 60 bstu. Saou sttvi
tts Miss Patterson cAue up to Ihe plauo, and
saving she WISHED g. pNN herself, aud thsI
N.Essv |euhri ugc4. dismissed htr without Avi
toiaE -ttc ta a,, even another loaA 50 Alc,
CHAPTER III
Tho next morning, ta Maestys very sggst
suppress, Miss FattgEvu cSmp guto the school
u.uM lvfsev the cAtltrcu lsd assembled
hN,, paalgp. she said, suslly II should
hAe know where yua say yuu met Mr.. Gran.
"A, rag,e.L H., uu1lo lived ueNt door Il
nav IN .lGer he is a Ngty o,I friend indeed w.
IaaAA yva. I mrgy.y Wished Go inquire
" because, uf course, yvu mast bo aware that q
u Eo. usual fuT auy eag la yuur Position q
make har>y4t remarkable Ny having luus c0na
tgaaai t4.ss v.lA auy gentlemen who ulay Wait
gav Iou-c.
IL ioat aaov What yea mean. Miss ratter
soa Mae9sC sand. Indignantly.
EaG A.t,s Patterson bal swept out ~ tAs reon
w,taou; 3g.su.as o. reply.
Thea Nslsts went laJs her own ltt.le room,
the one place she had Ia the world entirely O.
herself auI or.u3 ,ill her eyes wugc rrd aad hgs
ar.d acheA.
Tie .ss,aas Ijj not progress that moratus,
MgEs.y VAS lltlAtas u Ale, Who Was no doubt
slrltau- atvGt tAv caa1uguu listening g. Tie
lauG auj making .oyo 20 the holrc>s. The chA,
Grya v..g mere than usually stupid too, and
4l the srurli rgemvd upside down, and all It's
NAYS turned craoAeI suddenly, aI about
twelve o oe.stA )u,t When Maggie Mas 80 the
lasi3ie of rApauadu.g e, best She could the yS-
ceu,sl~,t, ~ the FgeaeA grammar, there VAS
s huacE ~ tav ssGo1l-ruJM Geur.
"Jauss ln. She said.
T.s &asr opened aud there stood before her
ssta4s,b,d ewes tAe toglu Of Aac Granger, and
ltltnd him was a luan-oyticutly Els servant -
WITH a box ga has shoulders
s ''AA RIGHT Tau, pa, Il down that's right
Row le or There I've brought the curluslile.
raUad. Maggie / Thought youd d lac 10 sce
them.
-Oh what Will Mrs Marshall and Miss Pat
ttrsun ssy &" said Maggie, IN Consideration.
'' Nothing 10 yaa for the next half hour OF
SO. far I have iust sroa them safely vu their
way To Wo1INlch and Thought / should just
get quiet chat With Yea. N, deaTs, ht said,
turning 70 Masgles wl1e-ts yl upel-mouthej
pupils '' I'm sure youd AAe 10 be let uI YOUR
lessons. 50 I'll let you on for half al hour yun
aIoug my little de4gs, and be open i tbs door
Tor them. and shut y after them.
"Oh, AAc ' sAa said, IN fear and trembling.
Oh, Magsie E. hc answered mlm.ckl <.
"Whal dl6 You mean 10y going away from For,
loss, and not leaving any address
Il couldn't help L.. and yua never wrote,
she answered. heiplessiy.
''No. never write letters don't know how
70 spell we'll enough. But have been hunting
for y0u all over the place. and never dreamed
II finding vou here Now wrll uupAck the box
| had Il opened before l c4mg, 80 i 5 only fast
eIel by lock.
But, Ahc. they'll never forgive me"
Never m.nd i, decent matter. because Il
you are good I'll take YOU away next week.
Besides. they'll forgive mt anything. -aNrj
ths eal1utls life when he was ia Hong Kong
al least he saws. There, now. what do you
rhlnA of these for fighting with Got them q,
Java on pRrpose Tor you and he held up =
pair u hrAtAenish looking cluhs and oraudlsh-
ed them over her arad. and then proceeded %
pull ont the rest of the contents q the box and
10 decorate the sch1o.-roau with them.
There, Mr. Buiiha, and there ,s-why,
what's the matter Maggie
Nothing only yuG Viii get me luio dread
ful trontle-y1u viii. indeed Mis- Patterson
came IN this morning and scu.lel me for tA-A-
iug 20 vou last night
Never mind. she was only Jealous" be
laughed. Now tell me how soon YOU can
leave here.
What for e she asked. iuuaceutly.
Why. Won haven't forgotten that We agreed
20 get married when / came hack, nave You,
YOU little coquettrt y and he put his arm round
ner waist Just a. 5f old aul was not reprOyvd.
. Il was 50 very comfortable, she thoaglt.
+ No. bat you arr engaged. are you not p
Yes uf course / am 10 you.
''Oh but. Ahc -
"Oh but, Maggie '- And then he stopped
and kissed her and nothing more could he
>a5l. fur the door opened. and there stood the
colonel, and there stood Mrs. Marshall, and
there stood Maria Patterson.
Miss Dunlop screamed Maria horror
struck
4 Mr.. Granger "' said Nrs. Marshall in aston
lshueaL
"Hoity-tcity -" exclaimed the colonel. "wha;
does all this mean r.
.' She must leave the house Al once, said the
heirv,s.
"Of con Sc she ruu-t Mr.. Marshall said.
"Iuyyer heard of such thing 10 my hfr -
My dear }lr-- Marshall. said Ahc, hooking
I A. IL he were beginning a -peeeN, 1t is all ms
fault. iOu told me, aud -u d. the colonel, u
consider your house uy home nj have done
50. Mis- Dunlop here was piavfcAow OF mine
once. and when / went away we were engaged,
buy somehow He lost SIGHT % each other when
there we're G few th1u-aul miles between Us,
and IL was the happicst moment Of my life &
meet her again last night and 20 / took the
liberty Of calling on her this morning aud We
we're just arranging q get married neat WeeA
Wheu YOU Interrupted us.
'.Q1tc right, quite night. my dear Granger,
said the old colonel, heartily, you shall be
married from here --
Oh pcs-e let me GO 10 mamma-do let inc
? 20 at once, pleaded Maggie, hUdiIg her Little
tongue At last.
II think il woull be much more satisfactory
Il Mis- Dunlop went back 10 her relations, said
the heires-. sgurly.
So they a,l finally agreed, and that very after
noon Maggie packed up lE.r modest belonging
and all iGe curiasItIr=. and went TO the UeI-on
and bad-'surered aunt.
The bal-tempervd aunt received her niece
very grariyusly when she found she WAS
gong 70 marry well the following week. Il
il amazing how fond people arc Of rich rels-
tons, even though the riches concern them
little personally. As for poor Mrs. Dunlop, she
could have jumped for JOY, only she was too old
Tor such violent exercise.
Pray. miss, what are ron laughing 10 your
seli abou. asked Alic the evening before their
Wedding day.
Nothing. AIic, only when you we're away, !
used to think snnetimcs hat perhaps you d
tnarry Chinese heire-s WIN pIgtall.
The sort OF thing yon would think, he
said. grandlv " a. IL Il. yo zee. / am going
10 marry little girl without , uigtsil and
am very happy, my darliug-s-e ouE'
I Very, very, she said and sc was.