The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-08-29

And have made out the list" said
Amy. Mr.. Rainor took it, and drawing
an armchair near the fire and placing a
footstool for Miss Jennings, resumed
his place at the table and adjusted his
eyeglasses. He started slightly as he
began to read the list, and his express
sion, as he proceeded, varied from as
tonishment to amusement; he looked
over his glasses inauiringly at Amy,
who regarded him steadily with grave
dignity. Then he read aloud as follows
Two canary birds six house plants
order at florists for fresh flowers twice
a week; six children to dance; a wood
fire in the school-room; battledoor
and shutlecock; new piano."
The battledoor and shutlecock, !"
said Amy, $ are for the French verbs.
throw verb, you know, at Miss Mar
tina, and she catches it and throws it
back to me. In this way we 60 through
the lenses, and they become impressed
on the memory without the tedium of
leaning over the book.n
"Well, said Mr.. Rainor, pleasantly,
"I don't know that should object to
such French exercise. Matte has had
1
about the children for the dance? Is it
necessary that we should have six chill
| dren, Miss Jennings?"
EYES," answered Amy, decidedly,
"because each child will bring its own
defects and its own graces; the defects
| will be warnings, and the graces will be
models, and the correction of many
| blunders will make more complete or
der, as failures build up success. II took
forty women, have heard, to suggest
the modelling of the Greek Slave'''
Mr.. Rainor did not perceive the pre-
else application of this illustration but
Miss Jennings evidently did; SO that
point was settled, and they returned to
the list ssAnd the flowers, y she said,
"are to be copied in water color, and
to exhilarate us at our tasks.
g And the pianop''s 5ss esq
6 1t has all false notes; false note
makes trouble in house. / think that
false note, even one, puts every thing
that it reaches out of tune. Mr.. Rainor,
am sure you sing.
"SingP Oh no. I haven't sung for
years He paused, and a strange
bright light came into his kind, eyes.
He added, hesitatingly, g believe there
Is pile of my old music packed away
| somewhere in the house,
81 knew it, said Amy, ssand i
would be very good for Miss Martha il
you could sing with her. / can. play
accomplishments, and we could have
music, evenings. =
II 81 feel inclined,n said Mr.. Rainor,
after studying the list more carefully,
and with q more serious air than at
i first, ITO accede to these requests.
j And booksp''
4 "Booksp' repeated Amy, rather dis
mayed. 9 Really forgot; in fact, we
lshaven't gone so far yet as the books.
Mr.. Rainor,n she said, rising to bid him
goodnight, and faltering from her dig
nifty with q genuine trenor Of difidence
that was not ungraceful, that was, in
deed, for some reason, irresistiblJ
charming, "I' think-perhaps it will be
best-perhaps, If you allow me, I viii
lean upon u0u q little about the books !
J, We'll, DECLARE said the cook,
! fortnight after Amy's arrival, /" if thil
amt the surprisin est governess! Il
!. sakes, don't she make good missus
though! Always Arsmilin' and serene
I And she knows what she wants, ane
! what's what. And Miss Martha chime
ii in-my how she does chime in!--as nj
j un could have bethought. If missu
{ don't come back, III stay right on, ant
E no questions asked, so will.'' Fssss
. g Yes, Miss Jennings is surprisin',
} said the seamstress. ssAnd TO hear Mis-
: Martha layin, down the law to her is .
good as q play. Now, | ought TO d
l this, Miss jennings and Now it j
!, time for me to do TINT, and You mus
E be strict with me about this. Miss Jeu
4 nings.' And the new governess, thoug
= she's fresh as a rosebud, and nlac
!. more Of baby in looks than Miss MAJ
a tina is, has her own way through all.
: can see that. But it's q nice way and
/ bright way, so it is. It's as good as g
+ ing to the theater to hear her talk. An
r when she goes laughin' and singir
d through the house, my machine spin
l. so it do"
uWhat has come to mel though
" Mr.. Rainor. Age must be tenspertT
L me, feel SO ight-hearted, so well, ,
n late. And Matte, my precious lit
le Mattie-I begin to think she viii mai
3 q glad, strong girl yet: ! wonder
] there IS any thing in Miss Jennings
sr idea of sun and fragrance, music 81
ID color and stirring life? Amy Jenning
,e What strange woman she is!-a chi
almost, and yet woman quite She
Dr. a surprise to me every day q surprise
a. Surprise! That was the word whi
y, Amy seemed to have written upon I
er whole house. But the greatest surpri
Of all befell Mrs. Edgeley on her retu
Sc home. She came day before she b
er written she would come, for some reas
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