West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-09-14

/ IL gTleNeu over the mlsfortunes of others
II still appreciated the subject for dis
cussion they afforded.
Mrs. Dunlop was offered home bv q
/ sister who was well of and bad-tempered
and II was thankfully accepted Maggie
I was informed That she must get her own
/ living, which being precisely Maggie,
I own OPINION a. well as intention, she
| 'dVeruSed Tor situation as governeSs.
Ohe ot her answers, from a garrison
town, stated that Mrs Marshall required
q governess for her three little girls.
/ Maggie thought she should like To live
in n garrison place! She might some day
see Alic there, not that she would con.
descend To speak to him after his neglect.
of course, and not that she cared-oh
| dear, no 80 she accepted il.
Mrs. Marshall was stiflnecked sort of
woman, and stared hard at poor little
Maggie Colonel Marshall, her husband,
was nice old man, with bald head and
an iron-gray mustache; and there was
a grown-up daughter, Miss Patterson.
Mrs. MarshalPS daughter by her first
! husband. who was really the mistress of
! the establishment, for Maria Patterson
/ had strong will, and she was an heiress.
/ Maria was skinny, and twenty-five If
! she was day, and thought herself sar.
castle, and always said nasty things 10
| people who did not dare say them back
again.
One evening when Maggie had been
about year there, and she was sitting
! alone in her sChoolroom, Miss Patterson
walked in very much dressed, and rather
flushed and excited.
"Miss Dunlop" she said, ''we shall have
few friends this evening, and / know
one or two of them like an impromptu
dance; will you be ready To come into
the drawing-room and play, if we should
want your
fear / can not play dance music
very well; never keep time, but | will
try said Maggie.
She then put on her shabby black
evening gown, and stuck spray of
white flowers into her golden hair. and
waited patiently for the summons, hop.
ing she would wait in vain.
IT very soon came, and with roll of
music under her arm, flush on her in.
nocent frightened face, and a scared. al
most hunted expression in her eyes, she
descended, and timidly opened the draw
ing-room door, and then stopped still for
a moment staring in astonishment at the
scene before her. There was the heiress
with an eager, pleased expression on her
face, and leaning over her, talking and
laughing, and more handsome than ever.
and sunburnt and spldierly-loOking was
HAhc Granger. There was no mistaking
him. The color rushed 10 Magsie's face.
az If to say hurried goodbye, and then
left altogether. She recovered her self
! possession, however, and walked with
what she hattered herself was great
dignity towards the piano. She felt
rather than saw him raise his head and
look at her, and the next moment he
was at her side.
Maggie, my dear Maggiel Why,
fancy you being here; where did you
come from? have been trying to find
you out for months"
" i thought you" and then she did
not know how to go on so added almost
piteously, "1 am the gOverness here"
" Are you? OH / see, then that is the
reason I've not seen you before | sup.
pose"
g" DO you really y know Miss Dunlop %
the heiress asked, coming up and speak
ing in her coldest manner.
Why, of course do; we have been
playiellows ever since we were born
haven we, Maggieg' and Maggie, feel
ing that she was being backed up, an.
swered bravely, Yes"
oh, indeed how interesting r'-
then, turning to Maggie, 4" Will you be
so good as to begin a waltz, Miss Dun
lop?-This was to be our dance, / think. ."
he said TO Alic, and sailed off with him
! triumphantly.
He came up to her directly the dance
was over. g ! went down to Porlock TO
try and find out where you had gone
to-" he said, "but nobody knew"
1t didn't matter" she said huskily.
! letting her fingers wander carelessly owe r
/ the keys TO make believe she wasn't very
interested in what he said
" Yes, il did-it mattered a great deal.
| Why, I've got box full Of curiosities
for you-clubs TO fight with, and little
heathen god or two, and statue of
Buddha, and all sorts Of things. told
you ! should bring you them home. DO
/ you live here-I mean in the house P'
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 saying that she
wished to play herself, and that Maggie
| looked tired, dismissed her without being
able to get even another look at Alic