South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-06-27

better, said Dorothy lightly. Think of
me: l am good subject
Dorothy had come into the room while
speaking. and now dropped on her knees
by Mrs. Dayton's side. holding up her
rosy, smiling face for kiss.
The best Of subjec.s. Dolly. bnt have
reason 10 think much and seriously of
the step my son is contemplating
lie is not going to leave Bayswatc-,
sureiy ~! said Dorothy, the rose on her
cheeks pnling n little
No: he is thinking OF bringing some
one here to live. lie wants TO marry
Charlotte Greyson, Dolly
Dorothy started to her feet, and the
rose faded utterly from her checks, and
the blue, childish eyes looked wild with
pain. just moment she stood as ifstun-
ned by what she had heard then, becom-
ing conscious OF Mrs. Dayton's curious
and plying gaze.she recovered her self
! possession.
She is very handsome. she said, with
long gasping sigh, and do hope lie
will be happy
But she has not accepted him yet,
Dolly, and l almost hope she will not,
though OF course no woman in her right
senses would refuse my Felix said Mrs.
Dayton, whose maternal pride in her on.
~ son, and faith in his goodness, were
very great
OF course not answered Dorothy.
needless what the words miuht imply =.
But must not stay here any longer.
aunt, Tor l am expected at the sewing.
school at ten o'clock, and it is nearly
that now
How many little girls have your ask.
ed Mrs. Dayton, thinking TO turn Doro-
thy's thoughts from Felix's proposed
marriage would be only kind.
There are sixteen in nv class said
Dorothy, tying on the fiat hat, which had
fallen on the carpet when she knelt be-
fore Mrs. Dayton.
Has Miss Greyson been asked to help
with the teaching?' asked Mrs. DAYTON,
forgetting that she had resolved to re-
Train from mentioning anything calcula-
ted to turn on her sons choice Of q wife,
so greatly was she interested in all that
appertained to that choice.
Yes replied Dorothy. Lotto War
den asked her to help us, bat she said
she didn't know how to sew we'll enough
to teach them
She must have been Joking said Mrs.
Dayton, whose face had pa!ed ut Doro-
thy's words, Every young lady knows
how to sew. hope
| Mrs. Dayton was an expert needle
woman. herself, and had taken pains in
teaching Dorothy the mysteries OF her.
ring bone, satin-stich and overcastinp.
so she had righteous horror of ignor-
ance in regard to needle-work.
Perhaps she was, and then Dorothy
said she must really go, or she would be
late at the sewing. school, and kissed her
! friend good.by.
! But the scholars in the small, close
room wondered, that morning, why their
youngest teacher looked so pale. and
seemed so absentminded. She was e..
ven careless about the way the
seams were overcast, and such careless.
ness had never before been exhibited.
Lottie Warden and Della Ferry, the two
other teachers, who we're much older
than Dorothy, advised her to 90 home
and battle her head and lie down in n
dark room but Dorothy said sho would
attend to her duties in the sewing class.
But when she at last was at home she
shut herself up in her own room, and
sent word TO her mother that she had a
headache. Poor Dorothy! she might
with truth have said the leartache.
Charlotte Greyson had been visiting
her aunt ell summer She liked Bays-
water, and she liked her aunt, and She
knew she was always welcome in that
lady's homo but this was her first visit.
She had come TO her Aunt James in
May, and it was now September, and Mr..
Greyson had written that she must cut
her visit short. Perhaps Felix Dayton
had proved powerful attraction, for
Miss Greyson had not once complained
OF being dull during her stay, and now
regretted that she must 90 home so
soon.
While Dorothy was teaching her six.
teen pupils how TO overcast seams, her
rival WAS curled up on comfortable so.
ia in her aunrs parlor. reading a very
exciting novel. Miss Jane sat in rock
ing-chair, engaged in darning some large
holes in her nieCe's stockings.
'Lottie, IL you would change your
stockings more frequently you would
not wear such enormous holes in them.
Now. Aunt Jone + exclaimed Char
lotto, you speak Of stockings Just ne I
am in tho midst Of description Of the
magnificent costumes worn ut dukes
ball. cant think TO change my clothes
az often as you do
Miss Jane sighed
You are your mother over again. Lot.
tic. do wish you were more like vour
poor father
Il don't said Charlotte. laughing
he Is as cross as n hear all the time /
Poor James + sighed Miss Jane. q
suppose lie has hs troubles rs we'll rs
the rest Of us. Charlotte. do tie M
your shoes, child; and your collar is /.
unpinnej!
There is no one to sco me. Aunt Jane
said Charlotte coaxingly. and am so
much interested in my story. DO let
mo Rad