The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-11-26
A PLEASANT LOVE.

I n Il LA&hAHgsAN1 AzV ' ga
al have cot some news fot You
Maggie" he said one day, about eightecl
months after he gained his commission
Guess what it is"
| They were walking along the graet
lancesOf Perlock, listening 10 the ceaseles
mumur Of the sea, as, at intervals, the,
had walked and listened ever since the
! could remember, at any rate, for sh
Was SIX years younger than her forne
playfellow.
g You are going to be promoted" sh,
said
| i Promoted, you little goosel No on
ever gets promoted in the British army
Guess again."
You 9.5 going to marry an heiress.
| There was a lump in her throat as sh,
said it,
8 Wrong again. No inesthnable youn,
person, with green eyes; titrn-up nose
susceptible heart, and fifty thousand ,
| year, has turned up yet But it's some
thing nearly as good. I'm ordered t
Oh, AIicp' she gasped, and burs
into tears. It was very foolish Of her
but then she was only sixteen, and haC
net yet acquired the praisewOrthy art
of cOnceaIing her feelings
Why, whatever are YOU crying for?
| he asked, and kissed away her tears
| He'd kissed her ever since she was five
/ and thought no more Of il than if she
| had been his sister, er the cat excepting
| perhaps, tbatit was nicer which it was,
no doubt &C. shall be away five years,
at most and when come back III bring
you pig tail and 81 ivory t0oth-pick,
and Il whole lots Of thing, and
Yes? she said, listening atten.
lively.
"But then you'll be a young woman
| forgot -and out and all that sort of
thing, and won't cOndescend to speak to
a poor lieutenant; you viii have all the
'squires and foX-hunters about the place
at your feet"
"Oh, no! indeed I shan't, Alic," she
said, eagerly.
But l tell you, you will. believe
you are a born little firt, and | shall
come back and find"
But she bust into tears again, and put
up her pretty little hands as if to stop his
teasing, which she could not bear Just
then. 1t seemed so cruel Of him to laugh
and joke when be was going away for
five years. He did not seem to care a
bit, and she could have broken her heart
on the spot, and would have gladly done
50, and thrown the pieces away so as
never to be bothered with it again.
Then, seeing her mOurnful blue eyes, he
was merciful.
"I believe I shall come back and find
you Just as great a little darling as you
are now, and if we've got any money,
we'll get married and live happily ever
after, and if we haven't, we'll get married
and starve ever after unless, of course,
the heiress turns up"
Oh, ] hope she wOn'tw said Maggie,
like 4 truthful idiot. Shall you ever
write to me Alic. dearP3,
Yes, of course l shall, and l shall eX-
pect you to write back six pages crossed
and all that sort Of thing, you know"
So AliC Granger went to China, and
Maggie waited hopeful enough for let
ter, but a year passed and none came.
Perhaps he's i'll, or it's miscarried," "
she said, tearfully, half wondering
if it could be possible that a Chinese
heiress had turned up, and that was the
real reason of Alic's silence. And the
days and the months went by, and Mag
gle journeyed into wOmanhOOd, but no
word or sign came from AliC Granger,
and at length she gave him up alto
gether.
Maggie was twenty years when her
father died, and the creditors did pOunCe
down, and she and her mother sold out.
Mrs Dunlop was offered home in Lon
don by a sister who was well off and
bad d-temgcred, and it was thankfully ac-
cepted. Maggie was informed that she
must get her own living, which, being
precisely Maggie's own opinion, as well
as intention, she advertised for a situa-
ton as governess. Now, Maggie had a
very modest idea Of her own merits, and
therefore only asked for G25 year and
q comfortable home, so no less than five
answers came to her announcement that
she could teach English, French, music
and the rudiments of drawing.
One Of these answers came from Wool
wich. and stated that Mrs Marshall re.
qulre0 q gOYeTness Tor her three little
girls. Mrs. Marshall was q stif-necked
sort of a woman, and stared at poor little
Maggie (whO looked almost as child-hke
and twice as pretty as ever through
double gold glasses Col Marshall, her
husband, was q nice old man with q
gray head and an iron-gray mustache,
and there was grown up daughter, a
Miss Patterson, Mrs MarshalPs daughter
by her first husband, who was really the
of the estab iishment, for Maria
Patterson had a strong will, and she was
an heiress.
One evening, when Maggie had been
aOOut a year at WOOlwich, and she was
sitting alone in her schoOl-room as usual,
for her pupils had just said goodnight,
and been delivered up to the tender
mercies of their nurse, Miss Patterson
walked in very much dressed, and rather
flushed and excited.
Miss Dunlop" she said, eve shall
have a few friends this evening, and
know one or two of them like an i'm
promptu dance; viii you be ready to
come into the drawing-room and play,
IL we should want YOUR
II fear / cannot play dance music
very we'll: never keep time, " said Mag.
gle.
Yes | feared so, and thought / would
come and tell you, SO that yOu might
practice for an hour or two till after
dinner" and she sailed out of the room,
evidently considering the matter settled,
and Maggie meekly proceeded to prac-
tice the Mabel waltz and the Flick
and Flock gaIop. Then she put on
her shabby black evening gown, and
stuck a spray Of white flowers into
lcr golden hair, and waited patiently for