Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-09
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the f1eiress came up, and the next minute he was carrie1 off to dance with Mrs. Somebody at the, othG end of the room, but not before Maggie had nodded reply to him. Soon after this Miss Patterson came up to the plano, and salng she wished to play herself, and that Maggie looked tired, dismissed her without being able to get even another look at Alic
 The nex morning. to Maggie's very great surprise, Miss Patterson came into the school room before the children had assembled
 u.s. Hiss Dunlop" she said, stifly, Il should like to know where you say you met Mir. Gra1ger.p .ss 4.
 At ,Perlock. His uncle lived next door to my mother. He is very old friend, indeed
 ''hank you. I merely wished to inquire pecalse, Of course, you must be aware that it IS nqfusual for any one in your position to male herself remarkable by having long conf visi the house"
 'ldon't know what you mean, Miss Patter- | son " Maggie said, indignantly.
 Bt Miss Patterson had swept ou. of the roon without deigning to reply
 Then Maggie went into her own little room
 the one place she had in the world entirely to herelf, andcried till her eyes were red and her I heal ached.
 he lessons did not progress that morning.
 Maggie was thinking of Allie, who was no dpDt strolllng about the common listening to the ,and and making love to the heiress. The 1 chiltren were more than usually stupid, too, l andill the world seemed upside down, and all l it's ways turned crooked. Suddenly, at about l 12 o'clock, just when Maggie was in the mid I dle f expounding as best she could the eccen- l trictes Of the French grammar, there was a knok at the school-room door,
 'icome in," she said. '..- Ne door opened, and there stood before her astGished eyes the form of Alc Granger and f behnd him was manz-evidently his servant win box on his shoulders. .. I'll f.oe
 Al right, Tin, put it down; that's right, nov be of. There, I've brought the curiosi- tiesIpund, Maggie; I thought you'd like to 1 '0h! What will Mrs. Marshall and Miss Patterson. say 2" said Maggie in consterna- ,tioni
 Nothing to you for the next half hour or so, br have just seen them safely on their wayto Woolwich, and thought should just l getrs quiet chat with you My dears, he said pupils, I'm quite sure you'd like to be let off your lessons, so I'll let you off for an hour; run slong, my little dears" and he opened the door for them, and shut It after them
 l s"t0h, Alic!'' see said. in fear and trem- bliue! a'f"t' ...0--,. -~--..'0 ..
 l"0h, Maggie!" he answered, mimicking.
 What did you mean by going away from Perlock, and not leaving any address ?"
 '1couldn't help it, and you never wrote" she answered helplessly. :. .s,a F.. ..-s :, 1 t'No, 1 never write letters don't know how to spell we'll enough, But have been hunt. ing for you all over the place, and never dreamed of finding you here. Now we'll un- pack the box; had it opened before came, | so it's on ly fastened by a lock-" s.st..; -.. But, Allie, they'll never forgive me-" l. s'Never mind, it doesn't matter, because if I you are good I'll take you' away next week Besides, they'll forgive me anything I saved the coioners life when he. was in Hong Kong l .--at least, so he says. There now,s what do them at Java on purpose for you ;" and he held up a pair of heathenish- Looking clubs and branished them over her head, and then pro- ceeded to pull out the rest of the contents of the box and decorate the school-room with ] them. s'Thera's MT Rnddha, and there's why, what's the matter, Maggie p l Nothing, only you will get me into dread full trouble-you will, indeed, Miss Patterson came in this morning and scolded me for talk. l ing to you last night 1..fe. "
 Never mind, she was only jealous, Y he laughed. "Now tell me how soon you can | leave here." ..s .ssD. ggI "What for?" she asked innocently.y .s f,2 l Why, you haven't forgotten that we agreed | to get married when,I came back, have you, you little eoquette ?" and he put his arm round her waist just as of old, and was not reproved. It was so'very comfortable, she thought.
 INo, but you are engaged, are you not ?" l ,2"Yes, of course am-to you" ss :.
 'tOh i! but, Alic---' s ... ..4..f .. | 'Oh, but Maggie" and then he stopped ana kissed her,, and nothing more could be sald, TOT the door opened, and there stood the ] colonel and there stood Maria Patterson. k Miss Dunlop screamed Maria, horror Istruk. s.-.. V -
 "Mr. Granger said Mrs. Marshall, in aston l ishment.
 "Hoity-toity p exclaimed the colonel, s'what does all this mean p
 ''She must leave the house at once, said heiress. .-.
 ''Of course, she must,'' Mrs. Marshall said II never heard of such a thing in my litc." ! My dear Mrs. Marshall, said Alic, looking as II ne were beginning speech, ''it is all my fault. You told me, and so did the colonel to; consider your house my house, and I have done 80. Miss Dunlop here was playfellow Il Of mine once, and when I went away we were engaged. but somehow we lost sight of each otehr when there were few thousand miles between us, and it was the happiest moment of | lie to meet her again last night; and so took the liberty of calling on her this morning and i've were just arranging to get married next week when you interrupted us'
 'Qnite right, quite right, my dear Granger, '' said the old colonel, heartily, 'syou shall be married from here-'' ..-' ".
 "Oh, please let me go to mamma-do let me go at once, pleaded Maggie, finding her | little tongue at last. gal -7,.t .. -..,- .I think it would be much more satisfactory II Miss Dunlop went back to her relations, '' said the heiress sourly.
 DO they all agreed, and that very afternoon MMeggle packed up her modest belongings and | aiTthe curlositles, and went the well of 1 and bad-tempered aunt. - r
 The bad-Iempered aunt received her niece very gfaciously when sbe found she was going ! tgmarry we'll the followin.; week. It is amaz- | ing how, fond people are of rich relations, even though the riches concern them little person; | ally. As for poor Mrs.I Dunlop, she could haveljnmped for joy, only she was too old for 1 such violent exercise. ,-t.ss >4.-s ss .,e.d @ f-"Pfay, miss, what are you laughing to your self about ?" asked Alic the evening before j their wedding day .as.s g.at gs g9i7-r1 {. I Nothing, Alic, only when you we're away used to think sometimes that you'd marry a Chinese heiress with a pigtail. p9-i3tiii 5bt {
 ''The sort of thing you would think" he sald gEandly aas 1t is you see, I am gong to marry little girl without pigtail; and am very happy, my darling you a'' ,it,tl.--TaI i Very, very" she said ,and she was. I ssts,eSe ~ [ !, 8iotf1H .cti E sa- '.s@"- 39a..t,ssfGlats5 e' 1e@d q asss it t Cur THIS Our. IT MAY SAVE YouR L1FE..- 1 There is no person living but what suffers more or less with Lung Disease, Coughs, I Colds or Consnmption, yet some would die rather than pay 72 cents for bottle of medi- cine that would ecuFe them. Dr. Boschees German Syrup has lately been introduced in this country from Germany, and its wondrous cures astonish every. one that tries it. 4 If I you doubt what we say in print, cut this out I and take'it to your Druggist. and get a sample bottle for 10 cents and try it, or regular size for75 cents. Sold by w. K. Peck.
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