Daily Republican., 1879-12-12
PLEASANT LOVE

Re, uc saiu ons uhy, aUou' ei6 utoei
months after he had gained his com
mission. "Guess wha. 1t isi'
F., They were walking along the greer
lanes Of Perlock. listening to the cease
less murmsr Of the sea, as at intervals
they had walked and listened eve
since they could remember; at any rate
she was six years younger than hel
former play-iellow.
"You are going to BIZ promoted" sh'
said.
"Promoted, you little goose No one
ever cts promoted in the British army
Guess again."
lyon are going to marry an heiress.'
There was a lump in her throat as she
said 1t.
Wrong again. No estimable young
person with green eyes, a n-up nose
susceptible heart and fifty thousand q
year, has turned up yet. But its some
thing nearly as good. Pm ordered to
Chinal"
"Oh, Alic ~ she gaspsd, and burst
into tears. 1t was very foolish OF her,
but then she was only sixteen. and
had not yet acquired the praisew orthy
art of concealing 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 it
than if she had been his sister, or the
cat, excepting perhaps that it was
nicer--which it was, no doubt. ~
shall only be away five years at most
and when come back I'll. bring you a
pig tail, and an ivory tooth pick and a
whole lot of things and
"Yes I" she said, listening attentive
| ly.
"But then you'll be young woman
Il forgot-and out and all that sort
Of thing, and won't condescend to speak
to a poor Lieutenant; you will have
all the squires and fox hunters abou,
the place at your feet"
ooh no, indeed, shan't Alic," she
said eagerly.
"But | tell you, you will. believe
you are born little tlirt, and shalt
come back and find"
But she burst into tears again, aud
put up her pretty little hand as If to
stop his teasing, which she could not
bear Just then. 1t seemed 30 cruel of
him to laugh and Joke, when he was
going away for FIVE years. He did not
seem to care bit, and she could have
broken her heart on the spot, and
would have gladly done 50, and thrown
the pieces away, 80 as never to be
bothered with 1t agaiu. Then, seeing
her mournful blue eyes, he was merci-
full.
81 believe shall come back and find
you Just as great little darling as you
are now, and II we've got any money
we'll get married and live happy ever
after, and II we haven't We'll get mar.
ried and starvs ever after-unless, OF
course, the heiress turns up
"Oh, hope she WON'T" said Mag
gle, like a truthful little idiot. "shall
you ever write to me, Alio ~
"Yes, of course l shall, and | shall
expect you to write back six pages
crossed, and all that sort OF thing, you
know :,
So Allie Granger went to China, and
Maggie waited hopefully enough for
letter, but six months passed and none
came. perhaps it takes longer for a
letter to get here from China she
thought, knowing as little about the
mssns Of transit and the time it took
as II the celestial city had been in the
moon. But year passed, and no let
ter came, and Maggie journeyed into
womanhood, but no word or sign came
from Alic Granger, aud at last she
gave him up altogether,
Maggie was 20 years old when her
father died, and the creditors did pounce
down, and she and her mother sold out
Mrs. Dunlop was offered a home IN
London by a sister who was we'll OIL
and bad tempered, aud 1t was thank
fully accepted. y,
Maggie went as dovtrnass into the
family Of . Mrs. Marshall, of Wool
wich.
Mrs. Marshall's daughter by her
first husband was really mistress of the
establishment, for Maria Patterson had
p strong will, aud she was an helress.
"a very nasty heire-., too,' poor Mag
gle thought, snd she was right, for
Maria was skinny, aud thought her-
self sarcastic, and always said nasty
things To people who did not dsre to
say them back again.
One evening, when Maggie had been
about q year at Woolwich, and she was
sitting alons in her school room as usnal
for her pupils had just said good night,
and been delivered to the tender mer-
dies of their nurse, Miss Patterson
walked in very much dressed, ana
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