The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-10-31
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morning. Maggie was thinking of
Alic, who was no doubt strolling about
the common, listening to the band and
r'aking love to the heiress. The chill
dren were more than usually stupid,
too, and all the world seemed upside
down, and all the ways turned crooked.
Suddenly, at about IL o'clock, just
when Maggie was in the middle of ex-
pounding us best she could the eccen-
trioities of the French grammar, there
was knock at the schOol-room door.
"Come in," she said.
The door opened, and there stood be-
fore her astonished eyes the form of
Ahc Granger, and behind him was a
man-evidently his servant-with box
on his shoulder.
"All right, Tim, put it down; that's
right; now be off. There. I've brought
the curiosities round, Maggie; / thought
you'd like to see them"
"Ohl What will Mrs. Marshall and
Miss Patterson say9" said Maggie, in
CONSERVATION.
Nothing to you for the next half
hour or so, for l have just seen them
safely on their way to HVoolwich, and
thought should Just get quiet chat
with you. My dears," he said, turning
to Maggie's wide-eyed, open mouthed
pupils, I'm quite sure you'll like to be
let off your lessons, so I'll let you off for
an hour; run along, my little dears,
and he opened the door for them and
shut it after them.
"Oh, Aicl" she said, in fear and
trembling.
"Oh, Maggie!" he answered, mimick-
ing. "What did you mean by going
away from Perlock, and not leaving any
address,"
"I couldn't help it, and you never
wrote" she answered helplessiy.
"No, 1 never write letters; don't
know how to spell well enough. But
have been hunting for yoS all over the
place, and never dreamed of finding
you here. Now we'll unpack the box
had it opened before came, so it's only
fastened by lock-
"But, Alic, they'll never forgive me. y
"Never mind, it doesn't matter, be-
cause if you are good I'll take you away
next week. Besides they'll forgive me
anything. l saved the ColonePs life
when he was in Hong Kong-at least so
he says. There now, what do you think
of these for fighting with? Got them
at Java on purpose for you;' and he
held up a pair of Notwithstanding
clubs and brandished them over his
head, and then proceeded to pull out
the contents of the box and to decorate
the school-room with them. There's
Mr.. Buddha, and there's-why, what's
the matter, Maggie?"
Nothing. only you will get me in
dreadful trouble-you will indeed. Miss
Patterson came in this morning and
scolded me for talking to you last
night"
"Never mind, she was only jealous, "
he laughed. "Now tell me how soon
you can leave here?"
"What for?" she asked, innocently.
"Why, you haven't forgotten that we
agreed to get married when came back,
have you, you little coquette?" and he
put his arm round her waist just as OF
old, and was not reproved. 1t was SO
very comfortable, she thought.
mo, but you are engaged, are you
not?"
eyes, of course I am-to you"
ooh! but, Alic-"
ooh, but, Maggie" and then he
stopped and kissed her, and nothing
more could be said, for the door
opened, and there stood the Colonel,
and there stood Maria Patterson.
Miss Dunlop!" screamed Maria, hor-
ror struck.
"Mr. Grangerp said Mrs. Marshall, in
establishment.
"Hoity-toity" exclaimed the Colonel,
"what does all this mean?"
"She must leave the house at once
said the heiress.
"Of course she must" Mrs. Marshall
said. 81 never heard of such thing
in my life"
"My dear Mrs. Marshall" said Alic,
looking as if he were beginning a
speech, at is all my fault. You told
me, and so did the Colonel, to consider
your house my home, and have done
so. Miss Dunlop here was a playfellow
of mine once, and when went away we
were engaged, but somehow we lost
sight of each other when there were a
few thousand miles between us, and it
was the happiest moment of my life to
meet her again last night; and so took
the liberty of calling on her this morn
ing, and we were just arranging to get
married next week when you inter
rupted u.s."
"Quite right, quite right, my dear
Granger" said the old Colonel, heart
lily; "you shall be married from here
ooh, please let me go to mamma
do let me go at once" pleaded Maggie,
finding her little tongue at last.
II think it would be much more sat-
isfactory if Miss Dunlop went back to
her relations" said the heiress, sourly.
SO they all agreed, and that very
afternoon Maggie packed up her mod
est belongings and all the curiosities,
and went to the well-off and bad.tem
pered aunt.
The bad-tempered aunt received her
niece very graciously when she
found she was going to marry well the
following week. 1t is amazing how
fond people are of rich relations, even
though the riches concern them little
personally. AS for poor Mrs. Dunlop,
she could have jumped for JOY, only
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