The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-10-31

MAtatalE.
4 ti~Namns Lew Ssssy.
have got komc news for you, Mag.
gic,- he NAld one LAY. about eighteen
months after he gained his commission.
"0ucss what II Is"
They were walking along the green
lanes III prrlock, listening ~ the crease.
less murnlur III the sea, ~, u intervals,
they had walked and listened ever since
they could remember, II any rate. for
she was six years younger than her
former play fellow.
-Ycu arc going 10 be promoted" she
said.
-promotcd. ron little goose! No one
ever gets promoted In the British army.
0neas AgAiu."
.You are going to marry nm hcircss. :
There WAS lump In her throat ~ she
said IL.
Wrong again. No incstimablc young
person, with green eyes, = tnrn-np nose.
susceptible heart, and tlfty Thousand y
year has turned up yet. hut It's some.
thing nearly - good. I'm ordered 70
China"
@oh, Aliel" she easpel, and burst
into tears. II WAS very foolish Of her,
but then ahc waa only ID. and had not
yet acquired the prAiaeworthy art oi
conccaling her feelings.
Why, whatever are you crying forg
be asked, and kisaed away her tcars.
He'd kissed her ever SINCE ahe was q,
and thought no more of IL than ii she
had been his sister, or the cat, except.
Ing. perhsps, that II was nicer which
u was, no doubt. II shall only DO away
i've years II most, aud when come
hack Ill bring You pig.tail and Nh
ivory tooth.pick, aud whole lot oi
things, aud. :"
"Ye~Y" she sAid, listening attcn.
lively.
hut then you'll be young woman
II forgot and out and I'll that sort
al thing, aud won't condesccnd ID
speak 70 i poor Lieutenant; you will
have I'll the sqmircs aud fox hunters
about the place Ut your feet"
"Oh. no! indeed shsnt, Allie she
said, eagerly.
But tell you, yon will. believe
you arc . bern little dirt, and shall
come hack and iind-~'
But she burst into tears again. and
put mp her pretty little hand ~ il "a
stop bin teasing, which she could not
bear Just then. II seemed ~ cruel al
him 70 laugh and Joke. when he sas
going away Tor Ave years. He did not
seem 70 care bit, aud xhc could have
broken her heart on theapot, and would
have gladly done no and thrown the
pieces away, 20 ~ never 10 be bothered
With i again. Then. seeing her mourn,
iul blue eyoa, he was mcrc,ful.
= believe | shall come back aud iind
you Just ~ great little darling q yo,i
are NOM and, II we've got any money
ws'll got married and live happy eve,
altet, and II 10 haven't we'll oct mar
Rcd and starve ever after unless, 81
courae, the heiress tnrna mp"
~Oh. hope she WON'T" said MsRgic
hke truthful little idiot. Shall yot
ever write 70 me, Alic, dear9s
Yea, Of course ] shall, and | shall
expect you to write back ak page,
crossed, and III that sort Of thing, 70,
know
30 Alic Granger went TO China. snt
Maggie waited hopefully enough ior
lettor, but NJ months passed away ans
nOno came. Perhaps II takes lonoc
Tor lettes 70 get here from China" "a
th0ught. knowing n little about la
means 0ltransit and the tame u took a
The celestial oity had been Ia Tho moon
Int year paAssd and no letter came.
perhaps he's III, OF it's miscarrietl.
10 aaid, tsarlully, half wondering il |
~-oonld b. poesible that Chinese heiros
NJ turned ~, and that vss The -.
reason u Alich Sslsnce. Two yesr
poGDed. and mover word. It's too bad.
- setd, bitterly, and wondered ruciulI
u - had married with pig.tail. An
90 days and The months went BY. -
1aGgts journeyed into womanhoot
eoe no word or sign came from Ali
oranger, and . length sho gave him n
MaGGis Va 70 years old when he
ta1hes died, and the creditors al
poonce down, and she and her mothe
1870 sold out. Dm. Dunlop WA oifcrc
NJ : home IL London by sislcr who ~
well o. and bad. tempered, aud Il ~
thankfully accepted. Maggie was Il
lcgnod that shs must get her own II,
-, which, being precisely Maggie
o0n opinion - we'll ~ intention, III
e6voSeieed for ! situation 10 g0varneA
low, Maggie bad very modest idea I
- own inertia, aud therefore onl
eneed E20 : year and comfortabl
hoono, - no less than I've answers cam
- her announcement that she coul
teoch English, French, music and d,
yndimsnte Of drawing.
Que ~ these answers camC lror
Woolwich. and stated that Mr.. Maj
oAall required govsrneas Tor her thrc
lttle girls Mrs. Marshall was st;f
N nsoked sort 81 > woman, and stared !
poor Little Maggie who looked almoG
- ohtld like aud twice ~ pretty = owe
through double gold glssses. Co
0assbail, her husband, was . nice oil
nDan with : gray head and IN iron
Gf1y mslatache, and there VIM gro~
in9-np daughter, . Miss Patterson :
Mn. Marshall. daughter BY her nvs
husband Who - really th~ mistrca
~ tbe sstAbliahmenA Tor Maria PatteI
80 had strong will, and M "a heircs1
- vefy nasty heirsn, too poor Mas
- Thought, and she was right, 10
4ogie - Skinny, and th0noht herssl
J n11enstic, aud always said nasty thing
Il rocplo uho did not dare 70 ny thsn
o1k aDnin.
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