The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-27

let OH your lessons, so Ill let you on Tor
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, Maggiel" he answered, miuick-
ing "What did you mean by going
away from Perlock, and not leaving any
address,"
couldn't help it, and you never
wrote" she answered helplessly.
"No, I never write letters; don't
know how to spell well enough. But
have been hunting for you all over the
place, and never dreamed of finding
you here. Now wen unpack the box I
had it opened before came, SO it's only
fastened by lock-"
But, Aic, they'll never forgive me-"
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. I saved the Colonel's life
when be 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 pair of MISUNDERSTANDING
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 coquette2" and he
put his arm round her waist just as of
old, and was not reproved. 1t was SO
very comfortable, she thought.
No, but you are engaged, are you
Eyes, of course 1 am--to you"
"Ohl but, Alto"
"Oh, 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 Dunlopl" screamed Maria, hor-
ror struck.
"Mr. Grangerp said Mrs. Marshall, in
astonishment.
"Hoity-toity!" exclaimed the Colonel,
what does all this mean?"
"She must leave the house at once"
"Of course she must" Mrs Marshall
said. "I never heard of such thing
in my hfe"
"My dear Mrs. Marshall" said Alic,
looking as if he were beginning a
speech, cit is all my fault. You told
me, and so did the Colonel, to consider
your house my home, and I have done
SO. Miss Dunlop here was 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"
'Oh, please let me go to mamma
do let me go at once," pleaded Maggie,
finding her little tongue at last.
Il 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 we'll 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
she was too old for such violent exer-
else.
Pray, miss, what are you laughing
to yourself about?" asked Alic, the
evening before their wedding day.
Nothing, Alic, only when you were
away l used to think sometimes that,
perhaps, you'd marry Chinese heiress
with pigtail."
"The sort of thing you would think"
he said, grandly; "as it is, you see,
am going to marry little girl without
pig-tail, and 1 am very happy, my
darling-are your"
Every, very" she said. And she was.