Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-02-03
sTAUNTON,s VA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY sss3, 1850.

most piteousiy, am the goVernes
,ssAre you? Oh, I see; that Is th
. reason I have not seen you before, e
suppose" 9..a .o.'s }o- 80 fsre.,4
"Do you really know Miss Dunlop p
! the heiress asked, coming up and speak
ling In her coolest manner. - s:s,f
Maggie wished sincerely that sh
! could sink into her shoes and bury her
self - - - 80 7'i'
.tWhy, ofcourse I do I; we have beer
lplayfellows ever since we were born
haven't we, MaRgieW W ~ 4. faeI s
And Maggie. feeling she was backed
up, answered braHely: .o5;} al
"Yes."y 80 r .-9f
"Oh, Indeed! How interesting y
Then turning to Maggie "Will you b,
50 good as TO begin waltz. Miss Dun.
lOp? This was to be our dance.
think; :" to Alic. and she glides off wifi
him triumphantly. l.s,-fzI s-cla
He came to her directly after tht
dance was over. -,r.ferf
went. down to Perlock to try and
/ find out where You had gone to, be
said. SHbHt.nobodyi knew = f.s~i.F9 G. \
4 ut didn't matter, p she said, huskilyI
letting her fingers wandered vaguely
over the keys to make believe she
wasn't very much interested In what be
said. ae 70 ,s.rfr 4sa ID tsv-a.,
| Yes it did-it mattered q great deal:
Why, I've got d box full Of curiosities
for you-clubs to fight with, d little
heat her god or two, and statue OF
Buddha and all sorts 6f things. i told
YOU / should bring you them home.
Do you live here-I mean in this
house?" ''-4 ''i''' s-N-'
He said the last words under his
breath. for tie heiress came up. and the
next minute he was carried of TO dance
| with Mrs. Somebody at the other end
of the room. but not before Maggie had
nodded reply to him. Soon after this
Miss Patterson came up to the plano
and saying she wished to play herself.
and that Maggie looked tired, dismissed
her without being able to get even
another look at Alic. l 4
The next morning. to Maggie's very
great surprise, Miss Patterson came into
the school-roOm before the children had
assembled. @ ~ p1s
tMiss Dunlop" she said, stiffly, ~
should like to know where you say you
met Mr. Granger" as $3.50 j
| "At Perlock.. His uncle lived next
door to my mother. He. is very old
friend. Indeed" -
r "Thank you. merely wished to
inquire, because of course. you must be
aware that 1t is; not usual fol any one In
your position to make herself remark
able by having long confideuce talks
with any gentleman who may visit the
house"
| II don't know what you mean, Miss
Patterson" Maggie said. indignantly.
| But Miss Patterson had swept out of
the room without deigning to reply.
Then Maggie went into her own little
room, the one place she had iH the
world entirely to herself, aud cried till
] her eyes were rel aud her head ached
The lessons did not progress that
| morning. Maggie was thinEing of Alic,
who was nd doubt strolling about the
common, listening to the band aud
masking lQvet to the heiress. The ohik
dren were more than usually stupid,
too. and all the world seemed upside
down, and all the ways turned crooked.
Suddenly, at obout 12 o'clock, just when
Maggie was In the middle Of expound-
ing as best she could the eccentricities
of the French grammar, there was .
knock ~ the school door.
| Come fn,' she said. = lsiY
| Tho door opened, and there stood be-
fore her astonished eyes the form of
Alic Granger. and behind him was
man-evidently hisservant-witha box
on his shoulder, gs,s
/ "All right, Tim. put it down that's
right; now be off, There. I've brought
the curiosities round. Maggie I thought
you'd like to see them.n
"Oh! What will Mrs. Marshall and
Miss Patterson say ~ said Maggie, In
CONSERVATION. H. - 5l9i rsa
Nothing to you for the next half hour
or so for J. have just seen them safely on
their way to W0olwich, and thought
should just get quiet chat with you
My dears,' he said, turning 10 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 far an hour;
rnn along. my little dears," aud he
opened the door for them and shut 1t af-
ter them
"Oh, Alic!" she said, In fear and
trem bling. -5 4
"Oh, Maggie!" he answered. mimiok-
ing. what did you mean by going
away from Perlock, and not leaving any
address.?"
~ couldn't help 1t, and you never
wrote. !" she answered helplessly. &,
mo, never write letters; don't
know how to spell well enough. But Il
have been hunting for you all over the
place, and never dreamed of finding you
here, Now we'll unpack the box; I
had It opened before came, so it's only
fastened by lock-"
"Put, Alic, they'll never forgive me.n
Never mind, 1t doesn't matter, be
cause If you are good I'll take you away
next week. Besides they'll forgive me
anything. saved the Colonel's 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 purposes for yeut;;" rand he
held up pair of heatbenish>looking
clubs and sbrandished them over e his
head, and then proceeded to pull out
the contents of the box and to decorates
the school-room with them. s'There's
Mr.. 'Buddha. and there's-whY whats
the matter. Maggie" - ,ss
s'.Nothing, only you .will get me 10
dreadful trouble-yOu will indeed. Miss
Patterson Acatne in this morning and
scoided me for talking to you last
night nr
Never mind. she was only Jealous, )"
he laughed. Now tell me how soon
you can leave here?"
"Wnat for 2" she asked, innocentIy
~ yOo h0vCu IOfKOtt6u tu6t W Z
agreed to, getmarried when came back
have you. you little coquette?' and he
put his arm round her waist Just as OF
old. and was not reproved. il was so
very comfortable, she thought.
not ?" 'ss'' ~" ~
Yes: Of oourse.I 1 am-to you.n
sob !lbut, Allc-n
; oh. but, Maggie" aud then he
stopped aud kissed her, and nothing
more could be said, for the door opened
!, aud there stood the Colonel, aud there
stood Maria Patterson.
Miss runlop" screamed Maria, hor.
rOr struck.
"Mr. Grangeri" said Mrs. Marshall
In astOnishmeilt,
d "Holty- -toity ~ exclaimed the Colonel
what does all this mean ?"
!. "She must leave the house at once, ,
said the heiress.
"Of course. she must Mrs. Marshal
said. II never heard of such thing ir
, my life."
MY dear Mrs. Marshall y said Alic
looking as if he were beginning speech
sir 10 q II nav fut,lf Va, t<~I.!