Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-09-10
= PLEASANT Story.
RATHER ROMANTIC.

, Al'S 0'l''I ''dlhtuS H'IlpDl W WHICH MISS
Minerva Patterson was the head wasa very
ambitious establishment
Only first-class pupils were admitted
nrst-elass teachers only were employed
To this seminary, Mrs. Adolphus White,
IA wealthy widow, had, after waiting for
vacancy, at last sent her daughter Helen,
young girl Of seventeen, whose face and
form were remarkably pretty, but who was
by no means u girl Of good sense
at is settled at last, Charles" said Mrs
White to her bachelor brother as they sat at
lunch together, "lIeen Is with Miss Patter-
son, and am SO relieved. She will form her
mind and manners, and make her the sort
Of girl | should bring out. Ishant do this
too early. was married myself at her age
and | know that one loses youth by being in
society too young"
And Mrs. White, who had no wish to set
Tie into the elderly matron as yet, softly
slipped her chocolate.
You don't really mean to say that you
have sent Helen away from home, sister ?"
said Charles "A mother should never let
her daughter live apart from her, if she can
avoid it, Send her TO Miss Minerva all day,
if You choose, hut have her home at night"
"lt's quito the thing among sensible
people 70 patronize boarding schools" said
Mrs White, "and Miss Minerva Is lady Of
excellent family and highly accomplished j."
cor course" said Uncle Charles, "and i's
ali right for girls who have homes Ormothcrs
but take any set Of young things you may
select and put them together for IL while, and
they'll hatch out mischief And girls are
all ripe for it nowadays, can tell you, in
any Of our towns
But by such discipline as Miss Miner
vas, said Mrs. White, cher pupils could not
get into mischief"
And she arose from the table
"oh," said Charles. "Well, if you're sure
Of that, might as well DC silent"
Meanwhile, the first day Of Helcn'9 ut
tendance ut Miss Minerals school drew TO
close. Supper was over The musical
exercises came to an end.
The evening worship was over.
The whole school marched off in battal-
ions with an inch of wax candle in fiat
candlestick for each room.
Gas was forbidden and indeed turned off
from the dormitories
And at last Helen, with four young
ladies who belonged TO her room, was fairly
shut into her nightly resting place.
Then came metamorphosis which aston
ished the new conner
The elegance Of demcanor which had
characterized her companions in the rooms
below dropped of like 80 many masks.
one, the tallest and most stately, wedgcd
her scissors into the door in such u manner
rs 10 form a temporary bolt, and stopped up
the kcyholc with bit Of wadding
The next produced long wax candle
from her pocket, aud having lighted II flour
isbed il alofi, with cry Of
"Who cares Tor Old Iiamrod's regulations,
nowY
And a third rushed b. corner Of the
room, turned mp the carpet, and with an
exclamation Of Here are two, one for you
and one for me- held up two lettcr
The fourth girl with an ecstatic shrek
caught her prize and tore it open.
Aud the young lady Of the wax candle
time adfroasgd Ifoi.u Whit.
Il don't suppose you'll go and bell old
Patterson. We shall have ~ keep your ~
cnts after awhile. Biddy, the chambeunaid
il our postman. She'll get all your love let
tcr for you and bring them up on tbs sly.
u haven't any love letters ! have no
lover" said Helen, bushing
"Your INA Is strict, suppose" Aid the
other "Wcll, you'll have plenty before
you've been here six months. lts the incest
school ever went n. Old liamrod--that',
Miss Patterson, you know-cant soo an
inch beyond her nose and we lir splendid.
ly, Mis- Collins all. Miss Collins h an a..
sisiant when W. promenade our dntc elias
has the name Of bcing regular witches, 40
through The town We know nh thc frl-
lows"
Helen lhtnol with new emoiions rising
Ia her breast