Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-07-01
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pretty servant girl in a mol
f1 s1fs:1. = : ,,ts,.. smart apron. with the mos
a letts. A0ie'in
Tb' dusk of evening softens he,
tiorlt beauty into sweetness, which
9uiJeSubdues the heart of a young man
IN Up garb of carpenter. They are
convrslng beneath the shelter of a wall
oehIhu very handsome mansion.
"ln that hand which Won have -
your pocket, Sue, is letter, as I live
Leu nle see 1t. You will not? Then I
suppose 1t Is to some fellow but T as
your future husband, demand to see if ;,
"p.,emand, indeedr' answered the oirl
Let LIE. me look at it, Sue"
lis early times, | think. to ba CO
mastennl If you talk like that now
what Will you do when we are married,
SueT A0''0l
"Ne, won't"
"Well, then good night. You'll he
PN'A - bii1S5 I SA DSCt.
And with a rough, but sincere affec.
tion, he snatched the girl to his arms
and in second was gone.
ga Jealous, silly fellow !" cried Sue
setting her dainty cap afresh and hurry
ing off to buster road, where handsome
shops glowed with light and light. Sh
enfg~G first one and then another
seass comb1ned- HHere Slae ssssl-ssa fa,r-
AsTshe came out of the shop she fel
for tshe letter to post, and 10 ! it wa
gonel She turned hot and cold b
turna, then hurriedly retraced her steps
looking anxiously for the lost letter, bu
without success. Then she entered tn
house with burning face and heav
heart.
A few days later lady entered on
of the many rooms in the mansion
room the proud, idle lady scarcel
visited, for it was the schoolroon
where a troop of noisy, spoiled childre
daily made life a torture to the pal'
weet-faced girl, who now looked up
the lady's entrance, nervously.
The lady with the rustling robe
pecked at the upturned faces of her OF
spring. then seated herself in the onl
easy chair in the room, saying, as 81
threw the Times on the table, with q
exulting sneer: ,
"You see your noble lover like Il
rest of his kind, has loved and roc
away. told you how it would be, lor
ago. A man in Sir Jasper Derrine
position could not stoop so low as
marry mere goyerness. l knew hc
his disgraceful attentions would en-
and warned you against him yet "
would continue to make such an exl
bitiok of yourself.
'H u see your devoted slave has brok
his his ytters and flown off to the East
und, / ..iIssz Z, 4v.Es.s;sT n viii n vour q r a
/ s., ssssss i
Tie young girl had taken up t
paper and read the notice referred
with dry, agonized eyes.
It was as though she read her dea
warrant, for the man it had referred
had for months past, to the chagrin
the lady of the house, paid the 20,
despised governess all the attentions
a lover He was many years her sen.
in fact, had been her dead fathe
friend in their prosperous days, VIII
no idea of her present dependent pc
tion had come to mar his content.
The little hands that held the pal
shook as with an ague, but with gen
dignity she raised her head tc il
level, saying, as she pointed to t
nursemaid, Susie, who stood bv. bus
dusting the furniture
:" think, madam, it would have be
kinder to have reproached me when
were alone. 1t is not often that
you to remember the bond of blood
tween us, but in so delicate matter
this should imagine that even
! stranger would merit consideration
your hands,
'Indeed, Miss Prengill, since
long have 1 appointed you my mentt
l trust time may bring you a m
humble spirit, or you Will find few {
ploYers patient with you"
With this parting shaft, the lady
bor to resume her uninterrupted duti
WI uq she had gone the poor girl pau
si6 60 eonceai her r' emofionw. 6fE w95n 6n,
T str .gfnc avail, and, with an excuse to
' w zslshed children, she hastened to
! loom to fight out the hard fl,
3 al.1e, unseen and unmarked save
One who heals all wounds.
Maggie Prengill was not one to
down despairing beneath burden
had heart for any fate, and soon W
about serene and sweet as usual,
the peach-ike blossom died from
i. gentle face, and the soft, golden-brc
! eyes, whose long brown lashes seen
: tipped with sunlight, had sad, pail
look, the sensitive mouth, too. shov
signs of sorrow, melancholy to see
one so young.
= thus weary months rolled on in
II household, of whom one was about
depart, pretty Susie. The girl
s. greatly attached to Maggie, who