Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
AHAPPY ESCAPE.

A Pert, pretty servant girl IN MOI
cap, and smart apron, with the mos
fetching pockets, in which both hands
are thrust jauntly, one of them hold
ing letter.
The dusk of the evening softens hel
horid beauty into sweetness, which
quite subdues the heart of a young
man in the garb of carpenter. They
are conversing beneath the shelter OF
wall behind very handsome man
sion.
an that hand which you have III
your pocket, Sue, is a letter, as live
Let me see it. You will not? Then
suppose it is to some fellow; but |, as
your future husband, demand to see
it."
Demand, indeed !" answered the
girl, saucily.
'Let me look at it, Sue"
"'1'is early times, think, to be Sc
masterful If you talk like that now,
what will YOU do when your are MARI
ed, wonder"
"Will you let me see the letter,
Sue ?"
"No, | won't"
"Well, then good night. You'll be
sorry for this, / expect"
And with a rough, but sincere alice
ton, he snatched the girl to his arIns,
and in a second was gone.
"a jealous, silly fellow y cried sue,
setting her dainty cap afresh and hur-
rying off to buster road, where hand
some shops glowed with light. She
entered first one and then the another,
giving orders at each with q merry
smile and saucy words for all. The
last she entered was that of Il chemist
and post-otlice combined. Here she
asked for a stamp.
AS she came out of the shop she felt
for the letter to post, and 10! 1t was
gone. She turned hot and cold by
turns, then hurriedly retraced her steps,
looking anxiously for the lost letter,
but without success. Then abe entered
the house with burning face and Il
heavy heart.
A few days later lady entered one
of the many rooms in the mansona
room the proud, idle lady scarcely
visited, Tor it was the schoolroom,
where a troop of noisy, spoiled chill
dren daily made life a torture to the
pale, sweet-faced girl, who now looked
up at the lady's entrance, nervously.
The lady with the rustling robes
pecked at the upturned faces of her
offspring, then seated herself in the
only easy chair in the room, saying, as
she threw the Times on the table, with
an exulting sneer:
"You see your noble lover, like the
rest of his kind, has loved and rode
away | told you how it would be,
long ago. A man in Sir Jasper Der
rings position could not stoop so low
as to marry mere governess. knew
how his disgraceful attentions would
end, and warned you against him; yet
you would continue to make such an
exhibition of yourself
"You see your devoted slave has
broken his letters and flown off to the
East-has, in fact. accepted an inn
portant post under the government. |
think this ought to be a lesson to you
not to allow your vanity to run away
with your discretion"
The young girl had taken up the pa,
per and read the notice referred to with
dry, agonized eyes
1t was as though she read her death
warrant, for the man it had referred to
had for months past, to the chaqrin o:
the lady of the house, paid the poor
despised governess all the attention OF
a lover. He was many years her SEN
ior--in fact, had been her dead fathers
friend in their prosperous days, when
no idea of her presant dependent posi-
ton had come to mar his content.
The little hands that held the paper
shook as with an ague, but with gentle
dignity she raised her head to a JUS
level, saying, as she pointed to tn,
nursemaid, Susie who stood by, busilS
busting the furniture;
81 think madam it would have beer
kinder to have reproached me when W,
were alone. 1t is not often that ! ask
you to remember the bond of BLOOD
between us, but in so delicate matte
rs this ! should imagine that even ,
stranger would merit consideration a
your hands.
Indeed, Miss Prengill, since how
long have | appointed you my mentor
| trust time may bring you more
humble spirit, or you will find fey
employers patient with YOU
With this parting shaft, the lady LEI
her to resume her uninterrupted duties
When she had gone the poor girl paus
ed one weary moment from her worI
to struggle to conceal her emotion
but is was of no avail, and, with an eN
cuse to the astonished children, sh
hastened to her own room to fight OF
The hard fight alone, unseen and III
marked saved by One who heals a
wounds.
Maggie Prengill was not one to Ii
down despairing beneath aurder