Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-02-18

! self remarkable BY having long con-
/ fdence talks with any gentleman
who may visit the house,
II don't know what You mean,
Miss Pattersonfp Maggie said in
dignantly.
But Miss Patterson had swept
out of the room without deigning to
reply.
Then Maggie went into her little
room, the one place she had in the
world entirely to herself, and cried
until her eyes were red and her
head ached.
The lessons did not progress that
morning. Maggie was thinking of
Alic, who was no doubt strolling
about the common listening 70 the
! band and making love to the heiress.
The children were more than usually
stupid, too, and all the world seemed
/ =
upside down, and all its ways tsrned
crooked. Suddenly, at about ~
o'clock, just when Maggie was in the
middle Of expounding as best she
could the eccentricities of the French
grammar, there was a knock at the
school room door.
| "Come in" she said.
The door opened, and there stood
before he- astonished eyes the form
of Alic Granger, and behind him
was a man-eyidently his servant
with box on his shoulders.
"All right, Tom, put it down /;
that's right; now be off. There, I've
brought the curiosities around, Mag
gle; / thought you would like to see
/ them.n
"Oh! What will Mrs. Marshal
and Miss Patterson say said Mag
gle in CONSERVATION.
Nothing to you for the next half
hour or so, for | have just seen them
on their way to Woolwich, and
thought / should get quiet chat
with you. My dears," he said turn
ing to Maggie's wide-eyed, opened
mouthed pupils" "I'm quite sure
you'd like to be off your lessons, so
I'll let you off for an hour, run along,
my little dears," and he opened the
door for them and shut it after them.
ooh. Allie p she said, in fear and
trembling.
/ ooh, Maggie p he answered, MIN
icing, g what did you mean by going
away from Perlock, and not leaving
any address ~
II couldn't help it, and you never
wrote ~
"No, | 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 find
ing you here. Now we will unpack
the box; l had it opened before
came 80 it is only fastened by a
lock.n
"But Alic, they'll never forgive
me-"
"Neyer mind, it dosen't matter be-
cause if you are good I'll take you
away next week. Besides, they'll
forgive me anything. l saved the
celonel'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 purpose for you," and he
held up pair of heathenish looking
clubs and brandished them over her
head, and then proceeded to pull out
the rest of the contents of the box,
and to decorate the school room with
them. ''There's Mr.. Budha, and
there's-why what's the matter,
Maggie 7"
Nothing, only you will get me
into dreadful rrouble-you will, in
deed; Miss Patterson came in this
morning and scolded me for talking
to you last night"
"Neyer mind, she's only jealous
he laughed. "Now tell me how soon
you can leave here.n
"What for 9" she asked innocent
".
"Why, you haven't forgot that we
agreed to get married when ] came
back, have you, you little eoquette 2"
and he put his arm around her waist
just as old, and was not reproved.
1t was so very comfortable she
thought.
No; but you are engaged, are
you not ~
"Yes, of course | am-to YOU"
"Oh, but Alic-n
"Oh. but Maggie"
And then he stopped and kissed
her, and nothing more could be said,
for the door opened and there stood
Maria Patterson.
OF course there was no rejoicing
on the part of Maria, but, notwith-
standing, Alic and Maggie were
married within the month.
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