Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-02-04

know one or two of them like .,n i'm promptu dance; will you be ready to come into the drawing-room and play if we should want you?"
 In the evening she put on her shabby black gown, and stuck q spray of white flowers in her golden hair, and waited patiently for the summons. When 1t came, with a roll of music under her arm, a flush on her innocent, frightened face, and scared, almost hunted, ex- ! pression in her eyes, she descended and timidly opene the drawing-room door, and there stood still for a moment, star ing in astonishment. There sat the helress, with an eager, pleased expres- sion on her face, and lean ng over her, talking and laughing, and more hand some than ever, and sunburnt and sol dierly- looking, was Alic Granger. The color rus led to Maggie's face, as if to say hurried good-by, and then left it altogether. She recovered self posses 1 sion, however, and walked with what she fattered herself was great dignity 1 toward the piano. She felt rather than. saw him raise his head and look at her, | and the next moment she saw him by Sner side.
 "MaSgie-my dear Maggie Why, fancy you being here; where did you come from? have been trying to find you out for months"
 II thought you"-and then she did not know how to go on, so added, al- most piteously, "I am the goyerness here"
 Are you? Oh, I see, then, that is | the reason l have not seen you before, I suppose"
 Do you really know Miss Dunlop ?" the heiress asked, coming up and speak ing in her coolest manner
 Maggie wished sincerely she could sink into her shoes aud bury herself
 "Why, of course do; we have been play-fellows ever since we were born haven't we, Maggie P
 And Maggie, feeling that she was backed up, answered brayely:
 "Yes."
 "Oh, indeed. how interestingl" then turning to Maggie: "Wiil you be so good as to begin waltz, Miss Dunlop :? This was to be our dauca, think" to Alic, and she sailed of with him tri- umphantlv.
 lie came to her directly after the dance WAS over.
 II went down to Psrlock to try and tind out where you had gone to, lie said, "but nobody knew"
 "It didn't matter" she said, huskily, letting her fingers wander vaguely over the keys 10 make believe she wasn't very much interested in what he said.
 "Yes, 1t did-it mattered q great deal Why, 1 have got box full of curi si- ties foI you-clubs to fight with, and 8 little heathen god o. two, and statue of Buddha and all sorts of things I told you I should bring you them home. Do you live here-I mean in this house?"
 lie said these last words under his breath for the heiress came up, and he WIS 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 Mis- Patterson came up to the piano and saying that she wished to play herself and that Maggie looked tired, dismissed her without being able to get anothe look at Alic.
 The next morning, to Maggie's yer. great surprise, Miss Patterson came int the school-room before the children ha, assembled.
 "Miss Dunlop" she said stif1y, :" should like to kIfow where you say yol met Mir. Granger"
 "At Perlock. His uncle lived nex door to my mother. He Is very ol' friend, indeed"
 Thank you. Imerely wished to in quire, because, of course, you must b aware that 1t is not usual for any one il your position to make herself remarka bic by having loug confidence talks witt any gentleman who may visit the house.
 "I don't know what you mean, Ms Patterson" Maggie said. indignantly.
 But Miss Patterson had swept out c the room without deigning to reply.
 Then Maggie went into her littl room; the one pace she had in the worl entirely to herself. and cried til he eyes were red and her head ached.
 The lessons did not progress tha morning. Maggie was thinking of Alic who was no doubt strolling about tn common listening to the band and mak ing love, to the heiress. The childre were more than usually stupid, too, an all the world seemed upside down, an all its ways turned crooked. Suddenly at about 12 o'clock, just when Maggi was in the middle fl exDounding as bts she could the eccentricities of the Frenc grammar, there was a knock at tn school-room door.
 "Come in, she said.
 The door opened, and there stood be fore her astonished eyes the form of Ali Granger, and behind him was man evidently his seIYant-with box on hi shoulders.
 "All right, Tom, put it down ; that right; now be of. There, I've brough ) the curiosities round, Maggie; though you would like to see them" "Oh What will Mrs. Marshall an Miss Patterson say 2 said Maggie, i
 Nothing to you fer the next hall