The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-12-29
THIBODAUX, La. SATURDAY, DECEMBER %. 1888.

position to make herself remarkable by hav
ing long, confidential talks with any gentle
man who may visit the house. -
II don't know what you mean, Miss Pat.
terson, said Maggie, Indignantly.
Bat Miss Patterson had swept out the
room without deiyning to reply.
Then Maggie went into her little room
the one place she had in the world entirely
to herself, and cried till her eyes we're red
AMI her head ached.
The lessons did not progress that morning.
Maggie was thinking of Alic, who no doubt
was strolling about the common listening to
the band and making love to the heiress.
The childlen were more than usually stupid,
too, and all the world seemed upside down,
and all its ways turned crooked. At about
twelve O'Clock, just when Maggie was in the
middle of expounding as best she could the
eccentricities of the French grammar, there
was knock at the school room door.
"Come in, she said.
The door opened. and there stood before
her astonished eyes the form of Alic
Granger, and behind him man-evidently
his servant-with box on his shoulders.
can right, Tom, put it down that's
right; now be off. There I've brought the
curiosities round. Maggie; thought you
would like to see them"
"Oh! What will Mrs Marshall and Miss
Patterson say?" laid Maggie in consterna-
ton.
Nothing to ybu for the next half-hour
or so, for have just seen them on their
way to Woolwich, and thought should get
a quiet chat with you. Ny dears," he said,
turning to Maggies wide-eyed, open
mouthed pupils; " I'm quiet sure you'd like
to be let 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.
"Oh. Alic !" she sail, in fear and trem-
bling.
"Oh, Maggie!" he answered, mimicking,
"what did you mean by going away from
Perlock, anu not leaving any address? ?"
II couldn't help it, aud you never wrote
"No, never write letters; don't know
naw to spell well enough But have been
hunting for you all oyer the place. and
never dreamed of finding you here. Now
we'll unpack the bcx; had it opened be-
fore 1 came; so IS only fastened by
lock-"
"But, Alic, they'll never forgive me"
"Never mind !; it doesn't matter, becarse
it you are good I'll take you away next
week Beside, they'll forgive me anything.
| saved the colonels life when he was il
Hong Kong-at least 30 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 deco
rate the school-room with them. "There.s
Nh. Buddha, and the1e's-why, what's the
matter, Maggie?"
NothlnS, only you Will get me into
dreadful trouble-you WILL indeed; Miss
Patterson came in this morning and scolded
me for talking to you last night"
"Never mind, she's only jealous" he
laughed. "Now, tell me how soon you can
leave here"
"What for ?" she asked, innocently.
"Why, you haven't forgotten that we
agreed to get married when I came back,
have you, little coquette ?" and he put his
arm around her waist, just as of old. aud
was not reproved. It was so very comfort
able, she thought.
"No; but You are engaged, are you not p
Yes, of course, am-to you"
''Oh, but, Alic-"
"Oh, but, Maggie"
And then he stoorel and kissed her, and
nothing more could be said, for the door
opened and there stood the colonel. aud
there stood Mary Patterson.
Ot course there was no rejoicing on the
part of Mary, but, Notwithstanding, Alic and
Maggie were married within month.
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