Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-13

want 70 DC euuc0feu. on UNNECESSARILY
Its . very landable ambition, I'm
sure, said Miss Piper. .sIusually teach
music, but. Of course. can undertake
the English branches.
Yes, mum, replied the gentleman,
hastily, Il want 70 begin with music
the pyanner have never known any
one in high life who could not play upon
the pyanner Begin with that and 90
on to spelling, which | am conscious
that sadly need
It was not the usual course, but there
was serious and dionifed manner about
this neglected person that made it
impossible for Miss Piper to say so. She
mentioned her terms and set the hours
for the lessons, and so skilfully empha-
sized the name of the instrument that
Mr.. Sliger before his departure had
begun to call it 1.-THE peearno instead
of the .'pyanner. /"
At the door, however, nc gave her a
dreadful shock.
y wish. num-" he remarked. . to
begin with tunes
Miss Piper was conscientious little
teacher, but she felt that there were peo-
pie in this world who must have their
own way, and Mrs. Sliger's first lesson
consisted of the . White Cockade.n
He had very good ear; ne was anx
ious to learn. From the 8 White Cock
ade (" he went on to Life Let Us
Cherish and poor guilty Miss Piper,
who felt that the notes had very little to
do with his performance, beat time and
counted.
Meanwhile she found that, leaving
education out of the question, the man
was very sensibIe-that he was very
kindly and amiable. Once corrected in
the pronunciation of a word, he never
became a backslider on that question.
However. it was he who arranged every
thing, not his teacher.
AS other lessons were added. the neg
lected person set the hours for them;
! finally he had six hours day, All the
pupils were dismissed but one The
spelling lesson, the lesson on geography,
the lesson in history, followed each other.
All the week days were his.
Poor Miss Piper had no power to say
him nay. He paid well, he treated her
with actual reverence; but the last
pupil went when he elected to copy
some very fiat flower pieces" which
and call this a lesson in painting. He
had all her weekdays at last. He GER
tainly had improved in pronunciation,
but Miss Piper felt herself to be a hum
bug. What they really did was to spend
the day together exactly as he chose.
Playing with educational books, thump-
ing the piano, daubing bristle- board
with impossible flowers, scrambling
through the lessons in French. of which
Miss Piper had had quarter from a
Swiss gentleman. For long time she
was alone on Sunday and usually went
to the Methodist church, to which she
belonged; but Mr. Sliger soon altered
that. He began by asking her whether
they had 8 these vespers of theirs at the
cathedral, on Sunday morning2 And
when she instructed him that the "ves-
pers" were in the later part of the day,
said he would call for her.
| Accordingly she went to vespers at the
cathedral in the afternoon and after that
regularly three times day to different
churches.
1t was then that the landlady thought
it her duty to call.
She appeared in Miss Pandora Piper's
apartment at the awful hour of 10, ma
jestic in her crimping pins, and with
very serious countenance, and was vel
coined in with smile by the little music
teacher.
"Good evening, Miss Grimm" said
she, :" / haven't had call from you for
very long while"
" No, Miss Piper, you haven't" said
Mrs. Grimm with emphasis. "You
couldn't expect me to call after such car.
rying on
Why, what do you mean, Mrs.
Grimm2" calculated Miss Piper.e
Can you ask, Pandora p iper2n an
swered the landlady, in her deepest
chest-nOte. 1.-THE whole neighborhood is
tallxin' about you'
'sAbout melD screamed Miss Piper.
You and that man, " said the land
lady.
my pupil, Mr. Sliger!F sobbed Miss
Piper, now fairly In tears.
'sYour pupil2 Don't tell me-" said
Mrs. Grimm. Miss Pandora Piper, l
shall be obliged to put up bill for my
second floor You've got to go.n
ssOh, oh, obi cried Pandora. "Can
you think any harm of met Why, you
could come in at any moment. Nora is
in and out every now and then. Such q
respectable elderly gentleman, and such
a correct person as / amp
cit isn't me, Pandora" said Mrs.
Grimm, quite melted. Its the neigh
borhood. The church-going Gf it is
church) finished EN-. You're OF age this
long while, my dear; you ought to know