The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-09-17

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Miss Piper q say 50. She men.
tioned her terms and set the hours
forth9 lessons and 50 skilfally EN-.
phasilel The name of the in.
s!tumehtthat Mr. sliger before his
departure had begun to call 1t the
apeeaynop instead Of the @pyan.
aer7
AT she door, however, he gave
her q Dreadful shock.
y wish, num-" he remarked,
''to!begin with tunes"
Mis- Piper was a conscientious
little seacher, hut she felt that there
were pqnpleiin the world who must
have tHeir own way, and MI. slig.
ers first lesson consisted Of the
"Wbiie cockads.n
He had . very good ear be was
anxious to learn. From the
sWhito cuckadee lie went Oh q
y Alesaet Us aefis and poor
guilty Miss Pi per- gho tstA Ahat the
notes had very littislto do with his
performance, beat time and count.
ed.
Meanwhile she found that, leay.
ing education out Of the question,
the man was very sensible-that
he was very kindly and amiable.
Once corrected in the pronnnciat.
ion ofa word, he never became a
backslider on that question. How.
ever, it was he whoarranged every.
thing, and not his teacher.
Asother lessons were added the
neglected persons set the hours for
them; finally he had six hoprs a
day. All the pupils were dismiss.
ed 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, be
treated her with actual reverence;
but the last pupil went when he
elected to copy some very flat
"fiowor pieces" which Miss Piper
had executed in early youth and
call this a lesson in painting. He
had all hqr weekdays at last. He
certainlybad improved in pronun.
citation, but Miss Piper felt herself
to be humbug, What they real.
ly did was to spend the day togeth-
er exactly as he choose. Playing
with educational books, humping
the piano, duubing bristol.b board
with impossible flowers, scramb,
ling through his lessons in French,
of which Miss Piper had had a
quarter from a Swiss gentleman.
For a long time she was alone on
Sunday and usually went to the
Methodist church, to which she be.
longed; but Mr.. sliger soon altered
that. He began by asking her
whether they had "these vespors Of
theirs at the Cathedral on Sunday
morning." And when she in.
structcd him that "vospers" we're
in the latter part Of the day, he
said he would Gull for her.
Accordingly she went to vespers
at the cathedral in the afternoon,
and after that regularly three
times a 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, majestic in her crimp.
ing pins, and with a very serious
countenance, and was welcomed in
with a smile by the little music
teacher.
"Good evening, Mrs. Grimm" F"
said she, 81 haven't had a call from
you fora very long WHILE"
"No, Miss Piper, you haven't"
said Mrs. Grimm with emphasis.
"You couldn't expect me, to call
after such carryings onP =
"Why, what do you mean, Mrs.
Grimm" calculated Miss Piper.
"can you ask, Pandora PiporP'
answered the landlady in her deep
est chest.no!e. "The whole neigh.
borhood is talkin' about you"
"About me2' screamed Miss Pi.
per.
"You and that man. said the
landlady.
"My pupil, Mr.. sligOrl" sobbed
Miss Piper, now fairly in tears
"Your pupil2 Don't tell me-"
said Mrs. Grimm. "Atiss Pandora
Piper, l shall be obliged to put up
a bill for my second floor. You've
got to CO."
"Oh, oh, ohIn cried Pandora.