The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-13

stabbed NJ. l-Jwn 10 the heart
".When DO you wish me to leave. sir2"
loOsIng L: him with a ~guiver.ny smile.
"Oh. y time; suit your-e.i-yDur
~ convenience" s:ammerci Nix.
Brown.
"Do YOU want me - get the girls
ready. SIR sn~easkea. trying 20 speak
cIe.r:I.lg.
eli YOU will re so good" ne an
swcrci. Her gu 81 resignation made
him utterly wre;chei He would rath-
or have seen Ter hys,erical or indignant
a thousand times Over
Il will see 20 1t. sir"
And hc then left the room. feeling
like a criminal. But a. he r.ached the
study. he happened I think that Flora
and Annie were ye: 20 be told % the
impending change He would 20 back
for him, Tor lie was sure OF open re-
bc!iioE.
He pushed open the door Of the sit
ting-rOOm again, but started back con
science stricken. for MIS- Piper. with
her face bUr!c: IN her arms. was knecl-
ing by the sofa. while a melancholy
sound of sobbing and crying. pititul 10
hear. filed the room.
My dear Miss Piper" he said, for
lornly. Am 50 sorry -
She started up, and tried 20 wip-
away her tears with the sock which She
still held.
Excuse me-, sir she faltercd, 81
| couldn't help it. l am 20 fond OF the
girls, you know, and Id begun TO feel
so much at home here"
Mr.. Brown walked up and down the
room. with his hands cia-pei behind
him and MS head On hls breast. for sew
cral moments without speaking. The
sob IN the poor little woman voice
struck him to the heart. He was turn
Ing her out of her only home. And she
had done her duty toward the girls.
certainly.
Suppose YOU stay here. Miss Piper"
he said. suddenly. You can keep
house for me. anyhow"
\ deep lush dyed the pale face Of
the little governcss.
'Dh no.. | couldn't. indeed she
cried. in = horTor-s;rIchea tone. 1t
- Impossible.
You might-stay As my wife. Miss
Piper" cried poor Mr.. Brown. desper-
ately.
"Oh. Mr.. Brown. you don't mean it!
You're just sorry for ne. I'm sure"
cried Miss Piper. the thought flashing
through her mind. however. that per-
haps il waS love. and not pity, after all.
and he had only JUST discovered the
state of his heart as he was about to
lose her. She had read of such things
in novels. Why should it not be so in
her case rs well?
'I-I-don't know-it is the only
way YOU can stay" stammered Mr..
Brown. in a confused manner
"Wcll. if you think il best MUIR
INJURED the b.ushing little governess.
I'm sure I'll try to make you happy"
IL don't doubt that" said Mr..
Brown.
And thus it was that the minister's
second marriage came about.
need hardly say that Miss Anastasia
wa furious. No words could adequate
Is describe her surprise and cliagrin.
The very course she had taken with 4
view TO installing herself in the parson.
age had installed Miss Piper there. All
her plans had come 10 naught. Her
castles in the air had fallen to the
ground with a crash. Her visits TO the
parsonage ceased entirely. She no
longer considered il necessary to adj
wise and counsel Mr.. Brown.
The minister never found cause to re-
greet his second marriage. The little
goyerness proved 4 devoted, dutiful
wife and a faithful step-mother. and she
never dreamed on what n slender thread
her happiness had hung. nor could
imagine why it was that Miss Anastasia
Bowen treated her rs . mortal enemy.
-DcmoreSfs MONTHLY.