The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-01-03
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myrtle arriving ana nad tfle Nell
ton folk absolutely charged the car
riage to Miss White ? What should
he do? He shrunk behind the deep
amber of the curtains, then as sud-
denly emerged.
Bring Myrtle!' These were her
own words, and he made violent
rush across the room to her side.
ats the myrtle he said breath
lessly. ALLOW me! The stupid peo-
pie have made mistake he CON
tinued, ineoherently "The idea of
charging the carriage to youp Aud
he threw a sovereign into Tommy's
bashful fingers.
Miss White looked at Colonel
Haldane with ever-enlarging pupils.
He had returned lately from Egypt,
had been indefatigable at the bonn
bardment Of Alexandria, had had an
illness on his return, and sshe re-
membered hearing that he had heen
obliged to have his head shaved.
She continued to look at him quite
tenderly as these thoughts fitted
phantom-like about her
Thank you, Colonel Haldane,"
she said, you have saved me the
trouble of fetching my purse. This
is new boy-country manners,
you know; he wants instruction.!
and, smiling pleasantly, she NOV
ed out of the room after the vanish
ing figure of Tommy.
In the round, roomy hall stood a
huge tub matted up and bearing the
name: "Au Myosotts, u Mention,
etc.
cts a Towering myrtle, Miss,
said Tommy; "the biggest the car
rier says it ever fell to his duty t.
deliver" Aa44E
Fetch pair of gardening scis
ors, Tommy" said Miss White
land another time never venture t
bring P. D. G. books into the draw
ing-room. Go to the housekeept
with that kind of thing"
Tommy took the coin natural t
him in yet deeper hues, and ran fc
the scissors. Miss White soon snil
ped the OBTAINING strings and ga
way to a very natural delight as Il
starry poisoning myrtle was e
posed to view.
every odd," she thought; ii
addressed Enthusiastically to N
Poor Colonel Haldanel What dc
it mean"
Thinking again of the shay
beard and the bombardment of Ale
andria, she sighed little pensive
and a little compassionately, a
returned to the drawing-room j.
in time to escape the entry of NJ
Danvers, whose forest-cart, dra'
by lovely pair of Welsh POM
she saw turning in at the gat
That lady now entered, followed
her inseparable companion, ?
feet Dandy Dinmont, long-bod
low-legged, flap-eared, pedigrt
creature, which rejoiced in the
session of seven prizes.
Florence Immediately made
rush at the dog. "Ah! you h
brought Myrtle! | was afraid, w
/ saw you this morning, that
would forget, though l mentione
in my motel"
Both ladies had moved in the
rection where still sat Col. Hald
plunged in startled reflections
the recess of the window. Was
long-backed, low-legged, fap-ei
dog the honored object of that !
sageP
"Of course, ! brought dear
MYRTLE" retorted Mrs. Danvers.
should suffocate at an afternoon
hadn't bit of natural life like
trusty Scotchman about me-"
"Now, it's explained !" said a
voice from behind the amber
tains, and Colonel Haldane
forward once more.
The hesitation of his manner
vanished; he was smiling sere
and his eyes were fixed with a
preston of perfect understal
on tn countenance of Miss VIII
Bring Myrtlew he cont
laughingly, "This is Myrtle!
Myrtles there may be; but this
of Myrtle cannot be improved L
Again Miss Whites pupils c
cd alphabetically. Worse
worse Poor Colonel Haldane
trembled for his reason. \
Mrs. Danvers. Fixing him wi
bright eyes, she said "What
planned? Confusion of circul
ces?"
Confusion of envelopes.
Myrtle was scrubbed on the
back-that's all, said Colon
dane.
WITH n sndden illnminntiO