Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-01-30

OF fetching my purse. This is new
boy country manners. you know-hs
wants instruction" and. smiling pleas
antly, she moved out of the room after
the vanishing figure of Tommy.
In the round, roomy hall stood
huge tub matted up and bearing the
name "Au Myosotis, a Mention" etc.
Its Towering myrtle. miss" said
Tommy; "the biggest the carrier SAYS
it ever fell to his duty to deliver"
Fetch pair of gardening scissors,
Tommy" said Miss White; "and
another time never venture to bring
T. j. c. books into the drawiug-room.
Go to the housekeeper with that kind
Of thing
Tommy took the color natural to
him in yet deeper hues, and ran for
the scissors Miss White soon snipped
the OBTAINING strings and gave way to
a very natural delight as the starry
blossoming myrtle YVES exposed to view.
"Very odd" she thought. its adj
dressed unmistakably to me. Poor
Colonel IIaldanel What does it
mean :"
Thinking again Of the shaven head
and the bombardment of Alexandria,
she sighed little pensiyely and some
what compassionately, and then re.
turned to the drawng-room j st in
time to escape the entry of Mrs Dan
yers, whose forest cart drawn bv
lovely pair of Welsh ponies, she saw
turning in at the gates. That lady
now entered. followed by her insepara-
BILE companion a perfect Dandy Din
mont, a long-bodied, low-legged, flap
cared pedigreed creature, which
reioiced in the possession of seven
prizes.
Florence Immediately made a rush
at the dog
"Ah! you have brought Myrtle.
was afraid when saw you this morn
ing that you would forget, though 1
mentioned it in my note"
Both ladies had moved in the direc-
tion where still sat Colonel Haldane.
plunged in startled reflections, in the
recess of the window. Was this long
backed, low-legged, hap-eared dog the
the honored object of that message?
"Of course l brought dear old
Myrtle" retorted Mrs. Danvers. u
should suffocate at an afternoon if [
hadn't bit of natural life like that
trusty Scotchman about me-"
"Now it's explainedp said deem
and Colonel n.s,as me- sss .:
once more.
The hesitation of his manner had
vanished; he was smiling sereaely, and
his eyes were fixed with an expression
OF perfect understanding on the coun-
tenance of Miss White.
Bring Myrtle!' he continued, laugh
ingly. "Thisis Myrtlel Rival Myrtles
there may be, but this form of Myrtle
can't be improved unonw
Again Miss Whites pupils enlarged
sympathetically. Worse and worse
Poor Colonel Haldane! She trembled
for his reason. Not so Mrs Danyers.
Fixing him with her bright eyes, she
said:
"What is explained? Confusion OF
circumstances ?"
Confusion of envelopes. Brine
Myrtle was scribbled on the wrong
back-that's ALL said Colonel Haldane
With sudden illumination. Miss
White sank down beside Colonel Hal.
dane in the recess, with a deep blush
of mortified confusion.
Does that account for the presence
1of the towering myrtle in the hall ?"
Sne asked. dIter moment OF Mortified
silence.
"Yes. Charming mistake for me"
muttered Colonel Haldane. Gave me
an opportunity that l." and he
looked at Mrs. Danvers, who, with
inesse worthy of her, dashed away to
the other end of the room to meet the
extended hand of an apropos acquain.
tance. lie went on smoothly enough
now-"an opportunity that l wanted
Win you one day wear sprig of that
other myrtle for me, Tlorence?'
Miss White didn't say "No;" so she
evidently intended to say Yes