The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-03-26
TIME WORKS WONDERS.

Just NJ the hcglnnInG OF tlc season.
too-and such II gay one IT, il is going
To be-
Yes" coocd Gcorgina Pelham, SYM
pathetically. III old Mr.. Silingsby
was going TO fail, | don't see why he
couldn't have waited until after Lentr'
And such Il lot of exquisite dresses
rs she has just over from Paris added
Marcia Forester. "A pear-color, trim
med with pomt-appliquc and silver
green reps, and the sweetest pink glace,
and
.'Of course they'll be no use 10 her
now" said Mrs. Pelham. Hes quite
ruined, they say
What do You suppose She will do?"
yawned Georgina. mditlcrently. rs if the
question did moi much matter one way
or the other.
oh. don't know-viSit around
among her relations, | suppose said
Miss FORESTER. Mrs. Marmaduke
Walton is her amt-and the Marina
duke Waltons are very rich. Poor,
dear Blanchc-sh might have married
splendidly, if this hadn't happened, for
some people call her very handsome
IL don't interrupted Miss Georgina.
spitefully.
Nor |, eithcrr' assented Marcia For
roster. Il never did fancy those big.
black eyes and the brunette style; it is
very coarse, in my opinion-but then,
YOU know. peoples ideas differ. and
Blanche Silingsby has been quite a
belle"
Georgina Pelham was sauntering
along Broadway. under the shadow of
Stewards great white palace, the next
day, her point-lace parasol held so as TO
throw the most becoming rose light
upper her inSipid doll face, when She
suddenly met Blanche SilingSby face TO
face.
Gcorgina held out her tiny hand, en-
caSed in Il dclicatcly-tinted Straw-color-
ed kid glove. Dear me. Blanche she
lisped, lis this you? SO glad To meet
YOU, am sure. | hadn't IN idea what
had become of you?
Il leave town tomorrow said
Blanche. quietly. Il suppose you have
heard of our misfOrtunes?"
''Oh, of course said Georgina, Won
dcring why her companion would re-
vert to such disagreeable topics.
"Iou are going TO your Aunt Walton.
of course
mo. | am not, said Blanche, slightly
coloring. You forget my penchant for
independence. Gcor@ina. 1 am going
a. an instrucucsS in school mt Telby-
vile, where | shall receive $500 year. !"
Georgina drew back little.
you, Blanche, Il teacher
.Yes, teacher" replied Miss Sill
ingsby. ''Why should not?'
ats SO vulgar" said Georgina. half
closing her blue eyes. And YOU have
so many rich relations
ii would rather die than live on the
grudgingly given charity of rich rcla-
tons" said Blanche vehemcntly.
'.Of course" said Georgina Pelham.
'.you can't expect 10 retain the friend
ship of those who are obliged 10 be cx-
elusive, if"
What do YOU mcan?" BIanchc's large
black eyes were fixed unllinchingly on
Miss Pelham's face rs ii she would read
the very inner depths of her soul.
Georgina crimsoncd; she was angry nj
| her own discontinue.
II mean" she said sharply. that /,
| for one, can't be expected To associate
with teacher. ! should continue 10
visit you in spite of your father failure,
| if you retained your position rs Il lady,
| but"
II think" said Blanche, quietly,
'that ann perhaps the best judge OF
how to maintain my position as lady.
Good-by. Gcorgina.'
That same day she met Miss Pelham
for the second time. surrounded with =
circle of chattering young gentlemen,
eyc-glassed. muStachcd, and .pcrlumed
| i'm the excess of the style. Gcorgina saw
her. bat she neither smiled nor nodded.
Il am no longer Oh the list of her ac-
quaintances," Blanche thought, with Il
bitter smile. '.Wcll, so let il be. My
| path i'm life is marked ont for me, ana
cannot swcrvc from il.
Miss Lagrange kept II very select and
elegant Establishment for Misses" III
the salubriorls village of Telbyvillc, and
Miss Lagrange was Il busy, chirping lit
| tie lady of 40 or thercabout, who speed.
lily took great fancy to her new Cover
ness, and loaded Miss Silingsby with
| kindness.
"They are all nice girls. my love,
she said, describing To Blanche her new
pupils; '.but Mary Arden is little pc
culiar. and needs my careful manage
ment. Miss Jones, your predecessor
was II good young person. but we hac
to part with her. because Mary Ardcr
took such violent antipathy TO her
And Col. Arden is one of our vcrg bcs
| patrons.
Miss Silingsby, in consequence of thi,
very judicious warning, fell Il little I'M
easy when first she sat down to give /;
music lesson to dark-haircd, sallow
little girl TO whom she was introduced
as "Mary Arden but when the hour!
ordeal was over the child threw hcl
arms caressingly about the young teach
er's neck.
II like you, Miss Slingsby," she cried
al am so glad you are come here. Pap;
will like you, too, ! know. You are Sc
pretty and so soft-voiced, and you dom
jerk about rs Miss Jones used to do"
For Blanche had conquered the will
full, restless, capricious child, who was
the dread and dsmay of Miss La
oranges whole corps of instructresses
| Mary Arden, now grown into a cir
of Is, was sitting by the CRATE fire in
splendidly furnished apartment, hal
boudoir, half drcssing-room, which wa
hung with crcam-c0lored velvets, jus
the color of the earliest spring primrose
and the carpet was patterned to resem
| bile golden sea mOSses Birds MARBLE,