Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-03-18

pabIe Of taking entire educational
charge of three girls. Applicant.
must be willing to enter into a three
years engagement. Liberal salary
and travelling expenses; but no holder
Of university certificates will be &C.
cepted. Apply, personally or by let.
ter, to E. f., Queens Hotel"
Here 4@ - appearance OF
my advertisement. and the desirable
person had not yet presented herself
Worn out with interviewing ladies
whose only qualification for the post
seemed to be desire to proceed i'm.
mediately to Australia, I was enjoy.
ing temporary rest. APPLE of notes
on my right hand promised me ten
more visitors for the afternoon; but
in the presence of the waiter who had
just provided me with a tempting
luncheon, had sworn to cease from
my labors till that repast was fairly
discussed. At my third moathfnl
however the man reappeared.
Another lady, sir; and she cannot
wait
Let her wait, or go to Jericho
YES, sir; I'll tell her, sir
lie left me, out conscience took al,
relish from my repast. Visions ofmy
little nieces growing up in the semi
savage state in which l had left them
while my apathy and greed let slip
the very paragon of instructresses,
proved at last too much for me, and
again summoned William, bidding him
ask the lady for her name and address.
He returned with a black edged
visiting card.
MAY Somers.' Affectation to
begin with : said l. Why can't she
put Miss May Somers
"A widow, SIR William explained
gently.
Young, William
'Middling young, sir
DO you mean middle-aged, Will
liam
oh, dear, no, sirr
My rising hopes fell, for / remem,
bered only too well my sisters part
ing words
Not old, Mark, dear, but certainly
not young, or we shall have the ex.
pense Of bringing her out here for
nothing. She mustn't be pretty, be-
cause of all you young men but she
mustn't on any account be unattrac'
tive, because of the children
"A person who in the Roman Catho
lie countries, might be devoted to the
bon Dieul' I suggested.
Exactly, Mark, agreed my still
pretty sister-"in q word, find me
some one whom You couldn't fall II
love with if you tried
AT his age interposed my brother
in.law pensively, one sees 90 few wo
men one couldn't fall in love with j
one tried
Remember. Mark added Emily
severely, the comfort of the house de
ponds on the kind Of person you sent
IA.
left her with Q much clearer idsl
Of what she did not want than Of wha
she did, and the next day was on N,
way to Europe. Ny visit was to be
long one, and chiefly Of q businss
character. The affairs Of our hous,
needed for time the presence of
principal in London. Ihad given my
word to Emily to attend to her com
mission first; but it seemed Difficult
to fulfil, and was on the point o
giving it up in dispair when William
announced the 'middling young wi
dow.
Where could Williams eyes hav
BEEN A womaus face must be q
ugly As sin to neutralizs such a figure
She was locking ont of the window a
/ entered, and the slight willow,
movement with which she acanowl
edged my presence struck me mcs
sgrssably. This impression was NOR
than confirmed by her voice.
Through the Grape veil got Q vasu
idea Of hazel eyes and waving hair t
match; the rest was undiscovsrabls
/ placed q chair for her purposel,
facing such light as the November da,
afforded, and / could have sworn tina
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