Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-04-17
MISS MARSHALL


In. other t,arfief7s arkn0a Ie,iged the intro
ductinn. each In his own lssulihr manner
Then the slender. binck robed figure silpped
Into It's APPOINTED plnce, and was politely IN
con.cio,ia of ,ns curious glanees that followed
It's motion
What did you say was the nafne' Mar
shallr
Yes, Miss aar.haD Wonder who she's
in mourning for
Her mother probably Rather good look
ing
- NO. no. too pale The speaker was
Young Mrs Bernsrd who certainly could
not be Oh iectesi N OF the came ground "A
great many women affect thet style because
IL makes, them hook Interesting ! cant en-
dure 1t M elf
II should t.ink not indeed returned ser
castic Mrs Palmer, with genial ernphasiS
Alteration Of any kind I.alwnys unpleasant
10 unaffected people.
such u Pity drawled little Mrs May
the boarding hnIse heanty, toying with her
toast and casting al Indis ,nant glance at the
young lady In black We were all getting
along ~ nicely together quite ike family
and an positively sure that We shall not
ike her
"A little rlore tea. II you please, ma'am."
said Mis- Marshall In low clear tones-and
all thu, critics started as though they had
been overheard
A for the gentlemen they had nothing u
sav In the frs, place, there was breakfast
10 t,e di.Isrzd II. and no trivial affair could
,nt.rfere with Tint borrower, they had all
glauctsi et the young laiiy more than once.
AMI had found her not Ii.agreeahie to look
ut II was. therefore. not in the nature Of
things TINT they should pronounce Judgment
nj once. ~ tar; were disreetly silent, and
when Inc breakfast Vas concluded they went
OF Ia their ~1.voinI places f business and left
the la l.p. To settlr the affair ~ pleased them
best
Mss Marshall. tnde..i' One solitary girl in
., hnu,.. full If narrl.i women And they
uYr., nil women - h.,-e husbands carried tho
ft.nly burdens, white they tacmseiye, tnile.i
net. neither did they spin They crochetesl,
however. ami .ulbroislcre and did arasene
md ktueingtuu stitch and PAINTED on satin
md On velvet and plush and china, and when
ever they assembled for all these things they
canvass..,i the appearance aud conduct of
Miss Marshall
FATHER singular. isn't it, her boarding
here oil alonsT asked Mrs Bernard when tho
CONGRESS had assembled for business on that
ly-, u,oruil,.
~E.p.tauy since she is youn: and good
loohiny. added Mrs Palmer. much absorbed
In her crvhet
"Youngl" cried Mrs Bsrnard's voice out
Of the chorus Of tisapprov al. and Good look
me-" sruai,rpd Mrs Nav dropping her work
in astouisantent
"y,.J sl,,,.e she /. ueithcr Young nor good
looking. perAaps she car take care OF herself"
said Mrs Palmer. who was always making
EVERYTHING uncomfortable. and dead silence
fell .,lriny which every woman attended de
youtly TO her work
That Miss Marshall Is wonderfully pretty
girl said Mr. May-whu was not aing not
obtu,.,-tha, day at dinner. after Miss Mar
shall had left the table
"ya-a-ryl' remarked Mr Bernard, who
affected the English.
These reruarks practically sealed Miss Mar
shalls fate. so Tar US this particular boarding
houa, was concerned
She was a quiet. unobtrusive girl. but she
could not always escape tho sharp eyes and
sharper tongues Of the ladies Who had set
themselves on her track To tell the truth.
she dii not care to elads them So. when the
feminine cuteric waylaid her in the paror.
and Mrs MAY irnplored her to rcluain in the
room and To keep on playing, she yielded,
and played - sweetIy that the gentlemen
catno To the parlor too and were : isibly en-
chautei
"Oh that Ia lovely. Miss Marshall" cried
Mn Nav with .uthtsiasm You must come
d,r, ny,nil, lis oftsa IL is 81 seldom one
has M, o,,,uetunity To hear auy really good
music OF co,ir-s. sev ersl OF us pl9y. but we
nre only amateurs"
ups,c replieI Miss Marshall in that low.
calm voice II hers nnl Mrs MAY whose play
;n,- was notably b,d. shrank back and forgot
~, H., ,,,anI,.Itosav
/, Gen. Wr. Brnard who mads the next
.,tact r,r.,,,IIv Mrs Rernar,l vasobnox-
,n,,s ,r III. N,rsbstI N. any Woman with af
sS,.tsd n,,,,,,,,r. and an ARTIFICIAL couple1iou
must necessarily have been. but that lad
nothins, To do with the conversation that Ell
sued
II an sorry to see that you wear black,
Miss Marshall Yon have lost s'me relative.
| presume
Yes ma am "
A hon; si.rrre during which the clock
ticl.el III most ubtrusive manner
Your mother. supposef
II hsve h,-t my mother"
An r,ceutlyT
About lwentT years ago-in fact, when l
was not day old "
4 deeper criiIpon dawned IN ars. EHrnard s
already rrln,spn face. and she retired from
the cuntg>t \ suppressed chucsle came from
tho further e,iI IF the rU"nl. where some OF
the cpaiis.nen were deeply abs'r'@'i u rad
ing. ami ;atn ID" CLOCK tickcd with impertl
neut emphasis
Il will Iever -peah To her again, cried
Mrs. Bernard. riully, To tho ladies' engaged
in art W fs
We mast make Mrs Lane hhd out VINO
she ia We owe II To ourselves, exclaimed
two cr tars'W the more Indignant ones Just
~ i'reused at Mis- Marshall = reiieence
IL seemed. however, "a ihSestisation' 'nat
this was much easter SAN thah "ohe
Miss Marshall came to me bringing the
best OF references" s,li Mrs Lane among
them some friends Of nine | have no right
to inouire further
But what does she do. Mrs Iauer' arose
the feminine chorus Good heavens, what
does she ,ior
.'Shc sts,n,ls a g,ssi deal of her time attend
ing to her own business, retorted Mrs Lane,
who had learned the Use of the English lam
guase in the cour>., of several YEAS conflict
with an uncratr.ul public. as boarding house
keeper. and again the assailants retired. and
there was silence for a ,Is,ce
From this on the discussion RACED with un-
ahatsd inter,s, and accommodating venom
The giant Ieu,en wer, drawn into Il in sniff, of