Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-31

speed increased. and Harry remarked:
"My cousin Henry. His sister is ex-
pectinga governess for her children
to-day.
How singularl" thought the girl.
1.-TWO cousins dispatched on the same
errand. The one on his way tor the
depot is evidently single NAH, Whine
this one, whose errand is accomplished,
is Benedict. l like the looks OF the
married man best. " Il - =
They chatted intimately, and the dis
lance seemed very short TO Harry, in
deed, when they drove up TO the hospf-
table country mansion, >where the
lights shone from the windows like red
and yellow stars. With tender care,
Harry assisted Miss Lansing 10, alight,
and led her up the steps into the hall,
where Mrs. Neville, tastefully. arrayed
in black silk, with dark, bearded gen.
tleman in the background, stood ready
to give her welcome.
"Here at last, my dear Gertiep So
delighted To meet yon!'T;.- :.
And sho ran forward to embrace the
girl, who stood, the picture Of amaze
ment, making no effort to retura the
greeting, and playing nepvously with
her bonnet-strings, realizing that there
was mistake somewhere, and that she
was not the person the little lady ex-
pected
Mrs. Neville saw the mistake too.
She started back, exclaiming:
~ beg your pardon, young lady.
believed you to be Miss Lansing, my
expected guest. Harry, turning to her
brOther-in-law, 'why don't you intro
duce me to the ladyP"
What was the matterP Was there %
mistake? And was not the sweet-faced,
quoenly girl, ROBBED in gray, with the
color coming and going, like apple
blossoms, on her checks, Nellie's friend,
Miss Lansing?
He attempted no reply; he was like
| one struck dumb; but the fair stranger
hurriedly began an explanation:
II fear, madam, there has been "a
blunder some where. My name is
Laura Lansing. and my services were
/ engaged as governess in the family OF
II Mrs. Neville, in this vicinity. A con-
veyance was to meet me ut Che depot
When got of the train this gentle
man accosted me, and Dear! dearf
/ am so sorry that such an awkward
mistake has happenelp'
But l am not sorry," interposed
! Harry, impetuously; "for l am sure b
shall like your company bottor than
that of our expected guest, Gertie Lam
sing, whom ] have never met Nellie,
make Miss Lansing comfortable. She
cannot leave tonight"
Certainly not, and shall be- hearth
| ly glad of her society. But | am wor-
ried about Gortie. Harry, did you see
no young lady at the depot whose APP
pearance Tailed with the description J.
gave you of Gertie?"
II saw only one face, and that was
Miss Lansing's, which is surprisingly
fair. Am | not excdsable? You told
me to look for the prettiest girl in the
crowd, you know"
"Did Ip Well, there's no particular
/ harm done. The mistake was natural
Lucy Neville was looking for COVER
ness on this train, and if Henry goes
after her, he will be sure to meet my
friend Gertie and bring her here.
Don't look so woe-begone, Miss Ian
sing; we will have an enjoyable even
! ing
So enjoyable was it that, at It's close,
Harry determined it'should not be his
fault If she remained long governess
in the family of his cousin.
In the morning he drove her there,
fully expecting to encounter, as he did,
the other Miss Lansing. She sat in
the cosy sitting-room, equipped as
though for ride. His cousin, Henry,
who was TO be her companion, said, rs
he entered the room with the govern
ess:
II can never sufficiently thank You
for jumping TO the wrong conclusions
as you did when you carried off Lueys
( governess for your SISTERS guest The
mistake is easily forgiven. made oTte
myself, and brought the wrong onB
home, and am not sorry for it, either
She is SO kind to assure me that tho
novelty of the affair was not dispfeas-
ing TO herr
Harry cast his eyes critically in the
direction Of the belle-a Jurto-likB
creature, with a faultiess, clear cut
face, but not to be compared, he thought,
with the girl with whom he had fallen
in love at first sight.
A merry time ensued; an laughed
heartily at Harry's mistake, but which,
with a SLY glance at his cousin and tBe
stately belle, he pronounced the most
fortunate ever made.
Indeed, the parties concerned were
all of that opinion when, in June, tnat
beautiful month OF roses, Henry mar
ried the belle. and Harry made the
gOverness his happy wife, New York
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