Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-05-28
PANDORA's PUPIL

landlady, paid her visit; told her she
ought 10 be ashamed of herself TO be-
have so adylike-that all the neigh
borhood was talking about the scandal
and wound up by asking the poor little
old maid to leave the house.
Poor Miss Pandora! As her friend and
iandlady walked out of the door with
her handkerchief to her eyes she stood
motionless, as though turned to pillar
of salt. She saw Just how this repair of
neglected education must appear TO her
small circle of discarded pupils, and felt
q strong desire to drown herself, or jump
out the window, or turn on the gas, or
take box of matches in her tea, and
she might actually, it seemed to her after
ward, have died of modification, but
that the gong at the front door pulled
violently at this moment, startled her,
and, Nora, running up, wrapped in a
waterproof cloak-for she had been max
ingpreparations to go to bed, announced: !:
Mr.. Siger.
He can't come up, said Pandora, "at
this hour Of night"
No, miss, he says for you TO come
down.
Pandora went down. Mr.. SIger was
at the door.
There's telescope at the corner" he
said; something going on in some star
or other, believe. Get bonnet and
shawl and come and take a peep. 1t
will be lesson in astronomy for me.
You can explain it, you know-same
farns as the other loceons ~
Pandora without word obeyed.
The door was closed after the two,
leaving Mrs. Grimm staring at Nora.
That's the capsheaf, p" said the lady.
Shall sit up for emp" asked Nora.
No, said Mrs. Grimm. II will.
Meanwhile Miss Pandora and Mr.
Sliger peeped through the telescope and
saw the rings of Saturn, which Mr.. Sliger
supposed to be phenomenal and tempo
rary, and which were explained by Miss
Pandora to be fixtures, and then adj
journed to an ice cream saloon of much
elegance.
This, indeed, was desperate dissipation,
Miss Pandora said to herself, as she sat
before the cut glass goblets on the damask
cloth and saw the water splash from the
little fountain in the center into the
aquarium and over the glossy plants, all
reflected in the long mirrors. However,
what did it matter? She was already
talked about, turned out Of her lodgings
as person who had gone wrong. She
would keep this merry moment to re-
member when she had put an end to all
by saying to the neglected pupil that she
could no longer impart instruction to
| him.
He was ordering every indigestible
luxury on the bill of fare, the diamond
on his little finger flashed like small
sun, obsequious walters bobbing about
behind them. He looked kindly at her.
and asked her if she liked this or that
| He was as simple as an old baby, as kind
| as an old lady, and he was a nice, pleas.
ant looking man.
~All overi All overl" she said to her
self. II might have known what wicked
world this is, and how i'll it thinks of in
nocent things. Why might not go on
! teaching him forever without harm7"
People were coming in from concerts
and theaters; tables were filing, but
| theirs, between the two columns beyond
the fountain, was very quiet.
The waters were gone to execute Mr..
Sliger's behest. Suddenly he turned to
her and took q letter from his pocket.
Read that, Miss Piper, he said.
| Pandora opened the missive and pc.
rused it.
1t was from firm Of lawyers speaking
in plain terms of Mr. st. Leger as a gem
tleman and man of honor and fortune.
Il did not need it, indeed, said Pan
dora sadly. @And this is the way your
name is really spelled9 st. Legerl Its
beautiful name"
It sounds little curious to me, he
said. my mother wrote it Sliger.
never knew, but you see was all right
They never took me without character
when Invent for place--in the old
time, and couldn't expect you to take
| me without character either. II
don't know whether you despise rae for
my ignorance or not; but If you do not,
why, want you to take me for your
| pupil for hfe-to marry me, you know
Pandora. VIII you think of it?"
1t was q dreadful thing to do in such a
public place, but Pandora Piper felt that
she was going to faint.
It was in my mind the first day
came, he said. Il had seen you often
through the window, when you gave les
sons TO that little girl ct Bells. used tc
watch you with my opera glass. / felt
sure that you were just the woman for
me, and every lesson you gave me proved
it. shall learn everything from you
goodness as well e. spelling. Oh, say
yesl'
Pandora said:
YES"
Mrs. Grimm was sitting up for her
| pale with wrath, when she returned; but
Pandora took her by both hands and said
You won't turn me out till after my
wedding day, win you, dear1 You'll lei
me get married heref It's next week.
| Mr, st. Leger won't wait. You see, we
| shall have to go to England to live on the
| estate. And, after al, . poor little teacher
| needs no great preparation.
Servants and diamonds and a counfry
| house and city house everyth thing heari
could wish, Mrs. Grimm says, IN telling
her story. "A great Lady, now. Ifslike
Bwnknen'a a Axnfcn gnfve.