Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-12-11

followed, and knowing how gossip get,
afloat, made Agnes and Jem promise to
keep silent about the manner in which you
came here, to avoid chatter.
1T is known among the servants that !
am looking for governess. Now, wish
| you to let me tell them you came here as
| S,vtrness. Let them think went to meet
| you at Cardiff, and when the things you 10.
| quire are sent from London, let them sup
| pose that your luggage has arrived.
II will get traveling-bOX for you, and II
you will write lis, 1t can come back full.
When we come TO an understanding, II yOu
decide to stop as Ally's teacher, all will be
plaih sailing"
How good you are to me, Mr.. Penfoldf ~
mot better than you deserve, / am sure,
Miss Snow. BY the look of trouble In your
eyes, II Is time some one was good to YOU"
Mr.. Penfold went into the hall and said
10 the housemaid:
"Jane, IL Miss Shows luggage arrives
while she Is from home, ask Mrs. Garth to
pay the carriage. Miss Snow did not know
should meet her, or how she would man
age, so she left them to follow, and being
Cnristmas-time, suppose they have been
Delayed
The girl curtsied and went to tell the
house-keeper, Agnes Garth.
And Agnes smiled to herself and mutter-
ed:
"Oh, the power Of pretty facet The
master would not be so cunning on her ac-
count II he did not admire her."
Agnes" said Mr. Penfold, appearing
suddenly before the old dame, II am oblg-
ed to go to London on business. l shall be
back on New Years Eve.
while am away, guard my child .jeal-
ously. None know better than you do the
danger that besets her. II were to lose
her should go mad. would rather see
her in her coffin than in the power Of that
bad woman, her mother.
"Are you sure the child did dream on
Christmas night? Are you sure the dream
If dream IL were-had not q substance?"
Old Agnes looked bothered, but answer
ed boldly:
'Of course 1t was only dream, sir; don't
worry about 1t. I'll take care of the child;
no one shall harm hair of her head. Be
sides, she has Miss Snow now, which makes
1t impossible for anyone to approach her
unknown. watch her by day, Miss Snow
watches her by night.
"a child could not be better cared FOR,
bless her pretty facet / would be the last
to wish her away; why, she is the sunshine
Of the house.
"Mind you take plenty Of wraps and your
flannel night-shirt; you should never sleep
In q strange bed without flannel, 1t prevents
damp. Shall Iput up some whisky and
sandwiches"
mo, prefer to get out for what want
We wait ten minutes at Gloucester, you
know. Goodbye"
He was buttoning his gloves as he spoke,
and Ally came running after him for last
kiss. He lifted the child in his arms fond
ly, and said:
"Be good, darling, and do what Miss
Snow wishes. Twill bring you home a big
picture-boOk."
You dear papar'
"You dear Ally" he said as he gave her q
hug and stood her down on the doormat.
The snow was falling outside, and the
scenery seemed desola.a In the extreme.
From an upper window Dorothy watched
him away With strange heartsinkin". v"'
he was to return soon, and she knew no
Cause for fear.
When he had gone she called Ally, and
they busted themselves over the Christmas
tree, which was TO be sent TO the sick chill
dren at the infrmaTy, and Dorothy man.
aged TO tell lot Of pretty anecdotes OF sick
children she had seen.
The day passed pleasantly enough, and
Ally was put to bed by Dorothy's own white
hands When she had said her prayers she
asked Dorothy to put her head down beside
her till she was asleep.
Dorothy did so, and fell asleep herself, to
find, when she awoke, that she had stiff
neck, and that the light had gone out, and
that there was someone besides herself and
Ally in the room.
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