The Press., 1891-08-27
w. CT, U. DEPARTMENT. {Mrs. Kate Tannant Woods, in Union Signal.)
 A Little New England Maid.

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 {Mrs. Kate Tannant Woods, in Union signal.)
 A Little New England Maid.
 Continued from last weekly
 CHANGES AT GLENRIDGE.
 We grow, we know not how,
 From girlhood up to womanhOod,
 Weaving the warp and wool
 That formeth character.
 One year after the adventure with Hi ram in the woods, great changes occurred at Glenridge. aHf- t@ ~
 Maida was graduated at the high school of Shiloh, with honor to herself and the town, and Bessie was the betrothed wife of Horace Calcott. 5 .-~a#
 It was understood, however, that the young pastor must wait patiently for his bride until Maida could take her sisters place. .5-f5
 It might prove even seven years of ser vice and devotion, but Bessie resolutely adhered to her decision, decision con cured in by her father and indorsed most emphaticaily by Maida. .,.t5
 Thus it came to pass that governess was found for Maida, and Miss Furlong, wise as to books, foolish concerning the sexes, and absolutely ignorant of the needs of wide-awake New England girl, was duly installed at Glenridge.
 This plan had been proposed by MT. Hale, and warmly commended by his wife. Both parents understood the danger attendant on sending one so vivacious and affectionate among strangers, while still so young, for Maida was far in advance of the girls who who had been her mates from baby days.
 All the family felt that much of the brightness and joy of the home would vanish if Maida were sent away. Maida was generously consulted in the matter, and showed great appreciation of the honor. -... -
 "It is so lovely of you to ask me what would like," she said. "I should do something dreadful if I were packed off like cheese for the county fair, or a specimen golden pippin, or even sardine in box. Now that you have told me ex- actly how you both feel, will tell you that nothing could be better. The stuffi- ness of little room like the one Bess had would stiie me; l may grow better by and by. and not mind it, but you see couldn't lose everything at once; the school, and the girls, the regular study, and papa, and the Blessed I should cry myself blind in week, and make the teachers hate me cordially"
 ''We were quite right in our decision, " said MT. Hale when Maida had left the room, "the girl would stifie and suffer from the strict rules and regulations"
 After much searching Miss Furlong was found. She was friend of MT. Cal. cott's family, worthy, excellent woman, fine scholar, and proper to the last de- gree. She was typical spinster of the sternest New England growth. She had been tasehing fnr mali years, and had to use the common expression of hel friends, "broken down." Just where or how, no one could quite tell. Maida ob. served quietly to her mother, after three weeks training under Miss Furlong, s'that it must be a clear, positive break, fol there was not particle of elasticity about her, and bending was impossible"
 The girls tender side was touched wher she learned that once in the long ago when Miss Furlong was young and beau tiful, she had been betrothed to & young doctor who died of fever few weeks prior to the wedding.
 When Miss Furlong was particularly angry and sharp, Maida tried to think O that bitter disappointment and the wed ding garments, now yellow with age; bu the governess was source of amusement to her pupil, and the girl unconsciousl, initiated her. Mimfcry was one of Maida's gifts, a dangerous one, her mother tolt her, and yet infinitely amusing.
 There was nothing unkind in Maida' nature, and her absolutely unconscious reproduction of peculiarities even in tn, domestic animals, often amused the fam fly. --.. ..,. Hiram Trotter used to say that t'Mis Maida could mimic the cattle so that the, would answer her, and, as to the bobo links, they seemed to think she was on of them"
 Miss Furlong had never seen a girl lik Maida; her own sisters were as proper a herself, they seemed to be made in tn same mold only, the wart on Miss Kezia' nose was smaller than the one on Mis- Hetty's, and Miss Mildred had smalle hand and foot than either of her sisters Their dresses were cut from the sam piece of goods; if blue suited Miss Kezia' taste, blue was purchased and made up if dark brown pleased Miss Kezia, all fiv of the sisters dressed in brown, althoug it was extremely trying to the complexio of some members of the family.
 The entire Furleng family had kin of grim jubilee, when it was settled tha Nancy, the third sister, was hencefort to live at Squire Hale's as the governes of his youngest daughter. They discuss ed the situation over some very weak te and some very thin bread, spread thinl with butter.
 l Each of the sisters at the table gay Nancy excellent advice, which doubtles had some influence on her future eours at Glenridge. s. l These gentlewomen lived in the closes retirement, Miss Kezia looking well afte the domestic affairs; Miss Hetty an l Miss Dorcas doing fine sewing for tn families of old friends, who had know them in better days. These tbetter days" often referred t by the family both in solo and chorus were never mentioned by Mildred Ful long, who taught music in Sabine acade my and came home to the old place t spend her vacations and her entire incom