The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1892-07-16
THE TWO MIGGSES.
The Story of a Misunderstood
Mature.
II think it's an outrage."

oCuiCcAy StduQ Oue MlRSS, Lnc 1Oca OF
having two Miggses thrust upon us!'
Miss Clara entered the room just in
time to hear the last remark. 81 hope
the members of my mission band are
not engaged in talking against their
neighbors," she said gravely.
There was a deep silence for mo-
ment; then Edith Lyle asked thought
fully: Miss Clara do you think school
teacher ought to be CROSSE"
sand scold half the time?" added an
other girl.
"And wear shabby dresses?" said
third.
"And fix her hair in the very horrid-
est fashion she can think OFF" was the
question of fourth.
''As I am not acquainted with any
such person." said Miss Clara, quietly,
II am scarcely prepared to answer your
questions"
"Oh! but you do know our teacher, Miss
Miggs, and she is guilty of every one
OF these charges" exclaimed Eta
Wright, impulsively; "and not one of
MS can endure her, yet her sister has
been appointed assistant. 1t is awful to
II say SO, too" said Annie Jennings,
boldly.
~ The other girls looked up anxiously
toasee what reply Miss Clare would
ssznake to these assertions. Miss Glare
s@was the very picture of neatness and
sweetness and gentleness. This her
Sabbath-school girls had repeatedly af-
1rmed. In fact, they believed that she
was everything that is REQUISITE to make
up the perfect lady. They knew she
could not sanction carelessness of dress
or hasty temper, and surely she must
side with them in this case.
Much to their disappointment, she
quietly dismissed the subject by prom
ising to take it up at some future time
'sBut now for business, girls. How
many aprons are we going to make this
afternoon?"
"Oh! ever SO many if you will read to
us while we sew"
II thought of telling You story in
stead of reading it. How will that
suit?"
Better! better!" cried number of
the girls, simultaneously, and the other
-
Several years ago there lived in the
village of Cressbury girl by the name
OF Julia Hagcrmann, Julia was fonder
OF study than the majority of girls of her
age, but her favorite subject was music.
Indeed, her love for that was passion
ate, and her greatest Joy was to sit be-
fore piano. But such instruments
were not plentiful in those days, and
the Hagermanns were too poor to afford
one. Sometimes Julia would find a
chance to run into neighbours where
there was piano and spend few min
utes trying to teach herself from the
beginning of the exercise book; but
these spare minutes were scarce, for
/ there was a great deal of work to be
done in the Hagermann family, and, as
Julia was the eldest child, the bulk of
it fell to her lot. She often thought if
she only had piano she would prac-
tice early and late in the hope of be-
coming fine musician; then what won
drous things she would accomplish for
her family!
Zone day an uncle of Julia's died and
left her some money She had been
his favorite niece, and he wished her
to spend the money Just as she pleased;
he thought there was probably enough
to purchase the long -wished-for piano.
You may be sure that Julia was very
happy when the money came into her
possession; and she had begun to won
der what kind of piano it was best
for her to buy, when she overheard her
father saying that unless he could raise
money to liquidate certain debt his
> creditor would make considerable
trouble for him. The money ought to
sbe ready the following day, and Mr..
Hagermann had no way of raising it.
The amount he owed was about equal to
the sum Julia had for the piano, and
the unseltish girl went at once to her
father laid the>money in his hand, and
said: take this can wait for nv
: piano
My precious girl Mr.. Hagermann
cried, it shall not be for long. You'll
have piano as soon as l can get it,
though | am compelled to work day
and night for the money
"A short time after that Mr.. Hager-
mann was accidentally killed, and thus
Julia lost kind and loving father. This
was the first great sorrow of her life.
But though the family was deprived of
the principal bread-winner and found it
very difficult to make both ends meet,
Julia still clung to the hope Of owning
a piano and becoming musician. She
attended school, and worked hard be-
fore and after school hours to help her
mother support the family. When she.
was sixteen years of age their circum-
tances improved somewhat, for two of
the boys were then working, and julia
and her mother were plentifully sup
piled with sewing, for which they were
well paid. Thus they managed to save
money to buy a piano, butwhen once
more ready to make the purchase were
again prevented It had become neces
sary for Mrs. Hagermann's mother to
live with them, and she was such
nervous old lady that the children CON
stantly annoyed her by their boisterous