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7" Jemima," said the elder Miss Mscmsnus,
interrupting the speaker and addressing her
to retire viii iiiS; YOU be Kind enough 70 see them
To their r9omsr, The five pupils lhere1Pon n
Sse from Then iea m e ana &c sopTseea rSsr ssy Mss
manue showing them the way. -.
Butwe haven't done any harm have we 2
asked Mrs Jones, with sotne tremulousness IN
We'll, don't know" said Miss Macmsnus
What I'm thinking OF now is this, whom,
wonder, did the garments. properly belong,
Who had been the owner and wearcr OF them
Why Gen. ChsssS, Of course" said Miss
"fhey were the Generals" repeated the, two
young ladies' blushing, however, as they alind-
We'll, we thought they were the Generals,
certainly and . very excellent article they
Perhaps they were the buffers Y' said Aunt
Sally. certainly had not given her credit for
Butler'sl" exclaimed Miss Grosram, with a
toss OF her head.
"Ohl Aunt sally, Aunt Sallyl how can you p
shrieked the two young ladies'.
oh, lawsl' calculated Mrs. Jones. -
don't think that they could have ~, pelongea, i1e,i
authority. seeing that dOmestics In this coun-
try are never clad VI garments Of that descrip-
speak with certainty. But II Is equally sure
that they were never the property OF the General
they are in full dress, wear ornamental lace
upon iheir-their regimentals; and when"
IL may be unnecessary that | should repeat; but
such were her elUguence and logic that no doubt
would have been left on the mind Of any Impair
tial hcnrer. II an argunentatiye speaker ever
proved anything, Miss MaCmanus proved that
Gen. Chasse had never been the wearer OF the
but / know very well they were his!" said
Miss GrOgram, who was not an Impartial nearer
"Of course; whose else's should they be =
"Im sure hope they were his" said one OF
the young ladies, almost crying.
h wish 4 had never tgt taken M IT, % sa,a 'he o'ner'
III give you my needle-case. Miss Grogram'
1 had snt hitherto silent during the whole
scene. meditating how best ! might confound
the red.nosed harry. Now. thought was the
time for me to strike IN.
II really think, ladies', that there has been
some mistake said |. -
There has been no mistake at all. sir!" said
Perhaps not" / answered., very mildly;
every likely not But some affair OF similar
nature was very much talked about III Antwerp
yesterday"
"oh, laws" aga! in calculated Mrs. Jones;
The affair has been talked about a good deal,
certainly" continued. but perhaps IL may
be altogether a different circumstance"
And what may be the circumstance TO which
you alludcY :" asked Miss Macmanus, In the same
authoritative tone.
dare say il has nothing to 40 with these @
ladies'" said !; but an article of dress, OF the
nature they have described, was cut up. in
the Caste of Antwerp On tho day before
visiting the place; and was given to under
stand that he Is determined to punish the peo-
pie who have wrOngpl him.
" IL can't I've the same said Miss GrOKram
but could see that she was trembling.
oh, laws! what Will become OF usp" said
Mrs. Jones.
You can all prove that didn't touch them,
and that warned her not" said Aunt sally. In
the mean time the two young ladies had almost
tainted behind their fans
But how had II come To pass asked Miss
Macfuanus, that the gentleman had"
know nothing more about II, cousin said
/; "only IL seems there Is an odd coincidence"
Immediately after this took my leave. saw
that had avenged my friend, and spread dis
may in the hearts of those who had injured
him. had learned In the course Of the evening
at what hotel the five ladies were staying; and
in the course. Of the next morning sauntered
into the hall. and iuding one ot the porters
alone, asked IL they were still there. The
the earliest diligence. And said he,
"if you nre friend of theirs, perhaps
you will take charge of these things, WHICH
they have left behind themY" SO saying, he
pointed to table at the back OF the hall, ON
which were lying the black bag, the black
needle-Case the black pin-cushion. and the
black pen.wipcr. There was also a heap of
fragments Of cloth which well knew had been
intended by Miss GrOgram for the comfort OF
her feet and ankles.
declined the commission, however. " They
were special friends of NINE" said: and
len all the relies still lying on the little table In
the back hall.
Upon the whole. am satisfied" said the
Rev. Augustus Home, when | told him the
finale Of the story.