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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1902-11-06, Page 3• November -MI IOU aillialliermreimeenrineen „ , 1 11 'du 1 o .1, TE arzx.vpzis 141a*,13..axtc,cuti) 11 viitossiossimmiamiiiii 1, imoisweim. Vidut PerCY11,s Author: of "The Fatal Vicirlifte set, "nig Unseen. Bridegroom," "A Terrible BY MAY ANES FI;EMBNIG .---40-441--0-40 Secre--t," 401 I 64111•040.8.1111.040•111.04A.04.0.11.110.1114040006004•111410*. Secret • • to help to nurse han vvell again, 1 should think." "What you think, Miss Lawless, is of very little consequence, ellow me to tell you. Your duty is to do as say, without presuming. to • ask questions. 1 have hitherto excosed your wild, rude conduct, and made every allowance for your want of proper female training; but really your conduct is getting so outragte ous there M no telling where it will end. My intention is, therefore, to put a Stop to it at once." Pet's eyes flashed open defiance, and her lace assumed a look of re- solute determination; but she said nothing. . "I have resolved therefore, Miss Lawless," said the judge, re -seating himself, with a look of haughty in-, flexibility quite oterpowering; " send you immediately to 'school. I wrote some tinie ago to a lady who keeps a privet, boarding-echool for young girls, and she has prombeed to take charge of you at any time. It is an exceedingly strict establish, ment, and the severe discipline there maintainecl will heve the good effect, I hope, of turning down your glaring impropi•h•ties. As I feel that keep- ing you here any longer is like hold- ing a keg of gunpowder over a blaz- ing • furnace, 1 intend setting opt, with eou this very afternoon. You need dresses and various other things I know, which I am not altogetber qualified to procure. 1 will, there- fore, leave a stun of money in the handsf Mrs. Moodie, sufflcinte purchase you a, complete outfit, and such other things as you inay want. It is useless for you to remonstrate, Miss Lawless," said the judge, with a wave of Ms jeweled hand; "for no- thing you can say will move me from my purpose. 1 anticipated •violent opposo ton On your part, and ant quite prepared for it. Go .1 brine said, this afternoon, and go yo.0 shall. lf you attempt to oppose my will, you shall receive the seoere putt- ishment you have already merited. "Very well, sir," said Pet, Meekly; "1 . it, • and have got to pee up with it. I (loret, know as / should mind going to school, either, for a. change. Meny't ... call and see hermetic before 1, go, papa?" "Ireitamete I Lib—I'll see about it," said the judge, rather perplexed by thee unusual submissiveness, ane in- tepsely relleyedtoo, .if the truth rnu• he dreaded a. "scene" with his Stor- my little daughter. "You may call in, for a monient, as we go past, and say good-bye; but once in school, you will form new acquaintances among your own standing in eociety,. and drop all the low connections you have formed around bete. .. The daughter of Judge Lawless," said that gentleman, drawing himself up, "is qualified, by birth and social po- sition, to take. her place among. the highest and most exclusive in the land, and must. forget she ever asso- ciated with—Paupers A streak of fiery red flared across the dark face of Pet, and her black eyes flew up, blazing indignantly at this insiet to her friends. But the next moment she ,remembered her role, and down fell the long •lashes again; and Pet stood as meek and. demure before. him as a kitten on the eve of scratching. . . "This is all, 1 believe, Miss .Law- less," said the judge resuming .his customary, suave blandnees, andefeel- ing intensely proud of his own achi- evement in having awed into submise sion the hitherto dauntless Pet. "You nuty go now, and if. you have any trifling preparations to make. tie - fore starting, you will have sufficient time before dinner to accomplish them. 1 shall. expect, when we reach Mrs. Moodie's, you will- try to, behave yOurself like a young lady, as my daughter will- be expected to be- have." "Yes, sir," murmured Pet. "Very well, I hope you de. Go now." With her long lashes still drooping over her wickedly -scintillating eyese her finger still stuck in her mouth Pet meekly walked out of the August "presence," und closed the library door; but no sooner- was she, safely outside, than a change most wrintier- tut to behold came over the spirit of her dream. Cp flew the long eye- lashes, revealing the dancing eyes, all 'ablaze with the anticipation of fun rind frolic; 'erect towered the little form, as she tuened; and facing the door, applied her thumb to het pose, flourished her four fingers in a ges- ture more expressive than elegarzt, and exclaitnedi "Oh ! won't 1 be good, though ---inattent, I be, lady -like I won't 1 for- get my friends 1 won't I be so quiet, and gentle, and good, that make a saint out of me pretty soon!' won't I 'be a poeket-edition *of 'St. Rose of Lima, Maybe 1 Won'e that's n.11 !" ....•••••wiwww Pet Was as busy as • a naller• untit dinner was announced, packing up such things as trhe wished ta ..take with her to school. Great was the amazement of Bea- ty, when at the dinner table his fa- ther, in pompous tones, announced his iinrnc'diatc depanture with Pet Rants, glanced ttt her, as she sat quietly looking in her plate, and be- ing somewhat wider itairake in re- spect to her than his father, inviter& ly muttered: "Pet's up to something, 1 can tell that; whenever he looks particular- ly quiet and saintly, lijoi she does now, there's always 'bieakees itheed,' as uncle would say. Mee. Moodie will find her hands full when she gets our Pet. She'll discever she's caught a tartar, ni be betted 1" Immediately otter dinner, black Debby was ordered to dress Miss Pet for her journey, While the judge tvent to his own apartreent to meke hire- r/self as irresistible as postable, In half an hour both were ready. Pet Was handed into the carriage by her father, and veaVed it Smiling adiat to Malty. The judge teok his Seat be - Fide her, and the two superb earriego horses, flashing with silver Mounted harneee, started eft at a ranid pace. As they Caine within ight of the cottage, Pet, who had been lying back silently atm* the ettehlerifi, Witted u, exchtiMitig" "Stott at the cottage, &thin Pee gOing Of there for 4 snout _Lent " 100 The coachman drew up, and Pa f *rang out. • I "I will give you just' five miuutee to make your adieux,'" sal 1 the judge, drawing out • his we Lch, "if you arenot back in the t time, I shall go after you," Pet's eyes again defialttly flashed, but without deigning- to reply, She iUto ' the cottege.. ' Ermittle Ince her et the door, and I looked her surprise at seeing the stately equipage of Judge Lawless l . stop at the cottage, and Miss Law - Tess herself all arrayed for p. jeer.' ney. "New is Ray ?" was Pet's 'first question. "Just as he was this morning. ; Where are you going, Pet ?" "He is no worse ?" "No, Are you going away ?" • "Has the doctor been here since?" "Yes, he has Just gone. .Where are you going; Pet ?" "Oh—to. school !" "To 00091 ! going away'!" echoed Erminie in dismay. "Yes; going to 'a dismal Old boarn- ing-school, whete I am to widk, talk, eat, .pray, and sneeze by'i'uIe Alht. it nice ?" • . "Oh, Pet, 1 am so sorry 1" "Well, I'm not 1 I expect to. have • a....real nice •thne. • Everybody might... n't see :the fun of it; but I do ! intend to finish my education, •and be back in a week 1" • . "Oh Pet! 1 don't. know'What / obeli dwh n ou are one; I will be so e g lonesome, said 11.1rMinie,her sweet blue eyes filling with tears. • "Why, •didn't I tell you I'd be back in it .week ? • will, too. There's an old -dragon •there, airs. Moodie—I've e heard of her ' before—and she's S to hammer learning into me, • 011;71.4 dose her 1" . Pet ?" said Flerninie, Who wassob- bing, now, and clinging to her • • . -"To be 'sure I will, and I'll bring it• -myself, to sane postage. Don't be afraid, 'Minnie. . aari 'take care of • .Pot Lawless, and Won't -let her be put- down by no One. Good-bye, • now;, ,Ielre only get five minutes, and e guess theo'ae.. up len this time.. Now . don't cry and take on, Minnie,' you'll see I'll Merit so fast that sent homefinished in a week !". " And with these mysterious words, "What books have you read, love? have you read many ?" "Yes, ma'am." "What was their Dames ?" " "Jack arid the Bearostallg"The Goose with the Golden Egg;' 'Little Itedaan "Ohl my dear, I don't mean'tbosel Have you read nothing eLse ?" "No, ma'am ; only 'a spelling" book." • . "Oen you write ?" "Yes, ma'am, .when .somtbody heide my h nd " ."1.1ave you studied grammar and geography? 1 suppose not, though." "She has, madam; Ot least she commenced," said the,judge. "Ah, indeed 1 . 'What is Eaglish grammar, love ?" "A little book with a gray cover," said Pet. "No, no 1 What does Engeish grammar teach ?" "I don't kuow—it never teached nta anything; it was Mr. Hammer."' "0 dear me I You are rather ob- tuse, X fear. Perhaps you know more of geography, though. Can you tell me how the earth its divided?" • "It ain't dividede" said Pet, stoat - lye "It's all one niecci !" "Ah 1. I fear your teacher was -none of the best," said tbe lady, shaking her head. . "We shall hate to remedy all these defects in your education, however, as well as we can. 1 hope to send you a very dif- ferent little girl home, iudge." • "I sincerely /tope so," said the judge, rising. "Fareweli, madam. Geod-bye, Petronilla; be a. good girl —remember," "Oh ! .1'11 remember !" said Pet, significantly, accepting her father's farewell salute, with a great deal of sang froid, Mrs. Moodie politely bowed her stately guest Out, and then, turning to Pet.ronilla, said: "The young latlies are all in the (Seas room studying, my dear. Would you preferegoug there, or shall I have you shown tonyour room ?" "I'll go wheee the girlse-I mean the youngiadies are," said Pet, 'fol- lowing the rustling lady up stairs. ' "Very - well, this way, then," said madam, tuinting into a long hall with, large • folding-doors'at the end Pet. gave Erininie a parting kiss, and ran helm the cottageaust as the judge. . pet his head ote. froth the .carriage , to dale her , • ; The jouroey now 'praceeded Merin' !' tetruptecils. They remained that e night at a hotel, and continued their :I. ,journey next morning .• *- A little' after neon, they _reached the four-story building where Mrs. . Moodie kepther costly and 'exclusive • boarding, estahliehment. for the yoUng female aristocracy of the land, • and "trained. up" (as .het &quints had • et) the rising. female .generation: in all the branches of an English, French, musical and religious educe, • . • I ' Judge 'Lawless and his daughter . were shown into :a 'Magnificently- furnishedr:rtwing teem, where "cullud misSo• tookethe gentle-. , eand 4ud went .off in smear of, the. prontietres.e (In the word is 'ad- . .miesible) 91 the establishmtnt . • Fifteen minutes litter the ruetle of silk resoontlecn in the. hell. Pet dre;w herself. up Straight as a ramrod, com- pressed her lips, cast down herayes,.. •. folded her .hands, and looketilthenTery picture .of a tirnid, bashful, shy little S country girl. then tbe• door opened, ahd magnificeet iiz a four-flouncea plaid silk, With a; mit-academe conabin- . Mien of lace and ribbons fleeting from her head, a tall, yellow, sharp- ' looking lady • of. Middle .age floated in, and with a profound courtesy to the judge that .made her leer flounces ballOon out around. her, alter • the fashion -of children when making . "leheenes.," dropped into a Sofa, 'hail-, . buried in a maze of floating drapery. "This is Miss Lawless, 1 pre- •.' sume said Mrs. 'Moodie, with an ..bland 'smile and a wave of her hand - toward Pet. . . • • • 'ayes, madam, this: is my. daughter:. - arin .I consider it my duty to tell. .you that I* am afraid she will oma-. 5100 you a geeat deal ei. trouble." ' "Ohl. t hope not 1" . You are . . good little girl—aro you not,' my . dear 1"—with , a sweet smile to pet. , 'In what way, may I ask, my. deer • ole?" "In merry ways, madam. Sile-is, tho !irk, elite°, unbearably wild, and rude, and Self-willed, ' and—X, re- gret to nen, disobedient." through which, came droweily the sub- dued bum of recitation. • "Wel1;01 thiek 1 haire done. . the bashful im beautifully !" mentally' or- cleinted Petropillio "I' reckon I've amazed papa. Maybe 1 won't sur- prise them sonie, if. not, More, before this nights over. Oh I won't I.clese though " OnAPTEl.t. jgcr-• . • . Throwing open the . folding -doors, Mrs. Moodie passed 'line the -school room, closely followed biS Pet: It Was a hong, high, wide room, with desks nunhing •round the wallet and maps, glolies'. 'woke, arid • slates scattered protesely 'around,' Before each 'desk was a, chine, and some six- ty girls of all :sizes and .serti. eat now busily pinning -their lessens.. T.Wo or• three teachers • sat in N era errsdirections, round the seorni be- . • ore. !1t1i, tables, eveth their eyes .forn ed on: the .students, ready to note down the, slightest infriugernent of rules,the It was , seldom the, conimander-in- chief of the establishment sweet her silnen• fltiences through the hoe, dus- ty clesSe; .tend near,according to the long-establisbed 'aerie, teachers • and pupils rose • simultaneously, and courtesied ,profouecily to that attgest MO. Then eveier Aye in sixty-three hearls turned 'and. • fixed theinselene upon. the new papa with that sharp, Searcbing unpitying stare that .:only sthoolegirls ;understand.. Petronilla however, was Mit in the temetest de- gree troubled with that.dieagreeable yelept bashfulness; and glanc- ing route •composedly, she swept the tvhole, mem, at a glance, and 'return- ed doctor stare 'with. compound inter- est.'" . • . . "Yetinn ladies," said Mrs. Moodie; with a' graceful' wave Of her hand toe *aid Pet„ "tine noting lady is. Mise Petroralla. • 'Lawless, J.udestoWn, and .tvill .be your future corneal -don and fellow -pupil. Miss. Shat -Pe, she will • eeter• yeur division.ee • ' . Arid, .wlth a stately: beta Of,•her be- ribboned had, • Mire. Moodie rustled loudly -from. the 'Seem:, white teachers arid'. peeps- agate bowed in cleeneeit reverence:. . • , . • ' Pet gave an assenting hod to ItIrai Moodie's remarks, which' hadabe af- fect of making, two .0r. three. of the young ladies indulge in: rn tittle gig- gle behind their hendkerchiefs. Then, ram aedistant corner, came a ,snisill, reen, wire -looking h.unain terrier, known by the ..eppreprialte cognomen of • Miss Sharpe, Who immediately laidhands upon Pet, Saying:. • "elttiss Lawless, come tine Weer. ItOO are to 'enter tily class," • : Pet, as good at physlogneenist .• art ever lived, raised her keen' eye'; .to the eantenket•oas, Mee of the crime- looking-eld-youeg lade, and conceive ed,' upon the .spot, a mestintense dis, ike to her. The other girls, . at a silent motion from. 'their . teachers, had dropped into their seats, and re-. tithed their .studies. . Pet wee len by .sharp Mine Sharpe to the remotecornen ftent. \theme he 'had issued, and where sat soma lozen or two "juvenile ladies," all mailer than Pet, Mise Lawless ()eked at them a =Meet in tindise gttised eonteitipte ' arid, then -stopped short,, jerked henself free feorn tliss Sharpes. grasp, and coming to •a widen standstill, ilecidedly began: ain'tea going to sit:among them, here little things. I want to go over there 1" ' F. And she pointed to Where. a hum- or of young. ladies, whose ages night hate Varied from seventeen to wenty, sot in the "First Division," A very little thing Will produce a neigh in a silent school rooni, where the Pupils aro over ready to laugh at anything n new scholar :Mee Or ,Saye; and the effect of this brief speech was t univerrial burst of subdued laughter rani the sixty "young ladies" afore - Itee "Phot Book of Leseens," and put it into Pet's hand, with another scowl, deriver, if possible then the first. pet, took it, and holding it upside • down for a while, seemed to be the -Wetly studying, thinking all the while that life in a school room was Ittlobity.optsaasutepli.,erttsilt .'-ci, heelithacdoiatsnitdiecri: paled. But for Pet Lawless to keep silent any len qh of them was ' I moral impossibility; so, finding the cross teacher's lynx eyes turned for a, moment the.other way, ehe bent over toward her next zutighbor, te little . red -eyed, red-haired girl, about her own age, and whiemered, in strict eoendenee, itointing at Bliss Sharpe: ! "Mn't she o horrid cross old ' thing ?" I But the young lady only glanced askanee at the audacious little law- breaker at • her side, and edged rter- vonsly away from her. Petronilla not being easily affront, . ed or slighted, however, came close to little red -head, and holaing her book to her mouth, whispered again; "Does she ever whip you, or any.. thing? She looks cross 'enough to do it. Ain't it awful coming to selu)eiril?; elethere was no escape from her persecutor, red -head thrust her , knuckles into ber eyes and began to cry. "What's the matter now ?" said the teacher, turning' sharply around, . arid hooking threateningly at Pet, "Why, lilies Sharpe, she keeps a talking to me all the titne, and won't stop," whispered theunhappy owner 1 of the red hair. . . "What is she saying ?" said Miss Sharpe, in a, quick, irritated. voice, that strongly reminded Pet of Dis- mal Hollow and Miss Priscilla Too- . sypeo. . . 'She—she—she seern yoe're te-an-e.., horrid crois old . things Please .. ineSont 1" •wept the little one, dig- ging her knucklesstill further into. her, oyes. . . I Miss •Sharpe's face ..grew black as e ' thunder-cloud—owing to her emulate • complexion, she generally blue/zed Mack, or deep orange. In '• all her thitteett year's teaching, she had nev- er before encountered 'a pupil who el' had dared to ,call het a "horrid cross. a old thing" before. . Old 1—that was . the 'worst. To becaned sp beforo. the whole 'school, too 1 Miss Sharpe • sat for one awful moment sperfectly . speechless with rage, and so' black in -theface that there „seemed serious danger of her bursting' a bleed -vessel. I an the spot. . I Once. ageeirf a loud • laugh, . that 'would not be restrained,' .canto from the sixty young /adios so often. seen - en et., Even .the teetehers, although they sternne .cailed '"silence,". were Thread to eieugh Violently, to • hide the Smile teat *as eneeping overtheie faces. at Mien eiherpe's nage, ' .Mennitinte,. . otir dauntless Pet sat ' with e sort - ef head -up -and -heels - down look, that .was •a.sight to' see: . her- onus akthibo, 'and her bright eyes blazing With deflarice, daringly ' riyeted on the Mee of the juatlyeof-• fended teitcher. • • • • . -Did—did: you dare to say that, '314:)11, -You hut erdent, ImP.erti nent-n young eaucy—" .• . • • Abandoned, outrageous .sen Of ' . gun in put in Pet, .composeilly. .• • "Silence 1 • -pm you, dare to call me teetnethat matte V!, didn't tall. you. any.name-aI said - you were a Inlaid cress old. thing S. and I'll leaye it to; everybody .here if . you ain't ! 1 aieSt used to hold my. tongne—and Inner -mi. going to .it, .• either 1" said Pet, all obleno -with • 'LlefiLtnee. . Miss ,Sharpe sat, unable to speak, her 'Togo .Lihnost • swamped in. her Lite, s ter. amazement: In all her. experience • she had never come.acrose so ,despere sate and utterly. 'depraved a case as , this. Every book was dropped, and ;• every eye fixed 00 Pet. •. • . • "I "i --i worist endure this! I am not 'Le be insulted' in this .manrier!" sairl Miss Sharpe,- rising pessionatee. go arid. report her tolges. .. Moodie::and . either she or T. must a leave this bless." • : • . ' dear Miss. Sharpe be °alma?. ploid' the .. head . teacher, a pleasant- : 'faced giri, s she VOW and came . over, .."Therens no use itt troubling Mrs, Meech° 'about the matter. Thia -slit:tie...glee you perceive, has been in- ' duleged .add spoiled all her, life and • cannot readily stem* to authority now. My derte," elie added, turning • to, rot, • "you must sitsettl and not, • talk. It is against. the runes ; • and • you 'perceive' you* . are giving1.1efirs Sharpe a great deal' of trouble."' . "Well; so is she, just as bait! She's • giving nib. 0 great deal of trouble, .tionoss.., l 1. want to go ,and, sit en. Yeue .c . .. "But you can'tsit in Inn :class, Miss LitivItne. You must keep • •the place .allotted you, Little girls • should, be' docile and obedient, you •• know, and ,do as they are told." eYes; if she lets ow alpne?" pont- ' ina to Miss •Sluirmi, • • '•• . "You met do • asyour teacher • says; child; Now, do:be a geed lit- tle girl. arid don't talk," • And the . sweet -voiced young .lady patted Pet's • 'black curly heed kihdly,, arid went • brick to ,her seat. Pet, curling het, lip contempttioesly at the Aross teacher, took a penell out of her pocket, .aeri.begito amusing herself drawing caricatuees. of her, all over tho book site held in her hand. • . _ . • • . s A Profound silence fell onthe hot, close classe, and the ghee bent ever .. toonoerow's traes; now and then, ' • however, glancing slyly at. each oth-n • er, and glanaing significantly at the newcomer, whose short half hour in; settee' had already created a, same - tion quite onparalleled lo the past h'story of the establishinept, and Whielt was destined to fill sixty let- ters home to "papa and Marmite' next time they Wrote. then, in half anehour, mote, a hell loudly • rang, and every girl* jumped eagerly up, This •Was the eignal that school for 'the day wits dismissed; and books, end* slats: and azenclis •were hustled hastily out of eight; and two by two the girt e Marched through the now open folding doors, begieniter With the tallest, through the long hall down the staircase, through anether hall out of it &de room, and into an immense playground, furnished With swings, • skipping ropes, hoops, and everything else necessary fol.. reerea- tion and atnUserneht, • . But no longer Ntrere hoops, and Wings, and skipping ropes eeized with loud falcons' as heretofore; every. one crowded ;menet our Pet, survey- ing her with open eyes, as if She u as mono enteral euriosity. But Pet had no intention of stand- - ing there to be looked at and cross- Ouestloned, end breaking through the ring with thi yell of an Ojibbewey Indian, she sprang ihto one of the swings, aud invited "some of 'em to . omte and Swim her." 'Like hops 1» beer, Pete preeenee seemed to throw the whole essenibly• a Seeltient hithertii . "Is it possible.? I. rettlly would s never have iniagleed it 1" cried the lady, glaticieg 171 surprise and in- 8. credulity toward the shy, quiet -look- ing gh•l, sitting demurely on her their, and not venturing to lift her eyes. "I think I have tamed far more desperate diameters than this; 8 in fact, 1 may say. I know I have. Oiti 'I will have no trouble with your t littlegirl 1 Why, she is one of the quietest -looking little creatures think 1 ever satta".„.. The judge glanced toward Pet, and le Was haff Wollner' to fly into it rage at discovering her so unlike herself, giving the direct lie, as it were, to 1 his azisertions. "Come over her*, my love," said the lady, holding out her hand with bland ironic to Pet. "I want to see you," Pet, Atter the Manner of little 4 girls When they are frightened or em- 3 biterasserl, lestriad of complying, rub- e. bed her knuckles into her eyes, and ni pretended to ever. "Get 1117, and do ite you are told 1 y Hew dare you met 30 ?" said the judge, forgetting his "conipeny inalt- ners" In hie rage at whet he could 1 eaelly see Was clever acting on Pet's Part, "Now, tiray, My dear sir, don't t frighten the poor little thing," cried the doled tones of the lady, "Little t girls are always nervous mei fright.. eried When first sent to echool. Come s here, my love; don't be afraid of me 1"11 "Go 1" thundered the judge, with a. h brow like a thundercloud. Pet, still sniffling, got up and 1, went over to Mrs. Moodie. " What is your name, my dear ?" smiled the lady, taking Pet's little / brown hand in her snowy fingers. "Pet -Pet -x.0111114" 101,the4 the At. t • AO • •• • • yr • Md. "Wells you can't go there 1" said Bee Sharee, sharply,' looking dag- ere at l'Ot; "YOU aro to Sit in my 'Vision—which the lowest 1" . "Ws, I see it is," said Pet; "but ou needn't get 50 °toes about it, hould think, white my pape, pays for ne, wind sit wheeever IlIce." Another UniVersal laugh, louder halt 'the first, followed this ,• and be sixty paha of eyee flashed with Wicked delight—for Ness Sharpe was detestation of the school. "Silencet" ceIled tbe head monitor, ternly. Miss Sharpet clutched Pee's shoul- er with no gentle. band, and jerked er into a seat with an angry ecetel. "Yeti meet keep slienee, MSS Leeve esa, she began, With asperity. 'Voting ladies net allotved to alk in the class room. You will lave to sit wherever you are placed. fold your tongue, herV, and read lierettpOn she took froin her table • The swIngs flew wildly, the skipping ropes went up and Moen with light- ning -like velocity; the hoops whirled and new over the ground in a way that must have astonished even themselves, if hoops ever can be as- tonished. The .girls raced and. ran, end laughed as they had never done • before; and the noise and uproer I waxed "fast and furious." -And wherever the fun was higheet, the laughter loudest, there you raight find Pet, the centre and ortglo of it. all. Cross Miss Sharpe, who had been sent put to look after thole, and see thet on of them erolie their necks. if Possible, wrung' her hands in' despair at the toefel and rushed bither and thithen, scold- ing,shaking, threatening, and vocif- odes* at the, top of her lungs; but all in vain. They were . every one going crazy—that was evident; and that little minx, who had come there that day ,to throw the whoie school in convulsions, was the cause of it all. Pet; somewhat fatigued after her exertious, was seated in the midst of a group of girls telling, In solemn totem, a most awful "raw .heed and bloody bones" ghost story, which 'she "made tui" as she went alpng, and which was destined to deprive • at least twenty little individuals of a wink of sleep that night. Every one was benditig eagerly for- ward, lietening breathlessly to Pet, who hen just got "Jack' into the ' haunted castle," and was announc- ing the corning of a "great big black man; with red hot coals for eyes, and flames of . fire coming, out of his mouth," when thinenhorp shadow .1011 over them, told looking. up, with terrified start, they. beheld Miss Sharpe standing over them. • "What is sae talking about now?" queried that lady, with no very anti-. able glances toward Pet.' "She's 'telling, a ghoststary; that's what. she's talking about!" • eind Pot. aChoSts1" said Miss. Sharpe, turn- ing up hernose, though nature had already saved her the trouble; "Sueli stuff! You pleat not terrify the chil- nren .by telling 'them such things, little girl," "Its not stuff!" said Pet; "it's rue as preaching. Lye seen lots . of ghosts myseli. There now!" Lawless, do y.ou eoow where little girls that'tell flits go to?" said Miss Sharpe, 'sternly, . "Yes; the sante Place yon'll go to,. •1 expect," said Pet, pertly; "bet 1 ain't telhing bibe—I • never do. • And 1 have Seen. Plenty of ghosts too. There's a ,whole settlement of them out ono e we. live. I only wish I • had brought some of them. to school .with reel" .."You naughty little girl!" • said -Miss SherP,' angrily. "flow dare you tell me stale a. story.? You hiti's seen ghosts, indeed! . Why, everybody 'melee there is noeech thing." . "What do you bet there's not ?" said - • . . • Arise Lawless,' you forget • to whom , yeti are speaking!" said. Miss Sheep, with dignity, , • . "No I don't; I know veryI t weem 1 ant speaking," -stud Pet, bpi- tatiog her tona "arid 1 knew' jest 'as• Weil -Mete. . are ghosts,. , They're great, tail, thin people, in white. with .h.illow eyes, that conne, at midnight and. scare people. I'va seen them, and 1..guess 1 might to know," Miss Sharpe; nisdaining -teny caeion with the elf; turried. told walk- ed away majesticany, or, at least, .'as majesticallyas her four feet eight inches would. allow. a Pet loeked after her with a boding eye 'that told. wonderful tides, if she could only .have read At; but. she cwitented herself with Mentally: ex - %el L111111'441 • • ' • ' • • "Oh, I'll dose you 1 May be ' you. Verne see a ghost to-ninht; aid Miss .Vitzegaren s . "There, ; now, go . on with the •story," chorused. half a dozen voices, when Miss Sharpe was gone. Seiee here," Said Pet, withoet heed- ing the request, "Where does Ailieir Sharpe sleep' at .night'?" * . • . -"Wi.li its,''.•s,a,id. One Of . the ternell gisis, in the • children's dormitory. °The Mtge girls have rooters -to. them- eelvese every,tstio of there; . but • we sleep. ip a lone eoone Len .ftiii of beds,. and Mies Sheave sleinis there, too." ' "Iltimohnn 1 . ;you know; where nen to sleep?" "Yes; all Miss 1113.rpe's DiVision . sleep in the children's dermitory. •You 'I 1 he. t here." • -leneen-nel I iitould like to. see the place. Weted we be lee ?" "Olx nes, If you can get one 011he girls in the Fiest Division to go with. ou, -she can toke_you• all over th house," . • 011 tali Pet, and without •much difficulty :she persuaded One of • the lirst Division to. show her through the house. . • • • -The erstaplace they Visited' was the :•••• "Um -m -m! I see," said Pet, in I the ckeirneesniu"nsinef wehnile 41131; 11:70h4es,gowoearelotttvwinletolincdg_lithyotuhethVbelir:? spirit of mischief. "Could you. get '4tIt for please,' "es, I think Ina Do you want it erls, jle note?" "Very well; wait here, till I go up to my room and get it for you, " said the unsuspecting young lady. . , c ng-a-ring-earing-chow 1 shouted Pot "Oh! Won't I have fun to -night! Won't I show them whet spiritual rapping is 1 'Mrs. lietoShuttle, She lived in a scuttle. Along with her dog and her cat.'" sang the imp, seizing a huge pitcher front one of the washstauds, and flourishing it over her head as she sang. Round and round she eldried, until her pitcher came furiously ;Against the well, and smashl it fon an the tloor. Arrested M her dance, Firefly stood still one moment in dismay. There on the floor' My the pitcher, shivered into atoms, and there Stood Pet, holding the handle still, and glancing utterly aghast from the ruins on the floor to the frogruent of croekery in heSr`hhaenwdi W'here's a go!" was the elegant expression first jerked but by Pet, by the exigency of the case. "I expect this pitcher's been in the establishment ever since it was an establishment, and would have been fai it as emelt longer, only for me. rot; child, look mitt won't Miss Sharpea give nte a blowing up, bough!"oelei ss Lawless ! what have you done ?" cried the young lady, in tones of ,consternation, as she Aud- cdoeonilyiy,entered. • "Smashed the crockery," salebet, "Oh dear me 1 0 Miss Lowleps how could you do So ?" . "Didn't go for to clo it. Got snuts:hea itself," "Miss Sharpe will be very angry, Miss Lawless." ell, that don't worry me much/' said I)et' amafraid she will 171' should not have lefe you here alone," saidNoth;e0ewon't,yohh gladll yies4td out and buy another one." "0, you taint. The servants are not allotved .to run errands for the young ladies without perndesion from Mrs. ttootIM. You will have to tell Illss9 'ene11)r : cor" ealong, then; I'll tell her. Didyou bring the string ? "Yee; here it is. 0 Miss Lawless 1 I am exceedingly sorry." "Well—my goodness 1 •yon rt d 't be. An old blue pitcher I used to thtoty half a dozeu 01 thom, every day, tetthe sereants tit home, and nobody eVer Made a 'fuss about ,it." "Oh1 bet it wad different • et . !Mina They were your ciwn, there; and. Miss Sitorpe is lso-'-queer- 1 She will scold you eleeadfully." "Well, so will I, then-'thore ! can scold as hong and as ioud as she can, • I reckon.. An old blize pitcher Humph ! 'Wishto gracious 1 had stneshed the whole set•gted inade ofie job of it , • cb i 1 demz' s de red t nu. This was tt lellg .1-0010, With rows of 'wh'teectii... f a and beds :ea either side. 'for • -.h. ehildi en, and one target:, than • th, 'rest at the far•her end,' for MisL Sharpe, Small wash -stands' roes • were .scattered about, tole 'neer 'erica bed was placed a smell trunk belongirig to the children. Pot ticann•d these arrangements with a thollehtful eye. 'limn, tent- ing toher cicerone, she said; . "In which ob. these beds ant. 1 to sleeps" !In this 'one," ettid the girl, indi- cating one ot the extreme end of the room., opposite Mini Sharpe's. -"The room one buil': eio they had to • Pilte it rime) to the window, arid you will .have ti clnince to see everybody .that PlaiSelle" Pet yvent*over to examine. Within a few inches of the ben, was it win- dow overttioking the street, It Was partly.. raised now, and Pot thrust her head out to "see what eh° could see," as they Say, The first thing that 'struck her was the fact thin the. Window was 111 it straight litie above the hala.door, and only re- newed from It the distance of it foot .or tie°. Instantly it dentoniacal pro- ject of Misehief flashed across her fertile brain, and no she Withdrew her head, her wicked 'eyes, under their' Iota drooping lashes, Were fairly eeintilloting with tbe anticipate:Mof coming furl. "13* they use bells or knockers on their, doors, around hetet" she tare- . lessly asked.' "Some use one, gotne the other. 'there ie a large brass knocker on this door." "What time do they go to bed here?" "Nine in summer—eight in nine Ow," "And de they stay out In the yard all the time'?" , • "Oli nof . As Soon as itgets dusk, tee mum in, ha,ve Supper, and thee the larger girls practice their tousle, or read, or write to their (Heeds, or study or sew, or do Ulm:lever thy like; and the little girls of your di- vision play -about the halls and Mts. save." 6 Woo Ways of Women). NO "prizes" offered with CoMmod soaps will long tempt the wise wo- man to use common soaps. be wise Woman soon sees she bas to pay dearly for " prizes" in the low quality .of soap, in the damage com- mon soaps do her clothes and her hands. The wise woman eonelders her health—so soon rained if %the were to continue breathing the team of adulterated eommort soaps. The -wise woman recognizeo the nS silt 1: 1 11 ng difference between Buell Smite and an her petittog:, wl3aaer, aettia2112Y • quivering with suppressed delight at the coining fun. She heard ten o'clock—eleven strike and then she got up in lied and come menced operations. Ilei- nest. care pose of "fun" before leaving home, annaedeailonrc,1 s (,1 e window -ledge within her retteh, which sire had procured for the pur- she rubbed it carefully aver her face Wall to steal aoftly to one of the washstands, and thoroughly wet a sponge, which she placed on th Taking some phosphureted ether, you ever see any one , 111 the dark with their faces and hands rubbed over with phosphuret- ed. ether ? looking as though they were ell on fire—all encircled by flames? If you heve, then you know how Pet looked then. Sitting there, a frightful object to contemplate, she waited impatiently . for the hour of midnight to come. The clock struck twelve, at last ; ,:the eilencewas so profound, that the low, soft breathing of the young sleep. orotied. her could be plainly hoard. In her, long, flowing night -wrapper, Pet got op and tip -toed softly across • the room to the bed where the cross t311Noe-dtr:,Igonunr 'let never thought there could be the slightest danger in what she was about to do, or, wild as. she was, she would most assuredly not have clone it. She merely wished to frighten 'Miss Sharpe for her obstin- acy, unbelief in ghosts and crosSnesee and never gave the matter enother. thought. Therefore, thoagh it was altogether an inexcusable trick, still, Pet was eot so very much to blame as may at first appear, Now she paused for a moment to - cootemplete the sour, grim -looking sleeporaethinking her even more re - i• pulsive n sleep than when awake; and •then laying one 'hand on her face, she .uttered a low, hallow groan, destined for her, ears alone: . To be eontinued.) . By .this .eime: they had reached the play •ground; and , making her way through the crowd, Vet marched re- solutely' np to Miss Sharpe, and on - fronted that hely Withito expression as severe as though she were about to . have her ..arrested for high trate Tis SharpA,. leek here 1" •she be- gan, "I've been' Up-staies abd 'smashed an old bluepitcher. There! "What ?'S said Miss Sharpe keit, ting 'her brows, and rather at, -it Lawless was in the child- . • • pen's clormitai•y, 'Miss Sbarpean ex, .plained, the girl who had been Pet's guide, . and she . accidentally broke one of. the. pitchers.. She. could not help 11, iit, littisresusyr•e shityou,' ould- hete it," • . • screamed Miss. Sharpe, "She has done it op perpeee, :just to provoke me, ' 0. you little limb 'yeti l—you tine bearable :little miseltiefemaker 1, Yeti deserve to be •whipped II you can't • . stand," here, Miss Sharpe; :you'll be sereaniing that way," said Pet, This, ,yon see, • Will not ' be. tolerated ohne‘4,1e,:eia.‘roh'rfosn.shrielead the exasperated lady, . celnely. hoaioe pretty .•seon, if you keep shaking her (1st furiously at Pet,- go this !Inman, Such co.nduct .as. "I'll go and tell Mrs, Moodie, Pit 111‘;„1017d 'guit has gone out;" said tehi her.to-inorrove. n'll-n".. • • e : • • . .I-Teee the Mud ringing e ef re bell 'pet a stop • further declamation:. and the girls all 'new.; flocked in and •.marehede taa by. twee into 'another large roma, • 'where.' a long . supper table was Mid out, - It was almost dark when the.even- : ing meal wits otare -Thee the 'larger sir% dispersed . themselves to their varlown avoeations, and the younger ones,: ender the careof a gentler monitor titan Miss . Sharpe, raced about the long halls and passages, andup and down Staire. • Now wusethe time • Pet had been waiting eor. . Gliding, unobserved, up -stales, she entered the dormitory; and seeuriug Une end of the string to the bed -poet, let the remainder. out of the Windtite: Then returning down stairs, ;the passed Unnoticed through. the front hall, and &laity' secured the other end of the string to thq knocker .of the. dor, ,It wail too dark; as • she linen', for anyone to observe 'the cord ift opening the "T°rItis done, sho. returned to her .eoriee • Minions, • ell' .aglOw with delight et- her glicce8s so fareand instigated by her, the din and uproar 80 00 , e ' perfectly unbearable, and the whole phalanx Were ordered off to bed half ,an hour earlier than usual, to get rid of the 1101SC. • As judge Lawleee had bald, it Was it rigidly strict establistireent and the rule Wan, that at half -past nine, every light shouldbe extiluotiehed, and all should be,safely tucked Up iri bed. Eren Mrs: Moodie herself was 00 egeeption to the tele; tor, either thieking example better than precept, or being fond of gleaning, ten o'clock ttlitlaye found her in the arras of 31•'14);)Peherellfos;,e, at ten o'elock, slicnee, and darkness, and slumber, hung over the establishment of Mrs. Moodie, in the children's dormitory, tiestling in their white -draped beds, the lit tie, tired pupils were sleeping the erthit quiet sleep Of childheon, UndistUrbed by fireerish thoughts or gloomy force bodings of the morrow, elven Vise Sharpe bad testily permitted heraelf to fall sadly asleep, and lity With lier mouth open, etretehed fait kith Straight 115 a ramrod, etrd about as gtitn. All were asleep—all but one. : One wieked, curly, misehief-brewhig little head, there, Was by far too full pi mtughty thoughte to eleoM• Wanted , A car of- potatoes as soonas possible. , . Also all kinds of nood poultry and dried apples.' For trade or cash. Just in New Raisins, New Currants, New. 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