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MOOHS'S &U&AL H3SW-YOHKSR 



TIME'S CHANGES. 



id lore, ore met, 



.ajWmwioftnrt- 



■ i Jomti of ngbt 



htrd-lofiy An." 



HFe all laughed at Mat, except Mai 

 preserved a dignified silence, ■ml 



■ 

 We almoal hilled 

 In (lie conr>eofa few day* M 



Thf/flrftil thought Hi 



slipped 



quietly ti.ro her round of dories in Hit- A- 



and as quietly inio awaim place in the ul 



of tbe scholars. Only two or three pcrscvcicd in 



stubborn dislike, led uo uud encouraged by 



art W^hd, whose bnticd teemed continually lo 



If Mr. Mailsh 



meaning 



!"■-.. ii lo 



info the room lo s 



ii be imagined might be bi 

 eves spoke volumes of r 



glanced at some sympa'bizii 



.1 long befo 



the Taitleto 

 and by the middle of the summer Hi 

 pave place 10 openly repeated tales of the nhock ini» 

 conduct of ihe new tcudier.nnd lierevidcc-t uiiach- 

 ment to Mr. Maiisii. It was declared, on Ihe best 

 of testimony, that once they took a long ride to- 

 gether, in the evening, und that he culled every 

 week at lier boarding, place; and his landlady's 

 daughter lold Maiiy WAim.conlidcnimlly.ihut'lie 

 had Miss Arnold's mini Mure in an elegant case in 

 his writing deck, pi obnbly taken some lime before, 

 for lu-i curls wore long and her cheeks rounder, 

 agreed 



ihe c 



9, for a hi 



I ups 



tof u 



)":'V 





u 





THE MYSTERIES OF TATTLETOWN. 



lal.ofll 



n able I, 



i And uny record, i 

 wbichonrlowne 



,Mn M ; «»MiWi M Tottleiown. Whether ft 



ifBiIegollj christened in its log cabin babyhood, 



oi wbethor ii iras ontj o njofc , bestowed bj 



" ghbortng settlement, oal or pure spite 



■ nobody **n tell. One thing is certain, 



" nM "'• "'« »«'»e M ^r back a* the memory 



ol iimt remarkable personage, "theotdestinhab- 

 itam," sxtooda, und from some natural tendency 



I' 1 "!' 1 ' have been obliging enough to slide into 



■ i* i . ii... i. 'i ii, ih, hi,.,) |, v |, , ml j| ,[ w , M ,|,j j, U3 , T# | e 

 11 '" " ' '" betltiiv u more uppropri- 



' '" '" ''• '"' ' I" 11 ' 1 ' h'VmIi particularly upon 



'"* '""''"■' '""'- ,1 ■""! all inclination to meddle 



with i.n neighbors' affairs, but I make the icmnrk 



''• '"•■ " ntarunnvanbirlhal 



ll; " 1 ""' " ,!, 'I"'edain,.,ig„„ l „ ll ioh I thought von 

 might l.ke to hear about. ' 



w " ,:1,1 l|11 '- I'cardol ratlli lown Vcademy the 

 special pride i ■■!,,,■, „i it,.- * ,ii ilu ,. - uu | n \{ tit{ . 



country nronnd, Well, ,!„. village folk were 



" ' ' v".— otiun bi Ihe news thai 



■ ■ ■ mi n assistanl 



'ntlieplttoeol '■: i lish tcacher.- 



Tbis was particularly welcome on eccouni -i iho 



piem dearlli nl lopii ol . ■ iijon just ibeo. 



1 !'•■ oon minister and his » iv !..-.. i r>,-..[i i\,ik ,-..,, 



till i D l -I i I of l 



before, from bci 

 10 he-boot lacings. T: , 

 , ""' l "' ViL >' aiarriagea— no bTtakinj 

 . ■ i . i . ■ . i 

 i ;il in look with anxiety fur 



ui'am," to step so coolly .... . 

 •ouble to carry oft' a prize for which m 

 dozen fair damsels had exhausted all 

 i vain. Various persona were deputed 



proachMr. Marsh upon the subject, and cai 

 tannine her influence over him, but he 



cd the subject of Iter personal merits with ct. 



mastnnmakej was carefully noted, and rej 

 the weekly Sawing Sooiety. There « 



elegant traveling tun I, and, above all, a while cra| 



SniPKiNs hajipent 



i to seo Iter trying on, and guv* 











and tiled to turn 





(.iney. Says I ■ 



1 think yon have done preiti 



well to catch a hi 



band so soon after coming here 



ind as likely a m 



ooked nt me sor 



of surprised-like for a minmt 



and then I sposc 



ho thought 'twantnou.se sham 





just us cool, 'Oh. Mr. M.uish 



and I have been e 



igoged more than a year.'" 



" 1 declare I nc 



er heard the beat. If that go 



aint the most bra 





So poor Miss A 



nolo was discussed, and some 



dainty declared i 



ey were glud school had closed 



or they would no 



t send their children to such u 



period of time 

 Maiisb euler 



himself c 

 Then be rose « 



The widow 



t night of Hblbs's stay in Tattle, 

 iidiiw Siupki^s, having flattened 

 It ihe window for a 

 ras ul last rewarded by 



door of her boarding 

 ifa with Uklkn 



shut the blind toward the 



the 



elhut might 



-.: ;iLio, 



lectcd 



• adv, 



t Ol I 





■ Committees" no bod» 



■ 



.!l.e,l,„.„Tl., 

 ■ 



larger than JIav 



h ■ 



■ ■ ■ 

 as well she might, a( i 



I i -. and in ■ 



■ ■ ■ 





■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 



. 



ntsdef such 



i thai," 6ai,l ihootdettftii 



> declared I 



Bkbor*a— MuwSai 



cur hhe lold what 



Sakes alive 

 . lor window is close to (heirs, and we can ait 

 there without nuy light and bear every word they 



said Ihatt done, and the two honorable 

 worthies were installed by ihe window, but greatly 

 lo their disappointment, ihey could only hear dis- 

 connected sentences. Whut I hoy did hear, run 

 about as follows: 



not feel us if I was worthy of such a wife, 



"I don't think yon are either, and I have a great 

 lind to onler protest now." 

 Then a merry l.mgh. during which Miss Sm.lt 



liispeied Ilie u iilow, " she it, ink., cuou-li u r I, ■] 



Widow Siupki\ s in at the omu. 

 makers the other day, and she 



■ ' , H'-mi. ;.i,,l Cfn-igi-iUuliited 



■|" ; ima [ine lion that linage 



Itful Jnde," whispered the widow 



wraturnllv 

 A g« 



Mm.,", 



' I should hke tobd.x here 



.(e 1 1 





i lint i 



to deport 



d !"■, pausing exacts balbn 

 w indoor, and taking a small pa I a ■ 



pocket, he opened n. held up , ln eh-g.ml bracelet 

 which he clasped upon Uisa a.asout'a am sav 



■ liug, will 



for my sake?" 



>oked at Ihe bracelet » moment, admir- 

 «id then ptisV"! 

 think I will repent and . 

 teaied for, olti 



handsome bead, and left a kiss on as rosy a month 

 "cur was Li - 



. I ulull see yon again 



Gin i . hi father and 



* tnoie vrko ktu aJUi* n*rf." 



a *>*M gone at I ail, down the street, and Oblkx 



of hcrlitUe 



low looted at SI, 



my conquest 



3^S^2&gg 



