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I don't. know'what I shall do when you are gone; I will be so lonuome,” said Erminle, her sweet blue eyes filling with tears. "Why, didn’t, I tell you I'd be back in a week ‘2 I will, too. There’s an old dragon there, Mrs. Moodieâ€"I’ve heard of her beforeâ€"and she’s to hammer learning into me. Oh, I’ll dose her I" “Won’t you write me a. letter, Pet. 7” said Erminie, who was sob- bing, now, and clinging to her friend’s neck. “To be sure I will, and I'll bring it myself, to save postage. Don’t be afraid, Minnie. I can take care of Pet. Lawless, and won’t let her be put down by no one. Good-bye, now; I've only got fiVe minutes, and I guess they’re up by this time. Now don't cry and take on, Minnie, you’ll see I’ll learn so fast that I’ll 1e sent'home finished in a. week !" And with these mysterious words, Pet. gave Erminie a parting kiss, and ran from the cottage just as the judge put his head out from the carriage to call her.‘ ~J_J ....:u , LU ball Alva. The journey now proceeded unin- terruptedly. They remained that night at a hotel, and continued their journey next morning. A little after noon, they reached the four-story building where Mrs. Moodie kept her costly and exclusive boarding establishment for the young female aristocracy of the land, and "trained up‘,’ (as her circulars had it) the rising female generation in all the branches of an English, French, musical and religious educa- tion. Judge Lawless were shown into furnished drawing room, where a “cullud pusson" took the gentleâ€" man’s card and went off in search of the proprietress (if the word is ad- missible) of the establishment. Fifteen minutes later the rustle of silk rmunded in the hall. Pet drew herself up straight as a ramrod, cor":â€" pressed her lips, cast down her eyes, folded her hands, and lookedlthe very picture of a timid, bashful, shy little country girl. Then the door opened. and magnificent in a four-'flounced plaid silk, with a miraculous combinâ€" ation of lace and ribbons floating 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 four flounces balloon out around her, after the fashion of children when making f‘cheeses." dropped into a sofa, half- buried in a maze of floating drapery. “This is Miss Lawless. I pw sumo?" said Mrs. Moodie, with a bland smile and a wave of her hand toward Pet. . “Yes. madam, this is my daughter; and I consider it my duty to tell you that I am afraid she will occa- sion you a great deal of trouble." “Oh! I hope not! You are a good little girlâ€"are you not, my dear'l"â€"with a sweet smile to Pet. “In what way, may I ask, my dear sir '2" and his daughter a magnificently- ..m. -aâ€"u... lbw-u v~'_. Luna u: them, though !" â€"â€" CHAPTER XXL Throwing open the folding-doors, Mrs. Moodie passed into the school room, closely followed by Pet. It was a long, high, wide room, with desks running round the walls, and maps, globes, books, and slates scattered profusely around. Before each desk was a chair, and some six- ty girls of all sizes and sorts sat now busily conning their lessons. Two or three teachers sat in vari- ous directions, round the room, be- fore little tables, with their eyes fix- ed on the students, ready to note; down the slightest infringement ofi V the rules. It was seldom the commander-hr chief of the establishment swept her silken nounces through the hot. dus- ty classe; and now, according to the long-established rule. teachers and pupils rose simultaneously, and courtesied profoundly to that august lady. Then eVery eye in sixty-three heads turned and fixed themselves upon the new pupil with that sharp, searching unpitying stare that only schoolâ€"girls understand. Petronilla however, was not in the remotest de- gree troubled with that disagreeable failing, yclept bashfulnm; and glanc- ing round composedly, she swept the whole room at a glance, and return- edtevery stars with compound interâ€" as “Young ladies.” said Mrs. Moodie, with a graceful wave of her hand to- ward Pet, “this young lady is His Petronilla Lawless, of J udwtown, and will be your future companion and fellowâ€"pupil. Miss Sharpe. she will enter your division." And, with a stately bow of her be- ribboned head, Mrs. Moodie rustled loudly from the room, while teachers and pupils again bowed in deepest reverence. dear‘x”â€"with a. “In What wa3r, 531‘?" "In many W31 in the first pla and rude, and s gret to say, dis “Is it possibl never have ima; “In many ways, madam. She is. in the first place, unbearably wild, and rude, and self-willed, andâ€"I re- gret to say, disobedient." “Is it possible? I really would never have imagined it !" cried the lady, glancing in surprise and in- credulity toward the shy, quiet-look- ing girl, sitting demurely on her chair, and not venturing to lift her eye. “I think I have tamed far more desperate characters than this; in fact, I my say I know I have. 01! ! I will have no trouble with your little girl 1 Why, she is one of the quietest-looking little «mun-es ' I think I ever saw." The judge glanced toward Pet.‘ and washalfincllnedtoflyintoamge st discovering her so unlike herself, givingthedircctlie,esitvere,to iris assertions. “Come over here, my love,” said the lady, holding out her hand with c bland smile to Pet. “1 want» to PAGE FOUR DD r you not, my :t. smile to Pet. I ask, my dear mdam. She is. nbearably wild, ,lled. andâ€"I re- I a- we"... 4-3â€"..- .l “56‘- ”Pct “Get up, and no u Jun -9...â€" - How dare you act 30?”- aid the judge, forgetting his “company mn- ” in his rage at what he could I.“ 0" pr“, 1 _w "â€" frighten the poor um: mug,“ cried the duloet tone: 0! the lady. “Little girls are always nervous and fright;- ened when first sent. to sweat. Come here, my love; don’t be druid 01 me 1" “Go I” thundered the judge, will: a brow like a thundercloud, . Pet. still sngfllmg.‘ got up mid .Ji‘ Pet, still alumina.I got up Aid 'cht over to audio. “What is iyam- name, my M1“ um tea the lad y, takinj mm mm brawn hand in her many “mm. V “Pet-Pct-fohmm‘f sobbe‘d thd i“. fi‘fihmt backdaw have fl“ fad, Mr? hugéyw 1-ng :gwgoéfim wage skew we! 1'“ I“ has and $50 gem mm m 918 ea iam‘ ’H mi?“ é’é‘fééii heme we!" ”fig my“; 91:5 G $911155: {9.339193% 19%?” 5 A lime 999K WM 9: Km? 69?”, H ”0h! I’ll remember significantly, accepting farewell salute, with a. sang froid. -- A ‘:L_‘l- “Very well, this way, then," saw madam, turning into a. long hall with large folding-doors at the end through which came dJ‘OWSily the sub- dued huin of re-citjxtion. ‘ .‘___ Ohn Bang 51 vs“ . Mrs. Moodie politely bowed her stately guest out, and then, turning to Petx‘onilla, said: "The young ladies are all in the class room studying, my dear. Would you prefer going there, or shall I have you shown to yom' room ?" “I’ll go where the girlsâ€"I mean the young ladies are," said Pet, fol- lowing the rustling lady up stairs. 1.1.... II card “UV“ :- .u..- v _ 7 “Well,- I think I have done the bashful up beautifully !” mentally ex- claimed Petrouilla. “I reckon I've amazed papa. Maybe I won’t sur- prise them some, if not more, before this night’s over. Oh ! won'tI gloso them, though !" Throwing open the folding-doors, Mrs. Moodie passed into the school room, closely folloqud_ by I???“ lvvm, v vvvvv -v- J v -7 ~- It was a. long, high, wide room, with desks running round the walls, and maps, globes, books, and slates scattered profusely around. Before each desk was s. chair, and some six- ty girls of all sizes and sorts sat now busily conning their lessons. "17 can directions, round the room, be- fore little tables, with th_ei.r gyes fix- ed on the students, ready to note down the slightest infringement of the rules. It was seldom the commanderâ€"in- chief of the atablishment swept ha silken flounees through the hot. dus- It was seldom me UUWUUL'LH‘ chief of the establishment swept her silken flounoee through the hot. dusâ€" ty classe; and now, according to the longâ€"established rule. teacher. and pupils rose simultaneously, courtesied profoundly to that august. lady. Then eVery eye in Sixty-three heads turned and fixed themsde upon the new pupil with that sharp, searching unpitying stare that only, schoolâ€"girls understand. Petronilla however, was not in the, remotest de- gree troubled with that disagreeable tailing. yclept bashfulnm; and glanc- ing round composedly, she swept the whole room at a glance. and return- ed every stare with compound inter- Een mdlthey Once again a loud laugh, that would not be restrained, came lrom the sixty young ladies so often spokâ€" 01. Even the teaChers, although sternly called "silence.” were to hide ? the smile that Was creeping over their 5 tam at Miss Sharpe's rage. Meantime, our dauntless Pct sat : with a sort 0! head-up-and-heels- down look, that was a sight to see; her arms akimbo. and her bright eyes blazing with defiance, daringly riveted on the face of the justly-of: tended teacher. ”Didâ€"did you dare to say that, yonâ€"you impudcnt, impertinentâ€" nan-mp cnllm'. ' 'torced to cough violently, “Young ladies." said lira. Moodie, with a. graceful wave of her hand to- ward Pet, “this young lady is Miss Petronilla. Lawless, o! Judestown, -vvwâ€"-___ Pet gave an assenting nod to Mrs. Hoodie's renal-ks, which had the ef- fect of making two or three of the young ladies indulge in a. little gig- J"_a ' gle behind their handkerchiefs. Then, from a. distant. corner, came a. small. “on, wiry-looking human terrier, known by the appropriate oognomen of Miss Sharpe, who immediately laid bands upon Pet, saying: $52“ an #93 +6.3 {18% 193‘; 135 mm” _ -fid1:nfl_ “Miss Lawiess, come this way. You are to enter my class." Pet, as good a. physiognomist as over live_d, raised her keen eym to the cantankerous face of the cross- loohng old-young lady, and conceiv- ed, upon the spot. :most intense dis- like to her. The other girls, at a silent motion tram their teachers, had dropped into their seats. and re- sumed their studim. Pet mu; bed by sharp His Sharpe to the remote corner from whench she had issued, and where sat some dozen or two “juvenile ladies,” all smaller than Pet. Iris: hwleu m tt than ; mt In “din. and do” h a" ‘-‘° _" ’ U xis way, tl-len," sai'd into a. long hall with Loors at the end I might lune ins-led tram seventeen to minty, at in the "First Dividon." ' A very little thing will produce a ' laugh in a. silent school room, where ‘ the pupils are ever ready to laugh .t anything a new scholar does or says; l and thaeflect olthisbrlel speech... g . universal burst of subdued laughter _ from the sixty "young ladies" afore- “I ainft a going to at m0”! than there little things. anything a new schol and flu €59!” 01““, 0V8? “Well you can't so were:- nun mu 8 ups, sharply. looking dagâ€" at Pot. “You are to sit ”a my “Yes I no it is." said Pat; “but you needn't get In cross abuut it. I steam Ehmkmytfe‘n‘ my papa pa 3 tot .;..._.u. * 11L 5;"...1‘“ autguld m «meme 1 iik'a- ” an an v H) a we aim safwegfmugm “at? m a! as flushed wit ghgzlaf m Shaw: was In ”an” . But the young lady only glanced uskance at the audacious little law- breaker at her side, and edged ner- vously away from her. Petronilla not being easily aflrontâ€" ed or slighted, however, came close to little red-head. and holding 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 school ?" 9‘.-.“ ' Seaâ€"rig there was no escape from her pex'secutor, redâ€"head thrust 7 her knuckles into her eyes and began to "What's the matter now ?" said the teacher, turning sharply around, and looking threateningly at Pet. “Why, M'iss Sharpe, she keeps a. talking to me all the time, and won’t stop," whispered the unhappy owner of the red hair. .“What is she saying?" said Miss Sharpe, in a quick, irritated voice, that strongly reminded Pet of Dis- ma! Hollow and Miss Priscilla Tooâ€" “Sheâ€"shcâ€"she says you’re aâ€"aâ€"a horrid cross old thing, please ma’am !" wept the little one, dig- ging her knuékles still further into her eyes. - Miss Sharpe's face grew black as n. thundercloud-owing to her peculiar complexion, she generally blushed black, or deep orange. In all her thirteen year’s teaching, she had nev- â€"â€" v--_‘ a V or before encountered a. pupil who had dared to‘call her a. “horrid cross old thing" before. Old !-â€"that Was the worst. To be called so before the whole school, too 1 Miss Slur-pa sat for one awful moment perfectly speechless with rage, and so black in the face that there seemed serious danger of her bursting o. blood-vessel on the spot. _ . -wâ€"vâ€" -_, , “Didâ€"did you dare to say that, youâ€"you impudcnt, impertinenbâ€" young saucyâ€"” ' "Abandoned, outrageous son of a gun 1" put in Pet, composedly. "Silence! Did you dare to call me thatâ€"that name ?" “I didn't tell you any nameâ€"I said you were a. horrid cross old thing; and I’ll leave it to anybody here i! you ain’t ! I ain't used to hold my tongueâ€"and I’m not going to do it, either 1” said Pet, all ablaze with defiance. Miss Sharpe sat, unable to speak. her rage almost swamped in her ut- ter amazement. In all her experience she had never come across so deeper- ate and utterly depraved a case as this. Every book was dropped, and every eye fixed on Pet. "Iâ€"I won’t endure this! I am not to be insulted in this manner!" said Miss Sharps, rising passionate- ly. "I'll go and report hertollrs. Noodle; and either she or I must have this class." “If: dear Miss Sharpe be calm.” aid the head teacher, a. pleasant- faeed girl. as she rose and came over. ”There is no use in troubling Hrs. Hoodio about the matter. This little girl, you perceive, has been i9- dulgod and spa cannot readily now. My dear to Pet, "you n talk. It in 88 $$imgai dulgod and spoiled all her life and cannot readily sabmit to authority now. My dear," she added, turning to Pet, “you must sit atifl and not talk. It in against, the wk; and mve you are giving [is V a. great deal of trouble." “Well..obche,jnstubad!8he’s 4....-.- -“b J-‘ “M'- witches M?“ 1?}, said black curly head fluid”. nnfl went, back to her seat. Pet. curling her lip contemptuously at- the cross teacher. took a. lead- poncll out of her pocket. and began amusing hereon drawing cuflcnturcs of her. all over the book she held in - ‘I ‘ AL- I...‘ my dear was dimmed; and Beats mi :6 my and {male were Meek-ad Manly 99‘ 9! 9 hr Mid We by We mu me! am ‘ i me I} me new new; in may 98?! h mum WM: «m mum. 9mm He mm: M than the {We} . , ”mash wemw mu mu 9 a min mm. mm mm ,4» wwmflwgmuna, (”mum wk swinger, .T'W mg mp“. imam. MM swarming 9. - Memory M MW»- mm and WWPWM' Im an longer were heaps, 9nd swings, mid skipping roves mixed wiih loud shouts q: hereto ore; every one crowded around our PBt,‘6UR’VCÂ¥- ing her with open eyes. as it she was some natural curiosity. But Pct had no intention of stand- ing there to be looked at and cross- questioned, and breaking through the ring with the yell of an Ojibbewny ‘Indian, she sprang into one o! the } swings, and invited "some 01 'em to 1 come and swing her." a . I _..._Aâ€" an Like hops in beer, Pet's presence seemed to throw the whole assembly into a. ferment hitherto unknown. The swings flew wildly, the skipping ropes went. up and down with light- ningolike velocity; the hoops whirled and flew over the ground in a, way that must have astonished even .fct, somewhat fatigued after her exertions, was seated in the midst 6! a. group of girls telling. in solemn , - - -- r; L--.‘ ‘_,.a v. u a'vâ€"r v- ow tunes. :1 most awful "raw head and bloody bones” ghost story, which she "made up" as she went. along. and which Was destined to deprive at least twenty little individuals of a wink of sleep that night. Every one was bending eagerly for- ward, listening breathlessly to Pet, who had just got "Jack" into the ' haunted castle," and was announc- ing the coming of a “great big black man» with red hot coals for eyes. and flames of fire coming out of his mouth." when a. thin. sharp shadow fell over them. and looking up, with a. terrified start. they beheld Miss Sharpe standing lager them. A __-Dl ujzéltx’égâ€"‘iéilih'aa ghost story: that’s what. she'c talking wont!" laid ”Twila"; 931318-1308 about now?" queried that lady, with no very unl- ablc glance-g-towarq Pct. A __ AL-LO_ "Ghosts!" said Miss Shape. tutu- ing up her nose. though nature had already saved her the trouble. “Such stuff! You must not terrify the chil- dren by telling them such things. little girl.” “w; not stun!" said Pet; "we true as preaching. I’ve seen lots 0! ghost; ml}. Thy-e now?!” “fink: flawless. do you know where little girls that tell flba go to?" said Miss Sharpe, Iterniy. Pct. I expect." said Pet, portly; “but I ain‘t telling fibaâ€"I never do. And I have seen plenty ox ghosts too. There's a. whole settlement of them out where we live. I only wish I had brought some of them to school with me!” "You naughty little girl!" said Miss Sharp. angrily. "How due you tell me such a story ? You have seen ghosts indeed! Why, everybody knows there is no such thing.” “What. do you but there's not 1” said Pct. ‘ Miss Lawless. you forget to whom you are gpcaking!" said Miss Sharp, with dignity. mt'id 3° place you'll go to: F! ii": In your ....................................O I “It Pays to Buy IfiCInnmon'a” Evny 1.0(k nzd comer will be gcne into, exely mull lot u to seiud upon and naked down to mphtion prices. We are not tryingjto make money, ' a“ “I! oquu mumuuou of“ amt!” m Liver and SI«' In. .r,“ . V. .- w you shop. uu.‘ m LEW find uhlnm vocal-end you um “awn..." w m. “M um. .HIIHW“ wn‘urxtumm nuutmouum. {you mm .uhwm mm” “Mu anmk gh mx xnn ‘nflhl. Wfluntonue. 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