THE SILVER LAKE STORIES. 5b

very good to me. But now I have got
to go to this other lady ; I wish it was
you | was going to live with. I didn't
like her looks; her eyes, you know r
The longer I conversed with little
Maggy, the more I became interested
in her; she seemed a very bright, intel-
ligent child, and | thought, with proper
training, might make a:very fine woman.
When the stage stopped for Maggy to
get out, | was sorry to find that she
was going to live with Mrs. Caswell, of
whom, as she was @ neighbor of my
friends, I had heard enough to make
me feel satisfied that she would not
make a very kind or patient mistress.