THE SILVER LAKE STORIES. 75

and give her the education she had
been so anxious to receive. You may
be sure Maggy did not remain at Mrs.
Caswell’s many days after her eight-
eenth birthday; as soon as possible
she entered a boarding-school, where
she made such rapid progress that she
soon ranked as high as any scholar in
the school.

Now I suppose you have all said,
“Oh, I know how this story 1s going to
turn out; the young man educates
Maggy, and then marries her.” I am
very sorry to be obliged to disappoint
you, but truth compels me to say, that
he never thought of such a thing; he