32 GLENOWEN, OR. THE

Mrs, Haywood’s scholars. From the
first day of their arrival, they had eon-
ducted themselves with much _ pride
and haughtiress towards the rest of the
girls, whom they affected to consider
as beings of an inferior order to them-
selves, and to whom they were always
boasting of their father’s riches and their
own imaginary consequence. They
were drest in white muslin frocks and
pink sashes, and wore fine straw bon-
nets tied under the chin with ribbons’
of the same colour. To theirs the
dress of many of the scholars, and the
almost undressof the poor forlorn Jessy,
who, as Rosa had observed, had been
taken by Mrs. Haywood from charity,
formed indeed a sorry contrast. “ I
wont touch her, I declare I wo’nt,”
said the elder of the Miss Willsons;

“ I declare