"THE JELLUS GOVERNESS'
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD NOVELIST.
When Daisy AsJiforil, then aged nine, wa "The Young Visiters" her Iter Ange, a year younger, was buav on an camtlly deliciotis utory wludi *h. called "The J'allus (iovernesi.- . At Vesent there are only t*-o-copies, of "The Jellus Governess" in existence— tll« New Bond Street, London (states an English exch&ngc-V,' M The story opens with Mr. and _. -.n*Hoie to whom a son and heir arrived. m , ™'.lboard box. When this child w»a AxS* M> '" Mr; Hoz& fi ™ ly a "i" nouS that a'misery, governs must b \sA objected on the fre J Btremo'youth, but her nileil her- and, one morning, declaim that he was going to London to <v rM HfjrS himself in evening clothes, a white shirt, which he: stroked aftecbon. ately iiulnwing the attention of his vote to if, and a pair ot red socks.. One of his socks hail a aolc in it, hut 'he said this did not matter as it would ot fcsS'and a button was! missing ■torn his trousers, thus wising one leg to be longer than the other. Despite thee drawback, Mi. nccoJpanicd by -is fill wife, set out tor Loudon, tmeliuig Sit-clasi in order to .'Took grand. Arrived at the registry office, they were riven slighting accounts of several mrtn governesses Becking situations, miff nalh- decided thafalatly named MhL Junnick sounded «»»««<•.?« in" Miss 'Juiutick had been dismi»s«u from her last phtce.for stealing things. \fa How arranged to meet her "oulsiiie, a refreshment place" at a London railway station,-and on the appointed lay walked up and down scrutuus ng evcrv voting woman she saw. Kxutsc me"she.said to one, "are you Miss Junnick -my new Koveniess" • "No" replied the unknown haughtily, "T •mi' fio'vrv for your sake 1 am not. T Stly« upset M«. Hose that she went to luncheon->bM and m«. angles and sherry wme, and then puiged "into the depths of London to a short period. Liter, bhe met lli_ fS »lTow'much'do you got?" she inquired. "Well" said the governess 'I usually have or .CM a year But" she wld ; eil rbinteilly, "I don't do much for £■>■ Miss Junnick became- dreadfully iol|„s" when sho saw how fine ft baby tho rfo/es had-so "jellus" that she had a very private, talk with the doctor. Tho upshot was that on the morrow- a mysterious cardboard box arrived for Xfi« Junniek, per the doctor s page hoy. The chanter detailing the mystervjs heiuled "The Private Airival of A/iss But Miss Junnick was not happj ■; mr'eetl she found the; bahv so ugly thnt she 'murdered if and then throw it nor UP one of the ugly alleys.-' -Hanng done t!ti« dark deed, sho was much anroved to find a bill for £\ in the box- ' fly this time it was perfectly clear, to h,,'audience that Miss Junnick wes a IhorougMv untrustworthy young wMiu,n ,„(1 when Miss Mnlcsworth who read the 4olV with "rent art nm pond, proneeded to tell how she kulnniwd the Row bnbv and took him to Chichester in a Kig no-surprise was sha^nMr? and Mrs., Hn/.e Mimircntly never thought of troing to Chichester lo iccover their child ami nresently the mother died of a broken heart and the alone in front of Hw firp siiakthe poker and stying what he woiili. do" if he ever met the treacherous Miss "Au'htterval of years elapses and then th= lmpnv ending. One nutht a ;ou:.-,' man vn=h«fl m Ninon Mr. Hoze. "Fnthr''." he exclaimed don t vwi Mr Htiair'eß»ll"c nresided over Ih" m.iplin" whi-h w,t= fnr. the h'rrfu of fh- Catholic St«»e Cmld. and Mi?sl)aisy ' A.hfrrd rend "The Young Visiters. Ti,„, a ,„liencehad a greai time-more r musimr than a matinee-ati.l asked Miss T)..jqv >\shford Fome "nue'tinns about he-celf and her sister and their books.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 127, 23 February 1920, Page 4
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623"THE JELLUS GOVERNESS' Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 127, 23 February 1920, Page 4
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