The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-09-14
WHO Is SHE.
rNUNDED ON FACTS.
BY NJ. ii. NJ.

uYou see, my DEAR" began my old
nurse, ait is more than thirty years
since she first came to Ennisiey. My
old master-God rest his soul, better
man never breathed-lost his first wife
ot the birth of her first child, the
Young master Carlton Ennisley.
Well, Captain Ennisley went to for
eirn countries for many years, never
coming back to the old place until after
his father and mother died, when he
came home to claim his property and
take charge of his young son, then
about nine Years old, Things went on
very quietly at Ennisley for about six
months, when, one morning the Cap
tain called us all in the large hall, and
with young master Carlton by the
hand he told us he was going away
for while, and would take his son
with him, We were to keep every
thing in Order for he might come in
upon us at any time, and should expect
us all to be ready to receive him. The
next day he and master Carlton left
AIS, and when they came back the new
mistres came with them. She brought
with her little girl about five years
old whom she called her niece, and a
prettier child ] never saw. The
whitest skin, great wondering blue
eyes, and golden curls hanging low ON
her shoulders. The very first day l
set eyes on her, ! said to myself, who
does that child look like?
After she had been in the house
more than u week she came running
into my room one day with her little
apron filed with roses, and tossing
them all into my lap she cried out,
don't let him get them; stole them
away from him." just rs Master Carl
ton ran laughing after her, and catch
ing her in his arms kissed her under
her dimpled chin until she screamed
with mirthful laughter.
AS he let her go at last, she looked at
him with her little face bright with
mischief and shaking her tiny finger
at him, she said, "never mind l'll pay
YOU" and they both ran of to play.
Again ] was puzzled by startling
likeness to some one whose features
were familiar, but could not, for my
life, say who II was. The idea veXed
and REQUIRED to me in spite of myself,
until one day Captain Ennisly was
standing with his young wife in the
hall door watching the two children
playing in the yard, when Birdie (that
was her pet name), came running up
to them, and holding lilly up to her
said, "isn't it pretty, aunty?"
Not half AS pretty rs our little
Birdie" said the Captain, bending
down to kiss her.
had been sweeping the front steps,
and looking up at the moment, it flash
ed over me that she was the image OF
Captain Ennisly himself. Every day
she grew more like him until the ser
wants began to talk in whispers to each
other, and wonder if the child was real
~ Mrs. Ennisly's neice, or was the tie
closer still. None Of us ever heard
any illusions TO the little girls parents,
and except that she called Captain and
Mrs. Ennisly uncle aud aunty strang-
er would have taken her for their own
enid, they seemed so fond Of her. She
ana Master Carlton were the best OF
friends, always together; and / often
heard the master and mistress say to
each other how glad they were that
tle children loved each other. Thing
went on in this way for several years,
"nen Master Carlton was sent away "a
college and young lady governess
came to take charge Of BRIDES educa.
uoh. The poor children shed many
tears over their parting with one an
other and Birdie begged cousin Carl
ION, az she called him to write her n
long letter all to herself
Her first letter was written to him,
ana she VIVA proud happy child when
MS answer came. Master Carlton was
away from home five years before We
saw him again. He went to foreign
lands, and whom he came back to us
birdie was almost flfcc :, and he n tall
handsome young man Of twenty.
fhey rode together, walked through
lht grand old Woosie mud ssilpd nm tbr