Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05
i PRINCESS IN DISGUISE.
HE- ESCIPtDE ~ ~ 4NiTETR
U-IIIEE ~ I.EE E'IFITE HILLS

EerEIr gone wH+riii.g on to The White mona
tsinS? How coul she abort &c? 1 thOIgn'
s.re aScd y AL The cash she could spare for
year OF two. when she yeut To Europe last
E.i." And So I dii. Nevertheless / an ia
re- money tO get here. Pat yO1r finger Ou
vrUr Ups. my dear, All real the next sen
f..c" am princess iu disguise: am in
t--. a-u known here as II ~ White. ana
10 u 81 dr. ans that am ~ good paTeUiage,
.4tf ! usderNf land the bluDHu Al tucJr5In = Il
rau speak FrencH. IL IS great fun-anl hard
work, hut ] must teil you All about u. lOi
.r.pU ! am "A bat OF "a Eguse Keeper, and rather
Ike setting the table for tea because al.
rnlTe IRE pretty china, and usually DO mol
forget any Thing more serious than ptttlaS
o. the plates or the cups aud saucerS. have
,eally played Ching room girl very We'll.
when. because OF our limited means, we hal
TIE last OF July came, this summer, as he
aiFrgys Goes. and 1 began u Inc 3ltate- Sit
tag in my pretty muslin gown. | looked
fuiefully over my Stock of handSerchieiS,
bought dozen new ones tgeutleineu's siZal,
Hrd said 70 my fTieyds, August is nigh, and
al'sr tEGt comes September Now, from tGc
mIriie Of August until tue first OF October !
become a species OF land grampUS. Snuttins.
sUCEtiEg, snufHEg-iD a cloId Of hand keI-
C"lefS. camphOr and qUiniEe pass through
those two months OF my existence. asa per
rIeated with camphOT Gntil know should
De a good preventive Of moths, and my daily
life j. embittersd with qulDiHe. VINO aid
invent the hay fcVcT2 am a re-t-eyei, blue
nCsed victim Of that fell disease every year
But, ~ was say ing, / sat IN my pretty gown
-
! was ready L. do anything that would not
corr p Iuy moral nature nor impcril my
fUturf salvation. But what? What could
dp v heH. as ever, the question of filthy lucre
stool Ike a t.O1 iu my VathP Ny empty purse
looked a. though elephants had wa Ned Oh IT,
for Lesrs- Father uaiiy gr0auet over his
large taxes and small lacOug; there was no
G-e ~ IssCitiuC 20 him. BTOthers-area hum
rcE- g. soon as they get three cents better
ttst. IDtblLG excuse the SiaugineSS OF that
phrase they get married aud are no COED 70
Ia
re 81 SEQ avail evidently. - this mOnCIJ
Iry mamma screCcacd To me from the hall
o. 81 Ow n ! would set the table. or course J
WuEtu. hen somehow the jurl thus given -
ny meditation seemed 20 Jay bare plan. u
t.DG ne twenty minutes to set the table,
u .Ju-t the same length o. time tO get Tny
plan arranged in all tle details ! regret -
say ilat Oh this occasion not O1ly omitted
l. pat OF The Plates, blt H8d the other lis Ies
more than half on before J noticed that b =
not put on TIE table ClCth at AL. That comes
% having Plaza IN yong mind when yDI
should have jAC tea lab, there. e. the lirae
fire family we're ready for urp-T hal 20 &c
20 IGtut "a my plot where 1 rush Il 10 -
traN o. in tIe Kitchen dresser. counted over
lie baking aprons there, q - then ran ~
sfEiTS ana was ab-tT8ctadiy passing rl-
tIust&m and calico crosses III review before
4 thought that WANTED supper too. That
night. sen; OF "a ICat series 81 letters to the
IICFTitt tors Of al the hotels IN thu mOul-
t...rS where Doctor Anderson says mat vie
LSy fever does lot rage.
Ire next day sPent in tnveatjng new AMI
p
ts-e EentiIty and usefulness / was darK
and NY SteTIOuS in ali cld aud said for the
heat week, ard my friends la 10 satisfac-
li1u IN me. Then letters began 10 come 10
me IN all sorts of masculine hRudwTiitngs
s'iI l!made 30 condolences, and my reiat.g re
ragged III vain. Such letters, my dear. som
-Eed what my terms were, some asked II
were clean, and quick, and good tempered,
aud could 10 the pastry. too. / assure you
I uSed 10 go out ana pound on the cellar dOOc
10 iet OF the surplus fan that these questions
raised. One Of these rather took my fancy
because be. without any questions, offered
me four collars week and made no Stipu-
iaiIOns- L answered him, accepting the Of
Ter. The real tug of war now commenced.
My mothers hair 2bsOlutely stood on end as
/ revealed TO her that was going to put in
practice some OF the valuable lessons In pru
Cence and economy she had been trying 10
teach me, and save myself the wear and tear
OF my fan cold by going to the White noun
tains in disguise. or course / bad quite
LITTLE fight with her and my two sisters be-
fore 1 could convince them that IL was not
such wild idea as IL seemed. that was -
years old and had seen enough Of the world
Ia take care of myself. AS 1t was, / may be
said 10 have come away leaving my rela-
Ives in various stages of wreck behind me-
But II was the only way. When you have
made up your mind in your sober senses to a
certain course, and your dear friends will
gel IN the way with useless ODstructions
yCu have to knock them down, firmly and
ssrt ly, and then they know you are in ear
SO came Oft up here with my trunk full
q calico dresses and aprOns-my travelling
GTess being the only nice suit had. AS
was thus IA my usual dress, quite forgot,
on my way th1thcr, that was IN disguise,
and when great, fat young woman with
Ied eyes. and a bandbO and a greasy Look
1ug bundle, came bullying into the other half
Of my seat IN the car on the way TO Boston
SATuUk "a little from her. And when she
would talk 10 me, / did Tot feel much inter-
ested until she said she had Just lost her first
place, which that 10 was what She was CRYING
Tor, and then in the next breath asked me II
my mother did not wauta good, tidy girl,
suddenly remembered that here was a
feilOw-iacorer, and fell 10 wondering IL
shCuld cry II | lost my place. so that forgot
TO answer her. and / have no doubt that she
10 this day thinks me a very naughty prin-
cess. and not al all disguised.
Nothing interesting befell me except In the
last part OF my journey; as ! stood among a
crowd awaiting the advent OF our stage in
which To do the last few miles 10 the hotel, /
noticed such swell young man. He looked
aud acted like perfect gentleman, but his
Sorrento silk stockings brown striped, vii Ia
Heck-Le and handkerchief border To match,
amused me greatly. His broad shoulders,
brown, clear eyes AID square chin, however
were handsome and spiIi ted; 50 / concluded
he was not dandy, bat merely liked dandy
appointments. He noticed me in a second
and somehow cOntrivet to help me In when
the stage came up. and then sat down beside
me. We got 10 talking in an easy, natural
way, and when thougnt how he would feel
al hndlng be had been polite and chatty wi tn
servant became bri m fun OF mischief; he
haG read and thought aud Travelled. and we
had an hours talk that l uublusn-
lnely Oelieve was great entertainment
10 him, and have said that had a secret
fun all The time which doubled my enjoy
ment. i slipped away from him at the
hotel, and got into the house before him
and made at once for the dining room. You
should have seen how obsequiously the head
waiter came up 20 me, aud how his face
chan ged when said, In the most matteT-of-
Tact manner: "Will you tell me the way 10
The servants rooms, SO 1 can take of NV
bonnet, and then j VIII come back INNS
diately. / suppose / shall be wanted here a.
once. as the house seems 20 be full" He first
started rs II ne had gone crazy, aud then
SlaIed because i had taken him In so CO n
ple;ely. He indicated a back door with "a
lofty wave OF his hand, and fed thrOIgl e:
There the same thing happened again. was
III a sort OF pantry which opened into a
rough Kitchen. both rooms bris ling with ser
wants, all OF whom stared and started u show
me the way, suppOsing / had mistaken nv
Icad. was tuil OF laughter over tue hea :
waiter, oGt managed 70 ask the sane qu-S-
tlOn- and i feIt thar I had made mortal
tIemy OF every person there as | did SO
Why is u mat mistakes o! this sort ara
especially rasping2 To how and no, nave IN
TetUrnei, and 20 mistake a servant fora laiy
seem 10 re more than human nat ire can
endure. Tn.s rather sObared me aud yhe1 a