The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
IDA'S LOVERS.
Oh, loved in my youth lady fair,
Nnr hen, aZ11ra aYns and her golden hair


High and clear the sweet tenor voice
rang out through the bracing, frosty air.
It was an October morning; the woods
were glorious in crimson and gold, the
fields were white with frost, and the
wind, cool and delicious, blew gently
from the west, carrying health and
strength to frames debilitated by sum-
mer's sultry heat
"Who is that singing?" called Ida
Miller, from the boughs of chestnut
tree, to her cousin Lou, seated under
meath. gathering up the bright nuts as
they fell og
az don't know; it's some person over
in the next field. He's a good singer;
hope he won't come along this way.
Give that Dough another shake, Ida"
exclaimed Lou. l.@A ~~'-@ Z
Ida did so, and the nuts came down in
a torrent. Deeply absorbed in gather
ing them into her basket, Lou Miller did
not look up until her cousin called out
again, in q half-frightened voice, "Lou,
as sure as you live, that person is COM
ing directly toward us he sees the
branches shaking, I suppose, and wants
some chestnuts. He's a young man, in
brown suit, with a gun on his shout
der, and oh |! SO good-lookingP r
.'Hush he'll hear you," said Lou.
Come down, quick, before he gets
here"
"Not T." replied Ida. st can't get
down, without climbing all the way back
along this slender branch. I'm going
to-hide in the leaves until he passes on.
sob, Ida, come down; he'll see you,
anyhow, and pretty figure you'll cut,
perched up there like squirrel. Come
down, quick, coaxed Lou. -5
GO I won't, [ tell you; I've got secure
resting place, and I'm going to remain
here. VASE 1f3# TaA
Meanwhile the stranger approached
and saluted Lou Miller with graceful
bow and a pleasant "Good morning."
which the lady returned as gracefully.
He was wonderfully good looking, at
least, SO thought Ida Miller, surveying
him from her airy eminence. A tall,
erect form; brown hair, glossy and curl
ing; frank, laughing blue eyes, and
handsome lips, adorned by dropping.
light-b mustache. Surveying the
branches overhead, his eyes caught tie
little figure of Ida hid among the leaves.
Raising his rife to his shoulder, he said.
laughing, Is that lawful game, or do
our laws forbid the shooting Of such rare
and beautiful birds %
Lou laughed. Fl +" .0i 1.a1' Z.
Sour laws forbid it, certainly" she
replied. .'fG''-Io
Poor. Ida was covered with confusion
when she found herself discovered, and.
IN endeavoring to change her position.
her feet slipped from the main bough
and she only saved herself from falling
by grasplng slender branch with both
hands. This bent with her weight. and
she found herself swaying ssbetgeen
A'eaven and earth. - but fortunately only
q few feet from earth. The young man
",canght her In his arms, and deposited
her safely on solid ground. Between
frighl' and shame the poor girl was
speech less; she could only glance ghyly
at the st. ranger, while hot bushes dyed
her face a. nd neck. H9arol1t8 as0 gysYo9
Tine yoml g man regarded Ida's ROSY
face with undisguised admiration.
Never, he thought, had he seen any one
half SO lovely. Her short, curling hair.
black as Jet, hung in picturesque con.
fusion over neck and forehead: her
cheeks were red aS- Jupe asroses. while
the great brown eyes above them were
half filed with tears, aRdthe scarlet lips
beneath parted in q beWitchlng smile. |
Her small, but round and graceful fig
ure was clad in a coquettislr walking
dress, revealing feet and ankles of ex-
qulsite mold and fairy like proportions. |
Lou broke the embarrassing silence by
bursting into ringing laugh, in which |
sthe others joined heartily. A& 1ot
You must not undertake climbing
again, my girl, or you will be certain to
break your neck, !" said Lou.
fsBut the chestnuts = I'd only got one
branch shaken, replied Ida, ruefully.
:. "Well, we must let the squirrels have
them, I suppose" ~, aa |.
"By no means, ladies'" said the stran- |
ger; IT am good climber. and will |
gladly shake the tree for you if you
wish it. +" ~ - ~ y
fssWe should be much obliged to you,
but the trouble would be too great
g No trouble at all, I assure YOU" he |
said, taking off his coat; and III 4 mo- |
ment he was gliding up the tree with the I
ease and agility Of a squirrel. .f9#i
The bright nuts came rafting down |
like shower Of hail, and soon the I
ground was almost covered. To gather
themNp was a work of time, and 4 am
afraid the young man. did but little good |
in filling the basket, for he kept up such
"a continued conversation that they gave |
but little attention TO the business on
hand. And 7 think that little Ida al
most lost her tender heart as she watched |