The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
A Sea. Side Adventure,


A Seaside Adventure, Is
AS RELATED IN A LETTER FROM BESSIE MAY.
NARD TO HER DOLL CLYTEMNESTRA,
WHOM SIZE LEFT AT HOME
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, July. 1880.
Ny DEAREST CLYTEMNEsTRA: D0y0u
miss me? and are you wondering why
1 do not write? Well, ray dear, writ
ing is an impossibility when one is at
the sea-shore. You never knew sucl
times as we are having all day long. /
must tell you, first of all. of an adven-
ture that befell me yesterday-not me
exactly, either; it most befell Lucille,
the beautiful Paris doll that Fanny Bell
was so proud of; and well she might be,
for handsomer creature never walked.
You remember her. of course; the love-
~ Mademoiselle Lucille, az she was
called, that being the French for Miss,
for it would never do to call her plain
Lucille, such fine young lady as she
was, Just from France, with all the airs
and graces that belong to Paris, the
politest city in the world. It's no great
wonder she was proud Lucille. Imean
for I'm afraid most of US would be if
we looked like her. Such hair as she
had, all natural curls down below her
waist; and such q nelegant wardrobe,
or "tro0so," as Fanny calls it. Per-
haps haven't spelled troosO right, but
please excuse it; indeed, you wouldn't
know whether it was right or wrong,
you are such a poor little ignorant
thing. Pm ashamed of myself for neg
lecting your education as I have done,
when I see the dolls here, and realize
how much they know. Just as soon as
I get home, wen begin with regular
lessons every day. It isn't your fault.
you sweet lamb, that you don't know
anything. am the only one to blame,
and I'll try to make up for lost time
when come home. 1872 {,us 81
But, dear me, how do run on, with
out telling you word ofthe adventure.
The ''sad sea waves put all sorts of
ideas into my mind and get terribly
confused. I heard lady sing last night
about the ''sad sea waves, "and l think it
sounds prettier than ''the ocean''-don't
you? Well, to begin at the beginning:
Yesterday morning Fanny Bell, Dora
Mason, and went down to the beach
as usual, Mademoiselle Lucille walking
along by her mamma, just like areal live
beautiful child. We scooped holes in
the warm sand, and made caves, and
then we built the Pyramids. They are
in Egypt. you know, curiosities that
people 90 to see; but we make them
of sand so that they look Just exactly
like the pictures, ..Sfnks'' and all. Per-
haps you don't know what the Sinks
is, but I will tell you some day, when
I begin your education. my poor
Clytemnestra. s4,- s-.rs fN.ya =
Well, at last we wanted to 60 round
the point to, pick some wild morning.
glories, so we sat Lucille up on kind of
throne behind the Pyramids, and left
her. We were only gone little bit of
a while, but what do thinkP when we
came back the tide was in, and the sad
sea waves had washed away Pyramids,
Sinks, Lucille, and all! Oh, the
despair we were in! Poor Fanny Jump
ed right up and down, and screeched,
and then sinking down upon the sand,
as the storY-books say, ''shc buried her
face in her hands, and wept as if her
heart would break" All at once saw
something bobbing around. and if there
wasn't Lucille about four feet from the
shore, fastened to q rock by the founce
of her pink satin dress! Fanny Shrek
ed aloud, but Dora and seized pole,
and after working long, long time,
we managed to fish her out of the
water.
Lucille is frightfully pale to-day, and
her curls are gone forever. She is
bald-headed "faded beauty" as gen.
tleman truly said when he saw her this
When I look at her, and re-
member how fine she used to think her
self, can't help saying, swell. my
dear, pride must have q fall"
pity her, though. from the very bot
tom of my heart. for it must be dread
full to be so changed. and all of sud-
den, too. l guess we sha'n't have to be
so particular any more about calling her
/" Mademoiselle."
/ can not be thankful enough that I
left you at home, my sweet Clytie. The
sea-shore is lovely place for children
who know how to take care of them
selves, but it's dreadful dangerous for
dolls.
And now goodnight, my pet !
Your loving mamma.
BESSIE MAYNARD.
P. S.-Dora has just come in to say
that Fanny has changed Mademoiselle's
name, and hereafter she is to be called
F." Jane" Poor thing!-Harper's Young
People. s93}ts @5