Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-31

| witb /. 49,, ' 's tle end Of her little room,
C,va- e., a.ooni'h looking down upon her No.,
/ shadow ,,as gloomy in its depth OF
| DeIIcs.s 80 a'i OIL painting from one az
"uippeh beach of tie Cband,l.s,,rs "ase
gong To pieces huff a ,n,ia ~ -. !"
a 'up rising on the cress of n Great s,.
"us not little amusin,, TO s,e bss., -,
- feminine attentions to tl,ai,. ,,,....'-1
| 'i~.~ oA'esh's hoaaes were They to,,l -
| -, A Hiolhers that the little on, - :
w w. cared Tor and needed mono of th,.,.. ""'
.h' on nurse, they said, was er,..,ia, sil1,
.Nu 'ney themselves knew a tbi,,,
aow about babies Ut Two
"a uie months had crept awav and do,,.
.nu 'peinng blocks had taken tl,a -. ','s
sI, Dehce could tell the pa,nes 80 ~,
- ,,' some twenty-five now. for co.,.
mt mo-, t .,'.u dropped Off and we're carried
| Observation-Disclosures u winch tho average dead
| III sha aa,',,, ss 'iasei. When she was wear.
| n opa command at least five carr.iaooc
| oho afternoon, and it was no ,u|a-i' ss"
ailiig 10 seq her out driving win oi'iion
ish' young gentlemen, superbv naon pa or
'oihs III attendance LIS Poissors p
eo proud OF their little beauty an, s' 20
,uluy iehows, with mustaches Tint IS. 3 e,'o
seu on opera nights, would hana no 10
ny iairy 10 the carriage with tbe e,roa' 20 .1o
".I cier, ana when she smile, s,,,..'.,1' VI :.
sHu, Merci, Papa Raoul," or "Ysa,i. ! an. anu
you'd blush like big bows H. 'ney
Uses were SO triGing In con,.e:
| WIN the funds in the a.a, lson
inc paternal organization, ~.
vas resolved to invest certain s,,,n
u,u 80 on her fifth birthday. for tbev by,
ieo'ea u birthday for her, size WINS no Vii
aa ,or a little girl as any in the state. AMI
ioi ocouty' why TO ask the question W., 90 ~
aesa.e 20 inc zenith the eyes Of her twen,,.
ana 70 bring to their month
| ,,ncl,.,, t1s.a nahds with finger tins
~, a., winch they would kiss as
ehe mayor We're divine, and sm,,l,a,.aa. 90
Jaculate: "Comme cap 1ba go. .eous'y
Ter big black eyes, teicateIy ch;sa,,.1, .'i'''
numerical limbs and digniiiesl be,ri,a, 80
Ter APPEAR as of royal rather thar ofe.tl;''''
hood, ana She led her followers hp ';Il.'.,
ords, young as she was 'AAeh
"eu came the day hereinbefora ,,,...
iohed, the assemblage at the C,f. ~,
onu, Inc silence and the anxiety Fonr
Js oeiore Deiice had complained of f.a,;nr,
n-her head ached and her ewes wera j.,
famed -Four doctors were at once ss,,t o..
ma alter consultation it was ,nno,,.,
nat Delice had the scarlet fever Ha,. -
ma guardian occupied large n,,vata vs.;
fence near Migueis, and SO il ,vos 81 80.
are was made the headquarters Of Les pic
~hS houges, that news might be race;,,aa
very re" minutes. A. first there xvara -,
erious symptoms, but OH the third night sha
&c" "urse' ohs asked FOR Theophile. R.onI
ue'' Aiehri ana the rest of her beloved
h'pds' ihese Dig bronze fellows would close
no sa'e sehtiy, walk on tiptoe down the gar-
iep walk between the camellias and cross ~.
fba
hem io' near
In the little room an anga1 fooo Lob,
up from its nest of soft pilIows on,
mile played about the crimson. fsvorish
iPs. cne neid out her hand, SPOKE a fa,x
ample words, and the silent figure wop,d
"thoraw al go across the street To
higuels with lump in his throat
ina MS eyes much inflarfe,l. Than
Aitoefs began to grow more serious No
'ehlcles must pass that way. There sbould
70 more quiet over at Miguers, md bulletins
would be sent to the cafe every hour so that
hey might know how Delice was progressipor
About o'clock that afternoon the Young
Gentlemen were startled by the slamuins If
window shutters over at Mile Delice's They
ose from thelr tables, leaving their orgeas
inbasted and started for the sidewalk. They
aared over. Old Latiche was opening all the
Nihuo"s up stairs. Why was thisa Then a
iNie negro girl came running toward
higueis Iheophile Latrere met her and be,
ore she could speak commanded her silenca
Mes amis," said he, 'the news need riot h,
Old. We know what it is There ia 70 LONGER
heed of silence. We are ol1ildless.n Tbera
we're sobs in the cafe and many wet eves
The parrot, as if recognizing that is was no
more under restraint, gave an experimental
'caramba," and finding that it produced no
ensation repeated it.
Two by two they marched across to the
house, with hat in hand. Up the graveIf-
walks the little procession came and on into
,hs large chamber They gathered about the
bedside and, almost unconsciously, they
crossed themselves as il in the presence of an
angel The little bed became a shrine. and
their waxen beauty with smile on her white
lace, their Delice, saint.
perhaps a mothers face had welcomed
The 'weet child beyond the breakers. and q
mothers hand had led her up a strand
whittier than the snowy beach of the Chande-
leurs
"She came from very far, whispered
Henri Xavier from tho foot of the bed. The
Creoles thus beautifully express the idea that
one has narrowly escaped death in in
fancy.
$50 very, very far" responded Jules
Veron.
The sunlight wrought in rare design with
jasmine ayes, a tapestry of shadow Oh the
wall beside the bed. The little clock OH tie
mantel beat its tic-tac, tic-tac 80 loudly that
each stroke touched the heart The wind
from the garden below came softly in, its lap
filed with the perfume of flowers and a
nIoclSingbird on the chimney over the way
dropped some tender notes that wers SO ex-
Quisitely sweet that the men looked at one
another they stood around the bed, as if
voice from another world had spoken. Les
Poissons Rouges had now no mission left.
The bond that had held them together was
severed.
ave will always remember and love her."
said Theophile, as he laid her little hand back
across her breast and placed bud between
the dead fingers.
"And remember all orphaned children,
too" said Raoul Duvergne
Twenty-Five voices said, "Amen."
"Les Poissons Rouges' never came together
again, but each had sown seed of charity
in the little grave in the st. Louis cemetery,
on which Is inscribed "Delice," that has
grown through all the years, and until this
day bears fruit-Charles q. Whitney in
Times. Democrat
Sanitary Effect of T;ain.
ave commonly abuse our climate" writes
Mr. w Mattieu Williams son account Of its |