Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-17
OUR GIRLS.
They Were Only Girls, But They
Achieved Success.

trees. Up on the hillside the haymakers
| were at work: down in the valley one
could just catch glimpse OF river that
wound In and out among the green
copses and level pasture lands.
"Yes," said Mr.. Desmond, who,
stretched out upon a bamboo reclining
chair, was smoking an Eastern chiboque.
at Is rather pretty for a man who can't
afford a villa on Lake Como!"
II saw two young gypsies as came up
the HILL" added the Major, cheerily.
| ''They were good enough to direct me,
or might have taken the wrong path.
One OF them was riding a bareback colt
In the pasture, the other was doing bat
tie with a blackberry hedge and had a
very pretty mouth all besmeared with
stains"
Mr.. Desmond shrugged his shoulders.
''Our girls" said he. "You needn't go
on to describe them any further, Clip
petit. Every body around here knows
our girlsl'
THE poor girls" said Mrs. Desmond,
who sat by, in pale blue muslin, and
eyes 10 match. ''They are great dis
appointment to my husband"
'Indeed?" uttered Major Cllppett, sym
pathetically. ''They seem to be nice
young things
"Nice enough" said Mr.. Desmond, APP
athetically But girlsl And I've al
ways so ionged for boy. Some one for
whom you can chalk out career; some
one who can make "a name in the world.
olrlsi"
Mrs. Desmond, who believed implicit
ly In her husband, drew a funereal
sigh; Major Clippett laughed. And Ella
and Essie who had heard 1t all in the
shades Of the drawing-room curtains,
looked sorrowfully at each other, Essie,
the youngest and rosiest, had washed
the blackberry stains away from her
cherry lips; Ella, the tall girl, who was
q very Rosa Bonheur in respect to colts
and COWS and all the barnyard animals
had put on her white dress and pink
ribbons TO do fitting honor to her fa-
theirs guest. And here they stood look
ing sadly into each others eyes. Side
by side "our girls" went noiselessly up
into the old nursery, where they had
played as children.
II always knew that papa wasn'tquite
suited with u.s." said Essic.
"But never guessed the reason
why!n said Ella.
what shall we do?" said Essie.
! "What can we DOE" pleaded Ella. 1--WE
} are only girls"
Eyes, ! know" said brave little Essie,
who from the threshold OF her four
teenth year was beginning to take
shy peeps out into the world. "But
things are not as they used to be, Ellal
IL we could only make papa say; Il am
proud of your II we could only induce
him to look at us as II we weren't super
duties In the worldr'
DO you think 1t is possible?" said Ella,
| with Frightening eyes and carmine
spots glowing on each cheek.
/ 1--WE can try" said Essie. Let us &c
down by the river and talk about i'll"
! "Whatr' said Mr.. Desmond lifting his
bead YEARLY from the pillow of the sofa,
where he was composing himself for his
afternoon ssestd. "our girls againP Can
they never be contented? Aren't they
, getting along we'll enough with their
. governess?"
Yes, | know, dear" said little Mrs.
! Desmond, meelly. "But they want
| wider advantages than Miss Millson can
: give them. They want music lessons
! from Salvini; and a course of French
and German at the Consercdtoire. and
. Major Clippett says that his sister will
! DO delighted to receive them for year
or two II you don't objectw
object" repeated Mr.. Desmond
drowsily. "oh, don't object! Let them
do as they pleased
And Mrs. Desmond carried this verdict
to the girls.
. Didn't he say he should miss us?'
said Essie, wistfully.
WAS he glad that we had some amhi
tion?" asked Ella, whose hungry little
soul yearned for sympathy as desert
wanderer signs for a cooling fountain In
the arid sands
mo, children" said Mrs. Desmond
pltyingly. "You know papa never car
be very enthusiastic about girlsl But
A IL dare say he will miss you when you
/ are away"
/ So the two girls left Desmond Court
a dismissed by their father with cold
? kisses, like the touch of fish.
Five years had passed away, and lou
girls" had not returned to the paren
!. nest, Mrs. Desmond grieved FOL
: them, but her husband scarcel,
, seemed to miss the sound OF their laugh
ter in the dim old garden alleys, or tn,
' echo OF their light footsteps In tn,
4 halls
. IF they had been boys, now" said he
''it would have been very different"
5 Until ut length he went up to town I,
q visit his friend Major Clippett.
THE girls aren't here, eh?" said he
SWELL" with yawn, II thought you'
get tired of them"
Not in the least" said the Major
briskly. But in the prosecution o
their life studies they have been oblige,
10 leave us. You shall see them in da.
! or two
PLENTY of time; plenty of time" sal
Mr.. Desmond.
"Well,H said the Major, chow shall
e We amuse ourselves? Shall we go :
I the theater tonight and see the beauti
{; full young 'ophelia,' over whom tn
whole world is raving?n
Mr., Desmond frightened up at once.
YES" said he: ''let US go. l do lik