Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-01

IN the pail and parlors The few eiss
that had braved an entrance thronoh
tue shaded windows felt lonely and
subdued. and meekly promenaded the
ceiling. With no thought OF buzzing
Inc sound ofwheels on the prayelp.,
drive about noon brought three heads
instantly TO the oriel window OF the
upper nall. and Two woolly ones an
peared at the side porch
WHO In the world is coming to geo
US In haca" exclaimed Miss Lopisa
In disgust
''And such hackr
'Extraordinaryr' cried Miss Ger
trude, there is trunk. aud the
wretch Is throwing it on my grass al
II IL Were dirt road. Here. you fell
low, there Is some mistake; that trunk
does not belong here. especially ON
the grass--here, llsten.r
But the slouchy hack-driyer had
evidently gotten his fare, and paid no
attention TO the shriil, unintellieibIe
voice.
| "'tiS, The Oiu gray
headed butler showed signs of excite.
ment about the whites OF his ewes.
"dar Is young pusson In de parlor.
marin, meks oole to spose she axes
yo' comp'ny."
us it lady, JamesP"
.Well now, insists. she moueht be
idy. by de look Of her, and den ageu
she moughtn't"
''Did she give her nameY'
Lord love yer, insists, cried the
old domestic, forgetting his decorum.
de po thing cough so she amt got
pref to say muffin; pe4r like she gwine
faint away fo' she could get any word
~uten her mouf, and tink bes come
and let Oil bout her"
Before the words were fairly uttered,
Miss Patty was at the parlor door.
The poor young woman had indeed
tainted; the stained handkerchief. the
led line on her lips and her ghast' Y
pallor telling the pitiful story. Seat
ed on the rug at her feet was sturdy,
three year-old boy. in short skirts and
ba e legs. He was fearlessly irYesti.
eating the eyes and teeth of the Loop
ards head. and evidently had no con-
seriousness OF any thing unusual in his
companion 3 condition. Perhaps, alas,
1t was sight familiar to him. All was
confusion and terror in the usually
still house. These old maids had never
/ al nl in, all hai, III
lives, and, except for sort OF woman
ly instinct, had little conception of
what ought to be done A bed, a
spoonful of brandy. cool spray in her
face. doctor-and presently the sunk
en- dark eyes opened, but there was not
strength for a single word Of explana-
ton, and before shutdown another hem
orrhage carried off the feeble life that
had SO Suddenly and strangely come
into the Burnside household that morn
ing.
The child was too young to tell any
Thing except that his name was
"]f ira. He prattled of too-too cars
bridges, of Mamma sick, of liter b ack
doggie at ours home, of tan1y in e
funk, and such objects OF baby in
terest. Fortunately he did not pine
long for his young mother, hidden
forever from his sight in hasty, un-
Hept grave. Doubtless she had been
too feeble to give the child much at
tention. and he seemed quite able to
bear the burden of his own existence.
finding vivid amusement in every
thing around him. There was not the
faintest clew to the identity of the
dead woman. In her pocket was not
even purse, only coarse unmarked
handkerchief The shabby little trunk
was almost empty, except for a few
suits of neatly-made clothes for the
boy and few carefully darned articles
of female underciothing, not a letter
not book, not scrap of paper any
where.
I'VE will keep the child. brother,
said Miss Perine. until you ask ad
vice of some experienced person as Il
where to place him.
Yes" assented Mr.. Middleton
Perine. laughing uncontrollably owe
Wins persistent efforts to sit on th'
smooth convexity of the leathe sofa
But. as far as any body knew, Mr.
Perine never made single inquiry o
the aforesaid experienced person
The very day after he came to Burn
side Win climbed up, at the risk o
all his bones, into the drag. possesse,
himself of the reins. and gravely an
nOunced: Me divine 'ou, me oi!
boy and from this time forth. ex
cept when his small humanity wa
overtaken br measles. or chicken poX
or some OF those infantile jailors, no
day passed that small William, a
his baby name came to be translated
did not go into town with the oil
lawyer. coming back with the careful
coachman.
There was never word sal
amongst the sisters about parting wit
the child. They even ceased to specr
ate about his relations. secretly hot
| ing that there were none am nc
sure but that they avoided reading tn
, advertisements under Lost Straye
: or Stolen" In Wins tantrums, an
he had now and then violent tar
, trums, he was turned over to Mis-
) Louisa, who was steady in voice an
manner. and who. the little fello
soon learned, was master of the sltu'