Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-08-09
KATE BONNEY'S VACATION.
"oh. nshawl,, said Fan Romer.

DuI feAliy. ple@lQeu Aleleus ms XIII
haired young sister, with the Madonna
eyes, Greatly now. PAUL For the
meadows never looked so lovely, and
Crystal Falls never rushed over the
rocks in such a sheet of foam before
and Kate Bonney never has been in
the country"
"Let hel GOMEZ" said grandma, beam.
ingly. Poor creaturel can't fancy
what folks feel like who have never
been in the country"
"And only think OF her being obliged
to spend Ter vocation in that hor-
rid, stuffy, onion-and-cabb ase-smelIng
boarding house" added Helen.
Please. Paul, mayn't write for her
to come? Mayn't l have Old sorrel
and the wagon to meet her at the sta
tion?"
'Of course you may said tAegood.
humored young farmer, putting up
both his hands with gesture OF de-
spair. Don't l know that You two
women are bound to have your own
way in any event? But mind you
no city airs and graces for me. Ill
/ find can't stand your elegant young
'saleslady,' l shall take my rod and
gun, and 90 up into the mountains
until the coast is clear"
NO one can help liking Kate Bon
ney, said Helen, with decision.
Il never saw girl yet, except YOU
and Polly. said Paul Romer, '.that |
didn't consider hrst-clas bore"
But Polly sympathized warmly with
the unknown presence, and grandma
herself went up stairs to make sure
that the west bedroom was well-aired,
and that the linen sheets were clean
ana perfumed with dried sweet clover,
while Helen sat down and wrote q
warm and enthusiastic letter to Kate
Douney, who stood at the same
counter with her at Sell &Makechange's
dry goods store in New York
Kate Bonney hesitated little be-
lore She dared 10 accord to herself 50
great a happiness as this. She had
always lived lonely life since her par
ents had died on the passage over
from England, and left her solitary
orphan. What right had She to intrude
into the warm socia!glow ofotherpeo-
pies homes? And yet-and yet it was
such atemptation!
Such a temptationl Kate Bonney
could not resist it. She wrote:
y win GOMEZ"
It was mid-haying time, and all the
: meadows and hillsides smelt sweetwhen
the train stopped ut the quiet little Con
necticut station among the balsamc
! woods. There was Helen,ln coy little
wagon, holdingthe reins OF d sleepy old
sorrel horse; there were wild roses all
: in bloom; there were ;tcres and acres
OF daisies stretching out towards the
sunset.
Involuntarily Kateg gave cry OF de,
: light.
e "Oh, Helen" she cried, "'aov could
!. you ever leave this lovely place to
2 come to the city,"
y Helen gave a grlmace.
"All very well for a few weeks in
: midsummer" said she, but it is "a
dismally, terribly, forlornly dreary al
2 the year round. But Jump in We're
7 waiang tea for you ut home"
7 And such teal Raspberries, with
I real cream; crisp, green iettuce-heads
? Just out of the garden; trout which
: half an hour ago were leaping in thl
= brook; and broiled chicken, which
Kate Bonney scarcely dared to eat
Z so entirely had she associated it witt
= high prices in the restaurant bills o
u fare, while grandma looked smilingly
on, and delicious atmosphere 0
: home seemed to pervade everything
: And Paul, too-how handsom,
y he was, with that broad, sunburneC
= brow, and the rogIlish sparkle il
, the clear blue eyes, that were so mucl
l, like Helen's.
4 And at night the air was so COO
: and refreshing, they all sat out upUl
z the porch, and night bird came an,
= sang 70 them from the big oak tree Of
Y the edge of the woods and when Kat
7 Bonney went to bed, she dreamed tn
y sweetest, brightest dreams thai eve
y haunted maiden pillow.
ie How quickly those two weeks Ae
away! To Kateit was as If the hour
2; were actually winged. Woodland X
Z cesses, impromtu picl.ics, walks b,
I, side singing rivulets, and on the solem
- edge Of mountain cliffs; learning
~ milk cows, to feed chickens; toput tC
!, gether the puzzling blocks OF grand
A. mas "Irish chain, bed-quilt; to max
corn Jonny-cakes, and gather til
70 great juicy berries, which we're begiI
q ming to ripen along the blackberr
d; vines; to dress her hat with POI
~ pies and ferns, to distinguish the viii
'l- tie OF the cat-bird from the ''chirrul
chirrup, chee-ee" Of the robin. 1t wa
II as if some new page Of the volume
le existence were opened to the New Yor
I shop.girl
le While Helen and Polly were overjo,
~ ed to see how much interest Paul too
~ - in promoting all these useful gtudies-
=, Paul, the ostentatiously. protested oil
o ~, bachelor-Paul the scorner of cit
." damsels.
\, And grandma was so innocent
- pleased ut seeing "the children happy
-. We that it did one good even to look /
y, her.
Ne "Only three more days" said Ka
Bonney. "Oh, Helen, we must
very happy indeed for these three la
dayslj