Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-05-22
,rIr OF BAR HARBOR.

NELLIE OF BAE hAhDof'
crb was to give a reception
Gbe eanp' If tIc boats. BY telegram
, ae had been summoned 10 Mouns
y. r't N take part in the solemn rue rites OF
serI " The telegram was from the
announcing that had been
fla' member and must show up.
cied "a never even heard there was
N, n% In existence and probably few
- e'u ,ore childlike in their ignorance
b are nile nile The letter was from Il
lne Al knew we'll, whose name |
lls h'u! aimed TO see mentioned in
been I'll 40 the 'sBelle Of Bar Harbor."
aiplpo ia being | loathe it is belle.
y nv Ionass have | not suffered from
pal i. infolerable little girls whose
Pl% ~re been turned by that wordl
y, inanit.c AVE not been forced to
l nD at beca;lae long hair and pretty
N az trunk full of Worth dresses-or
.ana n female relatives, have started
HsSion Of calling an otherwise harm
ronnr woman belle!
~ this belle before, however, and
S,nnd her dull. She was u speci-
: the rich compleXioned women of
Ins lanaud on the surface but full OF
,.. yben aroused. After all, said to
III as | weighed her letter in my
p ,bo las done nothing to warrant
rn,gar appellation, that I'll be bound;
T. M matter how it may be hidden, the
anle rose cannot stiile its perfume. She
baen dubbed belle in spite of herself.
az locking at the warm words and the
rnoratiye orders that were couched in
neculiar long slanting characters,
i would not be in human nature to
Lsobey.
Par Harbor was just the samoa ma
l., beautiful. solemn and marvellous in
act Of being cheapened and degraded
Il a mob of townliugs. The buckboards
ksre toiling up the steep hills, yachts
&,r. c1.la and going in the harbor, all
I'm .oo,olu,,lts from college in North
tmprica were escOrting misses and
&issuses up and down the board walks or
&king nonsense in groups on the broad
sazzas of the most hideous of hotels.
I$uyeying these with the jaundiced eyes
N one who could not join in the game
Rtye Tor the briefest time, one more or
~, in love, | may as well confess, but
5Fho knew far too much to trust greatly
Et announcements that ought to have
Efeant everything, | was aware of Idita at
I'm top of long flight OF steps talking TO
ftlree boys and man and managing to
klaloo to u fourth, who was hurrying
kdOwn the street 1t looked very much
I'LL, af,1t batf cir hi r
Efaised sad hand Of greeting all the
Name ldta saw me, and, like Camilla,
akimmed downward over the unbending
'siep5 Us il she meant to ding herself into
Eny arms.
II Glad, so glad you're here," she painted.
"a Almost gave you up. Those three won't
believe I'm engaged for the canoe review,
|and that man you passed has gone to pre-
pare his boat for me. SO you see you are
dust in time. +"
But, said ], lit strikes me that find
|5Ou-a belle and bad case of belle"
No more nonsense! Your canoe, our
|fanoe is all prepared and 1 have only half
|an hour to dress
1t was ~ il the morning, and l sur
eseyed her pretty costume with raised
lbOws
oh, this won't do. Now, don't be
Htlly. Get into your rowing flannels and
5ineet me just heren' And away she flew
pinto the MOTEL with an audacious word or
Two right and left at her boyish admirers.
Among them was one who looked very
shard at me, | thought, and puzzled my
brains to recall him. A very blonde head,
sblue eyes, look of much older man
5Nhen You examined him, thin legs, well
developed shoulders, chin in the air and
'tle back Of the head considerably behind
Hhs leels-there he is, n funny mixture of
ssfut and depreciation, of candor and in
sincerity. But his glance was sincere, if
Knew anything-sincere in not liking me.
s"ly not Inc: OF course, the obvious thing
was that he was in love with Idita. But,
/ grumbled to myself, how is it that Idita
VINO IS nice enough to warrant me in
well, III being very much attached to her,
can support about her such wretched little
IulVs as thIs, That was what | could not
lAsoube.
Walking to the meet ventured to put
II 10 ldita as gently as possible, at the
s'"ie u'Le that | begged that she would
" equally candid. She certainly looked
S Sl felouSly beautiful in the little Tam o.
suaA'er with tasscl of yellow silk, and
sne "ii'e flannel dress embroidered in the
same manner. The coquettel She had
s ,ne pie'tltst yellow Chinese clogs on her
10y ana Gld not mind bit rolling about
4 ntCie on their small, rounded soles.
. *
na5 Haroor it positively won't do for a
s"t 70 oe seen without somebody talking
s ~I'i Inc mothers keep count and tell
sa 49, v'hef whether Kitty, Lucy, Maria
a5 'utee men with her or one, or none;
s Sau somehow the consoling words adj
-esSe'i 70 The mother whose daughter is
co rn u,olle do not carry with them the
NJ. VI Christian consolation. Now,
de- ,s !ouhS man of Whom you speak Sc
r.,rrIre>s,e!c'luIly is full of merit. He is
io ,a,lI'fiech, to begin with, and sends me
hoi, Hn"ers, Then he knows every
noiSo. linen he has tongue tipped with
bb h ~ and everybody fears it. Besides,
m NJ ~ man of infinite taste-he admires
,,v no'e than he does me- said |.
snir ~ uoil say SOP cried Idita, whose
s spr,i,a,lon at Bar Harbor came to me as q
pnig g''Sei LOT IN town she was la,,lcr Ian
elir1n attributed it to the bracing
isn' ' ~. Does it work already? Now
onCe?n VI Mn 10 come 10 time al
stOn Hse mere, y said I, little savasely. aud
ma ept te 70 lace her, "have you summoned
ssoiu NJ !His goose farm to play me Of
S @0s mat Little ganderf''
bol6jn, you suspicious boy" she answered
yon, ~ OUT her hand. "'There, forgive
S SOs You are, remember, no less nv slay,
and Ana n Iaan you We're last winter in town
sHS " ilat S, say must be done. Hear, obey
@p y VIII be well for YOU
keen ' law How long are you going IL
yon o .hs up Am l to see anything O
VI are the Tommy Moores and othel
thlnrs c,o.