Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-06-06

| your question, Mr.. Parsons, by ask
ingthereason ofyour early rising. You
are decidedly the last person in Bran
don l expected to see this morning.
"Well, / see you are going to the
station as well as me; so, let me offer
you an arm, and then will enlighten
you | am going to meet my cousin
James Wherton, and young foreign
| er whom he has persuaded to join him
in week sholiday. l shall introduce
them in due form; and if | had not Il
particular regard for a certain young
townsman OF my own, should begin
to speculate on the possibility OF call
ing you cousin; eh, Elem"
Nonsense, Mr.. Parsons. You are
a great deal too speculative as it is,
or | should try to help you out in
this matter. Hush! is that the Elton
train? l am expecting Lizzie and
Mary by it. You shall introduce
them to your London friends
the train stopped; and Ellen West
wood soon discovered the two girls,
whom she affectionately greeted as
her cousins, Lizzie and Mary Beau
mont.
ut is not likely that we can wait
| for the London train, Mr. Parsons, Y
exclaimed Ellen, in answer to q pro-
/ posal to that effect which her old
friend had ventured to make. ''lf
you are inclined to join us in walk to
the Abbey, we shall start directly aft
err dinner; and now, good morning"
Leaving the three girls to pursue
their walk into town; and the gentle
man to promenade the platform in
expectation of the next arrival, it will
be necessary to explain little.
| Ellen Westwood was the only
daughter of solicitor in Brandon,
whose highest wish to seehis child
grow up a sensible, unaffected woman;
and this wish promised to be fully re-
allied. Ellen, besides being accom-
plished, was distinguished Tor plain
sense and amiable simplicity. Though
not strictly handsome, she possessed
quiet intellectual beauty, which
gained many admirers. One of these
alone seemed to have made an impress
sion upon the young girl.
John Richards was a handsome,
dashing young tradesman, who had
known Ellen from childhood; and the
love, Which had begun in his school.
days, gradually ripened into the full.
ness OF a first affection, and John and
Ellen were, in the eyes of their friends
engaged lovers.
Ellen Westwood's cousins-Lizzit
and Mary Beaumont-were the daugh,
tiers OF country gentleman who had
lately settled near Brandon, and il
} had been for some time apleasant an
ticipation to the young people that
they should, for a few days, escape
the quiet of their secluded home, tt
Join in the comparatively gay society
which Brandon afforded. They wer'
both remarkably amiable girls, will
the usual amount of female accom-
, plishments, and equal amount o
good looks Lizzie, the elder by foul
years-had Just completed her TWEEN
ty-second birthday; the gayest, mer
REST creature imaginable.
Among her foes flor what prett!
: girl is entirely without foes? Lizzi
Beaumont was esteemed an arran
> firt, and even those who loved he
best could not wholly disguise iron
r themselves the fact that she was
little too fond of winning admiration
and a little too capricious in her re
lection of it, Polly was a strikin
contrast to her gay little sister; wit
naturally warm and affectionat
, disposition, she seemed more anxiou
E to win love than to gain admiration
and few who saw and knew swee
MaryBeaumont could refuse her either
The only serious fault to be foun
5 with either of the girls was Gel
d tain degree of haughtiness, which rel
dered them almost unapproachable b
,, the class of visitors they were sure t
j meet at their uncle's house. Brougl
i up with very common, but wrong nC
s tions of true gentility, they suppose
q that to mix with tradespeople was i
retrievably to sink their own dignity
} and many were the ordinations
s. astonishment when they found the
most of their cousin Ellen's friend
were OF that calibre Still moi
a amazed were they when report viii
n pered that she was actually engage
to druggist in Brandon. Howeve
e they wisely determined to enjoy thi
Is their first visit to their cousin, keepiI
n as much as possible aloof from III
/ friends.
= 'Who is that gentlemanly man v
= saw with you at the station Elem
70 asked Lizzie Beaumont of her cousi
lie while they were putting on their bo
Is nets for theproniised stroll to the Al
! hey.
y "He is a stationer in Brandon az
1T sub-editor OF our paper. Nobody
al so ready as Mr.. Parsons to get up
is picnic, or pleasant party; and as h
| wife is just as good nattred as himst
> they are most inyaluable to our lit
D. coterie. He il sure to Join us at Il