Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-05-30

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l felt that | must speak then, II
occurred to me that if had daugh-
ter who had formed a secret attach
ment TO man like the one had seen
last night | should look upon the in
formation as an act OF great kindness.
might be wrong, must use great
caution, then there could be no harm
resulting from word OF mine.
Pardon me, | said, lis your
daughter young lady of about 10
years, and does she sometimes
wear -" Here | described thedress
OF the young girl
i The girl looked at me for moment
IN blank establishment; and being APP
parently satisfied with her scrutiny,
she answered Yes
She will leave London from the
Southeastern Station?"
The lady answered Yes, again,
"Pardonme. havegood reasons for
asking these qestions, | continued
! WAS the date and time OF her de
parture fixed by yourself or by the
| young LADY,"
The person addressed evidently
thought me insane; but she answered
my question and her answer gave me
the clue needed
My daughter remarked last evening
that she would like TO visit her aunt
/ tomorrow, and that, with my per,
mission she would leave by the
\ morning train. The invitation had
been standing some time WAS to
have accompanied my daughter Tn
! fortunately | am called TO Canter,
bury upon business this afternoon
Il think shall induce you to post.
( pone your Journey, | remarked
VIII you mind answering me One
more question? Has the Young lady
any male friend2 mean. Is thCre any
/ young gentleman she meets BY an APP
pointment, haylngyour permission TO
do SOL"
Certainly not said the lady IN.
/ dignantly. My daughter is much
too young to accept attentions from
gentlemen.
Then described TO her the meeting
had witnessed with the languid and
gorgeously gotten up Adonis. | spoke
Of ms manner toward the young lady
and Of the appointment he had made
with her
You are mistaken, said the ma.
iron trigidly. THE young lady was
not Ethel.
had partly expected this, and yet
| was morally certain that previous
to our conversation the lady had
said TO her friend n am growing
quite uneasy about Ethel. DO you
know she frequently leaves home upon
all manner OF excuses in the evening"
And she had admitted to me that
this same Ethel would leave town
alone on the Wednesday morning
train from the Southwestern station
and that my description OF her was
the correct one.
Good breeding, OF course, should
have prompted me to apologize for
the interruption and make no further
remark whatever, but | was 10 con.
WINGED that the young lady had no
intention OF visiting her aunt but that
she did intend 70 elope with the cava-
lier OF yesterday that sacrificed the
point Of etiquette and returned to the
attack
Suffice it to say that | induced my
travelling companion to postpone her
journey until the next day ibut to
leave her home as at present arranged
and remain at her friends housed; fnr.
Their, ! obtained her promise To be AZ
the Southeastern station at the hour
fixed for her daughter departure.
and promised to arrange for some
place where she could see without be-
ing seen.
| succeeded in doing this, and, Of
course the reader knows the SEQUEL.
The languid Adonis, in the extraor.
binary costume, was standing on the
platform. Presently the young lady
joined him and he took charge
OF the little baggage she had
carried with her. She burst into
tears, but be quickly treasured her.
After q time he would have handed
her into the train, but the now nearly
distracted mother rushed from her
concealment and the girl fell faintine
into her arms.
The youth disappeared promptly,
but he was unearthed q few DAYS az
forwards. He was one Of a worth
less, dissipated set. He "intended to
marry the girl, he said, and then to
"come upon her friends" for a new
start in life. Happily, his designs were
frustrated by the coincidence attend
ing two whispers
Ethel, poor child, was inconsolable
at the loss OF her Town true love, but
she will learn wisdom in time, and
when she finds her true love in reality
she will thank me for my window
scrutiny and for what followed it.
She win teach her children to avoid
incautiously formed acquaintance
ships, and relate to them how narrow
" she escaped falling into the tolls OF
q schemer, whose self-introduction, in
the first place, was an impertinent in
suit, and whose flattery was vile
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