Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-26
THE PINK POCKET

hs peyt0ns. oie WIZ q Pioe'y pun
-. with little, lace trimmed pocket
:. s NE side Her pripeii,.! partner was
s.roe Andrew Peyton, who was deep
;.,n 1--we with her, but had never told
Ms love.
IN this night he had written letter,
,hicb BY adroit management be con
lived TO place in The pink pocket afore-
al II offered her his hand and heart
sod ended
If you do not answer | shall know
nat YOU cannot love me, and shall go
away
Noanswer came to him. Sara had
ont the dress, pocket and all. away in
hon to the wardrobe, where she put
dresses she was weary Of. She had not
boked into the pocket and knew moth
Inc Of the letter.
Andrew Peyton took silence for re-
tsl, and left the country within
month In a year pretty Sara was dead.
Nobody knew it, but she had broken
her heart over tl.9p' 07rtal lover. And
70 one romance e..s,,d. Oar story is of
another
Twenty years had passed Moss grew
On the white stone over the breast of
Sally La Rue And at the old La Rue
Dace her brother lived--a widower,
With one daughter,
Looking up at La Rue from the road
ide you would assuredly have believed
that the people who lived there were
rich
1t was the residence, you would nat
urlly have said to yourself, Of people
Of means. Ard being unblessed with
real estate, you might have sighed,
with little spice of envy for folk who
owned such q solid dwelling, such rare
Old oaks, such smooth shaveu, green,
velvet lawn, such a garden, and yes,
such a gardener. There he was now
among the roses; but when you have
three wishes given you by fairy, it is
wise, as the old tale proves, never to
wish yourself anybody else until you
examine into the private affairs OF that
Individual
In the story alluded to the wisher
wished himself that king there" see
Ing him in a magic mirror, and, be-
hold he was transformed into a mon
arch who had been conquered and was
about to be put to death by decapita-
ton. Thus the envious adlnirer of his
property, who had wished himself Mr..
La Rue because he thought him rich
man. would have been greatly aston
shed to find himself sitting before an
Old oak desk, trying in vain to arrange
chaotic papers, which when in order
only proved that lie was dreadfuliy in
aeDt; or to see his daughter waiting be-
ahd him with trembling anxiety, know
ing that he could have no dinner but
ue salt pork he SO hated, unless by
elshce he had little money about
ulm II he had it all went well; but.
a'asl II he had not he would turn his
WIG, black eyes on her when she had
spoken twice or thrice, and with his
uencate' ivory tinted fingers running
through his fne, curly white hair.
"ould ask her in tones of Lear like re
preach where she supposed he could
nAVe gotten money! He,
1t was in the old days of the south,
Wneh southern gentleman might not
sOfk' and that wonderful gardener was
,ieI Only servant lie was older than
n La Rue and prouder of the family.
ne did the cooking. He did all the
"Olh except that done surreptitiously
y nSs Sally in the privacy of parlor
and bedroom.
!, mere is fascination to people of
uS race in making believe a great deal,
4lu oclpio spoke Of his fellow slaves,
s io'u one by one away from their old
~ aulie' as though they were about the
pl4ce still, and through his zeal La
:. .ue looked as well as ever. He mended
.e FENCES, repaired the verandas. kept
a .l' lawn and garden in order, trimmed
Az Az trees and flourished a long handled
au',er among the cobwebs that gath
.sl 50 fast in the long, low hung hall
u'at The spiders loved.
everywhere the rich old furniture,
, S,'n little upholstery and much carving
'OOut 1t, resisted decay.
oniess you had staid to dinner on a
-esSer day you would never have
a. that anything was wrong; and
s aen the table would have been set
,;,' l oid china and good cutlery and
pn pr spoons. Neither did Mr.. La
~. aue great Panama hat, indestructible
' ala costly, or his well Numbered linen
'u ~, tell anything.
/, e'iief women knew that Miss Sally
not good gown to her name; but
uiSn would have thought the after
n..- iiieJ, made out OF an Old extra
MI a 81 bedroom curtains, very good
ros~ ' When she pinned one crimson
black hair.
erea Is last OF large family early gath
su~,, 70 the tomb, following their con-
t,sa PliVe mother thither only year OF
pot part, Miss Sally, at IS, was the
woss W. OF health. The family sorrows
ss ae not hers. All was over when she
bos oorn, and life was before her and
b.,t uoile was lovely, and she felt as
op,, ABOVE common folk as a queen.
sSSins for housekeeping money,