Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-18
A THOROUGHBRED.


theatres are full OF sensations aud so
are books but am exactly like one
Of Howelis' heroines; l do nothing
but cat and tie my bonnet strings =
var ca by buttoning my gloves; Of
course one must wear gloves
Miss BleEkinsop was speaking to
dearest and dearest was Sophia
Higgin oothem She and Miss B en-
kinsop we're ust coming home from
the matinee one foggy afternoon.
Dear il had your bon-bons and
your checI- book and your roses /
wouldn't be signing for a sensation, :
sophia answered.
All tho same get desperately
tired OF it. It's just what mamma
did and grandmamma did. and shall
have to do forever and ever sup
pose. The heroine in the play this
afternoon had a perfect plethora OF
novelty. or course / don't want
ridiculous things to happen but oh
for Something besides Anstey Beyer-
Tvs bouquets and having to decide
what dress to wear
Tho two girls had reached The
steps Of the 'Jacquerie an uptown
family hotel deservedly popular in
San Francisco and somew hat informal
Here It was that Miss Blenkinsop had
como when she bid mamma and papa
gOod-oy They had sailed for the
continent with her invalid elder sister
and SO the big house on California
street was darkenel aud shut up.
Dearest could not be prevailed
upon to enter so they stood talking
for a moment Then Miss Blenkin-
sop with her unfaiIing regard for the
eonyeutionalities thinking they ought
either to come in or pass on. stopped
ard kissed Sophia ever so lightly on
the cheek with that graceful molten
sire and positive hint that she knew
how to give to perfection, and turned
q AZ the doorway. Then the weary
look settled down upon her face and
The tired stroll so habitual with her
took the place of the unusual anima-
ton she had shown moment before.
As she had truly said there was
but little capt tho brokers on Mont
eomery street to keep her alive. The
pretense OF business she die" for
papa was her one reveL Ii it hadn' I
been for the florist she would have
been in a bad way indeed. OF course
she dined out often and took tea
with her relations and went to the
theateE bat the small ana earlies"
and the hopeless formalities OF
her code could not be said with can
dor 10 be very giddy affairs. MADAME
Flasques's millinery house kept her
ON actual despair while Mien.er's
confectionery palace saved her rea-
sou.
As an infant Miss Blenkinsop had
undoubtedly been an extremely prop.
er one. who never made noises with
her lips when she TOOK her milk and
only cred at accommodating inter-
yaiA and then with a handsome apoI-
.ogy. As a young woman she was as.
Nuredly all that was correct aud would
as soon thought OF giving parachute
drop IN Golden Gate park as of draw
ing her spoon towards her through
her soup. She rated looking around
ever the glass while one drank one 5
water or ones vino as san quentin
-oIense A damp napkin had been
known to make her positively ILL., yet
she mover stopped in the nice turn of
sentence When the waiter had spilled
~ entire cup of bouillon over her
Redferned shoulder and the bouillon
was hot
Ia the idiomatic dialect OF to-day
Miss Bienkinsop was q thorough.
bred"
Miss Bieukinsop never dreamed
every one was envying her her
money and her lot in life. She sup.
posed people had everything they
wanted anyway. III they hadn why
didn't they get it somehow? She was
tall with clean length OF limb a
low sweep Of bust long lines to her
back and q quiet dignity OF carriage.
Her features had that aristocratically
piached look which is the envy OF the
composite American girl. and her
small weli-shaped head was set like
4 racing Gily's The noiseless fall OF
her skirts. the dull old colors that
she wore the unpretentious yet fault.
less .ft' OF her clothes were all char
acteristic of her. Mrs. Morgensiern
had called her hand 'tclawy" but
then Mrs Morgenstern's own we're
pudgy and broad-the trade hand
and were covered all over with spark
ling rings for breakfast aud Mrs
Morgeustern dressed ia green and
yellow like an omelette garnished
- parsley.
Miss BIenkinsoP stopped at the
desk 10 the lobby OF the 'iIacquerie
and asked with her inimitnble and
slightly drawing accent rs there
asv mail for me Timothy?" NO
,1s'atn answered Timothy. And
theirs vas about this brief dialogue
.one;hiag Of the red tapiness that
4b.rc 1. about court presentation.
sGaay comes for mo kindly bring
n % sag room. AMI NJ 50 .jlenkinsop
lowered her tired eyes and passed on.
10 Sed gsachsd her Own room when
.6e nsg eel u bsr surprise that her
s,ns va e@e6ly 0psa. The kcy too
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