The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-06-10
MY PRINCESS.


Aanghter a Squire Kent Of Kent
Hoe aAd avs years my senior. 0utI 80
~ n daughter Of her fathers gardener.
When Twas born, Twas christened Dorothy.
2 aenor q the squire's wife; that made |
neehooss Dorothy for my princess knew
hat mother was onca . very dear friend Of |!
MIA KentsAmothcr told me that herself
aiad was % proud Of the fact that oue,e
The prinhess' mother and my own had
trudged to school together
And remember so well how loved To
follow father on his route Of work. IL lust
TO play around the home Of my princess
and dream Of her. was always called an
imaginative child, and to me the faraway
dorothy appeared as beautiful princess,
clad all in white and crowned with flowers.
Aud then, too, in the winter evenings it
was always my greatest delight to have
mother draw her chair up to the cheerful
CRATE fire IN our "best" room, let me rest
my head on her knee, and then tell me over
and over again all she knew about Dorothy
Kent. ''She has her mothers blue eyes
and yellow curls, my dear, and everybody
loved her Just as they did her mother once,
my poor dead Dora" and then she would
hurrtedly give me my good night kiss ana
bid me hurry to bed, as II she did not care
10. recall the past any longer And the
next morning was generally sure to scrib-
BILE on all the available paper stories and
imagined descriptions Of my princess.
And one day she came. remember how
] grumbled that morning in early June
when mother said must dust the great.
queer wooden mantel in the inner room,
and remember, too. how little after !
heard mother scream and how | ran to the
kitchen just in time to see her drop my
Rretty little flower vase, her last birthday
1T to me, and rush excitetlly to the door
way. And there, framesl in the honey
suckle vines, dressed all in white and carry
ing . few sprays Of pink and white hya-
ciOths, was my beautiful princess. For
Auntie May and the other Dorrie," heard
her say, pointing to the howera~ Bnt moth
er did not heed her. She was just clinging
to her IN II she never could leave her. muir
muring incoherently all the while some
ching about her ''poor Dorrie" over again.
her poor. dear Dorrie."
Az to me, | WAS jealous and wondered,
tao. that mother should he called "Auntie
May" aud why couldn't have such beau
tiful, big blue eyes ~ she had hut still
shinknow that that day WAR the happiest
my childhood knew. 1t came about through
Dorrie's influence that was instructed ~
did not see us together We loved each
other devote<ily. and no the years flew unti,
one day Dorothy was IL and must resume
her travels. In week she was gone. lost
my little princess.
And year later ! lost my dear mother
abaD. Time passed, and was told that ia
theirs eyes were very weak-so weak that
unless Immediately attended to he would
soon be totally blind my child" said
good old DR.. Caver, your fathers case
needs the attention of some one like DR..
Trowe. would advise you to 70 to him
NJ once" And 10 wedid. WAS 10 now
and could earn nice living by my stories,
10 father always had the hest of care. It
Was destiny that bade me Ho--tiestiny that
made my father blind.
Dr. Richard Trowe WAS not very young
man any more: indeed his last milestone
was numbered 81 lint that was neither
here nor there He was 30 noble that every
oue loved him, 40 kind that the poor fairly
worxhiped him, and was no exception
learned to love the obliging, earnest, sym
pathetic doctor with all my heart would
not have let hin, know it. though, for the
world, and when he came he only saw q
plain little woman in somber gray, who
answered his questions in monosyll Tables,
because she dared not trust herself to do
more And then one day letter from
Dorothy came. She was fatherleAs now
and said that she would like to see the
either Dor,ie, who was becoming famous,
like the naughty girl she always was.
OF course the princess came; Of course the
doctor was fascinated; Of course Dorothy
loved in return. Oh, those bitter months
that followed One day. quite by accident.
she discovered that l, too, loved the doctor,
and instantly she changed; her business af-