Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-10-07
MY WALL PAPER.

AboAt Lac ibVlhs ray un VIC AOuuEC
and stared into the flames or glanced
aimlessly along the walls The pic
lures doomed up now and then through
the dark, and seemed TO dance In the
haphazard light. How well they
looked against the wall paperi As
looked at its scrollwork OF roses and
impossible flowers through the smoky
veil from my cigarette. a strange
fancy came over me.
1.-The bud. the large pink one.n /
thought, that Is the girl. And that
shaggy shall call it, wild flower,
that Is the fellow. Something, vine,
separates them. IL she married? No.
Consnmptiye, and not willing to bring
more misery into the world2 No.
Hereditary insanity? Nonsense!
What, then? A difference OF Ian
guage holds them apart He is her
cousin, her German cousin, and she
has not spoken the tongue since her
mothers death. nine years ago.
'Wilkommen. Marie he said.
when he fetched her from the station
IN the only carriage the village pos
sessed. She saw a great fellow Of 20
or so standing before her. twisting
his bat Ia his hand and looking down
al his feet.
How delightfully."- simple he Is.
she thought 4 wonder how much
deeper he can blush.
How do you do, Arnold. she
caid archly. You have grown since
saw you last.
" ia alierdings.'
" No German. please she inter.
posed. ] have forgotten mine pretty
nearly. and you wrote me you had
learned English at the gymnasium at
Hanover This viii be tine practice
for you.
But, no. | RELY
You must; you can. Come. you
shall tell me all about everything as
we drive 10 the rectofy. She jumped
into the carriage. How long does It
take
"a hour
"sho suppressed a smile. And
how Is your iatherF
:" IL goes very veil to him He Is
awaiting YOU.
..He Is The dear old man. He
must 10 quite white by this time
Let me drive can manage that In
noccnt animal. She took the reins
from him and shook them gayly as
she surveyed the summer landscape
lie examined her closely. His
American cousin had grown very
pretty since he had seen her last
She was SO lively and did not seem
10 the least abashcd. She was DIFF
fcrcnt. too. from the girls OF his nc.
quaintanco; in fact. he hardly knew
any except Hentiette Well, and
Hcnrlette. she was no girl, she was
an old woman. the family servant
'lfe had been dreaming quite a
while. staring nc one OF her curls
that the wind blew across her ear.
when she turned TO look at him. He
blushed.
And how is your fatherP' he
asked. 70 hide his confusion.
oh. papa is happy and--busy
That is 20 say, as long as he stays in
Berlin, And so thought IL would
be best for me to come to you till
his Medical congress Is over. just
these summer months are the most
beautiful In Wolfheim
'Yaysc. Nolfheim is peautifool--'
My wall paper mused. 'you
have told me much more than cx-
pected. But you must have more Sc
crets than those you have whispered
to me. There must be another ilow-
Err poppy or the like--for Arnold's
father. | searched the pattern in
vain. There were a great many
leaves. but had used most OF those
for-the summer. Two withercd
flowers, that Is all could find. They
could only be old maids, llenriotte
and whos But how could excuse
the absence Of tho Minister And
should the rose bud fall In love with
the wild flower
Fourteen days had passed since
the carriage drove up TO tho rcctory.
since Marie slept in the small room
that fronted the garden. The garden
was a dainty affair, with choice plum
trees along the walls and beds of
roses around the summer house But
weeds were springing up among the
flowers. for the old gentleman had
been away from home. When the
American cousin arrived she had been
disappointed TO find her uncle gone.
The minister Of village some ten
miles distant had been suddenly
taken i'll. The kind shepherd had
gone to nurse him. and to preach to
tho bereaved flock, His own con-
gregation wandered to the church
in the new parish, Henriette had
told Marie all about this. 1t was
quite Wonderful how well the young
girl understood her so IL seemed, at
least, to Arnold. lie could not CONF
prehend her, she was so very differ
emit from what he imagined a young
girl 20 be- His mother had been
quite tho reverse OF Marie. She had
been the patient, plodding German
housewife, always ready 60 light her
husbands pipe or change his wet
boots for slippers This was TO him