Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-08-11
MY LADY'S PURSE.

which IS probably necluSe l. WIZ e9eN
to always be travelling about with a
Kond of dirty silver change and occa-
.szoaaIIy big round dollar, have rested
al my travels and have held the same
articles for so lone we have quite be-
.en1ne old friends.
You see, am a purse and once be-
EangsI to the prettiest lady the sun
sxer shOne on, but l strayed from her
Esrpinx and for long time have lain
Ia a drawer with several course mas
.e1IIine companions in the way of pipes,
.soiIed neckties, and tobacco poucheS'
-EiaE spill their contents over me ana
hare made me lose even the last YES
tlSe or the dainty perfume which char
.acterized all my first owners belong
Tngs
Perhaps you would like to know how
II came to be in such company.
II viii be an hour or two yet before
Il plsy my part in the climax of the lit
tie serio-comic history which ends to-
night The yalise in which have been
kHckcd away stands open and can
hear the wedding march floating up
from the lower rooms. The yailse De
longs TO the bridegroom of the auspic-
iI0uS occasion. and well, since they
twain from this day forth shall be one
flesh reckon 1 belong to both of them.
But 10 my story.
L viii pass briefly over the days
when Law among 4 number OF my Eel
Sox purses in fashionable dry goods
.sfure, and of the awful mauling ! re-
sE5reSf the day of the sale, when they
marked us down and women came by
thousands, it seemed TO me, and pulled
,as about At last perceived breath
of perfume emanating from dainty
1ESFe that lowered over the heap Of
7purSes for a minute, and then, descend
Ing, gTaspcd me
II win take this one, please" said
Sofe voice, addressing the girl behird
the counter, and then | felt myself
thrown into the wire basket, into which
50 many OF my comrades had vanished,
never to return. When the basket
came back it always held a brown
paper parcel, and / never guessed my
unfortunate friends We're concealed
within the wrapping until / found my
zelf bundled up and knew from the
EaofIon that 1 was making a return trip
In the basket.
an the way home I could hear the
same soft voice and grew so restless
In my paper covering that l managed
o. sip out where could see the speak
=E
I do not think l have ever seen n
-zueeter or more fascinating face than
EazS Uas-and. and remember, | am
m a position TO know, for l lay for
weeks in the glass case of dry goods
store, and have seen thousands and
tens of thousands Of women in my
time
She never used TO put paper money
TnfS me. but used me just for car
fare, or to slip into her pocket when
she went calling or to o'clock teas
rs she called them.
BY and by there was another voice
which grew to know almost as wei
rs my mistress. only this was not soft
and gentle, like hers, but big and rough
And then l saw the owner Of the voice
Thfs is how it came about.
After accompanying her all about the
ecity for n few weeks. as I was lying in
her pocket heard the family talking
about trip to the seashore, and going
away for the summer. Then several
days afterward / was tucked into the
pocket Of a new travelling gown and
ne all went aboard q train. l never
beard so much noise and such dreadful
rambling in my life as the train did
male, and really, the only thing which
HATS the pleasure Of this evening is &c
Know that / have days Of travel be
Roue me
As was saying, we went to the sea
shore There she didn't carry me about
So much, but left me lying in a box OF
EufIlez and handkerchiefs and chiffon
0R her dressing-table. The maid used
o. have the other maids at the hotel
come in and sit while she attended To
Ehsz work, and l used to hear lots OF
news from them. l never heard my
mistress mention the big man with the
voice TO correspond to any of the girls
with whom she used TO walk about the
sand. but the maid seemed to make the
other maids talk about nothing but him
Then one day. when my mistress had
gone out, leaving me behind, as usual
this girl went and took a letter from
the pocket Of the gown my mistress
had worn at breakfast that morning
ran:
NY Dear Miss Castleton: l hope you
will forgive me for writing to you with
out having obtained your permission to
do so before you left the city, but as
am coming Gown on Saturday to stay
until Monday and understand there il
TO be the cotillon at the hotel on Sat
urday evening, / am so anxious for the
Favor of your hand for this dance as tc
risk offending you by writing to ash
for it
Let my extreme eagerness for thai
honor plead my forgiveness for this
note, and when l come / shall try t
6nd an opportunity to say with my
own lips all that is necessary and some
thing more also, if l may. Meantime
believe me, yours to command,
Richard Melton"
/ didn't understand at the time why
fEhe maid placed this letter in another
envelope, stamped it and wrote an ad
dress on the outside. which latter l was
unable to read. Then she put on hel
.hat and went out
kAt 3 O'clock on the eventful Saturday
night 1 was lying underneath setteI
on the veranda of the hotel. gazing dis