Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-14

she flies into one of her tantrums'
"she Is of practical turn OF mind,
laughs vi: ''she thinks Pearl too fanei-
mi a name for a workaday mortal.
wonder what induced aunt TO name You
three girls after precious stonesF
81 really can't say returns Ruby
rather coldly; perhaps the same rea-
SON that induced your mother to name
you Violet"
ooh. | was called Violet because my
surname Is Floweri" explains vi.
shadow stealing over her face as her
thoughts fly back to her lost mother
at used TO be joke of papa's that
even when I married should not cease
10 be a flower.
.You are a flower OF which should
be uueommonly afraid II you were not
engaged" laughs Ruby.
"Afraid-why?" asks Violet, opening
wide her blue eyes.
Because you are so terribly pretty,
answers Ruby truthfully.
Violet knows full we'll that she Is
nretty-her mirror tells her so. morn
ing. noon and night-yet she likes TO
hear IL again, even II only from Ruby.
So she wakes amiable. and gives her
cousin a faithful promise that any
show of forwardness on Shells part
shall be instantly suppressed.
As Violet foresaw. however, there is
little cause to fear any attempt at ia
miliarity on Shells part. The girl has
cleaned from Ruby's constant illusions
| 10 the Champleys since their return
home that her elder sister contemplates
with hopeful confidence the possibility
Of becoming mistress Of Champley
| House. So disguised does Shell feel at
her sisters scarcely concealed scheme
| that she firmly resolves 10 adopt line
| Of conduct so totally al variance to that
/ OF Ruby that even the most obtuse man
| on earth must see at least that she has
no desire to steal from him his free
/ aom. Even when she hears that Ted
/ Champley, the boy with whom she used
TO 20 blackberrylng and nuttlng. Is
coming down with Robert. she makes
/ nm her sensible little mind 10 be civil
| 10 hlm-nothing more.
! SO, as the evening wears away. both
/ brothers, after Intellectual attempts 10
hit on a congenIal topic OF converse
| ton. come 10 the conclusion that the
younger daughter OF the house Is
either somewhat deficient 10 Intellect
| or has developed such an alarming
/ spirit Of contradiction that she is de-.
/ eldedly a young woman 10 be- avoid.
ed.
Ruby's amiabie manner and social
sympathy stand out Ia startling con
trast % Shells almost rough brusque-
ness OF manner Violet too does her
utmost to render the evening a pleas.
ant one for the brothers. whilst Mrs.
Widen backs them both up. as FAR a.
her natural want Of energy will allow.
DO you remember those Jolly times
We used to have out blackberrying, and
what particularly delicious blackberry.
Jam your cook used to make?" asks the
younger brother, taking a seat beside
Shell toward the end OF the evening.
Edward Champley Is true English.
man, and. although three times already
he has abandoned that seat In despair
he Is still unwilling 10 acknowledge
himself beaten.
/ She does not reply for a moment:
she is In the act Of picking out knot
In the SILK she is using. and till she has
fully accomplished that intricate feat
she Ignores the fact even that she hay
been spoken to; then. turning npor
him with keen eyes, which look almost
piercingly dark in the lamp-Ilght. sh,
says quietly
Il beg your pardon"
Ted Champley feels taken back: hB
remark-which savors In his own nIat
slightly OF the sentimental. and indeed
was made In somewhat sentlmenta
tone-cannot be repeated in face O
that stolld air Of Indifference on She'll,
part; so ne changes his former CONVEX
sation for another.
You seem to have become wonder
fully industrious since saw You last
he says, glaneing anything but admir-
ingly at the pretty garland Of flower,
that is growing under her white fin
gers.
Yes; am very fond of work Whe,
you saw me last was a child. ant
chliaren are SO stupid-they nevet
think OF anything but play returns
Shell scornfully. pursuing her occuna
tion as though her living depended nm
on II.
upon my word" laughs Ted, Ell f
my beiief that a good many chIldre,
are wiser than their elders-so ohasr
want you Know, and all that kind o
thing. | really don't think You wouI,
, class all children together again az no
Ing stupid II you only knew thoa,
little kids Of Roberts; they arc avt,,
, little sharpers."
Il suppose their father takea o,,.,
an interest In them?" renarks sba,
In bored tone.
Her companion stares at her o.
some moments in amazement tbe,
, breaks into rather mockIng Iapgb
, wen, yes-Robert does take a 40
, cided interest In Bob and Meg. seeIn,
, that they are his own cbIldren ro,