Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-09-04

nothing TO be very sad about"
am afraid Maude DeniSon is display
ing an ignorance of the world. and dis
'egard to the vanities and gewgaws there
" that may seem little high-strained !:
but recollect that she is but eighteen.
that the Nmbinster was her first ball and
that. owing to her fathers pride and
straitened circumstances. she has lived a
very secluded life.
Few were the strangers that came with
in the gates of Glinn of late years. Har-
old Denison scorned to entertain unless
he could do so with all the old lavish
PROFESSIONALISM prodigal hospitality of
former times which had entailed such bit
terness in his present daily bread. His
wife. naturally an extremely sensiti -e
woman. shrunk also from mixing in So
ciety in much more humble and modest
way than she had been won't to do. She
was not of the temperament TO face the
half-whispered comments and appraised
eyebrows of her country neighbOrs Poor
thing hear he has run through every
thing; even the carriage horses have to
be put down. Remarks of this kind
were past her endurance. and so it was
that since she left school, some two wears
ago. Maude had led a very secluded life
True. many an old friend Of the Deni-
sons had offered to take care of the girl
to various gaieties in the county. even if
they could not induce Mrs. Denison to
come to their houses and chaperone her
own daughter: but all such invitations
had been met with a brief though cour-
teous refusal Poor lady. she had more
than once pleaded in her darling's behalf
but. wrapped in his own selfish pride.
Harold Denison said iiercely. he would
be patronized by no one.
And so Maude grew up like some wild
flower. though not born TO bloom and
blush unseen" For are there not already
two who would fain pluck the wild flower
and gather il to their bOsoms if they may?
Did Maude know she was handsome?
OF course she did. She wanted no Xmin-
ster ball 10 tell her that. What girl
over fifteen. in the most primitive Of
nations, having beauty, is unaware Of
itt IL there are no looking glasses are
there not deep peucid waters that will
serve as such Natures mirrors where
by to wreath wild flowers ia the hair?
Maidens of our advanced civilization may
face Of an angel. can we tell how il may
stand the makeup thar fashion seems
TO have decreed In these days. How dark |
eyes and eyelashes will 60 with golden |
hair is, Of course. an open question. ] /
can fancy the nervousness Of those dusky /
Indian bellies I'm they have ascertained /
the effect Of paint and pigments. and what |
anxious moments our remote ancestresses /
must have had when they first put on |
their W0ad
Thus ID came about thar Aaude Denis0n /
had been out bun on very few occasions. |
and had b. moi been that her g0dmother /
who having gold 10 bequeatl. Was TOO inn /
p0rianf a person 40 be frlded with, had /
insisted on bearing bier of, she had never /
seen that memorable minister ball
Twelve o'cloch and fAe sun shines
brightly into Mrs. Deuisous boudolr /
throwing rich tinta through Naudes
brown tTessee, and Lighting up Abe pale
face oi her mother llaf joyous fearful
mprIcious, NOmanish April 500 $50 like
% woman in iu glowing strength so like
her. again, in lis 0lerclouded Neahne-s
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how fo begin fhe dread iash A.r lord las
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