The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-01-27
MY LADY
DAFFODIL
How She Came to Wear a YeI-
low Gown That Night.

"oR NAAhip VI MELVILLE.
Il am going to pick all Of them,
said judy Perkins, who was Miss
Priscilla's niece.
please don't, judy" said Miss
Priscilla family.
"Why nots@
Because was Miss Priscilla'a
woman's reason.
Judy looked at her. "Tell me, =
she urged. you are blushing, and
you can't have any secrets from me,
Aunt Pris."
Miss Priscilla beamed. II was
such a new delight to be bossed BY
this beautiful being, who had come
all the way from Europe to the lit
tie country village to see for the
FIRST time her fathers sister.
Tell me" Judy repeated, and
drew the little lady down beside her
on the garden bench.
judy listened intently while Miss
Priscilla stammered out her little
romance. 80 you and be always
sat on this bench by the daffodil
bed, and you wore little yellow
dimity gown, and he Salled you Ny
Lady Daifodil ="
-les." Miss Psiscilla's voice was
dreamy. And he used 10 quote
some verses that ended:
And then my heart with pleasure nlls
And dances with the dafFodils"
why didn't you marry him r.
Judy murmured.
There was a misunderstanding,
Miss Priscilla said, '.and be vent
away, and | haven't heard from him
since. and that was twenty years
ago"
judy cngeloped the shabby black
igure in 8 big hug. Dear Aunt
Pris," she said, @and you have been
alone and lonely all these years,
While ] have been having a good
time
~You couldn't know" Miss PRS
ella said, "that after father and
mother died / invested all Of my
money in a mining scheme that
failed"
mo; we didn't know" Judy said,
''and You have scrimped and. saved /
and gone without pretty things
while ! have simply squandered /
piles Of money on gowns"
aThe one you have on is a beau
t." Miss Priscilla said you look
ike a rose"
Judy laughed. "The rose and the
daifodil, she sang. ave belong IN
your garden, Aunt Pris."
Miss Priscilla" said some one
from the other side Of the fence,
may ] have a rose from your gar
dens"
4 told you last night you
couldn't. Bobbie," Judy retorted.
Don't quarrel Miss Priscilla ex-
postulated. ~Come up presently and
have lunch with me-
As she left them Judy stood look.
ing after the slender, old fashioned
figure. did she ever tell you about
the daifodils, BobbiegD
mo-
~He was her lover, and he went
his name is Constantine
Mercer"
~Do you know" Bobbie said,
there's a man at the hotel named
Mercer ?"
Judy grasped his hands across
the fence. Robbie, boy" she said,
suppose it should be the same one
and suppose he is coming back
here to look up Aunt Pris."
~She must have changed awfully
n that time" Bobbie said. "She-
he isn't very pretty now, you know,
Judy"
"She's beautiful" Judy said def /
lntly. ~Her hair is lovely, and her |
yes &
"Constantius is probahly-eld and i
sald and ugly-but Of course that |
locsn't count. Well, one doesn't /
xactly look for beauty in a mani {
IF one did one might be disap- d
,ointed," Judy murmured pointed c
y. Then she went on, IF it is b
,onstantius he'll probably be over 4
his evening, Boblde." a
"Whyg" d
Because she said he always came Il
t twilight, and--and lovers don't t
orget such things, Bobbie."
Don't they 2" Bobbie demanded
18th some interest "Will you re-
lember that / always came at high 4
DON in time for lunch, Judy ?" t
"Aunt pris." Judy said a little 4
tier when they were at lunch, '1'm d
Ding to get the dinner tonight. and j
want il late. Boobies coming, and Al
m going to put on style" h
Bobbie looked up in amaxement, al
ut Judy's eyes warned him. "You 81
re to come at $780," she said. Il a,