Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-01-17
BEATTII.S APPARITI0N.


n,ba city was creeping up that way:
,,ore was no manner OF doubt about that.
Indned. why should one say it was creep
a., my IL had crept up already. TO be
,rra there were lone blocks here and
& .bare us vet, defined solely by u line Of
arrbstopes, intersected at tight angles by
,rnavod roads that, after rains, turned
;nto canals of oozing mud, and bestrewed
4 nter their quadrangular expanse with
elected tomato cans, ON siioes ana such
rglbsh generally as habtuaHy tenants
4 those waste suburban spaces given over to
IN the frolicsoIne goat-blocks, in short,
,rtich n belated wayfarer in the vicinity of
the mark would be apt to pass through at
more OF less rapid pace after 10 O'Clock
at uirht
But other blocks again were, always
with gaps and hlatllses OF empty lots be-
tween, what one might call built up. A
/ semi-rural mode of life obtained with the
inhabitants, some OF whom kept few
chickens in their yards. Many of these
houses were divided into flats, and the sep
4 arate dwellings, brought low rents. as yet.
4 II was refuge within city limits for bust
Il ness men who had failed honorably, not
being quite abreast of the progressive
/ spirit of the times, and for unambitious
4 Young people beginning life-of these there
were not many.
4 Now, u number OF these houses-in
fact whole rows here and there i'll the Vi
u cinity-werc owned by Timothy Pinck-
Il ney, and it has been said that they
brought comparatively low rents. Never
4 theess Timothy was well content. He
I knew that the rents would increase by
/ and by. And he held on to his property
and dreamed dreams OF the future when
4 it would make him many tunes million
\ are.
\ This prospective millionaire, with now
more money in his Golfers than any one
knew, lived in two-story white frame
house whose rear yard was contingent to
the rear of some of those very houses
y owned by him. NO one ever saw the in
side Of that two story frame dwelling for
the simple reason that Timothy had no
friends, relatives or acquaintance. He
1 had daughter, to be sure-a young,
plump ana black eyed thlng, with long,
demure Iashes who occasionally appeared
at the door when tlnman came around
to negotiate exchanges of Old bottles and
rags. But timothy evidently intended to
keep his Berthas charms safely away
from the coVetous eyes OF gailants. The
women OF the neighborhood-for instance,
the undertaken VIE across the lot-Were
- - 60, - - . ~
h'u ne" i-o 'I II oiii ct'i Gnu ~ so'r
emu ~ .oi "a Hum JIM lc''iel'
.., w. 80 y "a' pi.ileso any pitl,
lul oiH niiS'i, tneie ""I no Question Vi
.hal, Auu Seo'ns 'Ii.1 ne was prosfess
ins N Eeoi', NC p''5ns ~ nav cohlIiehceu
" i1all1e' ii'"i en- iepeis. VI .he esh
u t .iI ~ anO !. - sate 10 sulhlise
en,. ms - n'tu s'sen MN no u-
GsinVSs ~ auy SUI thl9 io"s alnle past
itio u7514 "''I a. .'. o'oi do 'la'
VI nu ostIiCt' a'i,t me were pleas
an .,,io, %,'4i GU VI alutous ooiil-
p u5 c,I pe' uaS III
Gnu tu.. u"y ouv uen SiIe ssotlIcii ana the
II. po'. ~ is as
tnoa's,i' j.. III p-"Ge snele ie'iiuiiiS
ic ooN'cleiiee III an 'ne huiiiah mechah-
-'i Iroa.o,.o ~ .
oile ilot .ils'ie III June I'm,
Oe'l! civ T rpiiie ny leSiihS quite SO wen
So Soj r.o1I-dd -, t'''e' 80 anu
h,,i,. ', "S'iAe "oouo d y etlC "ei'l III tle
IN ;bo e,,1, i.4J w." u .o" anu
=, siO ~, su'i ne inu d neaoGche ana IL
rnt,o I lin, J IT, nu' ui3er perli9 hau
so oitn riIi i1 upper, auu ne hau no up
He went out in his back yard and sat
to b breo y' h" '' t, Wv tncu o"rTGl ana pecan
and COMPOUNDED of many locoI aud IN