Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-18

guising their voices In ridiculous con-
versation which they kept up with no
intermission but n peculiar hi, hi b.
which they used MS n laugh when they
could not hold In any longer, while
personating Josiah and Samantha"
and discuss .ng Their visits to Jones
Vile" with "the old mare and buggy"
their trials arising from sewing ma
chine agents and lightning-rod men.
anxiety about 'Tirzy Ann" and
Thomas Jefferson" and n thousand
and one absurd th ngs poor Josiah
Aliens w fe" never dreamed of; un-
til, in SIP to of herself. Mrs, Brown
laughed till she irly cried.
And this was only score of similar
| days since vacations commenced and
Cousin Rhoda had been their guest
There was nothing in the way OF
amusement that was unusually adj
venturesome. or tinctured with mis-
oh of. that had escaped their notice,
and not called for at least trial, from
setting the alarm clock at all hours of
the day or night. pnning the sheets
otgether with half paper of pins or
strewing corn cobs in the beds when
| they did the chamber work. to eating
dozen piece of half-ripe Siberian
crabs til their mouthes were so
puckered that they could not purse up
their lips to spit out the tasteless pulp.
The girls ment to maka the most OF
their vacations, even regardless of the
rest sometimes. though in the main
their occupations were more the out.
growth of superintendent life and
spir Is than from anything malicious
in the makeup of either.
OF course there was many and many
an hour in all those glorious summer
| days when they gave themselves up to
Nature influences and drank in her
beauties and rare pleasures with the
same abandon that characterized their
proceed ngs; for ''Glen Farm"
was the most delightful place in
the world. and never failing in sup
pies of pleasure to those who care TO
search among its stores. But all the
long forenoon of that day. not soon to
be forgotten by poor Sarah. not the
cool woods. with its ferns aud sweet
wild flowers, nor the little creek rip
pling through the ravine with frog
and minnows tadpole and crawtish for
its inhabitants. not the tiny tow-boat
| AAAOOAOh Aho hOA bAlG Eloht
old bluffs that over-shadowed them
across the stream. possessed a single
charm to the untractabfe girls full to
OVERLOOKING of restless viyacty.
Immediately after dinner. Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown and little Hope drove of;
mamma and Hope to spend the after
noon with Aunt Louise. and ride home
| with Mr. Brown on his return from tue
cit. After helping Sarah little about
the dinner work. the girls went up
stairs, Sissy to write TO Christine Kun
est, and Rhoda to ass st her by looking
| up doubtful and unfamiliar words in
the lexicon; for Christ no was Ger
man countess, about Sissy's age. with
whom she had become acquainted
| through friend of both. who had as
sisted them in undertaking a cor-e-
| spondence for mutual pleasure and
| profit, 5 ssY writing as best she could
| in German. and the little countess re-
plying in her quaint. broken English.
That pleasant task completed. after
shot t consultation rs to what it was
best to do next they went down stairs.
and stopping at the dining room door.
where Sarah was ironing, to let her
know where they were going. they
! strolled off to the woods.
The girls were scarcely out of sight
before Sarah began to feel nervous.
She lived in q constant dread Of tramps,
| for the country was overrun with tho
that summer. The papers were filled
with accounts of their ravages, and
were repeated cases of timil women
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not few instances of rough handling
or even serious injuries.
| Scarcely q day passed but one or
more suspicious looking individuals
crossed the ferry just below the house,
and large part Of these made them q
visit begging for food. old clothes. n
place to sleep, and sometimes asking
for work; respectful enough when the
men were at home, but often bold and
insolent in their manners, and difficult
to get rid of when they found the
women alone. Some of them really
looked as wretched an forlorn as thef
professed, and took what was ven
them gratefully, showering their fer
vent 'God bless you's." upon the fam
lily as they went away.
Left alone, Sarah foolishly allowed
her imaginations full play and conjur-
ed up one of these dreaded visitors at
every noise. at the same time recalling
all she had ever known or heard Of
their lawless deeds, and stopp ng to
listen at the slightest sound. The quiet
house seemed so strange and lonely in
the unusual stiffness; each thump OF
tho smoothing irons. as she continued
her work, the creaking of a loose
blind, even the sound OF her own foot
steps echoed through the great rooms,
making the solitude almost unendura-
BILE. while the constant swish OF the
maple leaves against the window. as
the wind swayed the branches, made
her start and look anxiously out again,
and again to assure herself that that
was really all that made u noise so like
the approach of some intruder. Glanc.
ing neryously out the window for the
twentieth time she found her fears
about to be real zed. for there, within
the very dooryard, stood two Of the
most ungainly men in earnest consul
tation; their shabbt dress, with their
slouched hats drawn low over their
eyes. the low. eager conversat on. in.
terspersed with frequent furtiye chances
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