Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-07
! thanksgiving Story Out OF
The Common

,p,n,;lton, who fifty years ago earned
IL - living in the country town of Ash
w. no going about from house to
~ nss doing up family sewing. from
III '"ndma's lace cap ard Sunday silk
,."s n erandfather's waistcoat and
,rommy.s jacket. So generslly use
!, and agreeable did she make herself
.s.t she was always welcome and al.
says in demand.
Walking one sunny. late autumn
,.rnoon the mile wood" lying be.
..ssn the Roaring.brook neighbor.
IA and the Potter district, hercogi.
.tions as to which OF the several in.
.,.tiops she had received for Thanks.
s INC Il was best TO accept, were
Yen In upon by the rattle OF wheels,
MI ~ sharn crack OF a whip, the rapid
n y, ,ss-ot bare feet on the hard,
pSy road. and . rude voice calling
NJ out; 80 aa,f,, -. I..,,.
..tsrl If YOU want to run away your
,Ssr will run you away and run you
me again. A leetle faster, there,
"a a leetle tasterg
MI NJ that time tall, thin, ragged,
\ sysloot boy OF fourteen or fifteen,
mi wI,h the perspiration streaming down
4 dark sensitive face, came round
| INA IN the road. running at the top
\ bis speed and dashing this way and
MI "a keep out OF the reach OF Ia long
vbip brandished by a thin. bright.
MA little man ia a spring wagon
s,awn by handsome, housekeeping.
HI iron.gray.horse.
Mundane, with characteristic quick
III and learlrssness, stepped into the
,osd and grasped the horse by the biz
FORE the driver had caught sight OF
~ The intelligent animal stopped
~ ou,ck as 10 throw the man IN the
sston on the seat aud against the
.shboard. While he was recovering
b l,sm his surprise she picked up ihe
III he mad dropped and said to the
din a quick tone calculated to TO
tore his seli.respsct;
..Goto the brook yonder, wash your
AZ and try 10 eaten your breath.
And 10 the man, who, having gath.
,,,l himself togei her, now sat looking
own at her with great surprise, she
sAd very pleasantly;
"Aht Capt. Solomon Seymour.
s.rsiys, OF Alder Brook mills. When
i,st caught a glimpse OF you took
yoa Tor old Sol sermer oil Alder Hol.
y on one oi his tantFums."
##5# T. i. n . A. taN.l
la, AL the sleeping echoes OF the Tor.
~ responded. II am sorry 20 be TAX
d 10 be 20 mean a man by female
ghaaymAn. ~ suppose you 10 be. ="
BY 10 means, slF. am Mundane
Hamilton ot Asbgun. AZ your services"
Happy 10 meet you. madam, your
t,ms has gone abroad. have heard
sAy thai you wouldn't bt afraid 81 the
r5il one i you met him face 20 face.
nd faith. you've proved il. Il WAS
asley risky. however. for YOU TO
top nly horse as you did; serious con.
elggacrs might have ensned--l might
ave gwen you cat Of my whiP-hi--
ow 10 this dragon came you by that
ion az wi;ch. believe on my soul
h % could handle me la q tussie--Wcll.
Il Ne will put il that ] might have had
B ply neck broken ~ | went against thc
Gsh.
d Your family would have then en-
Dyed a pchrcahlc Thanksgiving. and
h~ing ucEr by, and handy with my
4 Gtrils. would have made Jour shroud
aruothins and have done my Thanks.
u yiRg dancing on your grave.
- 49, 4 &. A.. 81 d.
re man. You arc fond Of dancing.
course. but give up your ball this
sas anil come over and spend
thanksgiving at our house. We bid
az 10 have some lively going on. Solly
Hy sen here. took II into hia head
as.y this morning 10 run away. lie
cot o! age. so ! went after him aud
~ giving him little encouragement
% run home again. Things never set
'asnant in Our family. VIII you
Il omes"
4 besecchIne look in tholaa'E brown
les decided her She stepped into
as vehicle. made the boy sit beside
=, gave him the reins and whip, say.
2. " y uRttrr.of. course way;
Drive. u you please. solIy; wish
q converse with the captain"
Ihis man was one OF those characters
OF 20 very uncommon in the rural
ssric.s Of New England fifty
sAfs ago, whose outlawry OF
eech and manner was common
lock Tor conversation among the
'sh6ors. and who. keeping without
" pale OF the law. made themselves
terror TO their families, nuisance
tho community and achieved n
n oft Of undesirablUlocal reputation for
eehtricity. Mundane had often
ehd OF Capt. Seymour, who lived in
he'ghboring town; had seen him
wing sometimes, and was now
II unused TO find that her preverse hn.
or' neither hRttpring nor comnro-
sng, was surprising him into com.
aratlye good nature.
ohe also had local reputation for
= sharp tongue and kindly heart.
" seymours in turn had heard OF
n ,anoane Hamilton, and as she came in
pom them like burst Of sunshine in
very stormy day and announced
ny she had come for the whole OF
thanksgiving week they gave her
esrty welcome.
ny her ready wit and fearless tongue
Kept the eccentric old man 10
unused that he desisted from thrash.
solly or from doing any other Of
ae terrible things the family had ex.
TED ,s.ea Tor their Thanksgiving enter.
4 ,s dahdane found, however, that the
man told the truth when he said
sh'ngs never got stagnant IN
an family. He found fault contin.
y and flew into passion on the
ny prcvocation, or without one, II